5-Day Meal Plan with "Dovetail Tips" for Big Time Savings!

Download these recipes into your Cook'n software. Then, you can save time and money by using your Cook'n software to make a grocery list! Save time by using the dovetailing and "prepare-ahead-of-time" features designed into this menu!

Monday

Chicken Enchiladas
Spanish Rice
Caramel-Apple Cake

Dovetailing Tips: You will be using chicken twice this week, but they are prepared differently (one with onions) so it really depends on what is easiest for you. I prefer to handle raw meats and poultry as little as possible so I like to dovetail all I can with those items. You could really get ahead by cutting all the chicken today for this dish and the Chicken Divan Wednesday. If you really want a boost then go ahead and cook Wednesday's chicken while you have it out. It may require two pans, but will save you big time later in the week!

You can also get ahead by chopping extra onion and green peppers. You will need 2 extra medium onions - one for Tuesday and one to be used Friday. You only need 1/2 a green pepper for Tuesday's meal.

Tuesday

Harvest Corn Chowder
Corn Bread Muffins
Southern Bread Pudding

Dovetailing Tips: Today you get to use onions and green peppers that you already chopped. To get ahead for later in the week cook a little extra bacon and crumble it for the Hearty Green Leaf Salad on Thursday. That recipe calls for 1/2 cup of bacon bits, but the real bacon would be delicious and if you dovetail it will be nothing at all to add all that flavor!

Wednesday

Quick Chicken Divan
White Rice
Steamed Vegetable of Your Choice
Better-than-Almost-Anything Cake

Thursday

Roast Pork with Apple Topping
Hearty Green Leaf Salad
Fall Fruit Compote

Dovetailing Tips: Don't forget that bacon you cooked for this delicious salad!

Friday

Sloppy Joes
Potato Chips
Celery Sticks
Oven Caramel Corn

Dovetailing Tips: The last of your onions are for this dish. Wasn't it nice to not have to chop them again?