This week’s Monday Menu offers 2 delicious meals made from 6 light and easy recipes. These meals are perfect for either weekends when you’re wanting to take it easy or busy weeknights when you want to keep things simple.
This week’s menus are a collection of true reader favorite recipes! Winners like BLT Quiche, cheesy scalloped potatoes, and bright fruit salad take brunch favorites and deliver a delectable twist on supper. And even though Catalina Frito Taco Salad is a classic from way back, it never fails to be make the dinner routine feel brand new.
No matter when you choose to throw together these easy meals, they’ll be just enough to satisfy without overdoing it or leaving you feeling heavy. And we all know that is exactly what we’re all looking for during these lazy, hazy dog days of summer!
Brunch For Dinner
Who doesn’t love a little breakfast for supper? This easy breakfast BLT Quiche isn’t just for mornings; it’s perfect for lunch and dinner too! Loaded with bacon, tomatoes, spinach, green onions, feta and cheddar cheese, it’s one heckuva BLT!
Ultimate Scalloped Potatoes are a classic comfort side dish! A true favorite for Sunday dinners, holidays or any night of the week, these thinly sliced, layered potatoes bake up tender and full of flavor in a rich homemade cream sauce with a sprinkle of onion and oodles melted cheese!
This easy fruit salad is filled with apples, dried cranberries, green grapes, kiwi and strawberries for a cheerful red & green combo! Tossed in a simple cinnamon orange honey dressing, this crisp and sweetly tart salad appeals to the senses and celebrates all the right flavors!
Catalina Frito Classics
This retro salad full of crunchy Fritos, Ranch Style beans, tangy Catalina Dressing and seasoned ground beef makes an incredibly good complete meal. It’s a serious reader favorite and shows up frequently on our summer menu because it’s quick, easy and doesn’t leave you feeling stuffed.
Nothing amps up the tasty factor of a classic Catalina Frito Salad like a homemade dressing! This Homemade Smoky Catalina Dressing is so easy to make and adds layers of flavors that the store bought stuff just can’t touch.
Incredibly light and refreshing, Pineapple Cilantro Lime Spritzer has the uncanny ability to cool you off with just one sip! A perfect partner for every Mexican or Tex-Mex inspired favorite, this easy sipper is a drink you'll keep on hand all summer long.
This Week’s Dessert
You know that summer has reached its pinnacle when peaches with all the color of a blazing sunset hang heavily on their branches. As the dog days settle in, those Southern peaches just get sweeter and sweeter.
Finish out any meal this week with Pecan Stuffed Grilled Peaches. Grilled just right to bring out the natural sweetness, then stuffed with a toasted pecan crumble, topped with vanilla ice cream, and drizzled with honey this week’s dessert is might just be good enough to make summer your favorite season.
This Week’s Snack
Looking for a different way to enjoy this year’s fresh cucumbers? Crisp and zesty, these easy Lemonade Refrigerator Pickles are steeped in lemonade, garlic, pepper and dill to create a delicious little pickle that packs a powerful flavor punch.
Perfect with sandwiches, at cookouts and on appetizer trays, there’s no better way to enjoy small batches of homemade pickles than with this classic easy recipe with a fun flavor twist!
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