Menu Planning Monday

Ultimate Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, Easy Tomato Soup

Ham and bean soup from the freezer, carrots and celery, corn muffins

Crockpot Pasta Fagoli Soup, breadsticks

Hashbrown Egg Bake, bacon, fruit

Orange Chicken with clementine pieces, rice

Loaded baked potatoes, fruit, garden salad

California Pizza Kitchen Chopped Salad, Poached Pears

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Ham and Bean Soup, Fruit

Corn and Cheese Enchilladas, Avocado Salad

Chilli, Carrots and celery


Cincinati Style Chilli over Spaghetti, Green Beans


Chicken Cordon Bleu, California blend, lime jello with pears


Gingerbread Pancakes, bacon, fresh fruit

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Wonton Soup
Fruit Salad

Pork Roast with a Twist of Orange
Mashed potatoes
Mixed vegetables

Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza (Sauce of ketchup, mustard, and spaghetti sauce. Sauce + crumbled cooked bacon+ browned hamburger + onion + chopped dill pickles, all on pizza crust and topped with cheese)
Carrots and celery

Pasta with roasted tomato sauce
California blend


Chicken Tortilla Casserole
Corn
Green beans

Roast Beef (Slow cooker with a can of beef broth and lots of pepper)
Potatoes and carrots
Green beans

Roast beef hash (just like corned beef hash but with leftover roast beef)
Jello with fruit

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Wonton Soup
Fruit Salad

Pork Roast with a Twist of Orange
Mashed potatoes
Green beans

Ham and Cheese Pasta
Mixed vegetables

Taco Pan Pizza (Divide into two pans before baking; freeze one for later.)
Fruit Salsa with cinnamon chips

Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza (Sauce of ketchup, mustard, and spaghetti sauce. Sauce + crumbled cooked bacon+ browned hamburger + onion + chopped dill pickles, all on pizza crust and topped with cheese)
Carrots and celery

Pancakes, bacon, fresh fruit

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Steak Fajitas (Toss cooked steak strips with taco seasoning, peppers, and onions)
Corn
Fresh fruit



Lettuce salad with fajita meat
Cinnamon Chips with fruit salsa



Ham and Cheese Pasta
California Blend


Pork Steaks with a Twist of Orange (Brown 1 large sliced onion and 1 1/2 t. minced garlic in butter on stove. Add 1 finely chopped jalepeno, 4 1/2 t. chilli powder, 1 t. salt, and 1 t. pepper. Gradually stir in 1/ cup chicken broth, 2/3 cup orange juice, and 4 pieces of cooked bacon, diced. Place roast in slow cooker; pour liquid mixture over roast. Cook on low for 4 1/2 to 5 hours until meat is tender. Can make gray using cooking juices.)
Mashed Potatoes
Mixed Veggies



Italian Bean Soup (In stock pan combine 3 chopped celery ribs, 3 chopped carrots, 1 chopped small onion, 2 cans of chicken broth, 2 cans of drained butter beans, 1 can of diced tomatoes, and 1 t. basil. Heat through.)
Lettuce Salad
Breadsticks

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Cabbage Patch Soup
Garlic Bread

Teriyaki Steak (using a bottled marinade)
Grilled pineapple
Grilled potatoes

Bean burritoes
Mixed vegetables
Fruit

Ham and Cheese Panini with cranberry relish
Chips
Texas Slaw

Italian Panini
Lettuce salad

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Husker game Day

Nacho/taco bar with black beans and pork verde (beans and pork from my freezer)
Cheese Sauce
Pico de Gallo
Peanut Butter Brownies


Baked Jerked Chicken
Cranberry Relish
Potatoes

Cheesy Potato Soup with hamburger, carrots and celery

Bean burritos, mixed vegetables, fresh fruit

Bread Pudding
Bacon
Fruit salad


Ham and Cheese Panini with leftover cranberry relish
Fresh fruit

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Sub sandwiches
Knox blocks made with apple juice
Fresh fruit

Tortillas with Burrito Bowl Beans, homemade pico de gallo
Fruit

Nachos made with leftover beans

Grilled Chicken and Peaches
Grilled Potatoes

California Pizza Kitchen's Chopped Salad
Homemade breadsticks or maybe the dough made into an Italian Monkey Bread

