Monday Menu — Pasta, Grilled Chicken, Pork Fusion Wraps & Fried Rice This Week 🍽️

Monday Menu is back, and this week’s dinners are sponsored by whatever keeps me from ordering takeout. I’ve got five meals planned for the week — a little Mediterranean, a little Asian-inspired, a little classic comfort — and I am ready. If any of these sound good to you, keep following along and I’ll be posting them to the site all week.

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This is real life, y’all. I said “a salad on the side of a salad” and immediately had to correct myself — I meant a potato, not a salad. Anyway. The meals are good even if my words are not always. Here’s what we’re eating this week.

Roasted Red Pepper Pasta + Cherry Dump Cake

We’re starting with roasted red pepper pasta, and I’m pairing it with the easiest three-ingredient cherry dump cake for dessert. If you haven’t made a dump cake before, it is exactly what it sounds like — you dump everything in a pan and it comes out tasting like you worked way harder than you did. This one is a family favorite and it disappears fast.

Honey Balsamic Grilled Chicken

This honey balsamic marinade glazed grilled chicken is so good — all my kids love it, and it happens to be Mediterranean diet friendly for Jason. I’m serving it with baked potatoes one night and roasted asparagus, so it does double duty on the weekly plan. The kind of meal that feels special without being complicated.

BLT Salad

This one is a lighter night — a BLT salad with some bread on the side and maybe a soup depending on what I’m in the mood for. Sometimes you just need a week where not every meal is a full production, and a BLT salad is perfectly satisfying for those nights. Bacon makes everything better, that’s just a fact.

Pork Fusion Wraps

My pork fusion wraps are a brand new family favorite and I cannot wait to share them properly. I first had these in a freezer meal and everyone went crazy for them — it’s an Asian-style pork with a savory sauce, cut into little bite-sized pieces, and you just wrap it up with shredded carrot, coleslaw, or lettuce. You can use chicken if you prefer, but the pork is really something. I am definitely making this one again and getting the full recipe posted for you.

Fried Rice Friday + Potstickers

Friday is fried rice — I haven’t decided on the protein yet but I’m doing fried rice — and I’m throwing in some frozen potstickers on the side. Easy, fun, a little festive, and exactly the kind of Friday night I am here for. Sometimes the best dinner is the one that takes twenty minutes and makes everyone happy.

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Monday Menu FAQ — Your Meal Planning Questions Answered

What is a Monday Menu and how does it help with dinner planning?

My Monday Menu is the lineup of dinners I’ve planned for the week — I share it every Monday so you can steal ideas or follow along. Having the plan in place before the week starts means I’m not standing in the kitchen at 5 PM wondering what to make. It’s just a skeleton, but it makes the whole week smoother.

What are pork fusion wraps and can I use a different protein?

Pork fusion wraps are an Asian-inspired dish — bite-sized pork in a savory sauce, wrapped up with shredded carrot, coleslaw, or lettuce. They’re light, flavorful, and completely crowd-friendly. And yes, chicken works great as a substitute if pork isn’t your thing — same sauce, same wrap, just a different protein.

How do you make a three-ingredient cherry dump cake?

A cherry dump cake is about as simple as dessert gets — cherry pie filling, a box of cake mix, and butter, all layered in a 9×13 pan and baked until golden and bubbling. No mixing, no fuss, just dump and bake. I’ll have the full recipe posted to the site soon, but trust me — once you make it, you’ll make it on repeat.

What do you serve with fried rice to make it a full meal?

I’m doing frozen potstickers alongside the fried rice this week — easy, delicious, and the kids always love them. You could also add egg rolls, a simple cucumber salad, or just a protein cooked right into the rice. Fried rice is so flexible that almost anything works as a side.

Where can I find the full weekly meal plan and grocery list?

I publish a full weekly meal plan every week with the day-by-day menu and a complete grocery list organized by store section. You can find every week’s plan on my Weekly Meal Plans page. Newsletter subscribers also get a printable PDF version every Saturday!

More Monday Menus at the Longstreth Table

• Monday Menu — Biscuits and Gravy, Taco Tuesday & Taco Pizza This Week — comfort food, taco night, and Jason’s nostalgic pizza all in one week.
• Monday Menu — Five Easy Family Friendly Meals This Week — pot roast, stir fry, turkey bowls, and more from a few weeks back.

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Monday Menu — About Stephanie Longstreth

Stephanie Longstreth is the home cook, mom, and storyteller behind StephanieCooksForACrowd.com. She cooks for a family of seven in Florida — five kids, two cats, and one husband who appreciates a good meal. Four of her children came home through adoption, and family stories are woven into everything she makes and shares. Find her crowd-friendly recipes, sourdough journey, and real family life on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest @stephaniecooksforacrowd.