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 magazines with menus and recipes. For this half-year of menus, I will mostly be pulling from the menu resources I already have.
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Mid-Century Menu Monday for July 4th!
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Monday
So, even though it isn’t July yet, I’m including some menus so you can start your week off with a vintage kitchen!
Breakfast
- Tomato juice
- Prepared cereal with top milk (n. b. whole milk or half-and-half, if you don’t get unhomogenized milk)
- Whole-wheat toast with butter
- Jelly
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Lunch
- Cream of fresh pea soup
- Melba rye toast and butter
- Sliced peaches
- Coffee or tea for adults, milk for children
Dinner
- Pan-fried liver and bacon
- Creamed potatoes
- Buttered asparagus
- Bread and butter
- Wilted lettuce
- Sliced bananas with top milk
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Tuesday
Last day of June this year! If the green beans in tomato sauce is too much for you, open a can of vegetable beef soup — Campbell’s soup is vintage!
Breakfast
- Grapefruit
- Prepared cereal with top milk
- Scrambled eggs
- Toast with butter
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Lunch
- Green beans in tomato sauce
- Lettuce sandwiches
- Sugared strawberries with top milk
- Hot or iced tea, milk for children
Dinner
- Jellied beef bouillon
- Pork sausage patties
- Mashed potatoes
- Creamed onions
- Whole wheat bread and butter
- Fresh cherry pie
- Tea for adults, milk for children
Wednesday
And July begins! I recommend starting your Old-Fashioned Summer Challenge now if you haven’t already. (And Happy Canada Day! 🍁🍁🍁)
Breakfast
- Lemonade
- Prepared cereal with top milk
- Broiled bacon
- Toast with butter
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Lunch
- Oxtail soup
- Soda crackers
- Celery
- Jam meringue puff
- Tea for adults, milk for children
Dinner
- Lamb shoulder chops with dressing
- Buttered Lima beans
- Creamed new green cabbage
- Whole wheat bread and butter
- Sugared fresh pineapple
- Tea or coffee for adults, milk for children
Thursday
Breakfast
- Grapefruit juice
- Prepared cereal with top milk
- Fried eggs
- Toast with butter
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Lunch
- Beet and pea salad
- Toasted cheese sandwiches
- Sweet red cherries
- Milk for all
Dinner
- Mock chicken legs
- Mashed potatoes
- Gravy
- Buttered spinach
- Bread and butter
- Snow pudding with custard sauce
- Tea for adults, milk for children
Friday
Breakfast
- Stewed prunes in orange juice
- Prepared cereal with top milk
- Toast with butter
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Lunch
- Luncheon salad plate: deviled egg, cottage cheese, tomato, radishes
- Whole wheat muffins
- Chocolate milk for all
Dinner
- Salisbury steak
- Creamed potatoes
- Buttered greens
- Onions au gratin
- Whole wheat bread and butter
- Strawberry shortcake
- Iced tea for adults, milk for children
Saturday
Happy 4th of July! 🎇🎇🧨🎇🎇🎆🎆🎆🎆
Breakfast
- Sliced bananas on prepared cereal with top milk
- Toast with butter
- Jelly
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Holiday Dinner
- Fried chicken
- Potato salad
- Buttered peas
- Sliced tomatoes
- Hot biscuits
- Peppermint stick ice cream
- Devil’s food cake with fudge frosting
- Iced tea for adults, milk for children
Picnic Supper
- Cold fried chicken
- Potato salad
- Sliced tomatoes
- Coleslaw
- Bread and butter
- Watermelon
- Lemonade for all
Sunday
A simpler Sunday dinner is called for, after the extravagance of yesterday’s Independence Day feast! If you don’t celebrate the 4th of July, you can switch the dinners.
Breakfast
- Grapefruit and orange juice
- Toast and butter
- Preserves
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Sunday Dinner
- Pan-fried halibut
- Parsley-buttered potatoes
- Stewed tomatoes
- Whole wheat bread and butter
- Cucumber and radish salad
- Lemon cream pudding
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Sunday Supper
- Fresh cantaloupe and blackberry salad
- Toast and butter
- Tea for adults, milk for children
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I really enjoy reading the mid century meal plan, have you ever thought about adding pictures after each meal?
I DID think about it, for a while. But, true story, I trained as a pastry chef and couldn’t get my certification because I FAILED PLATING. So then I decided I probably shouldn’t . . .