FREE Thanksgiving Planner Printable + Two Week Menu

I am not a naturally organized person at all.  But come the winter holidays, I do a pretty good job of staying on top of things if I do say so myself!  {Well, unless you count Christmas gift shopping still on the 23rd…I work well under time pressures!!}

If you’d like a copy, you can download my Thanksgiving planner.

Menu Plan

Have you watched my review/tutorial for Plan to Eat?  Plan to Eat is the only meal planning system I’ve stuck with for more than six months.  In fact, I’m coming up on FIVE years with it!  Watch it and then sign up for a free 30-day free trial.  If you like it, they have a 50% off sale every Black Friday through Cyber Monday.

I really dislike grocery shopping with crowds.  I’ve grown used to my quiet, Sunday evening shopping trips where I’m one of a dozen or two dozen people in the entire store.  So grocery shopping before Thanksgiving??  A few years ago, I started doing my last November shopping trip by mid-November, roughly two weeks before Thanksgiving.  I do a big menu plan, try to think of everything I could possibly need and then do a big trip.

I will still need to do a short trip for fresh produce & dairy this weekend but the bulk of my Thanksgiving Day shopping is done!

To make Thanksgiving week a little simpler, I keep the same basic menu for the entire week.  {I even save the entire week as a saved menu in Plan to Eat so I can just drag it into the week each year.  Simple as that, my menu and shopping list is done!}

Sloppy Joes and potato wedges
Roast with carrots & potatoes, corn, rolls
BBQ ranch chicken wraps, pasta salad, fruit
Ground beef tacos, Mexican rice, pineapple
Chipotle BBQ pulled chicken sandwiches {I’ll double the recipe for a meal next week.}
Mexican roadside chicken, baked hush puppies, roasted poblanos & onions, salad

Baked BBQ chicken sliders on Hawaiian rolls {Using last week’s leftovers}
Skillet chicken fajitas, yellow rice, pineapple
Baked pasta, Pizza Hut-style breadsticks, salad
Thanksgiving Dinner {Including turkey, butterhorn rolls, southern green beans, pies {pumpkin, maple cream, apple} and cinnamon ice cream}
Maple chipotle pork + leftover Thanksgiving sides
Leftovers

Get more meal inspiration (and a free Christmas planner!) from I’m an Organizing Junkie.