Happy week of Thanksgiving! Though my husband, kids and I don’t get to spend Thanksgiving with family this year, we have the great opportunity to help serve a free Thanksgiving dinner to folks in town who need it. This will be a great opportunity to remind us to have a servant’s heart and to be thankful.

I usually do a general menu plan with 7 meals, but don’t assign days to them so I have some creative freedom , but this week I am going to do a day by day plan to keep me on track to make some special foods!

Monday:

Breakfast: Yogurt, Strawberry Smoothies, Peanut Butter Cookie Larabars

Lunch: Cheese Pizza, Black Beans, Raw Vegetables

Supper: Tacos & Quesadillas

Extras: Make Cranberry Salad  (Freeze it), Make & Freeze Pie Crust

Tuesday:

Breakfast: Oatmeal, Cereal

Lunch: Leftover BBQ chicken, Macaroni & Cheese

Supper: Hamburgers, Hash Brown Casserole

Wednesday:

Breakfast: Yogurt,

Lunch: Grilled Hot Dogs, Brats, Fries, Corn

Supper: Korean Beef, Rice, Broccoli, Apples, Apple Dip

Extras: Thaw Pie Crust & Make Sour Cream Apple Pie, Cut Carrots & Broccoli , Make Easy Rolls

Thursday:

Breakfast: Hash Browns, Scrambled Eggs, Pancakes, Cinnamon Rolls, Grapefruit

Extras: Make Vegetable Dip, Put Ham in Roaster, Take Cranberry Salad Out of Freezer, Start Slow Cooker Stuffing

Lunch: Hoping the big breakfast will hold us till supper!

Supper: Ham, Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes, Slow Cooker Stuffing, Rolls, Jam, Broccoli Salad , Raw Carrots & Dip, Cranberry Salad, Sour Cream Apple Pie, Ice Cream

Friday:

Breakfast: Yogurt & Cinnamon Rolls for the Boys (My 6-year-old and I are heading out for some Black Friday shopping, so we will probably skip breakfast! We have to be back by 10 for my husband to get to work. Anyone else braving the crowds? They aren’t too bad in our small town!)

Lunch: Leftovers

Supper: Ham & Scalloped Potatoes

Saturday:

Breakfast: Yogurt, Strawberry Smoothies

Lunch: Leftovers

Supper: Pizza Casserole, Corn

Sunday:

Breakfast: Eggs, Toast, Hash Browns

Lunch: Crock Pot Lasagna

Supper: Pancakes, Grapefruit, Apples

I promise that I’ll share some of the amazing recipes that I am making this week! Are you making any great, family recipes this week? My pie crust, sour cream apple pie, broccoli salad and cranberry salad are all traditional family recipes from my grandmothers!