Budget Meal Planning for December

Budget meal planning for December does not only focus on cooking ham instructions and leftover turkey recipes!

These are the best ground beef recipes and there is a new baked boneless chicken breast recipe. So, from Christmas potluck recipes and a great ground beef stroganoff recipe to a delicious sweet potato fries recipe, there are lots of quick easy dinner ideas here. We hope that you enjoy them over the holidays. Southern hemisphere friends should see the meal planning links below.

	WEEK 1	WEEK 2	WEEK 3	WEEK 4
SOMETHING SPECIAL	Teriyaki Chicken Recipe	Old Fashioned Beef Stew	Baked Boneless Chicken Breast Recipe with Sun-dried Tomatoes, Capers and Olives	Cooking Ham Instructions
CLEVER LEFTOVERS	Chicken Teriyaki Recipe with Pasta and Bell Peppers	Meat Pie Recipe	Chicken Pasta Bake	Leftover ham recipes - Ham and Chicken Pie
MAIN MEAL	Tomato Sauce Recipe used for Pasta alla Puttanesca	Baked Fish Recipe with Pecans, Coriander and Parmesan	Ground Beef Stroganoff Recipe	Barbeque Whole Turkey
SMART LEFTOVERS	Seafood Jambalaya Recipe	Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe	Stuffed Eggplant Rolls	Turkey a la King
MEATLESS MEALS	Tomato Pie Recipe	Chickpea Curry Recipe	Vegetarian Moussaka	Cold Pasta Salad Recipe with Avocado and Bell Pepper Dressing
SOUP/ SALAD	Butternut Squash Soup Recipe	Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs and Crispy Bacon in the Ultimate Salad	Potato Leek Soup Recipe	Best Chicken Soup Recipe - adapt to Turkey
BASICS/ FREEZER MEALS	Lamb Curry Recipe	Easy Pie Crust Recipe	Sweet Potato Fries Recipe	Broccoli Cheese Casserole
HEALTHY BREAKFAST RECIPES	Simple Pancake Recipe	Bran Muffin Recipe	Easy Fruit Salad Recipe	Healthy Fruit Smoothie Recipe
CHRISTMAS COOKIE RECIPES	Shortbread Crescents	Shortbread Cookies Recipe with cut-out star	Scottish Shortbread Recipe	Snowball Cookies Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
BAKING/ DESSERT	Fruit Cake Recipe Christmas Pudding Recipe	Cappucino Style Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe	Fresh Pumpkin Pie Recipe	Best Pecan Pie Recipe Cassata Cake