Since last month’s menu planner was such a hit, I wanted to be sure to share our current month’s menu plan for some inspiration for the month. I am trying some new recipes from my cookbooks so I will be sure to post our reviews of those when I complete them as well as the reipes. Anything that I have shared before or that I have found online will be highlighted so you can make the dish in your house! Please be sure to visit I’m An Organizing Junkie for a whole list of participants to help inspire your menu plans each and every week!
Meal Plan:
1. Chicken Enchiladas with Homemade Enchilada Sauce (from my America’s Test Kitchen Cookbook) with tortilla chips & Idiot Margaritas
2. Classic Baked Ziti with homemade bread & tossed salad
3. Salmon Patties (from my America’s Test Kitchen Cookbook) with Seasoned Baked Potato Wedges
4. Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole (scroll down to view) over Egg Noodles & Baby Peas
6. Skillet Ziti With Chicken & Broccoli (from America’s Test Kitchen Cookbook- bake or prepare extra chicken for chicken tetrazzini later in the week) with Homemade Bread
7. Leftover Night
8. Best Waffles with Orange Juice
9. Herb Baked Tilapia, Rice, & Corn
10. Creamy Chicken Tetrazzini with Tossed Salad
11. Meatball Subs with Baked Potato Wedges
12. Ranch Pork Chops, Rice, & Corn
13. Appetizer Night- Honey BBQ Chicken Wings, Cheese Quesidillas, Carrot Sticks & Tortilla Chips
14. Leftover Night
15. Pumpkin Pancakes with Orange Juice
17. Roast Turkey Sandwiches (Scroll to Meal #7) & Panera Bread Broccoli Cheese Soup
18. Funky Chicken with Sesame Noodles
19. Turkey Salad Sandwiches (from leftover turkey) With Pretzels & Carrot Sticks
20. Lemon Roasted Chicken (scroll down to Meal #16 & save leftover chicken for later), Buttered Noodles, and Corn
21. Homemade Pizza Night
22. Leftover night
23. Chicken Salad Sandwiches (made from leftover lemon chicken)
Making for the Freezer: Butter Baked Rice (to be used throughout the month)
Snacks: Apple Pie Muffins, Pumpkin Streusel Muffins, Cinnamon Muffins
Sounds great – as always! We usually do an appetizer night as well, so I’ll be trying the recipe for the honey wings.
Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks. I like the idea of the butter rice. I normally served soaked whole grain rice but it would be nice to jazz it up a bit and especially nice to have a stash in the freezer.
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Thanks for all the links! These recipes look yummy.
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The recipes from America’s Test Kitchen cookbook sound great! What is the exact title of the book you use? I’d like to track it down. Thanks.
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Amy, great menus. Is there anyway you can post the homemade enchilada sauce recipe? My family is crazy for enchiladas- we have them a couple times a week and the canned sauce is outrageously priced and I’d love a homemade recipe.
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Looks delicious, thanks for all the great ideas Amy!
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Looks delish, thanks for all the links! I’m working through a month long menu, trying to figure out what will work best for us…I’m definitely still in the development stages!
Have a great week!
Steph
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Shelia- The cookbook is America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook. I actually found it at the library and was sold immediately on it! It reviews cookware, ingredients, and they “test kitchen” all of the recipes to find the perfect recipe for everything. They had a show on PBS too. If you can get it from the library to peek through it, you will see how great it is! I asked for it for Christmas and my in-laws got it for me. I was over the moon! Such a great book!
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Lots of great recipes there, thanks for providing the links!!
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Thanks for sharing your monthly menu again. I found much inspiration from your last one and am sure this one will too. Maybe you should make this a regular monthly feature?!
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The Chicken Poppy Seed Casserole link should be fixed.
I will check my cookbook for the recipe and post it tonight!!
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Amy,
I am IMPRESSED you have all this planned out. I’ve been trying to do weekly ones, but always end up running to the store for a couple things I forgot. Drives me crazy! =)
Hey, when you have a minute (ha!), could you please send me that BD sign-up stuff? I hope to work on it later this week. Thanks, friend!
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This is great! I’m always needing new recipes to throw into the mix. I do a weekly menu, it has helped so much with the budget and grocery shopping.
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