🧑 Meal Plan for Dec. 8-14, 2025 🧑


It’s time for another meal plan! Here are my dinner (and salad) picks for the week of December 8-14, 2025. 🧑 Julia

DAY 1: Creamy Butternut Squash Soup​

DAY 2: Creamy Asiago Chicken Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Spinach, Garlic, and Paprika​

DAY 3: Apple Cider Braised Pork Shoulder​

DAY 4: This is One of the Best Winter Soups I've Ever Made!​

DAY 5: Scallop Spaghetti in Creamy White Wine Butter Garlic Sauce with Capers (perfect for shrimp, too!)

DAY 6: Greek Chicken and Lemon Rice in 30 Minutes!

DAY 7: White Lasagna Chicken Soup​

SALAD 1: Mango Salad with Spinach, Blueberries, Walnuts, and Feta Cheese​

SALAD 2: Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Arugula, Dried Figs, and Almonds​

SALAD 3: Winter Apple Salad​

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