Here's Your Weekly Meal Plan 🍽️


Hi Reader,

Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and new year with family and friends! We tend to stay home for New Year's Eve these days. We make a nice meal and watch the ball drop with a bottle of bubbly. Resolutions usually include eating a little better, so let's get this new year started!

Weekly Meal Plan 🍽️

Here's our suggestions for delicious meals, sides to go with them, and a breakfast and dessert idea as well! [See previous meal plans ​here​].


Positively divine topped with our lemon salad dressing

Keep the whole meal low in carbs with our cauliflower fried rice

Sprinkle the top with some sliced green onions

Make Instant Pot Green Beans for your side

Serve over white rice and sprinkle with sesame seeds


Chop, pulse, blend!

This is the mini chopper we always use. It's perfect for dips, salsas, marinades, and even making malts and milkshakes! We use it ALL the time and for so many things!


Breakfast and Dessert

Monte Cristo Sandwich

Stuffed with ham and cheese and fried to golden perfection. Dust with powdered sugar, serve with raspberry jam!

Mini Strawberry Cheesecakes

Portion control works perfectly with these little dessert bites. Indulgent but not overwhelming!

I would love to hear if you try any of these! Leaving a comment and star rating really helps other home cooks and bakers as well!

Amanda's Cookin'

If you love delicious food, tasty desserts, and recipes that everyone wants you to make over and over again, then you'll want to subscribe! Get free recipes that are tried and true.

Read more from Amanda's Cookin'

Hi Reader, I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July celebrating with friends and family! We hung out with some of our friends and had a great time. This coming week we have some summer meals planned, including some grilling and a festive summertime dessert. Here we go... Weekly Meal Plan 🍽️ Here's our suggestions for delicious meals, sides to go with them, and a breakfast and dessert idea as well! Crockpot Sloppy Joes We love Sloppy Joes in the crockpot for busy days! Our Fried Asparagus makes...

Hi Reader, We had a great week this week! The weather is improving and we were able to hang out in the screen porch a lot more. The breeze was heavenly! I've been working on some new dessert recipes too, so it's been a full week. Plus Festival Season has arrived in Milwaukee! But that doesn't mean meal planning stops... Weekly Meal Plan 🍽️ Here's our suggestions for delicious meals, sides to go with them, and a breakfast and dessert idea as well! Antoine's Grilled Lemon Salmon is a favorite A...

Hi Reader, Last weekend was a scorcher in southern Wisconsin! We have a little relief this week which is great because the 4th of July holiday is upon us! I've included a few grilling ideas and holiday desserts in addition to your meal plan. Weekly Meal Plan 🍽️ Here's our suggestions for delicious meals, sides to go with them, and a breakfast and dessert idea as well! We're grilling this delicious fish on planks Great with our Garlic Butter Rice! Who doesn't love a loaded quesadilla? Dipped...