Our menu plan this week features recipes from our other favorite celebrity homemaker, Martha Stewart! Her recipes may be easy to prepare, but are a little more exotic sounding than regular dinner menu fare. Tap into your adventurous side this fall and try out these new Martha Stewart dinner recipes. 

Our free printable Take and Make Menu Plans contain everything you need for an entire week’s dinners and all you have to do is the shopping and cooking! Print out the menu plan each Sunday, which includes:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.

Take And Make Menu Plan #1:

Martha Stewart Dinner Recipes

Menu is planned for a family of 4.  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Printable Grocery Shopping List:  Click the button below to view, download or print the shopping list. Grocery shopping checklist is divided into sections by type of food to make your shopping trip faster.

Dinner Menu Plan with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner:  Martha Stewart’s Grilled Chicken Sandwiches with Mustard. Light and fresh, but with a twist, this grilled chicken sandwich is perfect for summer.

Tuesday

Dinner:  Martha Stewart’s Grilled Chicken Tostadas. This recipe is a great summer version of the Tex-Mex favorite.

Wednesday

Dinner:  Martha Stewart’s Chicken Fried Rice with Bok Choy. Feel free to substitute fresh greens from your garden or farmer’s market in place of the bok choy.

Thursday

Dinner:  Martha Stewart’s Pork Chop with Pineapple Salsa. Homemade pineapple salsa is a sure-fire way to lighten up the dinner time staple, the pork chop.

Friday

Dinner:  Martha Stewart’s Rigatoni with Spiced Meat Sauce. Makes 4 servings.

Saturday

Dinner:   Martha Stewart’s Open-Faced Egg and Tomato Sandwich. Only makes 2 servings, so take care to adjust the ingredients for your family.

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

Our menu plan this week features celebrity recipes from Tom Cruise, Dale Earnhardt, Ricky Martin, Susan Sarandon and more. 

What we noticed the most about this collection of celebrity recipes is that they call for mostly vegetables, a medium amount of proteins, and little carbohydrates.

Our free printable Take and Make Menu Plans contain everything you need for an entire week’s dinners and all you have to do is the shopping and cooking!  Print out the menu plan each Sunday, which includes:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.  (After the week is over, add the recipes to your cookbook for future use.) 

Take And Make Menu Plan:

Celebrity Recipes

Menu is planned for a family of 4.  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Printable Grocery Shopping List:  Click here to view, download or print the shopping list.

Menu Plan with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Daryl Hannah’s Curry.  “When Daryl Hannah was on a low-fat diet for an upcoming role, chef Andy Ennis whipped up lighter, super-spicy versions of her favorite vegetarian foods, including this flavorful curry.” -Meatless Monday

Tuesday

Dinner: Casey Kasem’s Vegetable Soup.  At only 102 calories per serving, this celebrity recipe is healthy and slimming.  Serves 6.

Wednesday

Dinner: Dale Earnhardt’s Fish and Vegetable Rolls. Makes 4 servings.

Thursday

Dinner: Ricky Martin’s Rice & Beans recipe.  This celebrity recipe delivers plenty of energy to shake and shimmy just like Ricky Martin!  Serves 4.

Friday

Dinner: Tom Cruise’s recipe for Linguine with Zesty Red Clam Sauce.  Makes 6 servings.

Saturday

Dinner: Susan Sarandon’s Risotto with Scallops & Asparagus.  Makes 4 servings.

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day off for the chef!

Print out the free printable Take and Make Menu Plans each Sunday, which include:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.

Take And Make Menu Plans:

Breakfast for Dinner Recipes

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

Click the button below to view, download or print the shopping list. Grocery shopping checklist is divided into sections by type of food to make your shopping trip faster.

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Secretly Healthy Coffee Ring.

Tuesday

Dinner: Full English Breakfast.

Wednesday

Dinner: Healthy Cheddar Sausage Strata.

Thursday

Dinner: Cinnamon Belgian Waffles.

Friday

Dinner: Bacon & Rice Croquettes.

Saturday

Dinner: Maple Bacon Muffins.

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

We want to be outside doing fun family activities as much as you do for the remainder of summer vacation!  Take advantage of quick cooking meals that will have you in and out of the kitchen in no time. 

Print the shopping list and recipes below for a no-fail menu plan this week!

Take And Make Menu Plans:

  Easy Summer Recipes

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

Click the button below to view, download or print the shopping list. Grocery shopping checklist is divided into sections by type of food to make your shopping trip faster.

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Fried chicken with mashed potatoes and white gravy.

Tuesday

Dinner: Stuffed tortilla chips.  Melty and portable, you can make these stuffed tortilla chips and send them with your kids to eat outside in the warm summer weather!

Wednesday

Dinner:  Hubby’s Best Mac and Cheese recipe.  

Thursday

Dinner: Chipotle chicken sandwiches.

Friday

Dinner: Steak and Ale Style Hawaiian Chicken cooked on the barbecue grill. 

Saturday

Dinner: Taco foldovers.  You know we love portable food for summertime!  These taco foldovers are a great option for kids to take on the go for a healthy dinner.

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

If you’d like to suggest your recipes to be featured, email tips(at)homeeverafter.com.

