I just realized that I never made a post for the special summer meals and recipe links but here is the one for Fall… I do believe that a lot of the recipes were on the blog but this just makes them easier to find.
If you haven’t checked out our Perpetual Meal Plan – Fall 2024 then you should do it NOW! It’s completely FREE and a lot of the recipes can be found right here on our blog. Plus we’ve got lots of ideas for those special meals that happen during September, October, and November. Hopefully, you will still have time to grab the items you need for the upcoming meals!
Special Holiday Meals: October Edition
** When we made these meal plans we didn’t know we’d also be hosting a baby shower and wedding but you can find those menus on other posts… so much excitement this year and having a menu plan in place has allowed us to make so many special memories!
A few of them have already passed because I forgot to post this but here are some of the ones that we have listed:
Cold Plate Dinners
Cold Sliced Meats or Meat Salad
Pasta Salad , Potato, or Vegetable
Salad or Slaw
Toast or Crackers
Fresh Fruit w/ Cottage Cheese
Jello, Congealed Salad, or Pudding
5th Saturdays
Weenie Roast or cookout on fire pit
Hot dogs roasted over fire w/ all the fixin’s
Potato Salad or Chips
Campfire Meals
Friday the 13th
(Good Luck Meal)
Greens or ‘Good Luck Salad‘ (simply arrange the toppings in the shape of a horseshoe)
Labor Day
Hot Dogs and/or Hamburgers
Potato Salad or Chips
Corn on the Cob
Cucumber & Tomato Salad – I have to find my recipe so I can share it but this one is similar.
Banana Pudding or Apple Sonker
Patriot Day
Potato Salad or Chips
Watermelon Slices
Red, White, and Blue Themed Dessert or Watermelon Cupcakes
Columbus Day
Grilled Pork Chops w/Greens
Eggplant Parmesan or Italian Shakshuka
Caprese Salad w/Bruschetta
Cannoli’s or Indian Pudding w/vanilla ice cream
Hobbit Day
We’ve never celebrated this but the kids have loved the books so we might have to give it a try! You will probably want to work on some of these treats a day or two before though!
| 7am – Breakfast Quiche or Omelets, Biscuits, Honey Cakes or Pumpkin Honey Pancakes 9am – 2nd Breakfast French Toast, Fried Apples, Bacon |
| 11am – Elevenses Lembas Bread, Shortcakes, or Muffins 1pm – Luncheon Potato Soup, Chicken Salad Sandwiches 3pm – Afternoon Tea Pastries, Cookies, & Tea |
| 6pm – Dinner Beef, Roasted Veggies, Potatoes, Stuffed Mushrooms, Sourdough 8pm – Supper Cold Plate Dinner, Pickled Eggs, Blackberry Pig In a Poke w/Caramel Sauce |
Check out our Hobbit Day Inspired Menu w/Printables
Days of the Dead
These are not something that we traditionally celebrate but it was fun to see some traditions from other places and we may try a few of these menus or we may make some of these recipes for upcoming family get-togethers. Please use your own discretion when choosing what special days to celebrate in your home.
10/31 – All Hallows Eve
WEENIE ROAST or ‘Goblins’ in Blankets
Caramel Apples & Popcorn Balls
11/1 – ALL SAINT’S DAY
Roast Chicken or Ham
11/2 – ALL SOUL’S DAY/DIA de LOS MUERTOS
Gorditas, Chicken Mole, or Pozole – I haven’t made these in FOREVER so I’ll try to find my old recipes and get them up on the blog!
Sweet Potato Croquettes or Sweet Potato Casserole
Pan Dulce, Flan, Tres Leche Cake, Hot Chocolate
| B’s Birthday Dinner Fried Catfish French Fries Mac N Cheese Salad Hushpuppies Red Velvet Cake w/Cream Cheese Icing, Ice Cream |
| Veteran’s Day Cookout or Weenie Roast Hot Fudge Sundae Cake |
| W’s Birthday Day Hamburgers and Hot dogs Chips Pasta Salad Cucumber & Tomato Salad Chocolate Cake w/PB Frosting, Ice Cream |
| K’s Birthday Dinner He isn’t picky about the dinner part … just the dessert! Red Velvet Cheesecake, Ice Cream |
| Thanksgiving – subject to change Roast or Fried Turkey w/Stuffing or Honey Glazed Ham w/Pineapples Deviled Eggs, Charcuterie Tray Carrot Souffle, Congealed Salad Corn Pudding, Cranberry Relish Fresh Greens, Green Bean Casserole Mashed Potatoes w/Turnips Mac N Cheese, Broccoli N Cheese Bread Cornucopia, Flavored Butters Cheesecake, Chocolate Pie, Lemon Meringue Pie, Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Roll Lemonade, Sweet Tea |
We have been studying about the Biblical Feasts and have come up with a few meal ideas but I’m not sure if these are ‘traditional or not’ but here are some that we haven’t published yet:
| Sabbath (Weekly) | Make Ahead or Freezer Meals, Crockpot meals, Cold Plate Dinners, and a Light Dessert |
**I have read that on Rosh Hashanah it is common to eat something from the head of the animal (ex: tongue) or to bake a whole fish for the meal… this may be something you want to research more on your own though.
I am NO EXPERT and I can not guarantee that these menus are traditional or approved but they are menus that we will be attempting to follow unless we learn that they conflict with something else.
| Yom Teruah/ Rosh Hashanah Feast of the Trumpets (New Year) 2nd Coming (Fall) | Beef Chili or Grilled Steaks Baked or Mashed Potatoes, Salad Round Challah Bread w/honey Mini Apple Pies, Pomegranates Sparkling Apple Cider | |
| Day of Atonement/ Yom Kippur (Fall) | BREAKFAST Muffins or Bagels, cream cheese Goat cheese frittata with Veggies, or Quiche Orange Juice, Coffee LUNCH Cold Plate Lunch w/croissants | |
| DINNER Baked Salmon or Grilled Salmon with veggie kebabs Lentils, Rice, Rolls Cookies and Brownies Break the Fast Meal Eggs, Fruits (Apples in Honey) Coffee Cakes, Honey Cakes Meat & Cheese Tray Orange Juice, Coffee | ||
| Feast of Tabernacles/ Sukkot (Fall) | Thanksgiving Style Meal Or Campfire Meals Or Weenie Roast Or Picnic Style Meals Apple Pies, Apple Crisp, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Cake Apple Cider, Hot Cocoa | |
| Eighth Day/ The Last Great Day (Fall) | Chicken Soup or Beef Barley Soup Corn, Stuffed Cabbage, Beets Salad, Seasonal Veggies w/Dip Challah w/honey butter Baklava, or Fluden Sweet Tea or Lemonade |
We pray that you have a blessed week!
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