We’ve been enjoying some lovely weather around here. It’s still cooling off a bit overnight and the days are not too hot. We’re enjoying this weather while it lasts. With the calendar turning to April, I know it won’t last long! Another thing that won’t last is last month’s menu. It’s time for a new one!
At the beginning of each month I plan out our dinners for the coming weeks (you can see past menus here). This takes a bit of time and effort, but once I’m finished, I have an entire month’s worth of dinners planned—I don’t have to meal plan each week! This saves me time and sometimes I’m even able to save a little money because I can make bulk purchases of the food items we’ll use numerous times. I don’t include breakfast or lunch on our menus because we keep things simple for these meals. For breakfast, we typically eat oatmeal, yogurt with fruit, toast and scrambled eggs, or homemade muffins. For lunch, we typically eat leftovers or easy-to-prepare meals like sandwiches or homemade macaroni and cheese.
Here are the tasty meals we will be eating during April 2021.
Days 1-7
- Taco salad
- Chicken broccoli Alfredo bake
- Cheeseburger quesadillas, sliced fresh vegetables
- Peach balsamic chicken, rice, green beans
- Stuffed summer squash, garden salad
- Soft tacos, corn
- Veggie-rich creamy pasta primavera
Days 8-14
- Layered roast beef salad
- Spaghetti and meat sauce, green beans
- Grilled chicken wraps, sliced fresh vegetables
- Smoked sausage, seasoned rice, broccoli
- Creamy turkey mushroom spaghetti, garden salad
- Bean and cheese burritos, corn
- Creamy tortellini spinach soup, garlic bread
Days 15-21
- Chef salad
- Spinach ravioli in butternut squash Alfredo, green beans
- BLT quesadillas, sliced fresh vegetables
- Chicken parmesan, broccoli
- Creamy ground turkey and noodle casserole, garden salad
- Curry tortellini soup, garlic bread
Days 22-30
- Taco salad
- Cheesy sausage and pepper pasta
- Fajita quesadillas, sliced fresh vegetables
- Chicken and noodles, garden salad
- Parmesan garlic tilapia, seasoned rice, air fryer asparagus
- Grilled cheese, tomato soup
- Mexican rice bake, tortilla chips
- Monterey spaghetti, sliced fresh vegetables
- Slow cooker bourbon chicken, rice, green beans
What meals do you hope to eat this month?
Great variety! Your family is fortunate to have you in the kitchen!
Thanks, Michele. My husband and kids can be kind of picky when it comes to food, but I’m hopeful they will eventually come to appreciate the variety!
We have quesadillas on our menu this week but your cheeseburger quesadillas sound so much better to me than the chicken/spinach ones I have planned. Thanks for sharing with us at Encouraging Hearts and Home. Pinned.
Mmmm…I like the sound of chicken spinach quesadillas! I’ll have to keep that in mind for the future.
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Thanks, Marilyn!