Try these easy dinners for a week, and use the extra time you save to do something fun with your family outside.

Print out the free printable Take and Make Menu Plans each Sunday, which include:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.

Take And Make Menu Plan:

Easy Dinner Recipes

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

Click the button below to view, download or print the shopping list. Grocery shopping checklist is divided into sections by type of food to make your shopping trip faster.

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Nacho Salad.  Tex-Mex can be a great way to hide veggies from your little ones.  They’ll love devouring down this vegetable-filled nacho salad!

Tuesday

Dinner: Enchilada Casserole.

Wednesday

Dinner: Chicken Lo Mein.  This oriental favorite gets a new twist by using spaghetti in this easy dinner recipe.

Thursday

Dinner: Aloha Pork Chop Skillet.  Inexpensive pork chops make this Hawaiian summer dish an easy dinner recipe you’ll want to check out.

Friday

Dinner: Chicken and Spinach Risotto.  Thought you could only get risotto at a restaurant?  Think again! This fast and easy version of a dinner risotto will let you bring the restaurant dish home.

Saturday

Dinner: 5-Minute Southwest Layered Salad.  This light and easy summer salad has the protein side of dinner taken care of.

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

Print out the free printable Take and Make Menu Plans each Sunday, which include:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.

Take And Make Menu Plan:

Vegetarian Meatless Meals Recipes

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

Click the button below to view, download or print the shopping list. Grocery shopping checklist is divided into sections by type of food to make your shopping trip faster.

Meatless Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie with Potato Crust.  Makes 4 servings.

Tuesday

Dinner: Louisiana Style Meatless Jambalaya.  Make this jambalaya as spicy hot or as mild as you like by adjusting the hot sauce.  This meatless meal is healthy as well, at only 2 grams of fat per serving!  Serves 4.

Wednesday

Dinner: Great Northern White Chili.  This high protein meatless meal is great for low-calorie and low-fat diets, with only 220 calories and 2 grams of fat. Makes 8 servings.

Thursday

Dinner: Rick’s Mock Crab Cakes.  Meatless crab cakes get their protein from tofu in this recipe.  Serves 4.

Friday

Dinner: Vegetarian Oval Office Enchiladas. This meatless meal got its name from the fact that it was a regular on the White House menu for President Ronald Reagan!  Serves 12.

Saturday

Dinner: Indian-Style Chickpeas. Try something a little different from your regular menu plan with this high-protein meatless Indian dish.Serves 4.

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

If you’d like to suggest your recipes to be featured, email tips(at)homeeverafter.com.

If you’ve ever wondered about the difference between the kinds of ground beef at the grocery store and which you should choose, read our Definitive Guide to Ground Beef and Ground Meats.  You’ll probably also like the recipes in our Frugal Ground Meat Recipes menu plan, so be sure to check those out as well.

Print out the free printable Take and Make Menu Plans each Sunday, which include:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.

Take And Make Menu Plan:

Ground Beef Frugal Recipes

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

Click the button below to view, download or print the shopping list. Grocery shopping checklist is divided into sections by type of food to make your shopping trip faster.

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Porcupines recipe.  Porcupines are kind of like meatballs, only with a lot of “spikes” (rice), a perfect fun meal for the kids!

Tuesday

Dinner: Easy Tater Tot Hot Dish.  This is very similar to the recipe I use to make tater tot casserole.

Wednesday

Dinner: 15-Minute Dinner Nachos Supreme.  This frugal ground beef recipe was created by Campbell’s and looks scrumptious!

Thursday

Dinner: Amish Casserole.  This rich creamy casserole frugal recipe is a grocery-budget saver with basic frugal cooking ingredients to make up a traditional “comfort food” dish.

Friday

Dinner: Bacon Cheeseburger Rice. 

Saturday

Dinner: 2-Step Beefy Taco Joes.  Another Campbell’s Kitchen creation, this ground beef frugal recipe is an interesting twist on a delicious classic.

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

Print out the free printable Take and Make Menu Plans each Sunday, which include:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.

Take And Make Menu Plan:

Copycat Restaurant Recipes

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

Click the button below to view, download or print the shopping list. Grocery shopping checklist is divided into sections by type of food to make your shopping trip faster.

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Jack in the Box Mini Sirloin Burgers recipe.

Tuesday

Dinner: Chili’s Beef Fajitas recipe.

Wednesday

Dinner: Bennigan’s Buffalo Chicken sandwich recipe.

Thursday

Dinner: Planet Hollywood Thai Shrimp Pasta recipe.

Friday

Dinner: Rainforest Cafe Caribou Coconut Chicken with Honey Mustard Sauce recipe.

Saturday

Dinner: Bennigan’s Monte Cristo Sandwich recipe.

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

Print out the free printable Take and Make Menu Plans each Sunday, which include:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.

Take And Make Menu Plan:

Summer Dinner Sandwich Recipes

Menu is planned for a family of 4.  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

Click the button below to view, download or print the shopping list. Grocery shopping checklist is divided into sections by type of food to make your shopping trip faster.

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Brontosaurus Burgers.  These awesome BBQ burgers are great for summer vacation, and anything with a dinosaur name is sure to have your kids begging for more!

