Last month flew by so quickly. We had so much fun with our Family Halloween Costumes. But I am excited to share our monthly dinner menu with you again. In case this is your first time reading about our monthly dinner menu let me tell you why I love this system…
Planning a month worth of dinner menus at one time really helps me save time. Weekends seem to fly by and next thing I know it’s Monday morning and I need to go shopping and plan out the week. But when I planned a month in advance I can look forward to the next week when I am shopping and see that I need to pick up some fresh basil or mushrooms. Planning each month also helps my family get out of the rut of eating the same meals every week. I try to plan some meatless meals or I plan to make more of something so we can transform the leftovers the next day. I also like to plan my crock pot or easy meals on Thursday because that is my crazy weekday. I have three boys in choir and it can get a little busy. Also we try to keep dinners simple on Sunday. I like to link dinner recipes to my favorite blogs so we can all try new recipes together. I have loved hearing from some of you that this has blessed your family as well. It’s made dinner time easier for my family, which leaves more time for sitting around the table and sharing our day with each other. I know these simple family traditions have brought more love and happiness to our home.
1. Breakfast Burritos
3. Fiesta Lime Rice with Grilled Chicken
4. Taco Salad
6. Fiesta Pork
7. Tostadas
8. Pork Baracoa
10. Chicken Lime Tacos (Taco Tuesday!)
11. BLT’s
12. Lentil Soup (3 out of 4 kids love it!)
13. Loaded Vegan Baked Potatoes
15. Desert Eggs
16. Roast Beef Sandwiches with Au Jus
17. Lemon Chicken
18. Baked Rosemary Chicken with carrots and red potatoes
19. Potato Soup
20. Chicken Parmesan
21. Eating Out 
23. Nacho’s
24. French Toast
25. Fried Rice
26. Thanksgiving Dinner: Turkey, Stuffing, Hubby’s Mashed Potatoes, Mom’s Zesty Green Beans, & Lion House Rolls
27. Leftover Thanksgiving sandwiches
28. Turkey Pot Pies
29. Turkey Soup
30. Pizza
In addition to planning out my month dinner menu I also like to plan my family nights for the month. I like to think about what lessons my family needs right now.
November 2nd Thankful Tree
9th Lesson from LDS Living on modern prophets Harold B Lee (We are doing this series every month)
16th General Conference Talk: Meeting the Challenges of Today’s World by Robert D. Hales. Activity: Flying Paper Airplanes
23th Family Service Project
30th Decorating the Christmas Tree while listening to Bing Crosby. Treat: Hot Coco
I hope your November is filled with lots of happy family meals, good times, and gratitude. Happy Thanksgiving! For more fun family ideas be sure to follow along with our Facebook page.
