Last week’s meal plan was all about dinners that would be perfect for Christmas. This week, I’m sharing brunch ideas for Christmas morning. Plus, you’ll find lunch and dinner recipes to help keep your week stress free!
Notes from this week’s meal plan:
Gingerbread Muffins with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Use a cookie scoop (this is large cookie scoop I use) to ensure even sized muffins
- Turn them on their side when they’re done baking to stop the cooking process while they’re cooling.
- When storing these, be sure to do so if the refrigerator because of the cream cheese frosting. They are actually quite delicious a tad chilled!
Meal Delivery For Special Occasions
- Meal delivery is a great way to reduce stress.
- A great option if you’re keeping your Christmas celebration small this year
Minestrone Soup with Parmesan Croutons
- A great lunch to keep on hand during busy holiday days.
- Hearty and vegetarain
- Freezes well, so make a large batch and simply heat when it’s time to eat.
- You can be very creative and forgiving with the listed ingredients
- This recipes uses this cheese sauce to make it extra delicious.
- Use ground beef, ground turkey or ground chicken in this recipe.
Slow Cooker Breakfast Casserole
- Wonderful for Christmas morning
- A great meal prep/make-ahead breakfast option
- Make as an overnight casserole – meaning you make it overnight and have it cook in the slow cooker while you sleep and then have it ready to enjoy in the morning
- The casserole can be assembled the night before, and then baked in the morning
- The casserole can be made into individual mini casseroles
Fail Proof Whole Wheat Pizza Dough
- Making pizza is a fun activity to involve kids in the kitchen
- Make pizza in any size; I prefer smaller-sized pizzas; about 8″
- This recipe makes 2 very thin rolled 12 inch pizza crusts or 1 slightly thicker pizza crust, or 3 small thin 8 inch pizza crusts.
Freezer Frittata Recipe (with Salsa and Sausage)
- A great for a make ahead family breakfast meal prep recipe
- A great gluten free breakfast option
- A frittata is just an Italian version of an omelet, but much easier to make!
- Freeze a frittata in individual servings, then pop in the microwave anytime you want to enjoy
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