Hello again! Time for the 3rd-week-in-November menus. Do you ever feel like this week gets short shrift, while we spend all our time thinking about next week’s Thanksgiving dinner? I do. But, once more unto the breach, dear readers, for this week’s Mid-Century Menu Monday! On to the 1950s meal plan!
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:
Monday’s Dinner
- Pork & Rice Casserole
- Baked Butternut Squash
- Dinner Rolls
- Spiced Cider Salad
- Chocolate Pudding and Coconut Washboards
Tuesday’s Dinner
- Maryland Chicken
- Baked Stuffed Potatoes
- Buttered Beets
- Plain Rolls
- Molded Cranberry Salad
- Lemon Tart
Wednesday’s Dinner
- Pork Chops
- Scalloped Potatoes
- Baked Winter Squash
- Spiced Peach Salad
- Cloverleaf Rolls
- Baked Custard
Thursday’s Dinner
- Braised Tongue
- Baked Sweet Potatoes
- Buttered Apple Rings
- Dinner Rolls
- Cabbage Salad
- Snow Ghost Pie
Friday’s Dinner
- Shrimp Creole
- Buttered Rice
- Broccoli with Cheese Sauce
- Pickled Beet Salad
- Poppy Seed Rolls
- Baked Apples
Saturday’s Dinner
- Braised Liver
- Scalloped Potatoes
- Cabbage Au Gratin
- Dinner Rolls
- Lime Gelatin and Cottage Cheese Salad
- Pumpkin Pie
Sunday’s Dinner
- Chilled Tomato Juice
- Roast Beef
- Mashed Potatoes
- Broiled Mushrooms
- Wilted Spinach
- Crescent Rolls
- Spiced Cranberry Mold
- Coconut Layer Cake
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.
References
The Modern Family Cook Book, Meta Given, 1961
Sunset All-Western Cook Book, Genevieve Callahan, 1933
