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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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Italian Sausage and White Bean Stew

Italian Sausage and White Bean Stew - Photo by Taste As You Go

I've been meaning to share this recipe for Italian Sausage and White Bean Stew ever since I first prepared it back in February. But I had other recipes in the queue waiting to be published, and then I started interspersing posts about Tuscany and Napa in between my recipes and restaurant reviews. All of a sudden, it was May.

Although it may be a while until you feel up to making this hearty dish, I want to share it with you now before I allow myself to make more excuses.

Bush's Best Cannellini Beans (White Kidney Beans) and Johnsonville Mild Italian Sausage - Photo by Taste As You Go

The original version of this recipe calls for chorizo rather than sausage. While I love chorizo, I already had a pound of sausage in the freezer, so I adapted the recipe to fit the ingredients I had on hand. Since I was using mild Italian sausage, I threw in some crushed red pepper flakes to give the dish a little heat. 

(The second time I made this stew, I used spicy Italian sausage and omitted the red pepper.)

Poultry Blend Package of Herbs (Rosemary, Sage, and Thyme) - Photo by Taste As You Go

Poultry Blend Package of Herbs (Rosemary, Sage, and Thyme) - Photo by Taste As You Go

Now, the original recipe calls for one sprig of fresh thyme. It didn't make sense for me to buy a bunch of thyme, especially since I wasn't planning on using it in another recipe any time soon.

Rather than buy the full bunch and waste the majority of it, I purchased a package of Poultry Blend herbs -- rosemary, sage, and thyme.

Italian Sausage and White Bean Stew - Photo by Taste As You Go

My husband and I love this dish, and he always gets a smile on his face when I tell him that I'm making it for dinner. And, as one might imagine, the leftovers taste even better the next day. I hope you enjoy it!

Even if a few months pass until you can try it in your own kitchen. 😉


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