Meal Plan 45: October 29- November 4

This week's meal plan is full of celebration! Ideas for getting the kids to eat something nutritious on Halloween and for enjoying Mexican food on Dia de los Muertos November 1-2.

As always, there are plenty of classic comfort foods, tips, and ideas!

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📅 Food Holidays
🫑 What's in Season?
💭 Tips for success
🍹This week's cocktail
October 29
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November 1
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📅 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!

October 29 is National Oatmeal Day and I'd start it off with Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal then hit some oatmeal cookies!
November 3 is National Sandwich Day and who doesn't love a good sandwich?
November 4 is National Candy Day and might I suggest these easy, microwave caramels?

🫑 What's in Season?

Beets
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Celery
Chard
Chicory
Endive
Horseradish
Pea
Potato
Pumpkin
Leek
Lettuce
Spinach
Winter squash

💭 Tips for success

As we get closer to the holidays don't forget to pick up extra baking supplies here and there so you'll have plenty on hand and not have to buy everything at once. You can also double up the dinner rolls and freeze half.

Thinking ahead and planning now will save time and stress later!

Here are some tips for this week -

Save pot roast leftovers for shepherd's pie.
No reason to have a whole cake sitting around? Slice it, put parchment between the slices, and freeze it for up to 3 months. You'll be able to take out exactly what you need for a quick dessert.
Move the days around as you need to. Don't forget there are more meal plans here.

🍹This week's cocktail

Two dark blue cocktails in champagne flutes.

Midnight Kiss

Although I usually think about this midnight kiss for New Years Eve it's also a good one for Halloween - especially if you add a few bowls of dry ice around....(be careful- dry ice can burn!)

October 29

Bourbon Chicken

Quick and easy, bourbon chicken is a 30 minute meal that tastes like it took hours! Serve with pasta or rice.

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Melonpan Bread

Melonpan is a unique Japanese bread - bread dough wrapped in a sugar cookie. It's fun to make and goes extremely well with this chicken dish.

Ginger Peach Sorbet

Fresh and delicious, this ginger peach sorbet is just sweet enough to be dessert but not too sweet - the perfect ending to this meal.

October 30

Closeup of meat and vegetables in the slow cooker.

Classic Pot Roast

One pot meal! Classic pot roast, carrots, and potatoes all cook in one pot in these easy slow cooker dinner. Save leftovers for later in the week.

Light Dinner Rolls

These easy dinner rolls are lighter than air!

Coconut layer cake with a slice out of it to show the layers

Coconut Cake

Classic southern coconut cake with raspberry between the layers is hard to turn down. 🙂

October 31

Close up of a cheeseball that looks like a Jack-o-lantern.

Pumpkin Cheese Ball

Don't fight it. The kids aren't going to sit down and eat dinner anyway. Serve this pumpkin cheeseball, crackers, and finger food "snacks" for dinner and you'll at least get some good stuff into them before the candy tsunami starts.

Crispy baked chicken wings on a white plate.

Crispy Chicken Wings

Crispy oven baked chicken wings are simple and delicious finger food.

Close up of a biscuit with fried chicken on it and melted honey butter dripping from it.

Chicken Biscuits

Honey butter chicken biscuits are just hard to resist anytime.

November 1

Mole sauce in an iron skillet with a silver ladle

Chicken with Mole

This mole is delicious and SO easy. Saute or grill chicken breast and serve covered with this rich mole sauce. Serve with rice. Don't forget to make extra chicken for later in the week.

Pan de Muerto

Fragrant, anise scented bread that's traditional for Dia de los Muertos but let me tell you it's delicious ANY time of year! I love it for French toast!