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    Weekly Meal Plan: Week 19

    Published: Nov 21, 2015 · Modified: Jan 26, 2022 by Kim Beaulieu · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Weekly Meal Plan Recipes Week 19 - 10 great bloggers bringing you a full week of recipes including dinner, sides dishes, drinks, and desserts!

    Weekly Meal Plan Week 19 on cravingsofalunatic.com- 10 great bloggers bringing you a full week of recipes including dinner, sides dishes, drinks, and desserts! (@CravingsLunatic)

    Welcome to Week 19 of our weekly meal plan. A huge shout out to the gals who put this together every week. They do an amazing job with the graphics and putting everything in order.

    I hope these meal plans are helping my readers plan their menus and grocery shopping each week. I find when I plan ahead there's far less leftovers and waste. Which is always a good thing.

    My menu plan is set out for an entire month. I use post it notes so I can move things around when needed. Being a blogger we tend to have to make quick swaps on short notice.

    Also I find when you have kids things tend to come up at the last minute too. One of the hooligans will come home and through a monkey wrench into the plans for the day.

    I've learned to just roll with things rather than getting too rigid about dinner plans. If something comes up I just shuffle my plans around and roll with it. It's easier than letting it drive me nuts.

    Quite frankly as your kids get older you start to miss those last minute changes. I think when you have older kids you start to appreciate the little things that used to drive you crazy.

    Don't get me wrong, I still get annoyed when something gets changed at the last minute. But I've also learned there's no fighting life in motion. Don't waste your energy.

    Now that my kids are older I'm still super busy but I think I'm less irritable. Little things that used to bug the heck out of me are the things I miss when they're not around.

    I know right. When you have little ones it's hard to imagine all those little things that come up that drive you crazy will be the things you miss one day. But it's actually true.

    I guess with age comes mellowness. Or appreciation for the little things. Or you just get so worn out you stop giving a crap about the little things that used to bug you.

    Whatever the reasoning I have to say I dig it. It's nice to just be with the hooligans and not feel like everything in life is a lesson or "teachable moment".

    Now I can just enjoy those moments with them and be so grateful I have them to annoy the crap out of me some days. I guess getting old means you become all sentimental and soft.

    Or I'm just missing my kids right now. My son lives in Calgary and we only see him a few times a year. It's just not enough for me. I can't wait till he moves to Toronto in the spring.

    This weekend my daughter is away for a training exercise. She's in the military so she goes away on occasion. When she left this morning I got all choked up. I like having her around.

    So this mom is feeling super grateful and reflective this weekend. Which leads to chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate.

    Monday new

    Turkey Pho - Foodie for Family

    Turkey Pho – Foodie for Family, featured on cravingsofalunatic.com for Weekly Meal Plan #19 (@CravingsLunatic)

    Tuesday new

    10 Minute Mac and Cheese - The Cookie Rookie

     10 Minute Mac and Cheese – The Cookie Rookie, featured on cravingsofalunatic.com for Weekly Meal Plan #19 (@CravingsLunatic)

     Wednesday new

    Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas - Barefeet in the Kitchen

    Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas - Barefeet in the Kitchen, featured on cravingsofalunatic.com for Weekly Meal Plan #19 (@CravingsLunatic)

    Thursday new

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    Friday new

    Turkey and Wild Rice Casserole - Lemons for Lulu

    Turkey and Wild Rice Casserole - Lemons for Lulu, featured on cravingsofalunatic.com for Weekly Meal Plan #19 (@CravingsLunatic)

    Saturday new

    Turkey Tamale Pie - Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts

    Turkey Tamale Pie – Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts, featured on cravingsofalunatic.com for Weekly Meal Plan #19 (@CravingsLunatic)

    Sunday new

    Spicy Italian Panini - I Wash...You Dry

    Spicy Italian Panini - I Wash...You Dry, featured on cravingsofalunatic.com for Weekly Meal Plan #19 (@CravingsLunatic)

    Sides new

    Garlic Butter Roasted Carrots - Diethood

    Garlic Butter Roasted Carrots - Diethood, featured on cravingsofalunatic.com for Weekly Meal Plan #19 (@CravingsLunatic)

    Drinks

    Pomegranate Party Punch - Cravings of a Lunatic

     Pomegranate Party Punch from cravingsofalunatic.com- Perfect for parties, you can spike one batch and leave the other unspiked. (@CravingsLunatic)

     Dessert

    White Chocolate Peppermint Bark - Sweet C's Designs

    White Chocolate Peppermint Bark - Sweet C's Designs, featured on cravingsofalunatic.com for Weekly Meal Plan #19 (@CravingsLunatic)

    Christmas Vanilla Roll Cake - Roxana's Home Baking

     Christmas Vanilla Roll Cake – Roxana’s Home Baking, featured on cravingsofalunatic.com for Weekly Meal Plan #19 (@CravingsLunatic)

     In loving Memory of our dear friend Joan
    3 Minute Fudge - Chocolate, Chocolate, and More

    In loving Memory of our dear friend Joan 3 Minute Fudge – Chocolate, Chocolate, and More

     This week's meal plan was brought you to by:

    Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts | Barefeet in the Kitchen | Foodie with Family 

     Roxana's Home Baking | I Wash...You Dry | Lemons for Lulu

     Sweet C's Designs | The Cookie Rookie | Cravings of a Lunatic | Diethood

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    Weekly Meal Plan Week 19 - 10 great bloggers bringing you a full week of recipes including dinner, sides dishes, drinks, and desserts!

