Vintage Weekly Meal Plan for The New Year | 1950s Meal Plan Monday

And now, after all the waiting, Christmas is finally here! How’s your holiday magic-making going this year? Here’s a vintage meal plan for this week.

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Real Vintage Menus For January

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 (Epiphany)

Breakfast

• Stewed prunes
• Oatmeal with top milk
• Scrambled eggs
• Toast with butter
• Coffee for adults, cocoa for children

Lunch

• Cream of mushroom soup
• Corn muffins
• Celery and carrot sticks
• Cocoa for all

Dinner

• Pineapple-lime juice
• Spanish pork
• Green peppers stuffed with rice
• Buttered spinach
• Garlic bread
• Molded cranberry-pineapple salad
• Three-kings’ cake
• Coffee for adults, milk for children

Tuesday Menu

Breakfast

• Sliced oranges
• Hot wheat cereal with top milk
• Soft-boiled eggs
• Toast
• Coffee for adults, cocoa for children

Lunch

• Baked eggs with bacon
• Sliced tomatoes
• Fruit gelatin with custard sauce
• Tea for adults, milk for children

Dinner

• Broiled grapefruit
• Braised beef heart with onions, carrots, and mushrooms
• Stuffed baked potatoes
• Hot biscuits
• Sunshine salad
• Pineapple cream pie
• Coffee for adults, milk for children

Wednesday Menu

Breakfast

• Freshly sliced oranges
• Oatmeal with top milk
• Scrambled eggs and bacon
• Toast with butter
• Coffee for adults, cocoa for children

Lunch

• Split-pea soup
• Cheese and rye sandwich
• Tapioca pudding with strawberry jam
• Tea for adults, milk for children

Dinner

• Spiced pineapple cup
• City chicken
• Buttered rice
• Broccoli with cheese sauce
• Bread and butter
• Dutch cucumbers
• Apricot Bavarian cream
• Coffee for adults; milk for children

Thursday Menu

Breakfast

• Sliced bananas
• Oatmeal with top milk
• Sausage cakes
• Toast with marmalade
• Coffee for adults, cocoa for children

Lunch

• Cream of celery soup
• Bread and butter
• Orange and grapefruit salad
• Hot gingerbread
• Tea for adults; milk for children

Dinner

• Hot cheese puffs
• Meatloaf ring with ketchup glaze
• Scalloped potatoes
• Mexican corn
• Hot rolls
• Garlicky tossed salad
• Cranberry tart
• Coffee for adults, milk for children

Friday Menu (Fish for Friday!)

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 sandwiches
• Carrot sticks
• Butterscotch pudding
• Tea for adults, milk for children

Dinner

• Tomato-clam juice
• Salmon-noodle casserole
• Buttered peas
• Rye bread and butter
• Carrot salad
• Lemon meringue pie
• Coffee for adults, milk for children

Saturday Menu

Breakfast

• Orange juice
• Porridge with Top Milk
• Sausage cakes and fried apple rings
• Toast with butter
• Crumb-topped coffee cake
• Coffee for adults; cocoa for children

Lunch

• Chili con carne
• Cornbread
• Carrot-raisin coleslaw
• Peanut-butter cookies
• Coffee for adults, milk for children

Dinner

• Hot cheese puffs
• Swiss steak
• Mashed potatoes
• Buttered peas
• Hot rolls
• Grapefruit-avocado salad
• Frosted spice cupcakes
• Coffee for adults, milk for children

Sunday Menu

Breakfast

• Sliced oranges
• Dates in wheat cereal with top milk
• Bacon
• Pancakes with syrup
• Coffee for adults, cocoa for children

Old-Fashioned Sunday Dinner

• Clam broth with toasted crackers
• Baked ham
• Mashed potatoes
• Carrots and peas
• Stuffed celery
• Cloverleaf rolls
• Grapefruit salad
• Caramel layer cake
• Coffee for adults, milk for children

Sunday Supper

• Cauliflower cheese
• Toasted English muffins
• Confetti salad
• Baked custard with sugar cookies
• 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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