Cooking From Your Pantry | Menu Plan Ideas, Freezer Meals and Simple Recipes Week 51 of 52

3 Breakfast Ideas

Cranberry Walnut Bread – It’s cranberry season, and I for one, am not going to miss one single opportunity to enjoy them.  You can use fresh or dried cranberries for the recipe–depending on you liking.  {Pin it for Later}

Sausage and Apple Cheddar Biscuit Bake – Read the title of this recipe slowly to yourself…how can anything with all that goodness go wrong?  {Pin it for Later}

Basic Crepe Recipe – You can stuff these with all sorts of goodness–berries, bananas, peanut butter, nutella…you choose, just make sure to go heavy on the whip cream :).  {Pin it for Later}

4 Lunch Ideas and Dinner Ideas

Quinoa Spinach Salad with Tuna and Corn – This makes a great take-to-work lunch.  {Pin it for Later}

Cranberry Pineapple Jello Salad – Okay, this isn’t really dinner, but it should definitely find it’s way onto your list of sides for any holiday dinners.  {Pin it for Later}

Broccoli and Cheddar Soup – This is one of the best winter soups ever.  It is filling and creamy.  Pure deliciousness.  {Pin it for Later}

Easy Maple Soy Chicken Thighs –  Baking chicken with the skin on results in the most moist and delicious chicken ever.  This marinade rocks too.  {Pin it for Later}

3 Sweet Treats 

Almond Joy Dessert Bars – If you want something fantastic and different from the standards you find on cookie plates, look no further.  {Pin it for Later}

DIY Hot Cocoa Mix – Why spend a ton of money on hot cocoa mix when you can whip up your own in a couple of seconds?  {Pin it for Later}

Reindeer Donut Bites – Countdown the days to Christmas with these adorably delicious little bites of chocolate.  Best of all, you really only have to assemble them–no baking required.  {Pin it for Later}

Featured Freezer Meal Recipe

Cinnamon Rolls – Whip up a batch of cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning now, so you can actually enjoy the day too!  {Pin it for Later}

Featured Preservation Recipe 

Dehydrated Mangoes – I have a real problem with not scarfing down an entire batch of these in one sitting.  No guilt, though, right?  I mean, they’re fruit.  I’m practically doing my body a favor.  {Pin it for Later}

What are YOU planning on making this week?

~Mavis

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