diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index af789194d..54d60e306 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@
         {
             "type": "composer",
             "url": "https://asset-packagist.org"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "path",
+            "url": "./recipes/thunder_article",
+            "options": {
+                "symlink": false
+            }
         }
     ],
     "extra": {
diff --git a/recipes/thunder_article/composer.json b/recipes/thunder_article/composer.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e31b00714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/thunder_article/composer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "name": "thunder/thunder-article-recipe",
+    "type": "drupal-recipe",
+    "description": "Thunder recipe that installs the Trash module for content recovery",
+    "license": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
+    "require": {
+        "drupal/trash": "^3.0"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/recipes/thunder_article/recipe.yml b/recipes/thunder_article/recipe.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..362190bd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/thunder_article/recipe.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+name: 'Thunder Article Recipe'
+description: 'Installs the Trash module with default configuration for content recovery in Thunder'
+type: 'Feature'
+
+install:
+  - trash
+
+config:
+  import:
+    trash: '*'
diff --git a/thunder.info.yml b/thunder.info.yml
index 8d5b0f9c5..1d5943b0d 100644
--- a/thunder.info.yml
+++ b/thunder.info.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ dependencies:
   - drupal:views
   - update_helper:update_helper
 
+recipes:
+  - thunder_article
+
 install:
   # core
   - drupal:block