Our weather has been hot and rainy over the last couple of weeks. We’re finally getting a break from the rain, but the heat isn’t going to go anywhere anytime soon. Thus, I’m trying to plan meals on my menu that don’t use the oven.
At the beginning of each month, I sit down and plan out our dinners for the coming weeks (you can see many past menus here). I like this approach to menu planning because it means I don’t have to meal plan on a weekly basis. Additionally, I can sometimes save a little money by purchasing bulk quantities of the foods I know I’ll use several times during the month. I only plan our dinners because we keep things simple for breakfast and lunch. For breakfast, we eat things like oatmeal, scrambled eggs with toast, and bagels with cream cheese. For lunch, we eat leftovers or simple meals like almond butter sandwiches.
Here are the yummy meals we plan to eat during June 2021.
Days 1-7
- BBQ chicken salad
- Spaghetti and meat sauce, green beans
- Cheeseburger quesadillas, carrot sticks
- Chicken Florentine skillet, side salad
- Soft tacos, corn
- Garlic parmesan tilapia, parmesan noodles, air fryer asparagus
- Air fryer chicken fingers, sliced fresh veggies
Days 8-14
- Chef salad
- Chicken Alfredo pasta, green beans
- Turkey, Swiss, and avocado wraps, carrot sticks
- One-pot savory chicken and rice, peas
- Nachos, corn with red and green bell pepper
- Slow cooker BBQ meatballs, Texas toast, sliced fresh veggies
- Air fryer empanadas, carrot sticks
Days 15-21
- Taco salad
- Cheesy sausage and pepper pasta, green beans
- Chicken quesadillas, carrot sticks
- Stuffed pepper skillet, side salad
- Bean and cheese burritos, corn
- Smoked sausage, seasoned rice, broccoli
- Air fryer pork chops, sliced fresh veggies
Days 22-30
- Chef salad
- Spinach tortellini in Alfredo sauce, green beans
- Chicken club wraps, carrot sticks
- One-pot biscuit-topped turkey stew
- Mexican rice bake, tortilla chips
- Mushroom and Swiss topped turkey burgers, green beans
- Air fryer steak bites, sliced fresh veggies
- Easy cheesy stroganoff, peas
- Breakfast for dinner
What meals do you hope to eat this month? I’d love to hear your ideas!
Everything sounds so yummy!! I admire your organization to plan meals for the entire month! i do week by week….Thanks so much for stopping by and for letting me know that you did by taking the time to leave such a kind comment!! Have a great weekend!!
hugs,
Debbie
Thanks, Debbie!
Monthly menus work for us, but we’ve done weekly at other times. Whatever works for you is the best way!
We just wrote up our menu for the month last week and focused a lot on grill meals! I try not to use our oven much in the summer; we have a/c but I take any excuse I can get for my husband to cook more. 🙂
(though I did put your cheeseburger quesadillas on our menu for next week)
If we had a grill, then I would do the same!
Hope you enjoy the cheeseburger quesadillas!