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2024 Thanksgiving Menu and Meal Prep Timeline

* image These past few months have been busy for our family, especially since our oldest joined a local swim team. Between juggling our work schedules and balancing school with practices... we're all pretty wiped out. Although it's a lot of work, I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving. Preparing the holiday meal for our family fills my heart with joy, and I can't wait to get started. To make things easier for me, I don't deviate much from  our first Thanksgiving  as a family. The dishes I make are familiar ones, and the recipes for them live at my fingertips. Keeping the same menu year after year means I don't have to spend time researching recipes or planning a new one. Here are my tried-and-true Thanksgiving recipes, as well as my prep timeline for the big day!
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Farfalle with Italian Sausage and Broccoli Rabe

Broccoli Rabe Close-Up | Photo by Christina Rumpf via Unsplash


This post originally appeared on Taste As You Go in August 2008. It has been updated in December 2021 to include a new lead photo and recipe card. Photos are still to come.

As I was placing my Fresh Direct order last night, I wondered how I could use the two links of Italian sausage I had in the freezer. Then I remembered my last excursion to Foodcellar and the disappointment I felt when I discovered they were out of broccoli rabe. Suddenly, it all became clear -- I knew exactly what I wanted to make! 

With a click of the mouse, I added a bunch of broccoli rabe to my order.

One of the best parts about this dish was how easily it came together. In the time it took for the pasta to cook, I assembled the remaining ingredients in my saute pan, which was included in the cookware set I bought as a housewarming gift to myself.

Before I knew it, dinner was ready! 

After a long day at work and an indescribably exasperating telephone experience with Time Warner Cable, I actually enjoyed preparing this meal. 

I'm looking forward to savoring the leftovers!

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test it comm said…
This pasta sounds simple and tasty!
September 11, 2008
Michelle Rittler said…
Kevin - Definitely both! And the recipe easily lends itself to different palates, so if you're not into pork sausage, you can easily substitute chicken sausage or turkey sausage (or whatever) without compromising the flavor. Though, I've found that broccoli rabe really pairs well with a spicier sausage.
September 11, 2008
maus said…
Broccoli rabe really pairs well with a spicier sausage. I have tried them together. Nice combination. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
January 05, 2010
Michelle Rittler said…
Maus - I love the combination of spicy sausage and broccoli rabe. And adding red pepper flakes kicks up the spice level a bit, too.

Thanks for reading and for leaving a comment! Happy New Year!
January 05, 2010
Christine said…
Hi Michelle! I found this blog in Foodista and followed it here. One of the things I love the most about visiting great blogs like yours is I get to not only see food I've never seen prepared before, but you get to read about how they taste. Love it..... & now I'm hungry .... again :) By the way a busy mom like me doesn’t have much time surfing online to look for great food blog like this, so I rely on Foodista Widget. So please keep adding that lovely widget to every blog you made so moms like me can view your post efficiently. Thanks!
September 16, 2010
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