On the Menu Week Of May 12th-18th
Need dinner ideas this week? Get 7 delicious dinner menus for the week and 39 mix and match recipes On The Menu.
If you’re looking for ideas to make dinner easy and delicious, you’re in the right place. Let’s take a look at what’s cooking at the Tanglewood House.
If I had a “last meal,” burgers off the grill would be on my menu! I love a big, juicy burger loaded with a huge fresh tomato, crunchy lettuce, and a slice of red onion. We will be trying these Crack Hamburgers for the first time. Looking at the ingredients, I’m sure they won’t disappoint!
Crack Burgers On The Grill
Fixings: Lettuce, Tomatoes, Onions, and Condiments
Corn and Bean Salsa
Pan-seared cod is one of my favorite weeknight dinners. It’s so easy to make, taking just minutes to come together. When I don’t feel like cooking an OTM dinner recipe, I can quickly thaw cold loins (not fillets) and have a delicious dinner on the table quickly. I buy the thickest fillets I can find and only use the thickest part of those fillets. I save the thinner parts for soup.
I’m serious about perfectly baked potatoes. They are miles (in the best direction) from the ones most of us throw in the microwave or oven. The American Test Kitchen is one of my favorite sites to go to when I want to know how to make “the best”. You will love these potatoes!
The asparagus recipe is embarrassingly old, but it’s delicious, and so is the cucumber salad!
Pan-Seared Cod with Lemon Butter Sauce
The Perfect Baked Potato
Perfectly Roasted Asparagus
Cucumber Salad
I thought this recipe looked so delicious, I made it last week. And I was right. This recipe is easy to make for a weeknight, but it is perfect for company, too! One thing I always do when I cook chicken, especially boneless, skinless chicken breasts, is to brine them for 30 minutes before cooking them. It’s super easy and keeps them moist. Here’s how: Put 1/4 cup salt in 4 cups of water and stir to dissolve the salt. Add chicken and brine for 30 minutes to 1 hour. Take the chicken out and pat it dry before using it in a recipe.
Clam Chowder is a summery meal around here. We live within half an hour of the Chesapeake Bay, and clams are a May through September way of life. Tonight’s dinner will be a big bowl of Clam Chowder and a side salad. The recipe, another StoneGable post from 2026, is old, but it is just the best! I’ll double this recipe and have a small bowl for lunch. Clam chowder is one of those recipes that tastes better the next day!
Leftover Beer Bread is amazing toasted!
Most Friday nights, we have family over for dinner, which means making something my grandbabies will eat. Most of the time, we have ordered pizza, and I make a big salad and some kind of dessert. However, when I saw this recipe for delicious-looking hard shell tacos, I knew I had to try it. This recipe makes 10-12 tacos.
Chocolate chip cookies are on the menu, and this barely baked variety is fabulous! If you like chocolate chip cookies, you should try these!
We eat salmon regularly. Tonight’s recipe is so simple but wonderfully flavorful and tender. I’m a big fan of sweet chili sauce! It’s always in our refrigerator because it gives a savory dish a bit of sweetness, adding that wonderful umami je ne sais quoi.
I will probably use the Air Fryer to cook the salmon. I cook it at 350° for 7 minutes, flipping once. It all depends on how thick the salmon is.
Almost every Sunday, one of my dear friends joins us for dinner. I’ve known her for more decades than I wish to tell you, and she is now family. No matter what we are doing, she is included. Tonight’s dinner is super easy. It’s a dump-and-bake pasta recipe. The chicken gets dumped in raw, and the pasta is uncooked! What a great casserole for a weeknight or a laid-back Sunday!
If the weather is nice, we will eat on the patio.
Need an easy something sweet to take as a gift, or a church dinner, or just to have on hand. 2-Ingredient, Two-Ingredient Cookies and Cream Bark will be a great hit!
Cookies And Cream Oreo Bark
Make this beautiful herb butter with leftover or garden-gathered herbs and aromatics.
This cake, named after a high-end store, uses a box mix.
This chicken recipe is a French favorite.
These are authentic Scottish Shortbreads.
