Mid-Century Menu Monday for August 17th to 23rd

Mid-Century Menu Monday! Your 1950s Meal-Plan Monday for weekly vintage dinner menus.

Another planning-and-preparation week. I’ve almost got my homeschool lesson plans for the year locked down! Here is the meal plan for your Mid-Century Menu Monday for August 17th to 23rd.

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Mid-Century Menu Monday for August 17th to 23rd

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Monday’s Meal Plan

Breakfast

  • Sliced peaches
  • Prepared cereal with top milk
  • Toast with butter
  • Broiled bacon
  • Coffee for adults, milk for children

Lunch

  • Cream of spinach soup
  • Sliced tomatoes
  • Apple crumble
  • Hot or iced tea, milk for children

Dinner

  • Devilled kidneys
  • Mashed potatoes
  • Buttered peas
  • Whole wheat bread and butter
  • Watermelon pickles
  • Fresh prunes
  • Coffee for adults, milk for children

Tuesday’s Meal Plan

Breakfast

  • Melon wedges
  • Prepared cereal with top milk
  • Soft-cooked eggs
  • Toast with butter, jam
  • Coffee for adults, milk for children

Lunch

  • Stuffed tomato salad
  • Cinnamon toast
  • Lime fluff (Save yolks for Thursday)
  • Vanilla crips (Save ⅔ for Wednesday and Saturday)
  • Iced tea for adults, milk for children

Dinner

  • Pork sausage patties
  • Milk gravy
  • Boiled potatoes
  • Broiled tomatoes
  • Lettuce wedges, French dressing
  • Bread and butter
  • Chocolate blancmange
  • Coffee for adults, milk for children

Wednesday’s Meal Plan

Breakfast

  • Grapefruit juice
  • Prepared cereal with top milk
  • Toast with butter, jam
  • Pan-broiled bacon
  • Coffee for adults, milk for children

Lunch

  • Cucumber, onion, pickle sandwiches
  • Buttered beets
  • Butterscotch custard
  • Iced tea for adults, milk for children

Dinner

  • Hamburger patties
  • Creamed potatoes
  • Fried eggplant
  • Whole wheat bread and butter
  • Sliced cantaloupe
  • Vanilla crisps
  • Coffee for adults, milk for children

Thursday’s Meal Plan

Breakfast

  • Sliced peaches
  • Scrambled eggs (use the yolks left from Tuesday)
  • Toast with butter, jelly
  • Coffee for adults, milk for children

Lunch

  • Wax or green beans in dill sauce
  • Toasted cheese sandwiches
  • Tomato and lettuce salad
  • Honeyballs with lemon or lime wedges
  • Coffee for adults, milk for children

Dinner

  • Jellied veal loaf (Save ⅓ for Saturday’s lunch)
  • Corn on the cob with butter
  • Potato chips
  • Beet pickles
  • Whole-wheat bread and butter
  • Fresh plum pie
  • Milk for all

Friday’s Meal Plan

Breakfast

  • Grapefruit juice
  • Prepared cereal with top milk
  • Broiled bacon
  • Toast with butter
  • Marmalade
  • Coffee for adults, milk for children

Lunch

  • Fresh peach salad
  • Orange pinwheel biscuits with butter
  • Honey
  • Hot or iced tea, milk for children

Dinner

  • Pan-fried pike
  • Creamed potatoes
  • Buttered onions
  • Whole wheat bread and butter
  • Cucumber and radish salad
  • White grapes
  • Coffee for adults, milk for children

Saturday’s Meal Plan

Breakfast

  • Sliced bananas on prepared cereal with top milk
  • Toast with butter
  • Jelly
  • Coffee for adults, milk for children

Lunch

  • Sliced veal loaf (left from Thursday’s dinner)
  • Rye bread with butter
  • Beet rings with coleslaw
  • Vanilla crisps
  • Cocoa for all

Dinner

  • Beef and vegetable pie
  • Whole wheat bread and butter
  • Sliced tomatoes with French dressing
  • Baked apples
  • Coffee for adults, milk for children

Sunday’s Meal Plan

Breakfast

  • Grapefruit
  • Bacon omelet
  • Toast with butter
  • Coffee for adults, milk for children

Sunday Dinner

  • Spiced beef
  • Parsley buttered potatoes
  • Corn on the cob
  • Cooked cauliflower salad
  • Whole-wheat bread and butter
  • Baked peaches
  • Coffee for adults, milk for children

Sunday Supper

  • Carrot and peanut salad
  • Crisp crackers and cheese
  • Lemonade for all

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