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Monday Menu #141- Lemon Chicken Rice Casserole & Tuna Salad

Stacey Pirtle

by Stacey Published: Jun 12, 2023

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This week’s menu is all about making simple seasonal meals your family will love. Lemon Chicken Rice Casserole is comfort food made for the summer. Pair it with Skillet Roasted Lemon Asparagus and Berry Watermelon Salad. Then Tuna Salad with Apples, Pepper Jack Mac & Cheese and crisp sweet potato wedges for a more relaxed meal! Don’t forget the dessert, snack and breakfast recipes to keep your family happy all week long.

A collage of recipes that will help you cook dinner for your family this week.

This Week’s Secret To Success

These seasonal meal ideas are perfect to make in the same week because they make the most of lemons! I know I talk about the meal planning strategy of shared ingredients a lot, but that’s because it is one that makes meals work.

And when I say work, I mean just that. The strategy works so you don’t have to! When meals are planned around a central ingredient, grocery shopping is easier and takes less time, making/prepping for meals is easier and you don’t have leftover ingredients you have to store but never use. That’s huge!

This week: Buy one bag of lemons and you have the central ingredient for 4 of this week’s recipes- Lemon Chicken & Rice Casserole, Skillet Roasted Asparagus, Tuna Salad with Apples & Celery and our dessert, Lemon Blueberry No Churn Ice Cream.

1 ingredient, 4 different and amazing seasonal dishes!

Menu 1- Creamy Lemon Chicken & Rice Casserole

Creamy Lemon Chicken Rice Casserole

Skillet Roasted Lemon Asparagus

Berry Watermelon Fruit Salad

Menu 2- Tuna Salad + Mac & Cheese

Tuna Salad with Apples, Celery & Pecans

Sweet Heat Bread & Butter Pickles

Ultimate Pepper Jack Mac & Cheese

Dessert This Week

No ice cream maker?  No problem!  This easy recipe for homemade No Churn Blueberry Lemon Ice Cream with a rich blueberry swirl comes together in a snap with condensed milk, whipping cream, instant pudding mix, lemon zest and blueberries.

No Churn Blueberry Lemon Ice Cream in a dish

Here’s What We’re Snacking On

Our Southern Pimento Cheese Ball is always the most requested appetizer! Rolled in pecans, bacon, chives and punctuated with zesty pimentos, this classic is all about everyone’s southern favorites.  Get ready for a whole new way to enjoy delicious pimento cheese this summer!

Pimento Cheese Ball made with cream cheese and served on a cracker.

Making Breakfast Easy

Enjoy deliciously easy breakfast sandwiches every day this week with tasty Sausage Egg Crescent Breakfast Bundles!  Tender, flaky crescent rolls wrapped around fluffy scrambled eggs with cheese and link sausage make the perfect on-the-go breakfast, but are also pretty enough for brunch!

A completed Sausage & Egg Crescent Roll Bundle

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This week is all about simple seasonal meals your family will love. Lemon Chicken Rice Casserole is comfort food made for the summer. Pair it with Skillet Roasted Lemon Asparagus and Berry Watermelon Salad. Then Tuna Salad with Apples, Pepper Jack Mac & Cheese and crisp sweet potato wedges for a more relaxed meal! Don't forget the dessert, snack and breakfast recipes to keep your family happy all week long.

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