A crispy take on potato salad.
This salad won’t easily get soggy.
These chips are made from cottage cheese and are full of protein.
This is an asparagus recipe that includes bacon.
An easy puff pastry appetizer or small bite.
This is my family’s favorite pound cake.
The next fancy dinner recipe I’m making. It’s so beautiful and sounds divine!
A surprising salad that boasts potstickers is a must-try.
A Bee Sting Cake has to taste fabulous!
This is a delicious, classic egg salad with a twist.
StoneGable’s #1 soup recipe.
If you like salty and sweet, you will love these potato chip cookies.
Pizza for breakfast? You bet!
I can’t wait to try this cheesy baked asparagus.
The perfect use for mashed potatoes.
From my kitchen to yours, happy cooking and even happier gathering.
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You are making me hungry – everything sounds so good.
I agree. Summer needs to come so we can be outside getting our planting and other work done! Here in NE Iowa it has rained most of the week and it was in the upper 40’s for a high yesterday, today, and tomorrow. They say upper 50’s to low 60’s next week. We need sun and warmth so we can plant and get much weeding done. So we are still eating chili, scalloped potatoes and ham, all kinds of oven food to warm the house. God is good and in his time the warmth will come – cant wait!
It’s been warm here this past week and today only in the 60’s. Crazy late spring!
Kathy,
Love NE Iowa….especially Decorah.
20 Miles west of Decorah. Used to live there!
I can’t wait to try the Grilled Teriyaki Chicken!
Yum yum!
Everything looks and sounds so good. My mouth is watering for that grilled burger. I love hamburgers!!!!
Looks heavenly, we especially love Mexican and Italian cuisine along with a frozen Margarita or glass of Vino.
Yes, great additions!
The weather has been crazy here in northern IL too. We had the AC on earlier this week then yesterday we had to turn the heat back on! I don’t have my flower garden in and my plants are sitting on the deck. We had SOOOOO much rain, wind and cold that I just can’t get out. All your menus ideas sound yummy. In fact I’ve used quite a few of them, always delicious.
As always your recipes sound quite enticing. Yum. My garden is not in yet either. A possible frost warning for tonight and Sunday.
Tell Bobby you guys need to go out for a dinner some time soon. You sure work hard with ALL you do.
Thanks,
Nancy from the foot hills of Maine.
So yummy especially the pizza !
I will try a couple of these recipes because they sound delicious!
Yvonne
You always post such great recipes. Here in Mn its been cold and wet. I am so looking forward to warmer climate.
I’m gonna get fat!?
The teriyaki chicken recipe looks so good!
Sorry you have had a hard time getting in the garden. In North Louisiana we have had a different kind of Spring but I did manage to plant some vegetables. We have actually harvested squash twice. Nothing better than from the garden to the table! I love reading your menu of the week because it gives me “food for thought”.
Inspiring!
Our daughter bought us a new grill, love burgers and chicken cooked on the “barbi”.! Those veggies look good too!
I love your menus of the week.
Northern MN has been frigid – but my husband and I managed to pick some wild asparagus which is slowly coming up!
I’m intrigued by pizza on the grill. Could you post details about how to do this. Can’t wait to surprise my family with the idea of pizza on the grill. Love your home Yvonne. Just beautiful
Hi Karen, I’ll be doing a post about grilled pizza soon.
these recipes are inspiring me to cook!
The teriyaki chicken looks wonderful!
I’m going to try your roasted chicken and salad to tonight!! It looks and sounds so delicious ? Thanks ???
Bless your heart with everything you’ve been through it’s amazing you’ve been able to get anything done!
Thanks, Yvonne, for all your fabulous recipes! They are always so delicious and so easy to make — which I love! We are going to a potluck next week and I am going to take your dump and bake chicken pasta casserole and your cookies and cream oreo bark! I am also going to make a few loaves of your beer bread — which we absolutely love and make often. I love cooking and I always look forward to all your recipes each week!
Hi Mary Ann! I’m thrilled that you are finding recipes you like. Everyone will love what you bring to the potluck.