Does the idea of planning for regular family dinners on top of planning for holiday cooking stress you out? Did you know that your family will sit down to 1095 meals a year — mostly made by you? That’s enough to make ANYONE sick of meal-planning! Luckily, I have several vintage cook books with menus for every day of the year. Mid-Century Menu Monday is here to provide suggestions when you Just. Can’t. with another dinner menu. This week’s menus are particularly suited to cozy late-Fall dinners (my favorite).
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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:
- Modern Meal Maker by Martha Meade, 1933
- The Alice Bradey Menu Cookbook, 1944
- The American Home Diet, 1922
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.
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