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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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Feed Me Friday: July 24

While it's important to feed our bodies, it's also important to feed our minds. Today I'm sharing some of the things I've read that have recently caught my attention.  

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It's been a little while since I've written anything here, and part of that has to do with my decision to temporarily suspend my weekly menu plans. But, really, I haven't been writing lately because I've been way too tired to try and put together a coherent sentence, let alone a series of coherent sentences.

Stephen was out of town for work for nearly a week and only just got home late last night, so I've been caring for the baby (who has been fighting nursing and bedtime) and the dog (who has been acting super jealous of the baby) by myself. There were nights when I had barely enough energy to clean up the kitchen after making dinner, so I decided not to put too much pressure on myself to write.

One thing that helped keep me sane throughout all of this was reading. In between feedings, diaper changes, tummy time, and walks with the dog, I caught up on some of my favorite blogs, worked my way through a ridiculous stack of unread magazines, and picked up my Kindle for the first time in months.

Here's what's been inspiring me online lately:

  • Is there anything better than receiving a surprise card or letter in the mail? For me, I almost think sending snail me is more fun than receiving it. I haven't had time to go card shopping these days, so a monthly subscription box like this one might make it easier for me to let the special people in my life know that I'm thinking about them.

  • I have a bit of a scarf obsession, so it's taking a lot of restraint on my part not to buy all of these. Especially this one and this one.

  • If Caroline hadn't been born three weeks early, then I might have had a chance to sign up for this service.

  • This NPR story made me realize that I don't really watch cooking shows so I can make the featured recipes at home. Maybe that's a good thing?

  • According to this article, there are ten basic types of recipes that every woman (and man) should know. For my family, I'd swap out omelettes for meatloaf. 


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One year ago: Raspberry Lime Spritzers
Two years ago: Home Decor: Decorating with a Strawberry Theme (on a Small Budget)
Three years ago: Fried Roasted Butternut Squash Agnolotti with Orange Sage Ricotta Dip
Four years ago: Feed Me Friday
Five years ago: Friends Reunite over Brunch at Craftbar
Six years ago: Sushi Siam: Will You Have Thai or Japanese Today?

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