Tuesday

Dinner: Fried Green Tomato Sandwich.  This tasty summer sandwich recipe is cooked almost like a Monte Cristo with egg battered bread.  Filled with both green and red tomatoes and served warm and melty.  Delicious! Serves 2.

Wednesday

Dinner: Chicken Salad Pitas.  Healthy chicken pitas are ready in only 15 minutes and loaded with healthy veggies.  Pack this summer dinner sandwich into your picnic basket and venture out with the family to the park or for an evening boat ride. 

Thursday

Dinner: Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich with Garlic Mayo.  What better way to bring the taste of a restaurant home than with a hot melty Philly cheesesteak, made just the way you like it?  This hearty dinner sandwich is sure to please and can be made at home at a fraction of the restaurant price.

Friday

Dinner: Portobello Mushroom Sandwiches recipe.  This summer dinner sandwich should really be called “Portobella Mushroom Burgers” because they’re served on hamburger buns.

Saturday

Dinner: Chicken Souvlaki Gyro Style.  Hungry for Greek food for dinner?  This gyro can satisfy that craving with an easy-to-make sandwich recipe that you can create at home.

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

Some of these foods you may never have considered grilling before, like pizza.  Be daring, be adventurous, and cook dinner all week on your bbq grill – we dare you!

Print out the free printable Take and Make Menu Plans each Sunday, which include:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.

Take And Make Menu Plan:

Cook on the Grill BBQ Recipes

Menu is planned for a family of 4.  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

Click the button below to view, download or print the shopping list. Grocery shopping checklist is divided into sections by type of food to make your shopping trip faster.

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Pizza On The Grill.  This barbecue recipe not only tells you how to make a fabulous pizza on the barbecue grill with a homemade crust, but even features a video to show you how to make it just right!

Tuesday

Dinner: Firecracker Grilled Alaska Salmon, served with a side of Eggplant and Tomato Packets.  This Alaskan salmon BBQ recipe is perfect for grilling out when you want seafood slow cooked outdoors, and the eggplant on the grill is a nice alternative to a traditional eggplant parmesan.

Wednesday

Dinner: Santa Fe Style Chicken, served with a side of Tasty BBQ Corn on the Cob.  The Santa Fe chicken bbq recipe was created by Dannon yogurt, and the directions actually call for the chicken to be marinated in yogurt!

Thursday

Dinner: Chicken Sandwiches with Zang, served with a side of BBQ Grilled Asparagus.  These tangy chicken breast burgers take the place of your traditional barbecue hamburger in this perfect summer meal.

Friday

Dinner: Barbeque Halibut Steaks, served with a side of Cheesy Campfire Potatoes.  Who says deep frying is the only way to enjoy your halibut this summer?  Try this bbq recipe to have your halibut on the grill.

Saturday

Dinner: Spinach Steak Pinwheels, served with a side of Zucchini Boats on the Grill.  If you’re looking to serve some stylish but healthy pinwheels at your summer cookout, look no further than the spinach steak pinwheels bbq recipe. 

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

These dinners don’t require extensive baking or stovetop cooking, helping to keep your home cool as the summer temperatures start to rise. 

Take And Make Menu Plan:

Summer Salad Recipes with a Twist

Menu is planned for a family of 4.  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

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Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Thai Chicken, Mango & Pineapple Salad.  The recipe suggests to serve this salad with a side of rice for dinner.

Tuesday

Dinner: Chop Chop Salad.  To take this light summer salad from lunch to dinnertime, serve over pieces of grilled chicken breast from the barbeque.

Wednesday

Dinner: Corkscrew Pasta and Tomato Salad.  This pasta summer salad dish still makes great use of fresh fruits and even frugal ingredient white beans for protein.

Thursday

Dinner: Italian Chicken Salad.  Perfectly seasoned chicken and fresh garden vegetables make this summer salad recipe the perfect meal for cooling off outside at a picnic table dinner.

Friday

Dinner: Tortellini and Ham Salad.  Makes 4 servings.

Saturday

Dinner: Nacho Salad recipe.  This Tex-Mex nacho salad is a Home Ever After original that your kids are sure to love!

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

Print out the free printable Take and Make Menu Plans each Sunday, which include:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.

Take And Make Menu Plan:

More Great Depression Era Recipes

Menu is planned for a family of 4.  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

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Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Wheat Casserole. This Great Depression recipe is completely lacking in protein, since protein was often a luxury during the Depression.  If you’re planning on cooking this for your family, add in protein by either including chicken in the casserole or adding some very frugal beans to the recipe.

Tuesday

Dinner: Potato Soup.  The author of the great depression potato soup recipe recommends adding bacon to the ingredients as a source of protein.

Wednesday

Dinner: Crockpot Bacon & Cabbage Stew for a Great Depression.  This recipe takes only 5 minutes of prep and 4 hours of cooking on high in the slow cooker.

Thursday

Dinner: Asparagus Timbales. 

Friday

Dinner: Bean Soup with Ham.  This is an overnight recipe, as the beans require a long soaking period, so be sure to plan ahead.

