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Vintage Menu Plans ~ January

January 28, 2023 By Deanna Piercy 5 Comments

Are you looking for inspiration for your weekly menu? Tired of making the same ol’ thing? Never know what to serve as side dishes? Well, look no further. I’ve got some vintage menu plans to share with you!

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Vintage Menu Plans
January

I’m very much on board with modern trends in seasoning. So many vintage recipes only used a tiny bit of salt and black pepper while I’m all about well-seasoned food. I actually carry Creole seasoning in my purse in case of seasoning emergencies. 

However, we can still get some ideas from the past. One thing I do like about vintage meals is that they usually included several items. I really enjoy a variety of tastes and textures in a meal. I’m often surprised by how many people these days just cook one dish and call it dinner. And they serve it on a paper plate but that’s a different topic:

Create a Beautiful Life: Cloth Napkins and Real Dishes

This is the cookbook where I found these menus (mine is the 1976 edition):cookbook cover pic

Dinners:

Vegetable Juice
Pot Roast of Beef *
Brabant Potatoes, Carrots and Onions
Cabbage Filled Peppers
Orange Bavarian Cream

 

Pineapple Juice
Ham Omelet *
Kidney Bean Salad
Bran Muffins
Ginger Parfait

 

Broiled Steak *
Mashed Potatoes
French Fried Onions
Mixed Vegetable Salad Bowl with Garlic French Dressing
Spice Cake with Fig Filling and Seven Minute Icing

 

Vegetable Soup
Stuffed Pork Chops *
Baked Sweet Potatoes
Creamed Celery
Orange Pineapple Pie

 

Swiss Steak in Sour Cream *
Baked Potatoes
Brussels Sprouts
Winter Vegetable Salad Bowl
Coconut Nut Kisses

Fruit Cocktail
Broiled Whitefish * (with tartar sauce)
Shoestring Potatoes
Creamed Spinach
Lemon Chiffon Pie

Sunday Dinner
 

Avocado Cocktail Salad
Duck with Sauerkraut *
Carrot and Celery Soufflé
Hot Mince Pie with Rum Sauce

All of these are to be served with coffee and milk. Presumably the milk is for the children. 

Luncheons:

You won’t be packing these in a lunch box but for eat-at-home lunches? Maybe…

Welsh Rarebit on Toast *
Cabbage Salad
Baked Apple
Pfeffernusse

 

Cream of Vegetable Soup *
Croutons
Lettuce Salad with Roquefort Dressing
Hot Date Loaf

 

American Chop Suey *
Steamed Rice
Almond Cookies

 

Baked Lima Beans *
Tomato Relish
Corn Bread
Apple Butter

 

Creamed Egg and Asparagus Sandwiches *
Grapefruit and Almond Salad

 

Squash in Casserole *
Chicory Crown Salad
Glazed Peaches

 

Noodle Ring with Meatballs *
Buttered Broccoli
Broiled Mushrooms on Tomato Slices
Orange Ice

*These recipes are included in the cookbook.

Interesting, right? Rather different than the typical menus of today. Would you serve any of these? 

Would you like me to make any of the starred recipes? If so, leave me a comment and tell me which one(s) you are interested in. As long as they don’t include mushrooms or nuts (I’m allergic to these) and I can find the ingredients (I’ve never seen duck here in our rural Oklahoma stores) I’ll give it a whirl. 

You may also enjoy…

Busy Day Swiss Steak ~ A Vintage Recipe

Macaroni Tuna Mornay ~ Vintage Recipe

Chicken Breasts Paprika ~ A Vintage Recipe

Copper Carrot Pennies ~ A Vintage Recipe

 

And this is from my daughter’s blog:

1950s Meal Plan


 

If you are looking for meal plan help that is a bit more modern, I’ve got a great resource to recommend. 

Eat At Home Meal Plans have taken all the struggle, guesswork and misery out of meal planning even if:

– You have picky eaters.
– You are trying to feed your family a more wholesome, nourishing diet.
– You aren’t the world’s best cook (or you hate doing it!)
– You need to get dinner on the table in 15 minutes.

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Finally, let’s just admit that some recipes are best left in the past:

Ham Banana Bake

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Comments

  1. Marcelune Miller says

    January 28, 2023 at 11:38 am

    Swiss steak in sour cream!

    Reply
    • Deanna Piercy says

      January 28, 2023 at 12:35 pm

      That one sounds good to me, too. I’ll try the recipe soon and share it here.

      Reply
  2. Dianna says

    January 29, 2023 at 4:57 pm

    Curious about the baked Lima beans!

    Reply
    • Deanna Piercy says

      January 29, 2023 at 5:17 pm

      I’m not a big fan of lima beans but my mom likes them. I’ll try this at some point and if we don’t like them I can always give them to her – ha!

      Reply
  3. Tori says

    February 17, 2023 at 5:33 am

    I don’t know… With the right kind of containers for your lunch to go in, some of them could work as packed lunches. Definitely not the kinds of things we’d usually think of though, and I love that you’re sharing these, even if I’m not sure I’d want to eat most of it.

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