Special Holiday Meals: Patriotic Recipes for Memorable Holidays

These are some of our ‘Go-To’ recipes for special patriotic-themed holidays and celebrations. We also use them for Election Day and Veterans’ Day.

MEMORIAL DAY
Grilled Chicken or Steaks
Baked BeansPotato Salad,
Deviled Eggs, Pimiento Cheese,
Veggie Kabobs, Broccoli Slaw
Peach Cobbler or Blueberry Yum-Yum

FLAG DAY MEAL
BBQ Ribs or Chicken
Potato Salad or Chips
Baked Beans
Macaroni & Cheese
Watermelon Slices
Sweet Tea
Lemonade
Fruit Pizza or Peach Cobbler

INDEPENDENCE DAY MEAL
Potato Salad or Chips
Baked Beans
Corn on the Cob
Deviled Eggs
Cucumber & Tomato Salad – I have to find my recipe so I can share it but this one is similar.
Sweet Tea
Lemonade
Banana Pudding or Fruit Pizza


Dry Coleslaw Dressing

I had never tried a dry dressing mix for coleslaw until a couple of weeks ago… I didn’t read the instructions so I might now have mixed it properly, but everyone loved it!

Personally I think I’d like to add a splash of vinegar to it, but that’s just me.

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Cheesesteak Skillet

I actually first saw this recipe on the YouTube channel, Fearfully Created, and had to try it out. With the prices of groceries going up, we have made some modifications to make this more budget friendly and everyone agrees that it is very yummy! When eating low-carb, we will use some keto friendly buns or cauliflower in place of noodles.

You can add whatever toppings that you like but we usually like onions and bell peppers. We also add mushrooms to the ground meat to make it a little more nutritious. You could sneak some more veggies in there too.

Note: I forgot to add the garlic to the original recipe but I’ll try to update that.

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Special Holiday Meals: May Edition

This time of year seems to be a little busier for us, so I thought it might be helpful if I just got all my special meals and recipes gathered for the month. I checked the menu plan and have made a list of the holidays that we want to celebrate.

If you haven’t seen our Perpetual Meal Plans yet, then you really need to check them out, as they have all kinds of special and unique holidays listed. Now is the time to start making your bucket list for Spring things, if you haven’t already.

Special Spring Meals with Recipe Links

You can also check out our Holidays tab and the May Holidays post for even more ideas!

Don’t forget to add upcoming birthdays onto your Meal Plan!

Here are a couple of links that you might find helpful:

Grocery List

Blank Meal Planner

MAY

1: May Day  this is also Mother Goose Day

2: World Tuna Day

4: May the ‘4th’ Be With You Day

5: Cinco de Mayo 

6: National Lemonade Day

8: National Have A Coke Day – or use one for BBQ Chicken and Pasta Bake

13: Apple Pie Day

15: National Chocolate Chip Day 

26: Sally Ride Day

28: National Burger/Brisket Day

31: National Macaroon Day

 Mother’s Day– second Sunday in May

Armed Forces Day -third Saturday 

Memorial Day – last Monday of month

Other:

Friday the 13th: Good Luck Meal

5th Saturdays: Weenie Roasts

Pentecost


June

2: National Doughnut Day 

3: National Egg Day

4: National Cheese Day & National Applesauce Cake Day

5: National Gingerbread Day


Holy Days

We have also been studying ‘Holy Days‘, and we try to add them in as we can.

Biblical Feasts: Spring Feast Resources

I’m sure there are some days that I haven’t added, but let us know in the comments if there are any that you think should make the list!

God Bless!

Spring Cleaning With Easy DIY Cleaners

It’s that time of year when the urge to clean and declutter often hits me… it has hit me, but I’ve been too sick to really do anything about it right yet.

Over the past several years, I have been replacing a lot of the store bought cleaners with ‘cleaner’ versions that we can make here at home.

Most of our DIY cleaners involve vinegar and/or rubbing alcohol. On occasion, I do purchase some cleaner concentrates from Amazon that we dilute for all purpose cleaners around the house. I will link those at the bottom of the post.

Home Remedies, Homemade Cleaners, and Miscellaneous Tips and Stuff

We really like to make citrus vinegar to use in our DIY cleaners, as it smells AMAZING! We have found that it can also help to repel flies and other insects. Check out some easy recipes below:

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