Saturday

Dinner: Meatless Meat Loaf. Now this is one of the more creative Great Depression recipes we’ve found, as it makes an entire meat loaf without using any meat!  The protein in this dish comes from cottage cheese, eggs and peanuts. 

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

Print out the free printable Take and Make Menu Plans each Sunday, which include:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipes and directions.

Take And Make Menu Plan:

Recession Recipes

Menu is planned for a family of 4.  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

Click the button below to view, download or print the shopping list. Grocery shopping checklist is divided into sections by type of food to make your shopping trip faster.

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Broccoli Tuna Casserole. This recession recipe costs under $5 for most USA shoppers.

Tuesday

Dinner: Ham and Swiss Roll-Ups.  This recession recipe cost the creator only $4.29 to make!

Wednesday

Dinner: Impossible Cheeseburger Pie, a recession recipe that calls for ground beef.  You all know ground meat is one of my favorite ingredients to stretch your grocery dollars.

Thursday

Dinner: Mini Meatloaves and Mashed Potatoes.

Friday

Dinner: Pizza Boats.  Tell me your kids won’t love this recession recipe! Mini homemade pizzas – made with custom toppings for your little guys’ taste buds.

Saturday

Dinner: Taco Macaroni and Cheese.

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

Beans are the ultimate recession food, because they’re inexpensive, small and easy to store, and dry, so they don’t require refrigeration or freezing.  Stockpiling beans for your pantry at little cost should be no problem, and using them up in these recession beans recipes during the lean times is a great way to stretch your grocery dollars. 

Read more about getting frugal in our recession proofing series: Recession Proof Your Pantry and Food, It’s Not About How Much You Make, What Would We Do if My Husband Lost His Job?, How one SAHM Recession-Proofed Her Family, and 5 Surefire Ways to Recession Proof Your Job.

Take And Make Menu Plan:

Recession Beans Recipes

Menu is planned for a family of 4.  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

Click the button below to view, download or print the shopping list. Grocery shopping checklist is divided into sections by type of food to make your shopping trip faster.

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Calypso Pineapple Bean Pot recipe. Sorry, no picture on this one. 

Tuesday

Dinner: 1-Pot, 3-Bean Chicken Stew recipe.  This beans recipe makes 8 servings, but recipe has a built in calculator to allow you to adjust the number of people you’ll be cooking for.  The calculator will automatically adjust the amount of ingredients to the perfect quantities.

Wednesday

Dinner: Argentine Lentil Stew recipe.  This beans recipe makes 4 servings and is not likely one that’s already in your regular dinner rotation.  It’s different, so give it a try!

Thursday

Dinner: Be Prepared Five-Bean Soup Mix.  This recession beans recipe makes 24 servings, so it’s a great way to do your bulk cooking to refrigerate or freeze the extra portions for later.  If you’re a big fan of cooking in batches to save time, this recipe is for you. 

Friday

Dinner: Bean and Tomato Stew with Sage recipe.  Serves 4.  This beans recipe looks like a cross between a really tomatoe-y chili and a thick winter soup. 

Saturday

Dinner: Bean, Pasta and Roasted Pepper Soup.  This beans recipe is by the Campbell’s Kitchen and takes only 15 minutes of prep time.  Makes 8 servings.

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s beans meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

Print out the free printable Take and Make Menu Plans each Sunday, which include:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.

Take And Make Menu Plan:

Ragin’ Cajun Recipes

Menu is planned for a family of 4.  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

Click the button below to view, download or print the shopping list.  Grocery shopping checklist is divided into sections by type of food to make your shopping trip faster.

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

  Dinner: Cajun Cabbage Jambalaya recipe. This cajun recipe calls for some of our favorite frugal ingredients, cabbage and ground meat.  Learn how to cut ground beef with frugal fillers to stretch your grocery budget even further.

Tuesday

Dinner: French Quarter Red Beans and Rice with Sausage recipe. You can adjust the hot sauce called for in this cajun recipe to make it spicier for us parents and not-so-spicy for the kids.

Wednesday

Dinner: Chicken Okra Gumbo recipe.

Thursday

Dinner: Cajun Tamale Pie recipe.  This cajun casserole is quick and easy to assemble and bakes in only 30 minutes.

Friday

Dinner: Chick Pea and Cod Soup recipe.  Healthy chick peas (also known as garbanzo beans) are high in protein and make a great meat-substitute in many soups.

Saturday

Dinner: Cajun Chow Mein recipe.  Here’s a twist on a cajun recipe that you might not have had before – cajun Chinese food!

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

Cabbage jambalaya photo by brandi666. Red beans and rice sausage recipe photo by WordRidden.  Chicken gumbo photo by Southern Foodways Alliance.  Tamale pie recipe photo by Greencolander.

Take And Make Menu Plan: Spring Recipes

Menu is planned for a family of 4.  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Printable Grocery Shopping List: Click to view, download or print the shopping list.

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Mango Chicken Salad recipe.  Serves 4.

Tuesday

Dinner: Lemon Asparagus Pasta. Makes 4 servings.

Wednesday

Dinner: Tomato Basil Quiche recipe.  This spring recipe for quiche makes 10 servings, so you’ll have plenty of leftovers for later.

Thursday

Dinner: One-Pot Chicken with Beans & Vegetables.  Makes 8 servings.

