Meal Plan 25: June 11- 17

This week's meal plan includes a couple of one pot meals to keep things easy! Don't forget to read through the tips for ideas on how you can save time and money.

A collage of images showing the main dishes in this meal plan.

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📅 Food Holidays
🫑 What's in Season?
💭 Tips for success
🍹This week's cocktail
June 11
June 12
June 13
June 14
June 15
June 16
June 17
📚 Related recipes

📅 Food Holidays

We celebrate a couple of fun food holidays this week. They're silly little holidays but it gives us an opportunity to make some memories and have some fun!

National German Chocolate Cake Day on June 11 - but we're making a pie!
National Peanut Butter Cookie Day on June 12.
Cupcake Lover's Day on June 13.

🫑 What's in Season?

A better question might be, "what isn't in season?"

Everything is ripening and coming into the Farmers' Markets now. It's fresh, in season, and at it's best. Make the most of these fresh flavors.

Apricots
Beets
Bell pepper
Berries (raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries)
Chiles
Corn
Cucumber
Eggplant
Figs
Green beans & Wax beans
Mangoes
Melon
Nectarines
Okra
Peaches
Pineapples
Plums
Radishes
Tomatoes
Zucchini and yellow squash

💭 Tips for success

Cook extra ground beef on Friday to use on Saturday. When you plan ahead it saves you all kinds of time.
Make extra baguettes to use as sandwich rolls for the steak sandwiches.
Leftover baguette? It makes delicious French Toast!
I like to hide a dozen or so of the peanut butter cookies in the freezer and then use them to make peanut butter and chocolate ice cream sandwiches with the ice cream from Wednesday.
Cook extra green beans when you make the salad so that you can use them in the southern green beans recipe and save even more time.
Save a couple of the brownies to use in the fudge brownie ice cream.
Make sure you make enough pot roast so you have leftovers for the steak sandwiches.
Leftover cheese biscuits are so good for sausage biscuit breakfasts!

🍹This week's cocktail

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Spiked Arnold Palmer

This week's cocktail is a spiked Arnold Palmer - lemonade, sweet tea and plenty of vodka!

June 11

Taco Skillet Dinner

This taco skillet dinner is done in one pan and it's quick, easy, and family friendly! Just add a crispy salad. Make extra ground beef for tomorrow's dinner.

Cornbread

Buttermilk cornbread, warm from the oven, and slathered in melty butter and gooey honey is almost a dessert!

German Chocolate Pie

It may be National German Chocolate Cake Day but this easy, no bake German Chocolate Pie is even better than the cake!

June 12

Overhead view of cheesesteak pasta with cheese melted on top.

Philly Cheesesteak Pasta

All of the flavor of the sandwich in an easy one pot pasta recipe! Philly cheesesteak pasta is quick & easy - especially when you use the meat you cooked last night! Just add a salad to round out the meal.

Slices of French bread on a linen cloth.

30 Minute Baguette

It's hard to believe but these quick, easy baguettes are done, start to finish, in about 30 minutes. It may take you longer the first time or two.

Peanut Butter Cookies

I love love love old fashioned peanut butter cookies! These are crispy on the edges and chewy in the middles - just the way I like them!

June 13

A breaded chicken breast sliced open to see the juicy interior.

Garlic Parm Chicken

Garlic Parmesan Chicken comes out tender and juicy with lots of flavor. It's a favorite around here.

Overhead view of a bowl of green beans, tomatoes, potatoes, and red onions created for the feature image of this post.

Green Bean Salad

Green bean salad is marinated in a zesty Italian dressing and is the perfect accompaniment to the chicken! Make it a day ahead for best flavor.

Cupcakes

It's National Cupcake Lover's Day! Pick your favorite from this list of over 65 different cupcake recipes!

June 14

Bourbon Chicken

If you love the bourbon chicken from the food court at the mall (and I do!) this recipe is for you! Sweet, sticky, and perfect over rice or noodles.

Fried Cabbage

Fried cabbage is one of our favorites! It's slow braised with onions and bacon the old fashioned way to bring out all the flavor!

Brownies

This is my favorite brownie recipe! Chewy, gooey, and full of pecans - it's chocolate overload in every bite.

Make extra to use for tomorrow's dessert.

June 15

Closeup of meat and vegetables in the slow cooker.

Pot Roast

I love an all in one meal! This pot roast is slow cooked with carrots and potatoes so dinner is ready when you get home! Make extra pot roast for tomorrow's meal.

Flaky cheese biscuits in an earthenware bowl.

Cheddar Cheese Biscuits

Light, tender, butter, and flaky! Cheddar cheese biscuits are the perfect side to this meal!

White Texas Sheet Cake

White Texas Sheet Cake has a delicate coconut flavor and it goes together FAST!

June 16

Closeup of a steak sandwich showing the layers of ingredients.

Steak Sandwiches

Use the leftover pot roast from yesterday to make these hearty Texas Steak Sandwiches.

Closeup overhead view of the macaroni salad in a bowl with a spoon in it for serving.

BBQ Macaroni Salad

One of my favorites! BBQ Macaroni Salad is a deliciously sweet & spicy update to classic macaroni salad.

Fudge Brownie Ice Cream

Use the leftover brownies to crumble into this chocolaty Fudge Brownie Ice Cream. No ice cream maker? Soften a half gallon of chocolate ice cream from the store, stir the brownie pieces in and refreeze!