The third week of December is here! O antiphons, Christmas Countdowns for the home and housewife, and all of the last full week before Christmas. For most, it’s also the last week of school before the Christmas vacation. Here’s a vintage meal plan for this week.
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1940s Vintage Menus For December
Although I love to cook 1950s menus, I usually use 1940s and 1930s recipes because they use far fewer prepared foods and are mostly made from scratch.
These meals use ingredients you likely already have in your pantry, saving money and reducing food waste. They’re designed to fill your family up, leaving everyone satisfied without overindulging. Plus, cooking from scratch creates a sense of accomplishment and the family table is the heart of family culture.
Monday Menu
Breakfast
- Sliced bananas
- Oatmeal with top milk
- Scrambled eggs
- Cinnamon toast
- Coffee for adults, cocoa for children
Lunch
- Vegetable soup
- Brown bread and cream cheese
- Ham and celery rolls
- Sugar cookies
- Cocoa for all
Dinner
- Snappy cheese straws
- Chicken a la king
- Baked potatoes
- Frenched green beans
- Hot buttermilk biscuits
- Celery hearts
- Mini mince pies
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Tuesday Menu
Breakfast
- Stewed apricots
- Hot wheat cereal with top milk
- Poached eggs
- Toast with butter and marmalade
- Coffee for adults, cocoa for children
Lunch
- Chicken noodle soup
- Meat salad and lettuce sandwich
- Fruit gelatin with custard sauce
- Tea for adults, milk for children
Dinner
- Hot spiced cider
- Baked ham steaks with cranberry sauce
- Baked sweet potatoes
- Broccoli with lemon butter
- Hot corn muffins
- Pear bell salad
- Tiny Tim puddings with foamy sauce
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Wednesday Menu (Ember Day)
Breakfast
- Freshly sliced oranges
- Oatmeal with top milk
- Soft-cooked eggs
- Toast with butter and marmalade
- Coffee for adults, cocoa for children
Lunch
- Cream of celery soup
- Tuna fish salad
- Baked apples
- Cocoa for all
Dinner
- Clamato
- Sauteed oysters with tartar sauce
- French mashed potatoes
- Buttered cabbage
- Hot buttered rye crisps
- Wedge salad
- Pineapple sherbet and crisp wafers
- Coffee for adults; milk for children
This is an Advent binder for the vintage housewife. Each day includes a vintage Christmas poem or story, a housewife activity of the day from the Betty Crocker Busy Days of December countdowns, a 1950s decorating project for the day, and a vintage holiday recipe.
Thursday Menu
Breakfast
- Grapefruit halves
- Oatmeal with top milk
- Scrambled eggs
- Toast with marmalade
- Coffee for adults, cocoa for children
Lunch
- Bean soup
- Bacon and lettuce sandwich
- Radishes
- Chocolate pudding
- Tea for adults, milk for children
Dinner
- Tomato bouillion
- Creamed sweetbreads
- Glazed sweet potatoes
- Buttered green limas
- Dinner rolls
- Tossed salad with French dressing
- Christmas pavlova
- Coffee for adults; milk for children
Friday Menu (Fish for Fridays!) (Ember Day)
Breakfast
- Stewed prunes
- Oatmeal with top milk
- Soft-boiled eggs
- Toast with butter and marmalade
- Coffee for adults, cocoa for children
Lunch
- Tomato soup
- Grilled cheese sandwich
- Sliced oranges
- Marble cake
- Tea for adults, milk for children
Dinner
- Hot spiced grape juice
- Baked fish with lemon
- Wild rice pilaf with mushrooms
- Buttered peas
- Bread and butter
- Cranberry salad
- Jelly roll with custard sauce
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Saturday Menu (Ember Day)
Breakfast
- Stewed apricots
- Hot wheat cereal with top milk
- Poached eggs
- Toasted English muffins
- Coffee for adults; cocoa for children
Lunch
- Onion soup
- Sliced turkey sandwiches
- Brownies
- Tea for adults, milk for children
Dinner
- Grapefruit and cranberry cup
- Baked macaroni and cheese
- Buttered spinach
- Stewed tomatoes
- Rye bread and butter
- Romaine salad supreme (also known as Caesar salad) with ripe olives
- Sponge cake with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Sunday Menu
Breakfast
- Tomato juice
- Dates in wheat cereal with top milk
- Sausage links
- Pancakes with syrup
- Coffee for adults, cocoa for children
Old-Fashioned Sunday Dinner
- Hot bouillion
- Roast stuffed chicken with celery-almond stuffing
- Roast potatoes
- Baked squash
- Creamed onions
- Cloverleaf rolls
- Lime and cranberry salad
- Coconut layer cake with sliced oranges
- Coffee for adults, milk for children
Sunday Supper (repeat!)
- French onion soup
- French bread
- Tossed salad
- Lemon custard angel cake rolls (From Betty Crocker’s holiday almanac)
- Cocoa for all
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!)
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I would love the recipes aligned to these, do you have a cookbook somewhere?