Monday Menu of the Week — Easy Family Dinners to Steal This Week
Happy Monday, y’all! It is a big cooking week over here — and I mean BIG. I’ve got meals to make for my own crowd of seven, plus food for a friend who just moved, a friend who was in a car accident, and teacher appreciation week at my kids’ school. It is a lot. But honestly? I get to be in the kitchen a lot this week and I am completely here for it. My Monday menu meals are fairly basic this week — which is exactly how I like it when life gets full. Pull up a chair and steal my meal plan — I promise these are all easy, crowd-friendly, and absolutely delicious. Oh, and Jonathan crashed the video to show off his school outfit, his Goodwill water bottle, and his new Goodwill book. Because of course he did. 😄
📋 A note from Stephanie: My weekly Monday Menu has grown into something bigger — my Weekly Meal Plans, where every week comes with a full dinner lineup, a printable grocery list, and a downloadable PDF. I’m keeping these Monday Menu posts up for the ideas and the memories — but if you want the whole plan in one place, that’s where to find it now.
This week I am cooking for my people AND for others — which is one of my favorite things to do. There is something so satisfying about filling up someone else’s table when they are going through a hard time. A friend who just moved and a friend recovering from a car accident both need some love this week, and food is how I show it. On top of that, it is teacher appreciation week at school, so I am baking for that too. My own family’s menu is keeping it simple and going back to the favorites — because when life is full, dinner still has to happen.
Here is what is on my menu this week:
Monday: Fish with honey garlic roasted carrots and baked potatoes
Tuesday: Pork fusion wraps — a brand new freezer recipe I have never tried before. I am so excited to share this one with y’all once I see how it turns out!
Thursday: Carne guisada steak tacos with crispy fried corn tortillas. My crowd asks for these constantly and I am not mad about it.
For teacher appreciation week: Two big Texas sheet cakes and a French toast casserole. Teachers deserve all of it.
Also for my family: Chicken and rice with the best green beans in the world — doing them stovetop this time instead of oven for a little twist. I will show y’all how that goes!
And the sourdough front: I am going to try to get Jason’s whole wheat sourdough going again this week with Free Willy 2, and I may do some baking with Pearl as well. It is a big week in the kitchen and I could not be happier about it.
Jonathan was my co-host for this video and he absolutely stole the show — school outfit, Pumas, ice water, and a brand new Goodwill book. He is the best. If you want to follow along with all the cooking this week, make sure you are subscribed and come back for the recipes as they go up. And if you want a laundry fairy to handle everything else so you can just cook — same. Truly same.
You can find all my crowd-friendly meal planning ideas in the Feeding a Crowd playlist on YouTube, and browse all my recipes right here on the blog!
Find all the tools and pantry staples I use every week on my Shop My Kitchen page!
Want the full weekly plan in one place? Head over to my Weekly Meal Plans page for every week’s menu, grocery list, and printable PDF.
More Monday Menus at the Longstreth Table
- Monday Menu — Cubs Game, Beef Stroganoff & Thai Coconut Curry This Week! — the following week’s lineup with a Cubs game and a crowd-pleasing curry
- Monday Menu of the Week — March 23, 2026 — another full week of crowd-friendly dinners from the Longstreth kitchen
- Monday Menu of the Week — Spring Break — easy crowd dinners for a busy spring break week
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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.