Friday

Dinner: Meatball Soup with Broccoli Rabe.  A spring recipe for a light soup, perfect for the changing season.  Serves 6.

Saturday

Dinner: Plant Sale Soup.  This spring recipe’s name is sure to get the attention of you gardeners out there!  Makes 12 cups.

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

Our menu plan this week features Easter leftovers recipes.  The meals for this week include lots of ham and eggs as ingredients, since you probably have a lot of eggs left (we hope you don’t have all hard boiled eggs!). 

Several of the recipes call for Bisquick baking mix as an ingredient.  If you’d like to make your own, check out our frugal recipe for how to make your own Bisquick baking mix.

Our free printable Take and Make Menu Plans contain everything you need for an entire week’s dinners and all you have to do is the shopping and cooking!  Print out the menu plan each Sunday, which includes:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.  (After the week is over, add the recipes to your cookbook for future use.) 

Take And Make Menu Plan:

Easter Leftovers Recipes

Menu is planned for a family of 4.  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

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Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Overnight Egg-Sausage Bake recipe.  While recommended as an overnight breakfast bake, we like the idea of putting it on the dinner menu as well.  Makes 6 servings.

Tuesday

Dinner: Quiche Lorraine recipe. Makes 6 servings.

Wednesday

Dinner: Ham and Swiss Brunch Bake recipe.  This Easter leftovers recipe will help you use up both ham and eggs in these mysterious half sandwich/half casserole creations!  Serves 10.

Thursday

Dinner: Ham and Cheddar Torta recipe.  This delicious Easter leftovers recipe includes both ham and eggs, and includes broccoli and beans as well.  Makes 6-8 servings.

Friday

Dinner: Santa Fe Egg Bake recipe. This spicy egg bake only takes 15 minutes of prep time before baking and will use up your leftover raw Easter eggs.  Makes 6 servings.

Saturday

Dinner: Ham and Three-Bean Bake recipe.  This recipe is a perfect way to use up leftover ham, while including healthy beans as an ingredient baked under delicious cornbread.  This quick dinner recipe only takes 35 minutes to make from start to finish. Makes 8 servings.

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

Print out the menu plan each Sunday, which includes:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.  (After the week is over, add the recipes to your cookbook for future use.) 

Take And Make Menu Plan:

The MyRecipes.com Special

Menu is planned for a family of 4.  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

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Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: General Tso’s Chicken and Broccoli.  This recipe comes from the Southern Living magazine cooking school.  Makes 4 servings.

Tuesday

Dinner: Linguine Carbonara.   This recipe comes from Cooking Light magazine, and has only 387 calories per serving.  Makes only 2 servings, so adjust ingredients accordingly.

Wednesday

Dinner: Black Bean Burrito Bake.  This recipe comes from a classic edition of Cooking Light magazine.  Makes 4 burritos.

Thursday

Dinner: Oven-Fried Fish and Chips.  This recipe was featured in All You magazine in 2005.  Makes 4 servings.

Friday

Dinner: Flash-in-the-Pan Swiss Steak. Recipe by Hunt’s.  Serves 4.

Saturday

Dinner: Unstuffed Cabbage. If you’ve ever made stuffed cabbage rolls, this dish will remind you of the filling for those rolls.  This recipe is by Hunt’s.  Serves 5.

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

As springtime approaches, many of us want to get healthier and start cooking light recipes for dinner.  We’ve been eating heavy meals and thick winter soups for months now, and it’s time to ease up on the textures and the calories!  Our menu plan this week features low calorie and low fat recipes that will have you cooking light in no time. 

Home Ever After’s exclusive free printable Take and Make Menu Plans contain everything you need for an entire week’s dinners and all you have to do is the shopping and cooking!  Print out the menu plan each Sunday, which includes:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.  (After the week is over, add the recipes to your cookbook for future use.) 

If you’d like to suggest your recipes to be featured, email tips(at)homeeverafter.com.

Home Ever After’s Take And Make Menu Plans:

Cooking Light Recipes for Your Family

Menu is planned for a family of 4.  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Thai Beef and Noodle Salad.  This low calorie light recipe has only 176 calories per serving.

Tuesday

Dinner: Broiled Pork with Sauteed Apples and Vibrant Beans recipe. 4 servings.

Wednesday

Dinner: Easy Chicken and Dumplings.  Cooking light recipes doesn’t always mean you choose low fat or low calories.  This recipe has only 282 calories and 5 grams of fat per serving!  Makes 6 servings.

Thursday

Dinner: Tasty Italian Chicken- ready in only 30 minutes!  This light recipe has only 163 calories and 3 grams of fat, so you can be cooking light without spending a lot of time.

Friday

Dinner: Chipotle Chicken and Beans. Makes 6 servings.

Saturday

Dinner: Stir-Fried Walnut Chicken Recipe served over white rice. Serves 6. 

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

Menu Plan: Great Depression Recipes

Our menu plan this week features recipes from the most frugal era in history: The Great Depression.  With all the comparisons between the current Recession and the Great Depression of the 1930s, it makes sense that we research Great Depression recipes.  Jobs are shaky and income uncertain for many people right now, so making the most of our household grocery budget is an absolute must. 

