MEAL PLAN WITH RECIPE LINKS – 12/17 – 12/23/22
You can hear the audio version of this meal plan on my podcast at Lola’s Frugal Life Podcast, on Apple Podcast, and on many other platforms!
Welcome to my weekly meal plan! Each week I like to share the meal plan that I will be using for my family for the upcoming week. I do this because I think that having a meal plan is really important for many reasons. Some of those reasons include saving money, wasting less food, and having less stress when it comes time to figure out “what’s for dinner?”! I try to stick with a meal plan that is simple to make things a little easier during our busy weeks. I hope this can help you with some ideas of what you might want to make this week.
- Saturday – 12/17/22
- For tonight I will make a nice simple meal of Penne with Chicken and Asparagus. We will be serving it with Cheesy Bacon Butternut Squash.
- Sunday – 12/18/22
- Tonight we will be making Chef John’s Italian Meatballs with some Easy Ravioli Bake. I will also be making a bagged salad from the grocery store as a side dish!
- Monday – 12/19/22
- Tonight we will be having hamburgers for dinner. I make these every other week. This is one of those that I don’t have a real recipe to share with you. I just make them very simply by making patties with ground beef. Sometimes I’ll throw a little bit of McCormick hamburger seasoning on them. I will also be making a can of pork and beans, and Oven Fresh Seasoned Potato Wedges.
- Tuesday – 12/20/22
- Every Tuesday, we do some type of Mexican theme meal. Tonight we are going to do a Southwest Skillet!
- Wednesday – 12/21/22
- We usually rotate some type of seafood on Wednesdays. Tonight we will be having Bacon Wrapped Barbeque Shrimp. I have mentioned previously that I do not actually wrap the shrimp when I make this recipe. Instead, I cut up the bacon into pieces and lay over the shrimp on the baking sheet. I will be serving this with Easy Lo Mein.
- Thursday – 12/22/22
- We try to keep things really simple on Thursdays because this is the night that I go grocery shopping! Tonight we will be doing Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Soup.
- Friday – 12/23/22
- Today I will be making Creamy Herbed Pork Chops. This is one of my favorite ways to make pork chops. Honestly, I have never made the “creamy part” of the recipe. I am sure it is good! But, I just love the pork chops seasoned with the Montreal Steak seasoning and browned in the butter. It comes out so good. I use bone-in pork chops. For a side dish, we will be having some of Sarah’s Rice Pilaf and frozen vegetables.
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