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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: March 5 - March 11

Sharing our Menu Plan for March 5 - March 11.

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We transitioned Caroline to a toddler bed a few weeks ago, and she has recently learned how to let herself out of her bedroom in the morning and after waking up from her nap in the afternoon. This has led to an earlier start to our day and an earlier jump on our to-do lists. In fact, by noon today, we had breakfast out at a new-to-us restaurant, completed our Target run for more diapers (and the other items on our strict list), brought Caroline for a haircut, and stopped at one of our favorite coffee shops for a hit of liquid caffeine.

Then, while Caroline tried to nap, I planned out this week's dinners and ran to the grocery store. Unfortunately, the productivity came to a grinding halt after that. Caroline is showing signs of having another cold (praying it's just that) and she refuses to lay down and sleep. So we've been trying to push ahead with our Sunday despite the distraction of a clearly exhausted toddler.

That's why this week's menu plan is coming to you so late today. With that said... who's ready to see what's on deck for dinner at our house this week?

Menu Plan: March 5 - March 11

Sunday

Creamy Parmesan Risotto with Mushrooms and Peas (adapted from this recipe)

Monday

Cheesy Enchilada Rice Skillet (from Damn Delicious | see recipe)

Tuesday

Sheet Pan Chicken and Veggie "Stir Fry" (from Gimme Some Oven | see recipe)

Wednesday

Stephen's Choice

Thursday - Happy 2nd Birthday, Caroline!

Beef with Snow Peas (from Once Upon a Recipe | see recipe) and Jasmine Rice

Friday

Pizza with Spinach and Ricotta

Saturday - Birthday Party Day!

Leftovers / Take-Out

What's for dinner at YOUR house this week? Let me know in the comments below!

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One year ago: A Month of Dinners: Menu Plan for March {MENU PLAN}
Two years ago: 33 Ways to Cook Pork {RECIPE ROUND-UP}
Three years ago: The Noodle Shop at Mandalay Bay - Las Vegas, NV {REVIEW}
Four years ago: A Taste of Tuscany: Ristorante Malborghetto - Lecchi, Italy {REVIEW}
Five years ago: The New JCPenney Shopping Experience {FUN}
Six years ago: Free Brewery Tour at the Chelsea Brewing Company {FUN}
Seven years ago: You Can Call Me a Freelance Food Writer {NEWS}
Eight years ago: Dinner and Margarita Specials at Tacocina {REVIEW}

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