We have a definite advantage over the homemakers of the Great Depression, however, because we have many more resources available today.  Check out our “recession proof your family” series for more handy information.

Great Depression cooking focused on cheap food, substitutions, and making do with what you had. We can learn a lot from the great homemakers of the past by finding original Great Depression recipes, recorded and passed down the generations, and even adapting them to make some of our own.

Our exclusive free printable Take and Make Menu Plans contain everything you need for an entire week’s dinners and all you have to do is the shopping and cooking!  Print out the menu plan each Sunday, which includes:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.  (After the week is over, add the recipes to your cookbook for future use.) 

Take and Make Menu Plans: Great Depression Era Recipes

Menu is planned for a family of 4.  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

Great Depression Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Great Depression Era Corn Chowder with chicken breast cubes (from 2 cooked chicken breasts) added in as a source of protein.

Tuesday

Dinner: Great Depression Mock filet mignon. “Basically it’s meatloaf wrapped in bacon. If you have homemade chili sauce, all the better, but you can substitute store-bought or use ketchup. Mock filet mignon is cheap and delicious, if you’re not afraid of bacon fat. As the meat cooks, the juices run down into the mashed potato patty, giving it a reddish hue and a blast of flavor. From Kate Aitken’s Canadian Cook Book.” – Kim Honey, The People’s Forum 

Wednesday

Dinner: 1929 Great Depression Casserole.  This frugal depression recipe contains several of our favorite frugal ingredients: beans, potatoes, and ground beef (cut down with frugal fillers, of course)!

Thursday

Dinner: Great Depression Tuna, Macaroni, and Cheese Casserole. This depression recipe comes from the World War II era.  Serves 6.

Friday

Dinner:  Great Depression Day Soul Food.  We couldn’t find the history of this depression recipe, but we love that it can be either cooked in a crockpot or baked in the oven.

Saturday

Dinner: Great Depression Mexican Rice with cooked beans (any kind) as a side dish.

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s Great Depression cooking.  This means a day-off for the chef!

Did you like the Great Depression recipes? Print out our other Take and Make Menu Plans or check out other menu plans at Menu Plan Monday.

Our menu plan this week features recipes from the thriftiest frugal homemakers in the blogosphere!  We’re happy to help frugal homemakers save money on groceries by providing new and interesting recipes that don’t cost a lot to make.  Learn more about ways to save money on groceries here.

Home Ever After’s exclusive free printable Take and Make Menu Plans contain everything you need for an entire week’s dinners and all you have to do is the shopping and cooking!  Print out the menu plan each Sunday, which includes:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.  (After the week is over, add the recipes to your cookbook for future use.) 

Take And Make Menu Plan:

Frugal Homemakers’ Thrifty Recipes

Menu is planned for a family of 4.  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Chicken Piccata (recipe by Kristen at From My Tiny Kitchen).

Tuesday

Dinner: Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers (recipe by Kim at Misadventures of Mub).

Wednesday

Dinner: Quick And Easy Chicken Enchilada Bread (recipe by Raise Them Up).

Thursday

Dinner: Orange Ginger Chicken Noodles (recipe by Kaycee at In the Moment).

Friday

Dinner: Crockpot Taco Soup (recipe by Deanna’s Corner Cooking).  I’ll be the first to point out that this recipe violates my “8 ingredients or less” rule in a BIG way!  However, I tend to go crazy with ingredients in my soups too (my husband calls them “everything but the kitchen sink” soups.  Soups are the best way to use up frozen tidbits hanging around in the freezer that are too small in quantity to be main ingredients.  This crockpot soup recipe sounds exciting and different!

Saturday

Dinner: Lentil Brown Rice Casserole (recipe by Phoebe at Cents to Get Debt-Free).  Buying rice in bulk from your local warehouse store can be a fantastic way to lower your grocery costs.

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

We came across a fabulous tool called Recipe Matcher that allows you to find free printable recipes to use the leftovers in your refrigerator!  This thrifty tool is a must have for all frugal homemakers who want to minimize food waste by using the foods they already have.  My absolute favorite way to use this is to design a menu plan using up what is in the pantry.   

Here’s how it works: Recipe Matcher is like a search engine for food, and it allows you to search by a list of ingredients, a type of food or dish, or even by a main ingredient.  Once you put in the items you want to search by, you are returned with a list of free printable recipes that match your choices.

As an example, let’s say that you made tacos for dinner last night.  You want to find out what you can make for dinner tonight to use the leftover taco ingredients.  So you would go to the Recipe Matcher tool, and in the ingredients box type in:

• Cheddar cheese
• Tomatoes
• Ground beef
• Lettuce

…and then hit search.  5 pages of printable recipes are returned with meals you can make using those ingredients!

Using Recipe Matcher to Make a Menu Plan

Let’s say you have a busy week and don’t have time to shop for any new groceries.  You have to design your menu around the food in your pantry, and you need recipes that are designed to go in the crock pot for every dinner this week.  This task should be a snap using the Recipe Matcher.  You simply type in the list of foods you have, move to the next section (Cuisines) and check off the box for crock pot recipes, then hit search.  Within seconds, you’ll have a list of crockpot recipes to choose from using ingredients you already have in your kitchen!

