December is only getting busier! Christmas pageant rehearsals, cookie exchanges, and school performances vie for attention with making Christmas magic. A good plan for housekeeping and meals helps. Here’s my vintage meal plan for wintertime.
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1940s Vintage Menus For Early December
Although I love to cook 1950s menus, I usually use 1940s and 1930s recipes because they use far fewer prepared foods and are mostly made from scratch.
These meals use ingredients you likely already have in your pantry, saving money and reducing food waste. They’re designed to fill your family up, leaving everyone satisfied without overindulging. Plus, cooking from scratch creates a sense of accomplishment and the family table is the heart of family culture.
Monday Menu
Breakfast
- Sliced bananas
- Oatmeal with top milk
- Scrambled eggs
- Cinnamon toast
- Coffee for adults, cocoa for children
Lunch
- Vegetable soup
- Peanut butter and bacon sandwich
- Apple crisp
- Cocoa for all
Dinner
- Spiced cranberry cocktail
- BBQ baked chicken
- Baked rice
- Buttered peas
- Bran muffins
- Orange and onion salad
- Lemon sponge pudding
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Tuesday Menu
Breakfast
- Stewed apricots
- Hot wheat cereal with top milk
- Poached eggs
- Toast with butter and marmalade
- Coffee for adults, cocoa for children
Lunch
- Tomato soup
- Grilled cheese sandwich
- Celery sticks
- Lemon gelatin
- Tea for adults, milk for children
Dinner
- Chilled tomato juice
- Breaded pork tenderloin
- Scalloped potatoes
- Buttered asparagus
- Bread and butter
- Lettuce with chiffonade dressing
- Baked fudge pudding
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Wednesday Menu
Breakfast
- Freshly sliced oranges
- Oatmeal with top milk
- Soft-cooked eggs
- Toast with butter and marmalade
- Coffee for adults, cocoa for children
Lunch
- Cream of mushroom soup
- Meat spread and lettuce sandwiches
- Radishes and carrot sticks
- Sugar cookies
- Cocoa for all
Dinner
- Bouillon
- Pot roast with homemade chili sauce
- Egg noodles
- Buttered carrots
- Pan biscuits
- Winter salad bowl
- Steamed jam pudding
- Coffee for adults; milk for children
This is an Advent binder for the vintage housewife. Each day includes a vintage Christmas poem or story, a housewife activity of the day from the Betty Crocker Busy Days of December countdowns, a 1950s decorating project for the day, and a vintage holiday recipe.
Thursday Menu
Breakfast
- Grapefruit halves
- Oatmeal with top milk
- Scrambled eggs
- Toast with marmalade
- Coffee for adults, cocoa for children
Lunch
- Pea soup
- Cornbread
- Pear slices
- Chocolate pudding
- Tea for adults, milk for children
Dinner
- Tomato juice cocktail
- Scalloped chicken supreme casserole
- Green beans with mushrooms
- Hot rolls
- Grapefruit salad
- Pumpkin pie
- Coffee for adults; milk for children
Friday Menu (Fish for Fridays!)
Breakfast
- Stewed prunes
- Oatmeal with top milk
- Soft-boiled eggs
- Toast with butter and marmalade
- Coffee for adults, cocoa for children
Lunch
- Cream of celery soup
- Fish cakes and spaghetti
- Sliced oranges
- Marble cake
- Tea for adults, milk for children
Dinner
- Peach cocktail
- Crispy fish filets with tartar sauce
- Creamed potatoes
- Succotash
- Bread and butter
- Spinach salad
- Baked apples with custard
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Saturday Menu
Breakfast
- Stewed apricots
- Hot wheat cereal with top milk
- Poached eggs
- Toasted English muffins
- Coffee for adults; cocoa for children
Lunch
- Spanish rice
- Buttered spinach
- Bread and butter
- Winter salad
- Frosted cupcakes
- Tea for adults, milk for children
Dinner (Guests)
- Cheese ball with celery and crackers
- Monterey chicken
- Green rice
- Creamed mushrooms
- Garlic bread
- Romaine salad supreme
- Flaming cherries with ice cream
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Sunday Menu
Breakfast
- Tomato juice
- Dates in wheat cereal with top milk
- Sausage links
- Pancakes with syrup
- Coffee for adults, cocoa for children
Old-Fashioned Sunday Dinner
- Grapefruit and watercress salad with Roquefort dressing
- Baked ham with baked persimmon slices
- Candied sweet potatoes with walnuts
- Buttered Brussels sprouts
- Cloverleaf rolls
- Giardiniera and beet pickles
- Frosted spice layer cake
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Sunday Supper
- French onion soup
- French bread
- Tossed salad
- Lemon custard angel cake rolls (From Betty Crocker’s holiday almanac)
- Cocoa for all
If you would like, you can check out the rest of my mid-century dinner menus. And if you make the menus, share a pic on Instagram and tag me! (Are you following me on Instagram? I share a lot of vintage homemaking quick wins over here!)
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