Happy Monday! Are you busy getting ready for Thanksgiving? We have our turkey, it’s chillin’ in the fridge and all the fixins’ are in the pantry ready to go.
Every year Thanksgiving week is typically laid back for the first few days. I have the entire week off from the office and it’s a short school week. Mid-week, is Grandparents day and I’ll spend a little time at the school volunteering in the morning. Then later in the day, I’ll finish my prepping for our Thanksgiving day feast.
In previous years, I’ve always had enough for some tasty Thanksgiving leftovers. I’m also planning simple meals before and after Thanksgiving. I really don’t want lots of leftovers the beginning of this week as I’ll have plenty after Thanksgiving day.
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
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 
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Note: an asterisk* means it’s from the freezer
Sunday: Sunday Supper~French Toast, Gallo Pinto Beans and Rice
Monday: Tuscan Tomato and Basil Soup
Tuesday: Pasta Night* (pulling red sauce from the freezer)~served with salad and garlic bread
Wednesday: Asian Chicken Salad Wraps
Thursday:Thanksgiving Day Feast Menu
Friday: Family Favorites Night ~Pizza Night
Saturday: Soup Night~Fiesta Turkey Tortilla Soup, Good loaf of fresh homemade french bread
For more great family recipes, be sure to visit my new recipe box page. For a little help on Thanksgiving, I’ve added a Thanksgiving recipe section just for this special day.
What’s cooking at your house this week?
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