{"id":2986,"date":"2010-11-22T11:06:47","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T16:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=2986"},"modified":"2010-11-22T11:06:47","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T16:06:47","slug":"thanksgiving-week-menu-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=2986","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Week Menu Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If any week is crazy, it is this one.  Interesting that I don&#8217;t feel all that stressed.  Hmmmm&#8230;  Maybe a touch of &#8220;the calm before the storm&#8221; going on here.  We are hosting Thanksgiving dinner again this year, something I love to do.  We purchased a 20 lb turkey and have begun the process of getting all of the details figured out.  When to make the pies, the cornbread, the cranberry sauce, etc.  I am planning on doing as much as I can in advance so that we can do more socializing and wine drinking on Thanksgiving day.  \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"WIDTH: 401px; HEIGHT: 316px\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" alt=\"\" align=\"baseline\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3295\/3061397270_1dc3685e6f.jpg?v=0\" width=\"401\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"WIDTH: 412px; HEIGHT: 273px\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" alt=\"\" align=\"baseline\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/048_thumb.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Food that I will be preparing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=546\">Pumpkin Pies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/gluten-free-food-in-columbus\/pom-wonderful-cranberry-sauce-gluten-free\">Cranberry Sauce<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cornbread<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/celiac-disease.com\/stuffing-or-dressing\/\">Cornbread &amp; Sausage Stuffing<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Veggie &amp; Cheese Trays<\/li>\n<li>Turkey<\/li>\n<li>Steamed Carrots, Green Beans &amp; Broccoli<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We will also have (brought by family):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/gluten-free-food-in-columbus\/recipe-catholic-potatoes-gluten-free\">Catholic Potatoes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Salad<\/li>\n<li>Cheesecake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am so excited!  Several of us will be participating in a 4 mile race the morning of Thanksgiving.  No better way to create a calorie deficit than to run before the meal!  There will also be mass shopping on Black Friday to work off the rest of the meal and dessert.  \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Sunday &#8211; Butternut Squash Soup &amp; salad<\/p>\n<p>Monday &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/celiac-disease.com\/recipe-battered-chicken-fingers\/\">Battered Chicken Fingers,<\/a> baked steak fries, asparagus &amp; salad<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday -Taco Tuesday, black beans, corn &amp; salad (Jon&#8217;s gotta have those tacos)<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday -I am thinking take-out<\/p>\n<p>Thursday &#8211; The Big Meal<\/p>\n<p>Friday &#8211; Leftovers<\/p>\n<p>Saturday-More Leftovers<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Baking<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lemon bars (new mix to sample &amp; review)<\/p>\n<p>Cornbread<\/p>\n<p>Pumpkin Pies<\/p>\n<p>I wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving and hope that you will be able to spend it with those you love.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=2986\"><\/div>\n<script><!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_div_class=\"linkwithin_hook\";\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 135270;\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts with Thumbnails\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If any week is crazy, it is this one. 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