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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!

Menu Plan: June 16 - June 22

Father-Daughter Wedding Dance | Photo Courtesy of Brian Samuels Photography

Photo Courtesy of Brian Samuels Photography

Since I wasn't able to spend Father's Day with Dad in Connecticut this year, I thought I'd share my favorite picture of us taken at my wedding last August by the amazing Brian Samuels. To make sure our moves during the father-daughter dance were as close to perfect as possible, Dad and I took a dance lesson at Arthur Murray. I'd say we were a hit!


Attending a Wedding in Cambridge, MD

Before I share this week's Menu Plan, I know a bunch of you emailed me recently to find out whether I was able to successfully execute "the low bun look" for my friends' wedding that I mentioned in my previous Menu Plan post. Unfortunately, the humidity was doing mean, mean things to my hair, and I didn't have enough time to get it right. I had no choice but to go with the sleek and chic ponytail. Thankfully, it didn't hurt the overall look I was going for!

Moving on... This week's Menu Plan includes two more meals from Plated. Apparently, the convenience of having a recipe and all of the necessary ingredients delivered directly to us is appealing to Stephen (even though I do the majority of the cooking), so we're using the service for the second week in a row. I'm planning to share my thoughts about the service in another blog post in a few days or so, so be sure to look out for it!

Menu Plan: June 16 - June 22, 2013

Sunday: Ground Turkey Tacos
Monday: Farfalle with Basil Pesto Sauce
Tuesday: Hoisin Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Stir-Fried Rice Noodles (Plated)
Wednesday: Pork Chops with Grilled Peaches (Plated)
Thursday: Portobello Lasagna Roll-Ups from Food Network | Ellie Krieger
Friday: Pizza with Asparagus, Mushrooms, and Ricotta Cheese
Saturday: Leftovers

So... what's on your Menu Plan this week?

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