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Midweek Menu Meal Plan: 4.15.26

Plan your week with our Midweek Menu Meal Plan: 4.15.26—easy, crowd-pleasing Southern dinners ready in minutes. Try it tonight

Helping you answer the question: “What’s for dinner?” This week we are making sheet pan hamburger steak with mushroom and onions, air fryer baby potatoes, simple green bean salad, and blueberry bread with a lemon glaze for dessert.

And The Weekend Spread, to help you relax with friends and family, featuring: a seasonal sunshine fruit salad, Italian pasta salad, baked cheese sticks with marinara sauce, and three cheese quiche.

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Meal Prep & Leftover Tips

Two brown meatballs with caramelized onions and mushrooms on a white plate with green beans in background, fork visible

Sheet Pan Hamburger Steak: Garlic powder, onion powder, Worcestershire sauce, and soy sauce add flavor to the ground beef patties. Green and red peppers are good to add to the mushrooms and onions.


Wooden spoon holding roasted af baby potatoes 9 garnished with fresh herbs over cast iron skillet with more potatoes

Air Fryer Baby Potatoes: You want space between the potatoes in the air fryer so that they’ll have a crispy skin on the outside. This means working in batches as needed or dicing the potatoes into smaller pieces.


Green Bean Salad made with fresh bean, tomatoes, onions and feta cheese, tossed into a light lemony dressing is the perfect side dish for any meal!

Simple Green Bean Salad: Try adding toasted almonds, walnuts, or pine nuts for a crunch and nutty flavor. Goat cheese crumbles make a nice, creamy substitute for feta. Roasted red peppers or zucchini would be excellent additions to this salad.


Homemade Blueberry Bread sliced served with coffee.

Blueberry Bread with Lemon Glaze: Feel free to switch up the fruit by mixing in strawberries or raspberries. Add lemon zest to the batter if you are a citrus lover.


Strawberroes, bananas and green grapes in a dressing served in a white oblong bowl.

Sunshine Fruit Salad: Use blueberries, blackberries, peaches, apples, pineapple, oranges, mango, mandarin oranges, fresh herbs like mint, and a splash of lemon juice, lime juice, vanilla, maple syrup, or sugar.


Italian pasta salad 2 3 in black bowl with ham, peppers, olives, cheese, fresh parsley garnish, served with fork

Italian Pasta Salad: For a more dinner-like feel, you can use grilled chicken instead of ham and salami—or even in addition to them!


Crispy baked cheese-sticks with a rich marinara sauce.

Baked Cheese Sticks: If you somehow have leftovers, store them in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat in the oven or air fryer until crispy.


Easy to make Three Cheese Quiche made with cheddar, mozzerella and Parmesan is a great main dish for breakfast, brunch or a weeknight meal.

Three Cheese Quiché: To make ahead of time, make the quiché per the recipe, then allow to cool. Cover with plastic wrap or aluminum foil and store in the fridge for up to three days. Heat in the oven at 300°F until warmed through, then serve.

The Weekend Spread

Welcome to The Weekend Spread — a loose collection of recipes made for laid-back days. From something simmering on the stove to a sweet bite to end the night, these are the dishes I make when I’m ready to relax, recharge, and savor the best of the weekend.

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