May 2020 Dinner Menu

The events of this year have been anything but expected! As I look at the title of this post, I have a difficult time believing it is actually May. It is, though, which means it is time for another menu.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, stores have had a difficult time keeping some items in stock. Without knowing what I’d be able to get in my grocery orders, I wasn’t able to plan specific meals on last month’s menu. Thus, it was basically a list of options that can be prepared with few ingredients. Stores have more in stock now, though it is typical that I can’t get my preferred brand, size, and/or flavor of a given item. Additionally, some unexpected items (such as yeast and wheat flour) are almost impossible to find. With things being a little bit more predictable, I’m able to plan a tentative menu for the month.

I plan a new dinner menu each month because it saves time (I don’t have to find time to menu plan each week) and it saves money (I can buy bulk quantities of the items we will use multiple times). You can see past menus here. For breakfasts, we eat things like oatmeal, scrambled eggs, smoothies, and cold cereal. For lunches, we eat things like homemade macaroni and cheese, avocado egg salad, and almond butter sandwiches.

Here are the dinners I plan to make during the month of May 2020.

Days 1-7

• Spaghetti with meat sauce, green beans
• Salad, breadsticks
• Roast chicken, potato wedges, carrot sticks
• Sausage and rice skillet, broccoli
• Easy cheesy stroganoff, peas
• Grilled cheese sandwiches, tomato soup, carrot sticks
• Shepherd’s pie, rolls

Days 8-14

• Chicken Alfredo, green beans
• Burrito bowls
• Crispy ranch chicken, carrot sticks
• Slow cooker bourbon chicken over rice, broccoli
• Creamy ground turkey and noodle casserole, green beans
• Chicken wraps, carrot sticks
• Beef sausage, macaroni and cheese, green beans

Days 15-21

• Tuscan tortellini skillet, green beans
• Salad, breadsticks
• Roast chicken, seasoned rice, carrot sticks
• Slow cooker red beans and rice
• Hamburger gravy over noodles, peas
• Grilled cheese sandwiches, tomato soup, carrot sticks
• Creamy garlic meatballs over rice, green beans

Days 22-31

• Creamy pesto tortellini, green beans
• Nachos, corn with red and green bell pepper
• Ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, carrot sticks
• Spicy lemon chicken over rice, broccoli
• Turkey tetrazzini, green beans
• Chicken quesadillas, carrot sticks
• Breakfast for dinner
• Chicken and noodles, rolls
• Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans
• Mexican rice bake, tortilla chips

Have you been able to find what you need at the grocery store? If not, how has this impacted the meals you prepare? What meals do you plan to make this month?

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