chickpea curry   

With so much focus on Thursday’s big feast, I always find myself scrambling to get dinner on the table in the days leading up to Thanksgiving. Given all the cooking that’s about to happen, I need some quick and easy dinner ideas to fill out the week. That’s where this menu comes in handy, with fresh and light 15-minute meals Sunday through Wednesday, a tasty Thanksgiving menu for Thursday, plus a healthy dinner idea for how to use up  leftovers creatively the next day.  Your Meal Plan Slow-Cooker Green Bean Casserole Sunday’s Quick Shrimp Puttanesca kicks off this week of 15-minute dinners. This meal is both  healthy and comforting, and requires just a handful of ingredients. I love the briny olives and capers in this recipe, plus the artichokes help to up the veggie count. Pairing Monday’s fast Chickpea Curry with riced cauliflower is another easy way to add veggies to your meal, and serving Tuesday’s speedy salmon salad in an avocado helps, too! These extra veggies earlier in the week help my body feel balanced heading into the holiday.  People sure are passionate about their Thanksgiving must-haves—I certainly can’t go without buttery mashed potatoes, creamy green bean casserole and hot gravy. Honestly, if they were the only things on the table, I’d be happy! But to keep everyone happy, there’s a little bit of everything on Thursday’s menu. If you’re skipping the traditional meal this year, choose another 15-minute recipe to cover you for that night. Cheers! Sunday: Quick Shrimp Puttanesca and a side of greens topped with Sherry Dijon Vinaigrette Monday: Chickpea Curry over cauliflower rice Tuesday: Salmon-Stuffed Avocados and a side of greens topped with Sherry Dijon Vinaigrette Wednesday: Creamy Spinach Pasta Thursday Dinner: Herb-Roasted Turkey (or go with a smaller Roast Chicken) Herbed Turkey Gravy Slow-Cooker Green Bean Casserole with Crispy Onions Mashed Potatoes Caramelized Onion & Apple Stuffing Apple Crisp with Cranberries Friday: Leftover Turkey Salad Get the Printable Shopping List Here! Make sure you’re prepared with plenty of meal-prep containers to pack up Thanksgiving leftovers! This set by Rubbermaid is on sale through the end of the year: Rubbermaid Brilliance Food Storage Containers Rubbermaid Rubbermaid Brilliance Food Storage Containers, Leak-Proof 36-Piece Set $62.20() shop it Walmart.com Big Batch Breakfast  Blueberry Almond Chia Pudding Start each day off on a healthy note with this fiber-packed Blueberry Almond Chia Pudding. If you haven’t tried chia pudding yet, I highly recommend you do—it’s delicious! Plus, with 10 grams of fiber per serving, these tasty cups will help keep your digestive system in tip-top shape—even after all those Thanksgiving goodies. Get the Recipe: Blueberry Almond Chia Pudding Treat Yourself classic negroni shot in glass with orange peel twist on white background A good Negroni is something I look forward to on special occasions, so that’s going to be my pre-dinner drink of choice on Thanksgiving. I love the just-bitter-enough flavor from the Campari and I usually add a squeeze of fresh orange juice, too. It makes it taste—and smell—extra amazing! Get the Recipe: Classic Negroni Love this newsletter, have a meal-prep tip you’re dying to share or a question you need answered? Email me at  ThePrep@eatingwell.com

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chickpea curry   

chickpea curry

chickpea curry

With so much focus on Thursday’s big feast, I always find myself scrambling to get dinner on the table in the days leading up to Thanksgiving. Given all the cooking that’s about to happen, I need some quick and easy dinner ideas to fill out the week. That’s where this menu comes in handy, with fresh and light 15-minute meals Sunday through Wednesday, a tasty Thanksgiving menu for Thursday, plus a healthy dinner idea for how to use up  leftovers creatively the next day. 

Your Meal Plan

Slow-Cooker Green Bean Casserole   

Sunday’s Quick Shrimp Puttanesca kicks off this week of 15-minute dinners. This meal is both  healthy and comforting, and requires just a handful of ingredients. I love the briny olives and capers in this recipe, plus the artichokes help to up the veggie count. Pairing Monday’s fast Chickpea Curry with riced cauliflower is another easy way to add veggies to your meal, and serving Tuesday’s speedy salmon salad in an avocado helps, too! These extra veggies earlier in the week help my body feel balanced heading into the holiday. 

People sure are passionate about their Thanksgiving must-haves—I certainly can’t go without buttery mashed potatoes, creamy green bean casserole and hot gravy. Honestly, if they were the only things on the table, I’d be happy! But to keep everyone happy, there’s a little bit of everything on Thursday’s menu. If you’re skipping the traditional meal this year, choose another 15-minute recipe to cover you for that night.

Cheers!

Sunday: Quick Shrimp Puttanesca and a side of greens topped with Sherry Dijon Vinaigrette

Monday: Chickpea Curry over cauliflower rice

Tuesday: Salmon-Stuffed Avocados and a side of greens topped with Sherry Dijon Vinaigrette

Wednesday: Creamy Spinach Pasta

Thursday Dinner: Herb-Roasted Turkey (or go with a smaller Roast Chicken)

Herbed Turkey Gravy

Slow-Cooker Green Bean Casserole with Crispy Onions

Mashed Potatoes

Caramelized Onion & Apple Stuffing

Apple Crisp with Cranberries

Friday: Leftover Turkey Salad

Get the Printable Shopping List Here!

Make sure you’re prepared with plenty of meal-prep containers to pack up Thanksgiving leftovers! This set by Rubbermaid is on sale through the end of the year:

Rubbermaid Brilliance Food Storage Containers  Rubbermaid Rubbermaid Brilliance Food Storage Containers, Leak-Proof 36-Piece Set $62.20() shop it Walmart.com 

Big Batch Breakfast 

Blueberry Almond Chia Pudding   

Start each day off on a healthy note with this fiber-packed Blueberry Almond Chia Pudding. If you haven’t tried chia pudding yet, I highly recommend you do—it’s delicious! Plus, with 10 grams of fiber per serving, these tasty cups will help keep your digestive system in tip-top shape—even after all those Thanksgiving goodies.

Get the Recipe: Blueberry Almond Chia Pudding

Treat Yourself

classic negroni shot in glass with orange peel twist on white background   

A good Negroni is something I look forward to on special occasions, so that’s going to be my pre-dinner drink of choice on Thanksgiving. I love the just-bitter-enough flavor from the Campari and I usually add a squeeze of fresh orange juice, too. It makes it taste—and smell—extra amazing!

Get the Recipe: Classic Negroni

Love this newsletter, have a meal-prep tip you’re dying to share or a question you need answered? Email me at  ThePrep@eatingwell.com

Slow-Cooker Green Bean Casserole

Slow-Cooker Green Bean Casserole

Rubbermaid Brilliance Food Storage Containers

Rubbermaid Rubbermaid Brilliance Food Storage Containers, Leak-Proof 36-Piece Set $62.20() shop it Walmart.com

Rubbermaid Brilliance Food Storage Containers

$62.20()

shop it Walmart.com

Walmart.com

Blueberry Almond Chia Pudding

Blueberry Almond Chia Pudding

classic negroni shot in glass with orange peel twist on white background

classic negroni shot in glass with orange peel twist on white background

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