For this week’s menu, I chose old favourites from our meal plan, and included one almost-new recipe.
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There’s a rainy week of weather ahead, but the temperatures look good, for the middle of April! Maybe I’ll stay inside until Thursday.
Our almost-new recipe is Creamy Lemon Garlic Pasta. We’ve only tried it once, way back in August 2024, and according to my notes, we enjoyed it! We’ll see how it goes this time.
The Weekly Plan
Here is our plan for the week starting Sunday, Apr 12, 2026. There are links for some recipes, and others are made “freestyle”.
- Note: Beside each recipe, I show the number of times that we’ve made this recipe, since I started keeping track in 2015.
Sunday — Chicken stir fry ( 28 times )
- Total Time: 30 mins
Monday — Creamy Lemon Garlic Pasta ( 1 times )
- Total Time: 30 mins
Tuesday — 15-Minute Wonton Soup ( 12 times )
- Total Time: 15 min
Wednesday — Turkey Schnitzel ( 80 times )
- Total Time: 30 mins
Thursday — Chinese-Inspired Corn Soup ( 5 times )
- Total Time: 30 mins
Friday — Sheet Pan Lamb Meatballs ( 23 times )
- Total Time: 45 mins
Saturday — Sheet Pan Pork Tenderloin ( 2 times )
- Total Time: About 30 minutes
Food Celebration Days
Almost every day of the year has a food celebration that we can enjoy, or ignore! Here are a few of the food days for the upcoming week, with recipe ideas for you.
Sunday, Apr 12 – National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
It’s not clear how this celebration day originated, but the first published recipe for grilled cheese sandwiches was way back in 1861, in Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management.
Here are two recipes to try, and Cobs Bread suggests a few variations:
- This Classic Grilled Cheese Sandwich recipe uses white bread, sliced cheese, and butter. that’s how we usually make them!
- For something fancier, this Grilled 3-Cheese Sandwich uses Texas Toast bread, and 3 kinds of cheese.
Tuesday, Apr 14 – National Pecan Day
This celebration day started in 1996, founded by the National Pecan Shellers Association.
And whether you say puh-kahn or pee-can, you can try these recipes:
- The recipe for Pecan Crusted Salmon with Apple Slaw takes 20 minutes to prepare, and cooks in 15 minutes
- This Sheet Pan Chicken and Sweet Potatoes with Maple Glazed Pecans recipe takes 10 minutes to prepare, and cooks in 20 minutes.
Thursday, Apr 16 – Day Of The Mushroom
It’s not clear how this celebration day got started, there’s lots of mushroom info on the Mushroom Council site.
And here are a few recipes to try:
- Our recipe for Chicken and Mushroom Pasta uses canned mushrooms, and it’s ready in 20 minutes.
- For something fancier, try this Flaky Mushroom and Gruyere Tarts recipe, on my old food blog. It uses sliced fresh mushrooms, and takes about an hour to prepare.
- This Creamy Garlic Mushroom Chicken uses fresh mushrooms and chicken thighs, and takes about 35 minutes to prepare
Tip: To create your own meal plan, get my free Excel Weekly Meal Planner template.
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Weekly Meal Plan 2026-04-11
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