September 2020 Dinner Menu

September is nearly here, so it’s time for another menu. This month (just like the rest of the year) has been pretty unpredictable. What we eat over the next few weeks will depend on a couple of things. One is if we get hit by a hurricane. I live on the Texas Gulf Coast, so we are waiting to see where Hurricane Laura will make landfall when it hits. This post will publish about the time of landfall, but as I sit here writing it, we still don’t know where landfall will occur. We’re also in the midst of trying to sell our house. We are supposed to list it early next week. This may or may not happen depending on the storm. If we’re able to list it, then I will be relying on a number of convenience foods because we will be out of the house at various times as potential buyers come and look at it.

As each month begins, I plan our menu for the coming weeks (you can see previous menus here). I like this approach because it means I don’t have to menu plan each week and I’m often able to save a little money by making bulk purchases of the foods we’ll use several times.

I only include dinners on our menus because we keep breakfast and lunch pretty simple. For breakfast, we typically eat things like homemade muffins, yogurt with fruit, and oatmeal. For lunch, we typically eat dinner leftovers or easy-to-prepare things like almond butter sandwiches, cheddar broccoli soup, and avocado egg salad.

Here’s our tentative dinner plan for the coming month.

Days 1-7

• Spaghetti with meat marinara, green beans
• Salad, breadsticks
• Chicken sandwiches, carrot sticks
• Creamy garlic meatballs, broccoli

Creamy Garlic Meatballs

• Nachos, corn with red and green bell pepper
• Spicy lemon chicken over rice, green beans

Spicy Lemon Chicken

• Beef sausage, seasoned rice, carrots

Days 8-14

• Chicken Alfredo penne, green beans
• Taco salad
• Chicken wraps, carrot sticks
• Easy cheesy stroganoff, broccoli

Easy Cheesy Beef Stroganoff

• Soft tacos, corn with red and green bell pepper
• One-pot savory chicken and rice, green beans

One-Pot Savory Chicken and Rice

• Air fryer chicken fingers, carrots

Days 15-21

• Spaghetti with meat marinara, green beans
• Salad, breadsticks
• Chicken sandwiches, carrot sticks
• Chicken noodle casserole, broccoli

Chicken Noodle Casserole

• Nachos, corn with red and green bell pepper
• Bourbon chicken over rice, green beans

Slow Cooker Bourbon Chicken

• Beef sausage, seasoned rice, carrots

Days 22-30

• Chicken Alfredo penne, green beans
• Taco salad
• Chicken wraps, carrot sticks
• Hamburger gravy over noodles, broccoli

Hamburger Gravy

• Chicken quesadillas, corn with red and green bell pepper
• Cheesy chicken and broccoli rice
• Philly cheesesteak sandwiches, carrots
• Curry tortellini soup

Curry Tortellini Soup

• Breakfast for dinner

As you can see, I have a couple of meals on the menu more than once. Hopefully this will make meal preparation easier when we’re busy showing the house and packing. We’ll see how closely we’re able to stick with this plan!

What dinners will you be eating this month?

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Encouraging Hearts and Home, Over the Moon, and Busy Monday.