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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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Stovetop Turkey Chili Mac

Skillet of Turkey Chili Mac covered with Melted Cheese and Sliced Green Onions | Find the recipe on tasteasyougo.com

It's a little embarrassing to admit this, but I haven't shared a new recipe here since July. I had hoped to share my simple recipe for Stovetop Turkey Chili Mac back in the fall... but I didn't have the kind of time I needed to write the kind of post I wanted to write.

Diced White Onions | Taste As You Go

It was taking a lot of my creative energy to stay on top of our weekly menu plans. And my other responsibilities and commitments were pulling me in opposing directions... all away from my computer. Then the holidays arrived... and now here we are, already halfway through the first week of the new year.

Diced Orange Bell Peppers | Taste As You Go

(In a strange twist of irony, I wrote about similar blogging roadblocks in that last recipe post.)

Seasonings for Stovetop Turkey Chili Mac | Taste As You Go

While I'll be sharing my focus word and goals for the year in a post soon, I will say that some of my goals center on this blog. I want to devote more time to this space. I spent much of last year cleaning things up behind the scenes. That work is still ongoing -- it never ends -- but I'm going to make more of an effort to create brand new content.

Glass Bowl of Mafalda Pasta | Taste As You Go

You know, so you might actually see new recipes sooner than every six months! 😂

Canned Pinto Beans Draining | Taste As You Go

Glass Bowl of Finely Shredded Cheddar Cheese | Taste As You Go

Diced Green Onions in Green Silicone Bowl | Taste As You Go

I'm going to get things going by sharing my recipe for Stovetop Turkey Chili Mac.

(If you've made it this far, I bet you're wishing I figured out how to include one of those "jump to recipe" buttons right about now. Maybe later in the year...)

Stovetop Turkey Chili Mac | Taste As You Go

As much as I love testing my cooking chops by making recipes with steps in the double-digits... I don't have a lot of time for that these days. So simple, one-pot recipes that come together in 30 minutes* are pure gold in my book.

*This is 30 minutes of cooking time. This doesn't include prep time... or time devoted to interruptions by the children who've decided to play in the kitchen at your feet.

Stovetop Turkey Chili Mac | Taste As You Go

In all seriousness, I love this recipe for a weeknight meal. You can leave the ingredients simmering on the stove and walk away to do other things. Like helping with homework... or folding a load of laundry... or just sitting and catching your breath for a minute.

Stovetop Turkey Chili Mac | Taste As You Go

But only for a minute. Because you know the timer is going to go off as soon as you get comfortable.

Looking for more 30-Minute Meals? Check out these recipes:


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Eleven years ago: Brunch at Il Bastardo

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