Cooking From Your Pantry | Menu Plan Ideas, Freezer Meals and Simple Recipes Week 12 of 52

I’m in the mood for baking lately. Breads, cookies, pies you name it. I usally hold off and make my favorite carrot cake for Easter Sunday, but this year? I don’t know if I can wait. 😉

Here are a few recipe suggestions for your meal plan this week:3 Breakfast Ideas

Popovers – I love these soft and chewy on the inside, flaky on the outside puffs.  They are awesome with a little jam–or butter and honey.  {Pin it for Later}

Fried Potatoes with Peppers and Zucchini – This is a great way to start your day off with veggies, and not feel like it’s punishment.  this stuff is delicious.  {Pin it for Later}

Cranberry Coffee Cake – This would make an awesome Easter breakfast, I think.  It’s sweet and tart all at the same time.  {Pin it for Later}

4 Lunch Ideas and Dinner Ideas

Cheesy Beef Tortilla Casserole – This recipe is about as easy as it gets.  It basically involves you dumping a handful of ingredients into a casserole dish and baking.  Plus, it uses up all of those tiny little tortilla chips at the bottom of the bag.  {Pin it for Later}

Brown Sugar Salmon – This is my go-to salmon recipe.  {Pin it for Later}

Easy Crock Pot Vegetarian Chili – This recipe makes appears on a pretty regular rotation at our house…and best of all, it was sent to me by a reader.  {Pin it for Later}

Dijon Potato Salad with Green Onions – Putting Dijon into potato salad is pretty much a life altering experience.  It turns tater salad up a notch.  {Pin it for Later}

3 Sweet Treats 

Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwiches – When I make a batch of chocolate chip cookies, I like to assemble a couple of ice cream sandwiches for dessert.  It’s super easy to slap them together, and my family always thinks they are a treat.  The recipe calls for homemade ice cream, but I admit, I usually use the vanilla store bought we have in the freezer, because making them is usually kind of an after thought.  {Pin it for Later}

My Favorite Carrot Cake Recipe – If  you are planning the menu for your Easter gathering, I seriously cannot recommend this carrot cake enough.  It. Is. Divine.  {Pin it for Later}

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream – In case you are feeling ambitious and want to put homemade ice cream in the ice cream sandwiches, here is my favorite recipe.  {Pin it for Later}

Featured Freezer Meal Recipe

Roadside Sliders – It’s time to gear up for grilling season, which for me, means making seasoned, hand shaped hamburger patties.  {Pin it for Later}

Featured Food Preservation Recipe 

How to Dehydrate Strawberries – Strawberries have officially hit the stores.  If you don’t grow your own, this is a good time to stock up when they are marked down and dehydrate them for yummy recipes, like granola.  {Pin it for Later}

What are YOU planning on making this week?

~Mavis

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