🍁 Meal Plan for Dec. 1-7, 2025 🍁


It’s time for another meal plan! Here are my dinner (and salad) picks for the week of December 1-7, 2025. 🧑 Julia

DAY 1: Autumn Dinner with Sausage, Pasta, Brussels Sprouts, and Butternut Squash​

DAY 2: Puff Pastry Chicken Pot Pie (perfect for leftover turkey!)

DAY 3: One-Pot Creamy Sausage Rigatoni​

DAY 4: Creamy Salmon and Spinach Orzo​

DAY 5: Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing (perfect for leftover turkey!)

DAY 6: Black Bean and Butternut Squash Enchiladas (meatless)

DAY 7: Spaghetti Squash with Chicken, Tomatoes, Spinach, and Feta Cheese​

SALAD 1: Grape Salad with Apples, Pecans, and Dried Cranberries​

SALAD 2: Sweet Potato Kale Salad with Creamy Maple Dressing​

SALAD 3: Winter Fruit Salad with Maple-Lime Dressing​

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