We’ll be reminding all of our frugal homemakers of this tool in our weekly printable meal planners, the Take and Make Menu Plans, to help you use up all your leftover ingredients.  Fantastic!

Love kitchen tips? Check out Kitchen Tip Tuesday and Homemaker Mondays at 11th Heaven.

Our menu plan this week features free printable recipes from FrugalRecipes.com.  They have a wide selection of printable frugal recipes, split up into main dishes, bread recipes, mixes, sauces, and more, to help frugal homemakers save money on groceries.  We budgeting babes need a full arsenal of tools to drive down our grocery spending, and cost-effective recipes are a fabulous starting place!  Learn more about ways to save money on groceries here.

Our exclusive free printable Take and Make Menu Plans contain everything you need for an entire week’s dinners and all you have to do is the shopping and cooking!  Print out the menu plan each Sunday, which includes:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.  (After the week is over, add the recipes to your cookbook for future use.) 

Take And Make Menu Plans:

Frugal Recipes for Budgeting Babes!

Menu is planned for a family of 4.  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Cheddar Chicken and Broccoli Casserole.  This is very similar to an old favorite cheesy broccoli casserole recipe that I lost a long time ago.  This one is sure to be a favorite with your kids, even though it’s packing broccoli!

Tuesday

Dinner: Confetti Meatloaf.  Sounds tasty, doesn’t it?  This recipe got its name because it looks like confetti; the meat mixture is filled with small bits of colorful veggies that give it an unusual look.

Wednesday

Dinner: Pork Chop and Hash Brown Bake.  This recipe calls for canned onion rings. However, in the interest of frugality, I’d suggest making your own onion rings by slicing an onion, coating and frying.

Thursday

Dinner: Cheese and Vegetable Chowder. This meatless chowder can be served as a side with baked chicken breasts (which we’ve added to the shopping list for you).  Another method of adding some protein is to add your favorite variety of beans into the soup while cooking.  Serves 4.

Friday

Dinner: Festive Chicken And Rice.  This recipe comes from the 1970s.  If you have leftover canned cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving still in your pantry (yes, I do!) this recipe can help you use it up.

Saturday

Dinner: Coney Island Chili and hot dogs.  It’s been a long time since the summer barbeque season, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a winter chili coney hot dog night with your family!

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

Our menu plan this week features free printable recipes from Cooks Recipes.  We’ve included some meals based around very inexpensive frugal ingredients, as well as ground meats that can help thrifty homemakers stretch their grocery dollars.

Home Ever After’s exclusive free printable Take and Make Menu Plans contain everything you need for an entire week’s dinners and all you have to do is the shopping and cooking!  Print out the menu plan each Sunday, which includes:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.  (After the week is over, add the recipes to your cookbook for future use.) 

Take And Make Menu Plan:

Frugal Ground Meat Recipes Spectacular!

Menu is planned for a family of 4 (number of servings may vary – check each recipe below).  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Cheesy Pork Chops served with cooked broccoli crowns as a side.  Serves 4.

Tuesday

Dinner: Cabbage Cacciatore.  This recipe is very unique, and features 2 fantastic frugal ingredients that cost next to nothing– cabbage and rice!  Makes 6 servings.

Wednesday

Dinner: Crockpot Pizza Casserole.  Fast and easy, you can throw these ingredients together after cooking the ground beef and let the crockpot do all the work for you!  Makes 6 servings.

Thursday

Dinner: Ginger Pork and Stuffing Skillet served with cooked buttered broccoli and sugar snap peas as sides.  Serves 4.

Friday

Dinner: Lip Lickin’ Lasagna.  Doesn’t that name just make you want to try it?! This tasty dish serves up to 12 people.

Saturday

Dinner: Quick and Easy Beef Jambalaya.  Serves 4.

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

With our Valentine’s recipes you can celebrate Valentine’s Day all week long.  These romantic recipes are appropriate for dinner for two or for the whole family, and kids will love the Valentine’s Day heart-shaped pizza!

Home Ever After’s exclusive Take and Make Menu Plans contain everything you need for an entire week’s dinners with no research and all you have to do is the shopping and cooking!  Print out the menu plan each Sunday, which includes:

• A shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.  (After the week is over, add the recipes to your cookbook for future use.) 

Take And Make Menu Plan:

Valentine’s Day Recipes for Love Week!

Menu is planned for a family of 4 (number of servings varies – check each recipe below).  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Shopping List:

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Melt Your Heart Pizza by Rhodes Bake-N-Serv.  This heart-shaped pizza is perfect for Valentine’s Day week dinners!

Tuesday

Dinner: Easy Cheesy Ranch-Potato Chip Fish Fillets.  This tasty recipe has only 5 ingredients.  Serves 4.

Wednesday

Dinner: Smothered With Love Chicken.  You know it’s perfect for Valentine’s Day if it has “love” right in the name of the recipe!  Serves 4.

Thursday

Dinner: Romantic Stuffed Chicken Breasts A-Deux.  This recipe is originally written for 2 servings, but their easy recipe converter allows you to enter the number of servings you’d like and have the recipe adjusted for you!

