You know what is amazing about having family live nearby, something we’ve never had until two years ago? Thanksgiving cooking help! Not only do I not have to cook everything, but we get even more food. It’s a dream.

MONDAY – WEDNESDAY:

• NO IDEA. We are painting our kitchen, which has to get done before our floors start getting ripped out on Saturday, plus, you know, Thanksgiving. Our cupboards are currently bare and I have no idea when we’ll get to the store. Good luck, Maynard children!

2022 THANKSGIVING FEAST

• Turkey (dry brined, spatchcocked and roasted + smoked)
• Gravy
• Stuffing + GF Vegetarian Stuffing
• Mashed potatoes
• Cheese board
• Brussels sprouts gratin
• Green beans
• Sausage rolls
• Marshmallow fruit salad
• Sweet potato souffle
• Homemade crescent rolls + GF almond millet rolls from a local bakery
• Cranberry sauce
• Cranberry slush (traditional family drink)
• Pumpkin pie
• Apple pie
• French silk pie
• Bread pudding

THURSDAY – SUNDAY:

• Leftovers + floors getting ripped out kicking off a week of pure insanity…but no more cream-colored carpet! Woohoo!

Share your menus for the week! And definitely share your Thanksgiving plans along with links to recipes if you have them. Can’t wait to see what everyone has cooking!

THANKSGIVING IS THIS WEEK HOW IS THIS SO?!?!? Miraculously I graduated from the hard splint from my hand surgery, so while my thumb doesn’t work yet and I still have to be careful, I will be able to help cook Thanksgiving dinner! The girls and Nate are ready to help with the cooking this year. While I’m sad we won’t be with extended family (COVID!), I think it will be a special year, all of us cooking together in the kitchen. I did make a few store-bought modifications to our menu to simplify cooking, but for the most part we are still cooking up our usual feast!

MONDAY:

• Beef Bulgogi Meatballs (HelloFresh)

TUESDAY:

• Pork Tostadas Supremo (HelloFresh)

WEDNESDAY:

• Pineapple Pork Meatballs (HelloFresh)

THURSDAY | Thanksgiving 2020!

• Turkey (for real this is the BEST technique for cooking turkey, be sure to click through and check it out!)
• Classic Mashed Potatoes
• Classic Stuffing (full disclosure we are using Trader Joe’s stuffing mixes – cornbread and gluten-free – because of my darn hand)
• Gravy
• Crescent Rolls 
• Cranberry Slush (my great-grandmother’s recipe that we have EVERY YEAR NO MATTER WHAT)
• Cranberry Sauce
• Sweet Potato Souffle
• Butternut Squash
• Charcuterie Board
• Dessert: Pumpkin Pie, Crumble Apple Pie, Chocolate Mousse (we actually bought the pumpkin pie and apple pie this year because I just can’t do pie crust with my hand, but we will for sure make the chocolate mousse from scratch!)

FRIDAY:

• Leftovers

SATURDAY:

• Leftovers

SUNDAY:

• Leftovers

Please share your weekly menu in the comments, including your Thanksgiving menu plans! Have a happy and delicious Thanksgiving and please stay safe!!!

Happy Thanksgiving Week! Below you will find out plan for the whole week as well as our Thanksgiving menu. Please share your regular weekly dinner menu, your Thanksgiving menu or both in the comments!

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MONDAY:
– Safari Park

TUESDAY:
– Moroccan Chicken Skewers

WEDNESDAY:
– Leftovers

THURSDAY: Thanksgiving 2018!