    Share this Meal Plan with all your friends by pinning it to your meal planning board!
    Weekly Meal Plan Week 19 - 10 great bloggers bringing you a full week of recipes including dinner, sides dishes, drinks, and desserts!

    Toodles! xx

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    Comments

    1. The Food Hunter

      November 23, 2015 at 5:29 pm

      I've got my eye on the panini and the roll cake!

      Reply
      • Kim Beaulieu

        May 23, 2016 at 12:21 am

        I can't blame you, I'm eyeing those too.

        Reply
    2. Lauren Kelly Nutrition

      November 23, 2015 at 7:07 pm

      This is my kind of meal plan! I can't decide what I want to make first. I am definitely pinning for later 🙂

      Reply
      • Kim Beaulieu

        May 23, 2016 at 12:22 am

        Thanks so much Lauren. I appreciate the pinning.

        Reply
    3. Lora

      November 23, 2015 at 10:28 pm

      What a great week of inspiration! That turkey pho is something I will make with the leftover turkey coming up and a nice glass of your pretty and pink punch will be something I will need at the end of this crazy week. Oh, and save me some fudge, please!:)

      Reply
      • Kim Beaulieu

        May 23, 2016 at 12:24 am

        Thanks so much Lora. I'll save you one of everything. xx

        Reply
    4. Renee - Kudos Kitchen

      November 24, 2015 at 8:27 am

      You always make me so hungry with your meal plans. This one looks exceptionally tasty, and I love that you've ended it with Joan's 3-minute fudge. Sweet!

      Reply
      • Kim Beaulieu

        May 23, 2016 at 12:25 am

        Thanks so much Renee. I miss Joan. She was such a sweetheart.

        Reply
    5. Erin @ Texanerin Baking

      November 24, 2015 at 11:39 am

      I didn't know your daughter is in the military! I was about to say that that's not very cool that she had to go away a few days before Thanksgiving but you're Canadian right? It's still not very nice that she had to go away!

      And I can't believe you have your meal plan a month in advance. I'm jealous. I do my meal planning in the morning. 😉

      Love this week's meal plan! So many delicious options.

      Reply
    6. Aly ~ Cooking In Stilettos

      November 24, 2015 at 7:12 pm

      Kim I applaud your organization - heck I have trouble planning for my house and there's only two people in it - meal planning for the day is a stretch sometimes. Some great dishes - that peppermint bark needs to be made.

      Reply
      • Kim Beaulieu

        May 23, 2016 at 12:27 am

        Ha, thanks girl. I struggle some days too.

        Reply
    7. Heather | All Roads Lead to the Kitchen

      November 24, 2015 at 9:44 pm

      I have definitely chilled a bit as I've gotten older...and as the kids have gotten older. Once again, I wish that somebody would just make this entire meal plan for me...everything looks so good!

      Reply
      • Kim Beaulieu

        May 23, 2016 at 12:28 am

        I think age and lack of sleep does a lot for calming me down. I'm usually too tired to care. Ha.

        I hear you. Some weeks are crazy and I wish I could hire some help.

        Reply
    8. Marjory @ Dinner-Mom

      November 24, 2015 at 10:00 pm

      If I could have all things one week, it would be one fantastic week! That turkey tamale pie is perfect for the leftovers I'm planning to have!

      Reply
      • Kim Beaulieu

        May 23, 2016 at 12:31 am

        Ha, I concur. That would be the perfect week. Thanks Marjory.

        Reply
    9. Kirsten/ComfortablyDomestic

      November 25, 2015 at 11:22 am

      I swear that I want to chuck my weekly menu plan out the window whenever I read one of yours. Post it notes are genius! I still use pencil and paper when planning my menus, so by the third time that I have to erase and rearrange something, I pretty much abandon the plan entirely. I joke that with each kid, and as I get *ahem* older, I resolutely fall into the "so worn out you stop giving a crap about the little things that used to bug me" category. I think I need more punch in my life. Punch just makes me smile whenever I see it at a big gathering, and yet I never think to make it myself. Pomegranate sounds delightful!

      Reply
      • Kim Beaulieu

        November 25, 2015 at 8:29 pm

        Thanks so much Kirsten. That's high praise. I love making people want to chuck. Things. *smirks*

        I swear my house is a mess, and nothing gets done any more. I used to be super mom. Now I'm super lazy. It's so weird. But I could give a rip about just about everything these days. It's so weird.

        You have to try that punch. It's super yummy.

        Reply

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