Welcome to the Mid-Century Menu Monday Archive! Here you can find my mid-century menus: dinners from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.
I just love cooking from vintage recipes. My collection includes cookbooks, magazines, and advertising pamphlets from as early as the 1900s, all the way up to the 1960s. Most of my favorite menus, though, are mid-century menus from 1945-1959, when food was plentiful, and the shift to convenience foods and housewives working outside the home was just beginning. (But I have been known to take on WWII rationed meals, and even Great Depression meals on occasion!)
Summertime, summertime, sum-sum-summertime! Time for cute summer dresses, iced tea, and watermelon! Cool vintage dinners planned for the summery 50s housewife. Feed your family good old-fashioned meals with your vintage weekly meal plan, Mid-Century Menu Monday for July 6th to 12th.
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Hey, sweet readers! For the last half of 2020, I am bringing back my Mid-Century Menu Monday, starting with Mid-Century Menu Monday for July 4th! So, I have a few menu-cook-books from the 40s and 50s now, plus a number of cookbooks that contain menu plans, and a whole lot of Better Homes and Gardens
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The last mid-century meal plan for March. I don’t know about you, but I am DONE with the 90-day free trial of the New Roaring ‘20s, and I’d like to cancel my subscription now! Anyway, here’s the 1940s meal plan for Mid-Century Menu Monday: March 23-29. Mid-Century Menu Monday Since almost EVERYONE is home for
Mid-Century Menu Monday: March 23 to 29 Read More »
I apologize for getting this one out late! I’m still just not feeling well, and all the kerfuffle is not helping. This week, I decided to pull out my 1940s cookbook. (It comforts me in adversity!) In the 1940s, as opposed to the 1950s, housewives spent at least half of the decade rationing, making do,
Mid-Century Monday: March 16th to 22nd Read More »
For this week, I just repurposed one of my older menus, since I was busy and not feeling well. I do that a lot when I am worn out. I just change around the sides to make sure they are seasonal. I also change up the appetizers and desserts, just for fun! Here is my
Mid-Century Menu Monday: March 9 to 15 Read More »
Happy Meal Planning Monday! This week, I’m testing a couple of appetizer ideas from Good Housekeeping’s Appetizer Book. Every day (except Sunday) before dinner I will serve Potpourri Cheese, Savory Cheese Spread, or Avocado Tidbits (yes, these all include cheese). I’m working on building an “off-the-shelf” short-order appetizer shelf in the pantry. And a cocktail
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It’s Meal Plan Monday again, and here is a new 1950s Meal Plan for you! This will be the last of the weekly menus from Family Circle. I have a new cookbook treat for next month! Anyway, here is the Mid-century Menu Monday for February 24 to March 1. Mid-Century Menu Monday Dinners Monday Layers
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It’s Mid-Century Menu Monday again! This week we have a President’s Day dinner for a celebration. Also, it’s almost the end of February! Woot! Here’s a chipper set of menus for 1950s Meal-Plan Monday: February 17-23. Mid-Century Menu Monday Dinners for February 17-23 Monday (President’s Day) This inviting casserole stars Swedish meatballs, potatoes, cucumbers, and
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Mid-Century Menu Monday is back! It was a long break, but since I wasn’t cooking, I didn’t make the menus either. But now we are back to normal. I am doing all the cooking once again. This time, however, I have a new baby again, so I have simplified the menu plans somewhat, and changed
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Hello! It’s the second week of December already! This ended up late, because I spent WAY TOO MUCH TIME diving into rabbit holes, looking for the Betty Crocker’s Frankly Fancy recipe booklet from 1959. I thought it would be fun to coordinate my menus this week with the 1959 Holiday Almanac for my Very Vintage
Mid-Century Menu Monday: December 9-15 Read More »
