Weekly Meal Plan 2026-07-18

For this week’s menu, I chose old favourites from our meal plan, and included three new recipes, including Spicy Chicken Nuggets. And scroll down to see the fun food day ideas too, like National Junk Food Day (Tue Jul 21).

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Mary Beth Albright’s Sweet and Spicy Meatloaf

Keith loves meatloaf, and makes it several times a year, starting way back in the 70s. In the early days, he used ground beef, and torn-up bread, and I’m not sure what else! The recipe was in his head – not written down anywhere.

Things changed dramatically in 2005, when I saw Mary Beth Albright make her meatloaf on an episode of Food Network Star. Paula Deen was one of the judges that day, and she loved that meatloaf! Later, I told Keith about Mary Beth’s secret meatloaf ingredients – panko breadcrumbs, buttermilk, and a bit of ground pork.

Since then, Keith always uses those three magical ingredients, and his meatloaf is even better than his original version.

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