• Turkey (for real this is the BEST technique for cooking turkey, be sure to click through and check it out!)
• Classic Mashed Potatoes
• Classic Stuffing
• Gravy
• Crescent Rolls 
• Cranberry Slush (my great-grandmother’s recipe that we have EVERY YEAR NO MATTER WHAT)
• Cranberry Sauce (as per Jess’s request, there will also be canned jellied cranberry sauce)
• Sweet Potato Souffle
• Green Kale Salad with Dried Cranberries
• Green Bean Casserole
• Dessert: Pumpkin Pie, Crumble Apple Pie, Chocolate Mousse

FRIDAY:
– Leftovers

SATURDAY:
– Leftovers

SUNDAY:
– Turkey Soup with Rice
– Homemade Bread (my Grandma’s recipe that is not published anywhere…saving that for the book I may never write ;))

Can’t wait to see what you all have cooking this week! Thank you in advance for sharing, either weekly menus, Thanksgiving plans or both!

Happy Thanksgiving Week! Below is our dinner menu for the week PLUS our plans for Thanksgiving. This week feel free to share your regular weekly dinner menu, your Thanksgiving menu or both in the comments!

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MONDAY:
– Corner Bakery Cafe (I have a work thing in the evening, so going to take advantage of the free kids meal night!)

TUESDAY:
– Bolognese & Pasta
– Salad

WEDNESDAY:
– Leftovers/Scrounge up whatever you can find in the kitchen, Family, as I’ll be busy cooking for Thursday!

THURSDAY: Thanksgiving 2018!

• Turkey (for real this is the BEST technique for cooking turkey, be sure to click through and check it out!)
• Classic Mashed Potatoes
• Classic Stuffing
• Gravy
• Crescent Rolls and/or Squash Rolls
• Cranberry Slush (my great-grandmother’s recipe that we have EVERY YEAR NO MATTER WHAT)
• Cranberry Sauce (as per Jess’s request, there will also be canned jellied cranberry sauce)
• Sweet Potato Souffle
• Green Kale Salad with Dried Cranberries
• Dessert: Pumpkin Pie, Crumble Apple Pie, Chocolate Mousse

FRIDAY:
– Leftovers

SATURDAY:
– Leftovers

SUNDAY:
– Turkey Soup with Rice
– Homemade Bread (my Grandma’s recipe that is not published anywhere…saving that for the book I may never write ;))

Can’t wait to see what you all have cooking this week! Thank you in advance for sharing!

This is going to sound funny, but I hate it when I diligently follow my weekly meal plan! That means when I go to plan the next week, I have to come up with totally new ideas. This is one of those weeks. What got into me? 😉 Okay, here’s goes…

MONDAY:
– Baked Stuffed Winter Squash

TUESDAY:
– Green Noodles
– Salad and garlic bread

WEDNESDAY:
– Chicken Caesar Wraps
– Fresh fruit

THURSDAY:
– Leftovers

FRIDAY:
– Sweet Potato and Black Bean Burritos

SATURDAY:
– Take out night

SUNDAY:
– Chicken Soup with Rice

Click here for the free printable of this week’s menu plus the shopping list!

Thank you all for posting menus week after week. They are great inspiration! Looking forward to seeing what you’ve got cooking this week!

Hello everyone! Well, it’s Thanksgiving week! Which for me means lots of easy dinners the first half of the week then a major feast on Thursday, followed by leftovers for as long as I can drag them out! I’ll put both our weekly menu and our Thanksgiving menu below. When you share in the comments, feel free to leave either your weekly menu, your Thanksgiving menu, or BOTH! 🙂 And, for the Thanksgiving menus, please link to recipes you’re using if they can be found online!

MONDAY:
– Chicken salad sandwiches
– Fresh fruit

TUESDAY:
– Breakfast burritos

WEDNESDAY:
– Chicken tenders (from Trader Joe’s freezer)
– Raw veggies and dip

THURSDAY:
– HAPPY THANKSGIVING! (see menu below!)

FRIDAY:
– Leftovers

SATURDAY:
– Leftovers

SUNDAY:
– Leftovers

Click here for the free printable of this week’s menu plus the shopping list!

And here is our plan for the Thanksgiving feast!

