MEAL PLAN WITH RECIPE LINKS – 12/23 – 12/29/23

December 21, 2023December 21, 2023 lolasfrugallifeWeekly Meal Plans

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 – 12/23/23
- Tonight we will be making one of my favorite baked chicken recipes. I will be making Oven-Baked Chicken. I usually make this with bone-in chicken thighs, but it comes out great with legs too! For side dishes, I will be making Carrot Fries and Mexican White Rice.
Sunday – 12/24/23
- I don’t normally include breakfast recipes, but I wanted to share what we will be making for Christmas Eve breakfast. We will be having Bacon and Egg Breakfast Tarts.
- We will be going to a potluck tonight and I will be bringing Slow Cooker Salisbury Steak.

Monday – 12/25/23
- Spiral Ham (no recipe, just following the instructions on the package!
- Best Green Bean Casserole
- Creamy Baked Macaroni and Cheese
- Creamy Cheesy Spinach – in crockpot place 2 pks frozen chopped spinach, 16 ounces small curd cottage cheese, 1/4 cup sliced butter, 1/2 pound american cheese, 3 eggs beaten, 1/4 cup flour, 1/8 tsp salt. Cook on low 4 to 5 hours.
- Corn Casserole III
- Chef John’s Perfect Mashed Potatoes

Tuesday – 12/26/23
- Every Tuesday, we do some type of Mexican theme. For tonight, I will be making Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas. I serve this up with some flour tortillas and sour cream. This is a recipe I like making because it comes together so quickly.

Wednesday – 12/27/23
- 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 Fried Rice.

Thursday – 12/28/23
- Thursday we usually do some type of soup and grilled cheese, or breakfast for dinner. Tonight we will be having Sausage & Cheese Crescent Roll Breakfast Casserole.

Friday – 12/29/23
- 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.

Thanks so much for checking in! If you would like to hear the podcast version of this meal plan you can find it at Lola’s Frugal Life Podcast! Also, be sure to check out my other blog posts on this site!

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