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Cabbage Soup
Italian bread

Black Bean Quesedillas
Corn
Apple slices

Honey Baked French Toast
Fresh fruit
Bacon

Sesame Chicken
California Blend
Fresh fruit

Runza Casserole (Brown 1-2 pounds ground beef. Add to skillet 4 cups shredded cabbage and 1 medium diced onion; cook until cabbage is tender. Mix in 1 can of cheddar cheese soup and 4-6 ounces diced Velveeta cheese. Spread into a greased 9 x 13 pan and top with one can of refrigerated cresent rolls. You can press the rolls together to make a rectangle or you can put them on top in the triangle shapes they come in and leave space in between a bit like a lattice pie. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
Mixed vegetables
Fresh fruit

Mushroomy Meatballs over egg noodles, green beans

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Cabbage Patch Soup
Italian bread

Sesame Chicken
California Blend
Fresh fruit

Runza Casserole (Brown 1-2 pounds ground beef. Add to skillet 4 cups shredded cabbage and 1 medium diced onion; cook until cabbage is tender. Mix in 1 can of cheddar cheese soup and 4-6 ounces diced Velveeta cheese. Spread into a greased 9 x 13 pan and top with one can of refrigerated cresent rolls. You can press the rolls together to make a rectangle or you can put them on top in the triangle shapes they come in and leave space in between a bit like a lattice pie. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
Mixed vegetables
Fresh fruit

Mushroomy Meatballs over egg noodles, green beans

Sweet and Tangy Hot Ham and Cheese Sandwiches
Jello salad with fruit
Mixed veggies

Ultimate Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Vegetable Soup

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Baked Bean Sloppy Joes (Brown hamburger. Add to 1 or 2 cans of canned baked beans. Add ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, Worchestershire, and dried onion to taste. Serve on buns. Easiest sloppy joes ever!)
Fresh fruit
Mixed veggies

Easy cheesy hashbrowns (Mix 30 oz. frozen hashbrowns with 1 cup shredded cheese and a few dried chopped onions. Put 1/2 in a greased 9 x 13 pan. Add a layer of shredded cheese. Add the remaining potatoes. Top with 1 cup of sour cream mixed with 1 can cream of chicken soup and more cheese. Bake at 350 for 50 minutes or so.)
Tuna Patties (1 can of tuna, drained, 1 egg, chopped celery and onion, and breadcumbs. Form into patties and cook in a large skillet.)
Green beans

Chilli (Just a dump recipe using tomato juice, kidney beans, chilli beans, chopped steak, onion, celery, water, beef boullion, and chilli poweder, all in the slow cooker for the day.)
Garlic bread
Fruit

BBQ chicken sandwiches
Glazed cooked carrots
Green beans

Cabbage patch soup
Garlic bread

Corned beef and cabbage with potatoes

Corned beef hash (Haven't ever made this before. I'm going to combine my leftover corned beef with thawed frozen potatoes, onion, carrots, and maybe some leftover cabbage. Then I'll brown it in a skillet with some butter.)
Fresh fruit

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Cheesy potato soup
Fresh fruit

Blueberry French Toast Bake
Bacon
Fresh fruit

Japlapeno and Apple Baked Beans
Corn Dog Muffins
(Held over from last week so if you want the recipe, look there.)

Bean and Cheese Burritos
Corn
Fresh fruit

Homemade macaroni and cheese with tuna fish and peas (I add Velveeta, milk, and shredded cheese to cooked pasta. Then I put in drained canned tuna fish and cooked frozen peas. Just a dump recipe.)
Jello with fruit

Grilled steak
Mashed sweet potatoes
Green beans

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Runza Style Ground Beef Sandwiches
(Brown 2 pounds of ground beef with 1 chopped onion. Add 2 small cans of chopped ripe olives and 1 1/2 cups of cubed Velveeta cheese. Serve on hamburger or hoagie buns. Sanwiches can be wrapped in foil and frozen.)
Oven Fries
(Slice potatoes into 1/4 inch thick rounds. Place on greased cookie sheet. Spray potatoes with non stick cooking spray or drizzle with olive oil. Season with seasoned salt, garlic salt, or other herbs. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes, until potatoes are tender and starting to brown. You may want to flip the potatoes about halfway through so both sides of the potato get browned.)
Jello salad with fruit

No Soak Black Bean Soup (New recipe to me; it sounds easy, cheap, and yummy)
Home Made Cinnamon Tortilla Chips with fresh fruit salsa

Spaghetti with crockpot sauce
Lettuce salad
Garlic bread

Cheesy Potato Soup
Fresh fruit

Oatmeal Pecan Pancakes (I add oatmeal, pecans, and a bit of brown sugar to the usual Bisquick pancake recipe.)
Bacon
Fruit

Crockpot Baked Beans with Jalapenos and Apples
(I tried this 2 weeks ago as a new recipe and it is awesome! You will never want Bush's baked beans again. And it's super easy.)
Corn Dog Muffins
(Combine 2 8.5 oz. packages of cornbread mix, 2 T. of brown sugar, 2 eggs, and 1 c. milk. Stir in 11 oz. of whole kernel corn and 5 hot dogs, chopped. Fill greased muffin tin 3/4 full. Bake at 400 14-18 minutes or until golden brown.)

