The December Meal Plan

Your December Meal Plan contains thirty-one weeknight dinner ideas with recipes. It also includes a list of homemade desserts perfect for the holiday season.

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The December Meal Plan

31 weeknight dinner ideas for December. Click the title to print the recipe.

1. Pork Chop Casserole
2. Baked Chicken Leg Quarters
3. Bacon, Ground Beef and Potato Casserole
4. Glazed Baked Spam
5. Oven Baked Smothered Cube Steak (video included)
6. Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Stromboli
7. Classic Meatloaf with Saltines
8. Foil Pack Chicken and Veggie Meal
9. Chicken Cordon Bleu
10. Crockpot Beef Tips and Rice (readers tips here)
11. Crockpot Ranch Chicken Sliders
12. Slow Cooker Red Beans and Rice
13. Slow Cooker Bacon Wrapped Pork Loin
14. Not Quite Mississippi Crockpot Roast
15. Crockpot Three Cheese Stuffed Manicotti
16. Broccoli Bow Tie Pasta Dish
17. Chicken and Dumplings almost from scratch
18. Crabmeat Stew
19. Easy Homemade Vegetable Soup
20. Southwestern Breakfast Skillet Dinner (Low carb)
21. Greek Cucumber Salad (pretty on a party table)
22. Meatless Taco Salad (make edible salad bowls)
23. Olive Garden Copycat Salad
24. Bacon Grilled Pimento Cheese with Jelly
25. Baked Chicken and Cheese Quesadillas
26. Chicken Parm Sliders
27. Texas Toast Sloppy Joes
28. Turkey Pot Pie (leftover turkey from Thanksgiving)
29. Top Round Roast Beef
30. Skillet Cabbage Rice and Sausage
31. Parmesan Italian Crusted Salmon

This monthly meal plan will make your weeknight dinner planning easier. Print the recipes and save them in your cookbook binder to use repeatedly.

Homemade Desserts To Make in December

• Pillsbury Christmas Cookie Hack
• Mini Christmas Cheesecakes Recipe
• Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies Recipe
• Sugar Plum Cupcakes Recipe
• Reindeer Rice Krispies Treats
• Key Lime Cake with Key Lime Cream Cheese Frosting
• Festive White Chocolate Cranberry Pecan Fudge Recipe