Wow, here we are just a two days away from Christmas!  Our Christmas weekly meal plan is going to be simple, filled with easy meals and some made-ahead meals.

Here’s our plan for the week.

My weekly meal plan and shopping list is completed and posted on our fridge:

Breakfast options: 

(served with fruit)

French toast casserole ~served on Christmas morning and again on Saturday when the relatives are here.
Pancakes
Waffles
Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
Cereal
Scrambled, Fried, or Hard-Boiled Eggs
Breakfast Burritos
Quiche
English Muffins
Homemade Bread
Biscuits
Muffins
Breakfast Cookies
Mini Apple Pies or Turnovers

Lunch options:

Sandwiches or Wraps (Tuna salad, egg salad, chicken salad, turkey salad, leftover meats, grilled cheese, blt, pb&j)
Quesadillas
Smoothies
Leftovers from dinner
Salad
Baked Potato
Homemade Pizza Pockets

Suppers Your Family Will Love

Need ideas for your weekly meal plan? It’s time for another weekly menu.  I enjoy menu planning because of  the simplicity it provides for my life. It enables me to decrease my grocery shopping excursions to twice a month and it allows me to  have more free time to focus on my family and home. For ideas in the weekly meal plan, we’ll be focusing on a variety of family meals. You’ll find the recipes on the weekly meal plan also available on my Recipe Index page with a grocery list included.

Dinner (recipes will post throughout the week, given time to cook and photograph  )

Note: an asterisk* means it’s from the freezer

Sunday:  Sunday Supper~Mom’s Chili in a Bread Bowl

Monday: Chicken Noodle Soup* Crusty French Bread

Tuesday:  Christmas Dinner~Roasted Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Stuffing, Homemade Dinner Rolls, Gravy

Wednesday: Black Bean and Turkey Quesadillas, Cornbread

Thursday: Breaded Chicken with Fried Rice and fruit

Friday: Family Favorites Night ~Cheeseburger Pizza

Saturday: BBQ Sloppy Joes, salad

For more great family recipes, be sure to visit my new recipe box page.

What’s cooking at your house this week?