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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: August 27 - September 2

Looking for dinner inspiration? Here's what I've planned for dinner at our house this week!

Whipped Ricotta - Molinari's - Bethlehem, PA | Taste As You Go

I've given this a lot of thought, and this will be the final weekly menu post on Taste As You Go. With me going back to work after Labor Day, I decided it was going to take too much energy to plan our dinners every week. It's hard enough now and I'm home all day!

Instead, I'm returning to the monthly menu plans. That way I only have to answer the "What's for dinner?" question once a month rather than once a week. This lets me take better advantage of sales and specials at the grocery store. Plus, I can use some of the rare pockets of free time to do some meal prep, fold laundry, or, God forbid, grab a power nap.

I have no idea what life is going to be like once I back at work. I'm trying to find ways to get ahead of it a little bit, so it'll feel less like a Mack truck has run me over. So, keep reading to see what's on deck for dinner at our house this week... and then come back on Friday to see what I've planned for September!

Sunday

Stuffed Peppers

Monday


Tuesday

Leftovers

Wednesday

Stephen's Choice

Thursday


Friday

Pizza with Bacon and Pineapple

Saturday

Tailgate Leftovers / Dinner Out / Take-Out

What's for dinner at YOUR house this week?

Thinking of starting a menu planning routine? Check out my previous menu plans, as well as these helpful meal planning tips. And if you need even more dinner inspiration, then don't forget to follow my special Meals from the Menu Plan board on Pinterest!

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