• Turkey (This year I am going to dry brine the turkey, then spatchcock it to cook. Also, I’m cooking two smaller turkeys instead of one big one.)
• Classic Mashed Potatoes
• Classic Stuffing
• Gravy
• Crescent Rolls and/or Squash Rolls
• Cranberry Slush (my great-grandmother’s recipe that we have EVERY YEAR NO MATTER WHAT)
• Cranberry Sauce (whole cranberry sauce from the can this year!)
• Sweet Potato Souffle
• Broccoli Casserole
• Butternut Squash (I’m going to cube it then pan fry it in browned butter)
• Rose’s Creamed Onions (this recipe is from Nate’s great-grandmother)
• Pumpkin Pie (buying it!), Swedish Apple Pie, Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie (a recipe my mom would make when I was a kid)

Got a lot of cooking and shopping ahead of me! I’m already tired. But I’m also super excited to eat everything! As usual, please leave your menus in the comments! And this week if you want to share your Thanksgiving plans, we’d love to see them!

It’s Thanksgiving week – I can’t believe it! Today it’s mostly all about the Thanksgiving menu, but I’ll also share our menu for the whole week, which is pretty sparse because all the attention will be on the turkey!

This year we will have Nate’s sister Jess and her family here with us for the entire week, and the Czarnecki family will be joining us on Thanksgiving. We will be surrounded by people that we love dearly and I can’t wait!

Time for the Thanksgiving menu! Here’s what we’ll be having. As usual, we’re sticking with everyone’s favorite classics.

• Turkey
• Classic Mashed Potatoes
• Classic Stuffing
• Gravy
• Crescent Rolls and/or Squash Rolls
• Cranberry Slush (my great-grandmother’s recipe that we have EVERY YEAR NO MATTER WHAT)
• Cranberry Sauce (as per Jess’s request, there will also be canned jellied cranberry sauce)
• Sweet Potato Souffle
• Broccoli Casserole OR Green Bean Casserole from Scratch
• Butternut Squash (I’m going to cube it, roast it, then pan fry it in browned butter)
• Rose’s Creamed Onions (this recipe is from Nate’s great-grandmother)
• Pies: Pumpkin, Apple (either this Swedish Apple Pie or Crumble Apple Pie), Chocolate Chip Pie

As for the rest of the week…here’s the menu plan!

MONDAY: Malibu Melt Wraps

TUESDAY: Taco Night

WEDNESDAY: Taco Leftovers

THURSDAY: THANKSGIVING!

FRIDAY – SUNDAY: Leftovers Galore!

Please share your weekly menu as usual…but we REALLY want to see your Thanksgiving plans! Share, share, share!

Hi everyone! I was going to post my Thanksgiving menu on Monday, but then I was thinking, we’re all probably doing a bunch of our grocery shopping this weekend, so it’s time to get planning for the Thanksgiving feasts NOW. Let’s get to it!

Here is what we are having for Thanksgiving this year. I can’t WAIT for Thursday!

• Turkey (Every year I try a different technique. This year I’m going with a super simple approach shared by my friend Aimee.)
• Classic Mashed Potatoes (I MIGHT throw a little cream cheese in there this year because that’s what Martha Stewart’s mom does, although I think we’ll skip Snoop’s cognac.)
• Classic Stuffing
• Gravy
• Crescent Rolls
• Cranberry Slush (my great-grandmother’s recipe that we have EVERY YEAR NO MATTER WHAT)
• Cranberry Sauce
• Green Bean Casserole from Scratch
• Sweet Potato Souffle
• Broccoli Casserole
• 60-Second Brussels Sprouts

Dessert is still up in the air. We’re going to have a serious discussion about it once everyone is in town, but there will for sure be Pumpkin Pie and something with chocolate. And maybe makes-its-own-crust apple pie. And maybe even more than that. Who knows? It might get crazy around here.

P.S. I didn’t get any cooking done ahead of time besides the cranberry sauce. So much for being organized and ahead of the game!

Click here to see all the Thanksgiving Prep posts I’ve published over the years for even more inspiration.

And, as always, please share your own menu plan for next week’s Thanksgiving feast! If you have recipes or links to recipes, share those, too!