From Southern Pot Roast to Po’ Boys, this week’s menu makes the most of your time in the kitchen by smartly using leftovers to create a 2nd meal that tastes nothing like leftovers! 100% complain-free & family approved.
Table of Contents
- This Week’s Secret To Success
- Swaps For Your Family
- Getting The Most From This Menu
- How I’m Setting My Table
- Monday Menu #327
- Dessert This Week
- Breakfast Made Easy
- Snack of the Week
- New To Monday Menu?
This Week’s Secret To Success
It’s not often that leftovers are enjoyed more than the original by everyone. But in the case of these meal ideas, that just might be the case!
- Meals that center around a large protein as the main dish are prime candidates for creative leftover follow-up meals!
- Think baked chicken to enchiladas or chicken salad.
- Or pulled pork to pizza.
- This week, it’s classic Sunday pot roast to real deal po’ boys!
- If you know this is the strategy you’re going to use, you can even cook extra protein for the 1st meal to make sure you have plenty for the second.
- It doesn’t add any time to the 1st meal, but will save you 30 minutes- 1 hour cook time for the next meal.
Swaps For Your Family
- Instead of red potatoes, try chunked sweet potatoes (or a mix of the 2 potatoes) in your pot roast for a twist.
- In place of cornbread, try shortcut pull apart rolls instead.
Getting The Most From This Menu
- To simplify this menu, don’t add potatoes or carrots to your roast. Make the mac & cheese from Menu 2 as your side dish instead. Use the leftover pot roast + mac & cheese to make Menu 2.
- Use any leftover salad as your tomato and lettuce for your sandwiches.
- And as always, the breakfast casserole is a make once and “have breakfast all week” kind of deal. But it also makes a stellar 3rd dinner when served with a salad.
How I’m Setting My Table
Tasty & convenient recipes are only half of any dinner equation!
Having a few things that you really love to set the table with is THE KEY to making meal time enjoyable and being able to invite others over stress free.
Monday Menu #327
Menu 1- Classic Pot Roast
Nothing says Sunday dinner like a fork tender, classic Southern Pot Roast recipe with carrots and potatoes. Cooked low and slow with beef broth, red wine, savory seasonings, aromatic herbs and plenty of dinner vegetables, this traditional comfort food is the perfect dinner when served with sweet potato cornbread and a simple green salad.
Menu 2- Roast Beef Po' Boys
We're using leftovers this week to make Po' Boys! A Roast Beef Po Boy is a Louisiana favorite, chock full of rich, fall-apart beef roast bathed in its own debris gravy, wrapped in crispy, light French bread and dressed to the nines with creamy horseradish, lettuce, tomatoes and Provolone cheese. Serve it with Pimento Mac n Cheese & Easy Tomato Soup for a meal that feels nothing like leftovers!
Dessert This Week
Make the best Hello Dolly Magic Cookie Bars with this easy recipe that requires zero mixing or kitchen tools! Loaded with chewy browned coconut, crunchy pecans, oodles of melted chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk and a buttery graham cracker crust, these 7 layers of traditional southern goodness just happen to be the perfect indulgent dessert for any occasion.
Breakfast Made 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!
Snack of the Week
Get ready for a delicious blueberry twist on a classic homemade snack favorite! Blueberry Muddy Buddies Snack Mix isn’t your ordinary quick cereal treat. Made with creamy white chocolate & blueberry Muddy Buddies, salted almonds, crisp Rice Chex cereal and scrumptiously tart berries, this incredibly addictive snack is salty Chex mix and swoon worthy blueberry goodness all wrapped in one!
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Donna Bozeman
love all your recipes 😍
Hi, Donna! This made my day! Family recipes are always the best ones.