Friday

Dinner: Love Apple Linguine (Sexy Fried Green Tomatoes).  Originated from the book “Romancing the Stove” – sounds like a perfect Valentine’s recipe to us!  Serves 4.

Saturday

Dinner: Pork Chop Romance.  Serves 4-6 people, depending on appetites! 

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

We’ve planned a deliciously frugal Tex-Mex menu plan for you!  Our featured recipes this week are from Tennessee’s CookingSpot, an amazing site with free printable recipes.  These meals are incredibly budget–conscious, easy to prepare, and use very few ingredients. You’ll notice a short shopping list below, because many of the ingredients overlap between recipes.  We also love that you can choose to print their recipes on a 3×5 card, 4×6 card, or on a full page.  CookingSpot’s head chef, Jimmy Spellings, was trained at the Memphis Culinary Academy under renowned Chef Joseph Carey.

Home Ever After’s exclusive Take and Make Menu Plans contain everything you need for an entire week’s dinners with no research and all you have to do is the shopping and cooking!  Print out the menu plan each Sunday, which includes:

• A shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.  (After the week is over, add the recipes to your cookbook for future use.) 

Take And Make Menu Plan:

CookingSpot – Tex-Mex Extravaganza!

Menu is planned for a family of 4 (number of servings varies and is listed with each recipe).  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Shopping List:

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: Arroz Con Pollo (Chicken and Rice) by Chef Spellings.  This classic Mexican recipe makes six servings.

Tuesday

Dinner: Barbecue Quesadillas (with chicken) by Chef Spellings.  This recipe is very exciting because it takes a new twist on the traditional quesadilla.  Barbeque sauce isn’t an ingredient you often see in Mexican food, making it even more appealing as a new dish to try.  Four servings.

Wednesday

Dinner: Beef Nacho Casserole by Chef Spellings.  This incredibly fast recipe takes only 10 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.  The best feature of this recipe is that it calls for crumbled up tortilla chips, which means there is finally a good use for the broken chips that get left at the bottom of the bag!  Yields six servings.

Thursday

Dinner: Buffet Style Taco Salad by Chef Spellings.  This delicious recipe is sure to be a hit with kids and parents alike, since you set up a buffet in your own dining room! You’ll feel like you’re eating at a Mexican restaurant with a buffet, only you’ll really be in the comfort of your own home, eating at delicious frugal meal instead of paying a restaurant price.  Serves eight.

Friday

Dinner: Enchilada Casserole by Chef Bill.  A little spicy, a little cheesy, this fab Mexican casserole takes only 25 minutes to cook.  Serves five.

Saturday

Dinner: Taco Lasagna. Chef Bill recommends this 1 pan dinner as a great family recipe.  With a 10 minute prep time and 30 minute baking time, this time-saver will let you get other things done after work instead of spending all your time making dinner.  Serves five.

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

Print out our other Take and Make Menu Plans or check out other menu plans at Menu Plan Monday.

We love helping you save time and money!  Homemaker Barbi’s exclusive Take and Make Menu Plans contain everything you need for an entire week’s dinners with no research and minimal work on your part!  We even provide you with the recipes to use, crafted from some of the finest chefs in the country.  This week’s menu includes a special Superbowl Sunday lunch and appetizers section for the big game.

Print out the Take And Make Menu Plan each Sunday, which includes:

• A shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.  (After the week is over, add the recipes to your cookbook for future use.) 

Our recipes this week are from Elise Bauer’s Simply Recipes, a fantastic food site which was voted the 2006 Best Food Blog.  To have your recipes featured in Take And Make Menu Plans, email tips(at)homemakerbarbi.com.

Homemaker Barbi’s Take And Make Menu Plans:

Simply Recipes – Includes Super Bowl Appetizers

Menu is planned for a family of 4.  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Shopping List:

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner:  Citrus Pork with Egg Noodles (pictured at left).  This great frugal recipe is quick and easy and uses inexpensive ingredients.

Tuesday

Dinner: Chicken Marinara (pictured at left) served with spaghetti and side salads.  This perfect mid-winter meal is warm and rich, with melted cheese and a hint of old-world style.  Parents and kids alike will be wanting seconds on this dish!

Wednesday

Dinner: Beef Goulash with Dumplings (pictured at left).

Thursday

Dinner: Enchiladas (pictured at left).  A favorite of the chef’s family for generations, this Tex-Mex version of enchiladas is sure to please.  Go on- try it, and leave a comment about what you think of the taste!

Friday

Dinner: Fettuccine with Creamy Tomato Italian Sausage Sauce (pictured at left).

Saturday

Dinner: Beef Stroganoff (pictured at left) served over egg noodles.

Sunday

Superbowl Appetizers:

Spicy buffalo wings with blue cheese dip served with celery sticks (pictured at left).

Perfect guacamole served with tortilla chips (pictured at right).

Lunch:  Chili con Carne (pictured at left) is perfect for all the friends you have over for the Superbowl.  It’s easy to make in large quantities with minimal preparation time, and everyone loves chili!

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

All food photos shown above are the property of and published courtesy of Simply Recipes.  For more great menu plans, check out Menu Plan Monday.