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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 December Project, but that led to “Frankly Fancy,” which led to . . . rabbit holes. Anyway, here’re my dinners for Mid-Century Menu Monday, December 9-15.
Mid-Century Menu Monday Dinners
Monday
- Gougeres
- Zesty Pork-Chop Bake
- Oven Dinner Rice
- Tomato-Cheese Casserole
- Savory French Bread
- Dunk-It Salad
- Baked Lemon Cake Pudding
Tuesday
- Chicken Livers with Rice
- Stuffed Baked Squash
- Pickled Pineapple Bake
- French Half-and-Half Bread
- Tomato Aspic
- 1-2-3-4 Cake
Wednesday — Birthday!
- Gougeres and Tomato Juice cocktail
- Broiled steak
- French Fries
- Buttered Peas
- Garlic Bread
- French Green Salad
- Devil’s Food Cake with Fudge Frosting and Ice-Cream Snowballs
Thursday
- Spaghetti with Italian Sausage Sauce
- Tossed Green Salad
- Junior Loaves with Garlicky Spread
- Fruit Compote Topped with Lemon Sherbet and Susan’s Coconut Refrigerator Cookies
Friday
- Easy Broiled Fish
- Golden Noodles
- Broccoli with Mustard Sauce
- Hard Rolls
- Spiced Canned Purple Plums
- Christmas Tree Cakes
Saturday
- Ginger Ale Cocktails and Hot Cheese Dip
- E. I.’s Swedish Meat Balls
- Tomato Ring Filled with Vegetable Salad
- Toasted Celery Rolls in Loaf
- Old English Spiced Cider
- Meringue Kisses
Sunday
- Christmas Cheese Ball (’tis the season) and Fruit Juice Cocktail
- Pot Roast of Beef with Wine
- Savory Mashed Potatoes
- Small Whole Carrots
- Speedy Pickled Pears
- Crisp Rolls
- Green Salad Bowl
- Mallow-Cream Whip
Breakfast and Lunch Bonus For December’s Mid-Century Menu Monday
Monday
Breakfast
- Grapefruit juice
- Hot oatmeal
- Shirred eggs
- Cranberry Muffins
Lunch
- Vegetable-Beef Soup
- Cheese-spread sandwiches
- Pickles
- Apple turnovers
Tuesday
Breakfast
- Sliced oranges
- Cream of Wheat
- French Toast
- Canadian bacon
Lunch
- Creamy potato soup
- Toasted peanut-butter-and-bacon sandwiches
- Spiced Fruit Cocktail
Wednesday — Birthday!
Breakfast
- Tomato Juice
- Cream of Rice with Raisins
- Scrambled eggs and bacon
- Waffles
Lunch
- Crab-Cheese Bisque
- Toast
- Pickles
- Red Sundae
Thursday
Breakfast
- Orange juice
- Malt o’ Meal with sliced bananas
- Soft-boiled eggs with toast fingers
Lunch
- Chicken Noodle Soup
- Scrambled Eggs and toast
- Fruit gelatin
Friday
Breakfast
- Broiled Grapefruit Halves
- Oatmeal
- Poached eggs on toast
Lunch
- Tomato soup
- Tuna melts
- Potato chips
- Chocolate pudding
Saturday
Breakfast
- Grapefruit juice
- Farina
- Biscuits and sausage gravy
- Pull-Apart Coffee Cake Wreath
Lunch
- Minestrone vegetable soup
- Grilled franks with cheese
- Green salad
- Doughnuts
Sunday
Breakfast
- Orange juice
- Oatmeal
- Baked apples
- Ham and eggs
- Waffles
Supper
- Clam chowder
- Toasted cheese-bacon-lettuce sandwiches
- Pickles
- Gingerbread
As always, meals are accompanied by milk and coffee or tea. Other than breakfast, juice is drunk as a dinner cocktail. Bread with cheese, jam, or fruit is served with a cup of milk at 3:00 for all the children. And, my husband and teenagers are grateful that I am finally getting better at providing nibbles before dinner while the preschoolers are eating supper in the kitchen.
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!)
