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 Caesar Sandwiches
Chips
Fruit
Apricot Honey Oat Bar Cookies

Dovetailing Tips: This week dovetailing will make for huge time savings so follow along and enjoy the fabulous meals and the time you save by dovetailing! Today cook additional chicken to use on Thursday. You will need 2-3 cups of cooked, cubed chicken and as long as it is well sealed it will be just fine to cook it today and use it Thursday.

You will also be using a lot of grated parmesan this week and by grating it only once you save time and dishwashing! Grate a full cup and you will have 1/2 for today, 1/4 for tomorrow, and 1/4 for Thursday. The last big tip for getting ahead today is to wash and prepare extra fruit today so it is ready for Trifle Thursday and Kabobs Friday. As long as the fruit is nice and fresh today it should still be great Thursday and Friday.

Tuesday

Fettuccini Primavera
Buttery Breadsticks
Ice Cream
Hot Fudge Sauce

Dovetailing Tips: Finely chopo 3/4 cup each of celery and onions today and this will get you through the week. You will use the onion tomorrow and the celery Thursday.

Use 1/4 cup of that parmesan you grated yesterday!

Wednesday

Honey-Mustard Pork
Corn on the Cob
Easy Skillet Baked Beans
Baked Apples

Dovetailing Tips: Use the 1/2 cup of onions you have left. Gotta love all the flavor of onions without the work!

Thursday

Quick-Topped Vegetable Chicken Casserole
Your Family's Favorite Veggie
Strawberry Trifle

Dovetailing Tips: Today is when Monday's work really pays off. You have celery, parmesan, chicken, and strawberries all ready to use for this meal! Just remember to leave enough strawberries behind to use them on tomorrow's Kabobs.

Friday

Hawaiian Burgers
Berry Delicious Summer Salad
Fruit Kabobs with Yogurt

Dovetailing Tips: Mmmmmm....Fruit! Even better? Fruit that is already waiting to be put on the skewer. Use the fruit you washed Monday and enjoy.