April includes both April Fools Day and Easter for holidays. There will be some malarkey happening for April Fools. There will also be ham for Easter. We always have it with candy gravy. Am I the only one who knows what candy gravy is? It involves drippings, orange juice, and brown sugar. I am dealing with guitar lessons for kid #2 one day a week, so that will usually be leftovers or crock pot day. Also we have a week of vacation in there, so I may plan a couple breakfast and lunch meals (gasp!). Our main protein for this month is chicken, with some ham. I went hog wild with the peas and asparagus.

Ideas and resources for menu planning in April, many seasonal spring and real food recipes. Very simple ingredients, from scratch. As always, these are all frugal recipes intended for a tight budget. Real food/from scratch/traditional diet/nutrient dense/whole food/blah blah blah. My monthly meal plans are organized into tiers based on how perishable the ingredients are, not sorted into particular days.

*Attention real food purists/whole foodies – the recipes I link/pin are all from scratch, but some of them you may have to make substitutions or modifications. For example, I link recipes that have sugar, but you can substitute whatever your favorite sweetener is.

*Don’t forget to read about how I meal plan at Frugal, Flexible Monthly Menu Planning!*