Monday Menu has all the recipes you need to make 2 complete family dinners, dessert, snack and breakfast. This week, we’re embracing the season with a cookout-style meal with Cherry Cola BBQ Pulled Pork, then bringing it back to the dining table with a classic Southern Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole!
This Week’s Secret To Success
- This week’s menu success is all about balance- balance in time and balance in style!
- Menu 1 uses two easy cook methods– the crock pot AND foil packets- not to mention a store bought green cabbage coleslaw mix as the base for the super tasty creamy southern coleslaw recipe. So when you’re talking about easy, there’s not a meal that gets much easier to prep and cook than this one.
- Menu 1 is as easy as it is casual! It has all the picnic/cookout vibes, and the pulled pork can even be eaten on buns as BBQ sandwiches Can I recommend that the slaw top the pork to create the BEST BBQ sandwich around?
- Menu 2 brings it back to sit-down style with an easy chicken casserole, strawberry asparagus salad and pull apart rolls.
- Go all in with a Sunday dinner feel by whipping up some raspberry lemon butter for those rolls!
Real Success Happens Around the Table
A successful meal isn’t just about tasty or convenient recipes. It’s about what happens at the table.
And setting the table sends a positive signal about the value you place on meal time. Lead the way this week by setting a table everyone will feel special gathering around!
Here are some of the things I’m using, and with these links you can get some inspo and/or use them too!
- 53 ounce Glass Serving Pitcher
- Drinking Glasses with Rattan Sleeves
- Gracious Persimmon Dinner Napkins
- Nantucket Hydrangea Basket Cocktail Napkins
- 20 Piece Hammered Stainless Steel Flatware
- Real Touch 20 inch Hydrangea Blooms (set of 5)
- Solid Persimmon Ruffle Placemat
- Sea Grass Chargers
- 12 Piece Vanilla White Dinnerware
- Small Decorative Wooden Baskets
Menu 1- Cherry Cola BBQ Pulled Pork
Your family is going to love eating Cherry Cola BBQ Pulled Pork on sandwiches with coleslaw and BBQ potatoes! It’s a simple recipe that can be thrown together and cooked low and slow in the oven or in the crock pot. A little salt and pepper, BBQ sauce and our secret ingredient of cherry cola make for a “fall apart” tender pork roast that you’re going to want to eat all the time!
Menu 2- Southern Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole
Southern Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole with it’s buttery Ritz cracker topping is so creamy and delicious, you won’t believe how easily it comes together with just a few kitchen staples! Perfect for busy weeknights, easy to freeze, a classic at potlucks and just the dish to share with a friend in need, this easy chicken dinner is sure to a be regular on your menu! This week, we're pairing it with Strawberry Asparagus Salad and Shortcut Pull Apart Rolls for totally scrumptious family meal.
Dessert This Week
Pecan pie and brownies! It’s a true Southern match straight from Heaven. Dark, fudgey brownies and toasted pecan pie filling are the perfect combination in these Gooey Black Bottomed Pecan Pie Brownies. Wonderfully rich and decadent, you’ll never spend your dessert calories on a plain ol’ brownie ever again!
Making Breakfast Easy
Loaded with bacon, eggs, cheese and tomatoes this Egg & Bacon Croissant Breakfast Casserole uses flaky, buttery grocery store bakery croissants to create a gorgeously delicious breakfast or brunch recipe that’s so incredibly easy to make!
What We’re Snacking On This Week
Sugar Candied Peanuts just might be the easiest homemade candy recipe ever! It requires only 3 ingredients and is perfect for weekends at the lake or days at the pool! Sweet and crunchy with an irresistible nutty flavor, I promise you want be able to stop snacking on this simple, old fashioned treat.
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