Is anyone else working on their seasonal cleaning this week? I expect my seasonal cleaning (I do both spring and fall cleaning) will take about two weeks this year, which gives me just enough time to get my seasonal cleaning done before I start Thanksgiving prep. Since this is my favorite time of year, I get all excited! I try to do my cleaning by Thanksgiving, I make a huge old-fashioned Thanksgiving dinner, and then I do my annual Vintage Christmas Challenge during December! I love it! OK, back to meal plans! Here is Mid-Century Menu Monday for November 11-17.
A Week of Menus for Mid-November
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There are many vintage cookbooks that contain complete menu plans for a full year, based on providing nutrition and variety to the vintage housewife’s meals. The best one is Meta Given’s The Modern Family Cookbook, but only the earliest editions. Some of my favorites are:
These are hearty warming meals from one of my vintage meal plans. They all center around cold-weather dishes and seasonal foods. Here are some other menu plans for November:
Veteran’s Day Dinner
- Beef Pie
- Baked Sweet Potatoes and Apples
- Biscuits
- Green salad
- Hot Fudge Sundaes, because my father, a Vietnam Vet, worked in his father’s soda shop as a teenager!
Tuesday’s Dinner
- Breaded Cutlets (the original recipe is for veal, but I use chicken)
- Orange Garnish (this is just an orange sauce)
- Scalloped Potatoes
- Brussels Sprouts
- Butterhorn Rolls
- Frozen Fruit Salad
- Hot Gingerbread with Custard Sauce
Wednesday’s Dinner
- Stuffed Pork Chops
- Cream Gravy
- Mashed Sweet Potatoes
- Buttered String Beans
- Cucumber Salad
- Corn Bread
- Lemon Pudding Cake
Thursday’s Dinner
- Pot Roast of Beef
- Brown Gravy
- Stuffed Potatoes
- Buttered Carrots
- Parkerhouse Rolls
- Jellied Fruit Salad (ignore the offensive name and try the one below!)
- Pumpkin Pie
Friday’s Dinner
- Baked Salmon with Lemon
- Scalloped Potatoes
- Buttered Peas
- Spinach Salad
- Dinner Rolls
- Fudge Cake
Saturday’s Dinner
- Swiss Steak with Gravy
- Mashed Potatoes
- Succotash
- Dinner Rolls
- Cranberry Mold
- Apple Pie
Sunday’s Dinner
- Bouillon
- Baked Ham
- Spiced Applesauce
- Scalloped Potatoes
- Baked Squash
- Creamed Spinach
- Dinner Rolls
- Relishes
- Washington Cream Pie
Thanksgiving Is Coming!
Thanksgiving is next week for us. And yes, I am doing a full vintage Thanksgiving Meal. My family actually loves Green Bean Casserole, Cranberry Sauce, and Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallows, so . . . I do it all. All the traditional goodies. My whole menu, the vintage recipes I use, and my step-by-step checklist for hosting Thanksgiving are all available in my vintage Thanksgiving e-book.
And, as a bonus, here are the lists that I use for my seasonal Autumn cleaning. You can download these as a PDF in my resource library! Just click on the image.
