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Meal Plan: February 26- March 4

Updated: Jan 24, 2025 by Marye

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This week is all about quick and easy meals! From creamy Monterey chicken casserole to pot roast with jalapeno cheese grits - you'll find delicious possibilities!

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Table of Contents
  • 📅 Food Holidays
  • 🍹This week's cocktail
  • February 26
  • February 27
  • February 28
  • March 1
  • March 2
  • March 3
  • March 4
  • 📚 Related recipes
  • 💬 Comments

📅 Food Holidays

March 1 is National Peanut Butter Lovers Day - and you'll find an amazing peanut butter pie in this meal plan... but you'll want to try these classic peanut butter cookies as well.

March 3 is Moscow Mule day and it's a great time to check out my version - this Clementine Kentucky Mule. Now, settle in and take a look at this week's menu.

Always look ahead at your menu and get as much done as once as you can. It saves time and money - because you don't have a lot of leftovers sitting around.

  • When you make the chicken breast for bourbon chicken make extra for the Monterey chicken casserole and chicken cacciatore.
  • Keep side dishes easy. Buy bagged salads, green beans that have been trimmed, whatever it takes to make it easier.
  • Small amounts of leftover vegetables can be added together and made into a vegetable soup or added to pasta sauce.
  • Leftover pot roast makes great sandwiches!

🍹This week's cocktail

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Jameson Irish Redhead

Irish redhead is a sparkly sweet drink made with Irish whiskey - perfect for getting a leg up on St. Patrick's Day Celebrations!

February 26

Cubes of chicken covered in a tangy sauce over spaghetti.

Bourbon Chicken

Bourbon chicken tender chicken breast simmered in a tangy sauce. You can serve it over past or rice - either way it's delicious!

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Rustic Bread

This is a super easy artisan loaf. It's made in a cloche but you can bake it on a baking sheet or on parchment in a dutch oven.

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Boston Cream Cake

Boston Cream cake is an easy variation on the "pie". Light, moist yellow cake has wells of vanilla pudding and a glossy chocolate glaze.

February 27

Serving the creamy casserole out of the dish.

Million Dollar Chicken

Million dollar chicken is creamy and so easy to make!

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Fried Cabbage

Fried cabbage is an old fashioned side dish that is quick and easy.

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Blackberry Cobbler

I know -- blackberry cobbler is a summer treat but you can get frozen blackberries and enjoy this amazing dessert!

February 28

Tender slow cooker pot roast on a bed or jalapeno cheese grits in a white bowl.

Pot Roast with Jalapeno Grits

Classic comfort food comes to the rescue during chilly days. This fall apart tender pot roast is served over cheese grits - you'll love it! Save some of the beef for a recipe later in the week.

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Broccoli Salad

Crunchy broccoli salad is coated in a creamy dressing. This version is low carb, too!

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Nutter Butter Banana Pudding

Banana pudding is even better when you substitute Nutter Butter cookies for the Nilla Wafers.

March 1

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Hot Turkey & Gravy Sandwiches

Enjoy a retro, diner style diner with these quick and easy turkey and gravy sandwiches!

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Mashed Potatoes

Rich and creamy mashed potatoes are the perfect side for this meal!

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Peanut Butter Pie

This easy, no bake peanut butter pie is the perfect dessert for National Peanut Butter Lover's Day today!

March 2

Serving of Monterey Chicken Casserole on a white plate.

Monterey Chicken

Creamed corn, vegetables, chicken, cheese... it's all here in this creamy Monterey Casserole. You don't need a lot more but green beans or a salad work well.

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Roasted Carrots

Easy maple roasted carrots are a side dish even carrot haters love!

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Holy Cow Cake

This chocolate cake is super easy but when take your first bite you'll say, "Holy Cow"! Chocolate cake soaked in 3 different sauces, topped with Butterfingers and whipped cream.

March 3

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Sloppy Joes

Old fashioned sloppy joes are tangy and delicious! They taste just like you remember.

Oven roasted sweet potatoes cubed and roasted with chipotle and cinnamon. Recipe image

Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Spicy sweet roasted sweet potatoes are a nice change from fries.

Peanut butter molasses crinkle cookies on a plate.

Peanut Butter Molasses Cookies

These peanut butter crinkles are sort of a combination between chewy peanut butter cookies and crisp molasses cookies. Chewy and soft in the middle with crisp edges.

March 4

Chicken Cacciatore

So much flavor! Chicken cacciatore can be made on top of the stove or in the slow cooker!

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Italian Green Bean Salad

Zesty green bean salad with sweet tomatoes, tender potatoes, and plenty of flavor!

A closeup of pineapple cheesecake.

Pineapple Upside-Down Cheesecake

Pineapple upside down cheesecake has all the best flavor from the cake with all the dense texture of a cheesecake.

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About Marye

Marye Audet-White is a professional food writer, New York Times bestselling cookbook author, and founder of Restless Chipotle, where she shares Southern comfort food, yeast breads, and from-scratch recipes tested in real kitchens. She’s known for explaining the little technique details that keep recipes from going off the rails, so home cooks can count on what comes out of the oven actually tasting good.

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