Our 21 Favorite Recipes at Crystal & Co.

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How is meal planning going at your house? New to meal planning? Look in my right sidebar for the link that will direct you to my step by step plan to help you get dinner on the table for your family.

One of the steps in implementing meal planning at your house is to search for recipes. It is important to identify 21 recipes that meet your recipe criteria. By having 21 recipes at hand that you know your family will enjoy, this makes the meal planning process so much easier for you. With 21 recipes you have three weeks of meals at your fingertips without repeating any of the same dinners twice.

As time goes on and you discover and try new recipes that meet your criteria, add to your list- giving you even more choices each week when you develop your weekly meal plan.

Here are the top 21 recipes that I make for my family. You’ll  notice many of them are crockpot meals, which is something that is important to me. Since I started meal planning over a year ago, I’ve added to my list and have a nice stockpile of recipes that make their way through our kitchen.

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1) Crockpot Candy Chicken

2) Cheesy Chicken and Salsa Skillet

3) Crockpot Honey Mustard Lime Chicken

4) Quesadillas (either chicken and cheese or chicken, black bean and cheese)

5) Spaghetti and Meatballs

6) Baked Mustard Salmon

7) Grilled Asian Salmon

8) Garlic Lime Tilapia

9) Crockpot Sticky Chicken

10) Homemade Pizza or French Bread Pizza

11) Tator Tot Casserole

12) Puerto Rican Stew

13) Italian Crockpot Chicken

14) Soup and Sandwiches (i.e. chicken noodle and grilled cheese or BLT)

15) Crockpot Lasagna

16) Crockpot Chicken Fried Rice

17) BBQ on a Bun (using roast made in crockpot)

18) Connie’s Mexican Mess

19) Chicken Pasta (very popular during summer and spring)

20) Breakfast (pancakes, bacon, eggs, biscuits, egg sandwiches or any combination of these)

21) Shepherds Pie

I hope this helps make meal planning easier at your house. Don’t forget to stop by my site each Monday to see what I am feeding my family each week, or you can also peruse my previous meal plans.

What are some of the popular dinners at your house?

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12 Comments

  1. The Cannary's, est. 1985 says:

    Wow – I can't wait to try some of these out – always on the lookout for family-friendly ideas – thanks!

  2. shopannies says:

    thanks for sharing so many delicious recipe links I can't wait to try a few of these

  3. Wow, these look good! I love my crockpot too (who doesn't!) I think the Crockpot honey mustard lime chicken recipe sounds great!

  4. Amy Walker says:

    Thanks for sharing! I'll be looking especially into those crock pot recipes!!!!!!! Thanks!!!

  5. what a great list — and all those crockpot recipes. Thanks!

  6. Casey Family Adoption says:

    Thanks for sharing! I just printed out your cheesy chicken and salsa skillet recipe. Sounds yummy. 🙂
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  7. Bitterroot Mama says:

    What a great idea to have 21 meals all lined up! Thanks for sharing your favorites.

  8. these all look like great recipes! i always have one fully cooked freezer meal that i can pop in and go, the makings of orange chicken & broccoli in the freezer and black bean burrito ingredients. i've never thought of having 21 meals in the shoot but this would make things easier once kids come along.

    visiting from wfmw!

  9. It Feels Like Chaos says:

    Thanks for sharing these links! I love to have new recipes to try!

  10. What a great concept!! I'm going to go count my recipes and see how many I have!

  11. Our foolproof meal for busy times is Honey Baked Lentils baked along with either sweet potatoes or winter squash. It’s a meal you can put in the oven while you do something else for an hour! We don’t have a slow cooker, but there’s a link to a slow cooker version on my page.

    Another favorite that’s better for hot weather is Red & Green Pockets. It’s great because you can use fresh vegetables if you happen to have them, canned or frozen otherwise, and you can even substitute another green veg for the peas.

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