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Honey Baked French Toast
Bacon
Frozen fruit

Beef and Noodles over mashed potatoes
Green beans

Vegetable Beef Soup with Noodles (When I make the beef and noodles, I'll boil a large batch of beef, broth, and frozen egg noodles. One half will get thickened with cornstarch for beef and noodles and the other half will become this soup. Just add frozen mixed vegetables and some cubed cooked potatoes.)
Lettuce Salad

Cheddar Cheese and Ham Stromboli (I'm going to use this technique but stuff it with grated cheddar cheese, ham slices, and broccoli. I think I'll also make a basic cheese sauce of some kind to spread over it all. Don't know what that will be but I'll figure it out when I get there.)

Brown Sugar Chicken with rice and California Blend

Ham Steaks
Crock Pot Baked Beans with Apples and Jalepenos
Corn Bread Muffins using creamed corn

Fiesta Chicken Salad (Lettuce salad topped with cooked frozen chicken strips, canned or frozen corn, tomatoes, cheese, crunched up tortilla chips and a BBQ Salsa Ranch dressing. To make the dressing, mix together BBQ sauce, canned salsa, and ranch dressing. Sounds a bit weird but it's good.)
Grandma Bates' Apple Crisp

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Gingerbread Pancakes
Bacon
Frozen Fruit

BBQ Chicken Sandwiches
Jello salad with fruit and marshmallows
Baked potatoes

BBQ Chicken Tortilla Wraps (Using leftover BBQ chicken)
Lettuce salad
Fresh fruit

Chicken Boullion Noodles (Boil egg noodles until soft. Toss with butter and a few boullion cubes that have been crushed. Add warmed vegetables of your choosing and sliced almonds.)
Fruit

Glazed Chicken Strips (Grill chicken tenderloin pieces. Then toss in a mixture of soy sauce, brown sugar, ketchup and water. Place on baking sheet and cook for a few minutes longer, until glaze is set.)
Quick Curried Rice Dish (Cook 1 cup brown rice in boiling water for 30 minutes. Drain. Melt 1/2 stick butter. Add 1/2 cup finely broken thin spaghetti, chopped almonds, raisins, curry powder, salt and pepper. Cook for 3 minutes. Stir in rice and green onions.)
California Blend Veggies

Baked Potatoes with toppings
Fresh fruit

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I've been on a bit of a hiatus with our holiday traveling, traveling to Haiti, bringing Kenson home, etc.. But I think I'm getting back into the swing of things now. D is home during the day for a few more weeks so I need to plan lunches for us all too. (Usually I don't do lunches because it's just leftovers or something quick.)

With Kenson, the foods we eat are generally new to him. I try to fix him a plate of what we are having. If he doesn't like the main parts of what we are eating, he loves peanut butter sandwiches so he can always have that. Or I have rice in the freezer that I thaw out and mix with either refried beans or tuna fish. He's not thrilled about vegetables yet but really likes pureed fruits. We'll just keep offering vegetables. I've tried offering pureed veggies but he refuses those.

Anyway, here's what we are eating this week and maybe next, depending on our travel schedule. I've also got a few freezer meals and quick fix things so we should be good to go.

Crock Pot Roast (I often add a can of beef broth and a package of Italian salad dressing mix.)
Hot Crash Potatoes
Mixed Vegetables

Creamed Beef and Biscuits (I'll add the mixed vegetables to the leftover beef and broth, then thicken it with cornstarch. Then into a baking dish and top it with biscuit dough dollops ala Bisquick. Bake and it's done!)

Peanut Butter Pancakes (I love flavored pancakes. These are awesome with maple syrup.)
Bacon
Frozen fruit

Taco Burgers (I'm going to use this recipe as a guideline but I'm not going to follow it all the way. I'm also going to add Monteray Jack Cheese.)
Apples or oranges
Carrots and celery

Stromboli (using pepperoni instead of ground beef)
Apples or oranges

Pasta with sauce
California Blend veggies

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Turkey Wild Rice Soup with fruit (Believe it or not, I'm still using up left over turkey from Thanksgiving.)

Spicy Black Beans, grilled chicken breast, mixed vegetables

Baked Potatoes with the works (nacho cheese, sour cream, bacon bits), carrots and celery

Nachos (Nacho cheese, salsa, refried beans, sour cream, and my own personal favorite ingredient, a drizzle of Dorothy Lynch salad dressing), fresh fruit

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Turkey Pot Pie, apple slices, corn
(I have turkey left over from Thanksgiving in my freezer. I'll add some broth and vegetables and then thicken. Then into a cooking pan and topped with a premade Pillsbury crust.)

Carmel Bread Pudding, turkey bacon, fresh fruit
Carmel Bread Pudding (Should really be a dessert, I swear. But I have leftover middles from some bread bowls to use up so it's a good excuse)
1 loaf of Vienna bread (or other sturdy white bread)
6 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 cups milk
1 cup light cream
2 t. vanilla

Cut bread into cubes. Beat eggs until frothy. blend in sugar. Beat in milk, cream, and vanilla. Combine bread cubes with wet ingredients. Pout into a greased 9 x 13 pan and bake at 325 degrees for 65-7- minutes.

Sauce-Combine 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and 1/2 cup whipping cream. Heat to boiling and cook for one minute. Remove from heat and add 1 t. vanilla. Serve over bread pudding.


Coconut Crockpot Chicken, rice, California blend veggies

Grilled cheese, vegetable soup
(We normally can't get Brie locally but since it's Christmas our grocery store has it. I'm hoping to have a Brie, pear, and ham sandwich.)

Chill Dogs, carrots and celery, pudding
(Using up left over chilli from last week)

Blushing Pasta, lettuce salad, breadsticks
(The bread stick recipe is new. Now that I'm home more, I am really enjoying getting to do some more with yeast.)

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Homemade pizza with 1/2 pepperoni and 1/2 ham and pineapple, celery and carrots
(I made this crust for the first time yesterday and left out the wheat germ. It was a super easy, very tasty wheat crust.)

Homemade chilli in Wal-mart bread bowls, fruit
(Just a dump recipe using tomato juice, ground beef, beans, onion, celery and spices)

Italian Bean Soup, lettuce salad
Italian Bean Soup
3 celery ribs, chopped
3 medium carrots, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
2 cans of chicken broth
2 cans of butter beans, drained
1 can of tomatoes, diced
1 t. basil

Put all into a large pot and heat through.

Brown sugar and salsa marinated steak, baked potatoes, mixed vegetables
(I saw a recipe for marinating/cooking pork in brown sugar and salsa; I'm going to try it with steak because that's what I happen to have.)

Cheese and veggie quesedillas, fresh fruit
(Thinly slice whatever vegetables you want; I'm using red pepper and onion as well as some cilantro leaves.) Layer a layer of shredded cheese, the vegetables, and another layer of cheese on a flour tortilla. Add another flour tortilla on top and cook. You can do this in a regular skillet/griddle on your stove or if you have an indoor or outdoor grill, you can do it there too. You don't need a fancy quesedilla maker. To make it easier, start with the bottom tortilla in whatever you're cooking on so you don't have to try to transfer an uncooked quesedilla to the pan/grill. Then build the quesedilla.

Chill Dogs using left over chilli, fresh fruit, pudding

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Turkey Noodle Soup, lettuce, breadsticks
I made a turkey for our church's Thanksgiving dinner but they wanted you to bring it in deboned, etc.. So I kept the carcass and boiled it for some turkey broth. Now I'll just have to add noodles and veggies.

Honey Baked French Toast, turkey bacon, fresh fruit

Minute Steak Crock Pot Supper, Magic Mousse Jello with strawberries
I'm going to use the recipe I've linked but use minute steak instead. I also use reduced fat soup and sour cream. With the cheese in the recipe, I use half low fat and half regular. Reduced fat cheese is one thing that isn't always as good as regular; it doesn't melt nearly as nice and can do funny things if you use it when cooking. I also don't brown the meat ahead of time; this saves both time and fat calories since you are asked to brown it in oil.

Savory Skillet Noodles, California blend, fresh fruit

Thanksgiving Meal (at my house, I think...my grandma is in the hospital so the plans are a bit up in the air)

Turkey
Mashed potatoes
Dacia's Scallopped Corn Casserole
Green Beans
Three Fruit Relish (Really yummy, crisp and tart, cold cranberry salad)
Pumpkin Dump Cake (kind of like an upside down pumpkin pie)


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