• 18Nov

    Belated Menu Plan Monday: November 14 to November 20, 2009

    Things are running kind of late this week. My apologies.

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    Saturday Breakfast: self-serve
    Saturday Lunch: self-serve
    Saturday Supper: left-over Spicy Chicken Chowder

    Sunday Breakfast: Eggs Benedict
    Sunday Lunch: self-serve
    Sunday Supper: Beef Stew – this was an Epic Fail, so I threw it out and we ordered pizza :(

    Monday Breakfast: Ari & Don – left-over pizza; Lisa – (I don’t remember, how pathetic)
    Monday Lunch: Lisa – Mac Wrap & side salad; Ari – hot lunch; Don – hot lunch
    Monday Supper: spaghetti (with ground turkey)

    Tuesday Breakfast: Ari & Don – scrambled eggs, toast; Lisa – left-over spaghetti
    Tuesday Lunch: Lisa – left-over spaghetti; Ari – hot lunch; Don – hot lunch
    Tuesday Supper: Lemon Chicken, Spanish rice

    Wednesday Breakfast: homemade sausage mcmuffins
    Wednesday Lunch: Lisa – pasta, stir fried veggies; Ari – sandwich; Don – sandwich
    Wednesday Supper: Ginger Pork Stir Fry

    Thursday Breakfast: pancakes, sausage patty
    Thursday Lunch: Lisa – ham & cheese melt; Ari – hot lunch; Don – sandwich
    Thursday Supper: Pizza (last of the pizzas in the freezer)

    Friday Breakfast: scrambled eggs & toast
    Friday Lunch: Lisa – pasta, stir fried veggies; Ari – sandwich; Don – sandwich
    Friday Supper: pasta bake

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  • 09Nov

    Menu Plan Monday: November 7 to November 13, 2009

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    Nothing special planned this week. As I do the recipes, I’ll update this blog entry to put in the links, so if there’s something that interests you, be sure to come back!

    Saturday Breakfast: self-serve
    Saturday Lunch: self-serve
    Saturday Supper: Chicken Marsala Casserole

    Sunday Breakfast: Cheesy Sausage Hashbrowns
    Sunday Lunch: chicken quesedillas
    Sunday Supper: Spicy Pork Stir Fry

    Monday Breakfast: Pancakes
    Monday Lunch: Lisa – sandwich; Ari – hot lunch; Don – hot lunch
    Monday Supper: spaghetti

    Tuesday Breakfast: scrambled eggs. toast
    Tuesday Lunch: Lisa – roasted veggie lasagna; Ari – hot lunch; Don – hot lunch
    Tuesday Supper: Meatloaf Muffins, salad, potatoes

    Wednesday Breakfast: french toast and sausage
    Wednesday Lunch: Lisa – sandwich & veggies; Ari – sandwich; Don – sandwich
    Wednesday Supper: Spicy Chicken Chowder

    Thursday Breakfast: scrambled eggs, toast
    Thursday Lunch: Lisa – ham & cheese melt; Ari – sandwich; Don – sandwich
    Thursday Supper: Pizza

    Friday Breakfast: scrambled eggs & toast, fruit
    Friday Lunch: Lisa – ham & cheese melt; Ari – sandwich; Don – sandwich
    Friday Supper: Sloppy Joe pasta bake

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  • 07Nov

    Roasted Chicken Broth

    My post yesterday about doing some food prep in advance got me thinking about what I do to save money and, in genera, try to provide healthier meals for my family. One of the things I do is make chicken broth from scratch, then divide it up into 2 cup servings and put it in the freezer. That amount works well for us, as most of the recipes I make call for chicken broth in multiples of 2 cups.

    I decided I’d share with you my favorite way of making chicken broth – and in doing so, my favorite no fail way to roast a chicken. :)

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  • 06Nov

    Prepping for the Month Ahead

    Now, I won’t pretend to say I’m doing the once a month cooking thing. Not ready to do that yet. Still, that doesn’t mean I didn’t think to take advantage of the great meat deals I got this week. I was able to get 3.5 pounds of Certified Angus ground round, 1.5 lbs of Certified Angus ground chuck, and a center cut whole half loin today. We’ll be getting 8 meals out of that, making an average cost of $1.87 per meal.

    It’s all been prepped. The ground beef separated into 1 lb packages and put into the freezer (one’s in the fridge to make beef “sausage” tonight for supper). The pork loin was divided into 3 (each section about 2 lbs); two were sliced up into strips for use with Spicy Pork Stir Fry, and one was cubed up for use in Onion-Apple Pork Stew (or something similar).

    Tomorrow I’m going to be baking and getting the veggies all prepared. The Spicy Pork Stir Fry takes a lot of peppers and onions, mainly because I love it with lots of peppers and onions. :)

    I also packed of 12 cups of home made chicken broth into 2 cup portions. Tonight I’m going to be roasting two chickens (got them for $0.87/lb), then shredding the meat and setting the carcasses aside to make soup – which I’m going to freeze. We use a lot of chicken broth over the winter, in chowders, to cook rice in, and other yummy stuff. Those two carcasses should get me about 16 to 20 cups of broth. That should last me until whole chickens are on sale again.

    What do you do to help save money and make meal prep easier for you and your family?

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  • 02Nov

    Menu Plan Monday: October 31 to November 6, 2009

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    Time for another Menu Plan Monday. This week, I’m pulling some stuff out of the freezer (the red cabbage and jerked chicken) and trying several new dishes. Everything is (except for the waffles) diabetes friendly. The roasted vegetable lasagna, for example, has 45 grams of carbs – the exact amount I’m supposed to be eating at a meal, plus it already includes the volume of veggies and the protein I need.

    Saturday Breakfast: self-serve
    Saturday Lunch: self-serve
    Saturday Supper: http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes/spaghetti-oozing-eyeballs-114097.aspx

    Sunday Breakfast: Gingerbread Sourdough Waffles
    Sunday Lunch: self-serve
    Sunday Supper: Spicy Slow Cooker Roast, Opa’s Red Cabbage, mashed potatoes

    Monday Breakfast: Waffles
    Monday Lunch: Lisa – sandwich
    Monday Supper: Roasted Vegetable Lasagna

    Tuesday Breakfast: scrambled eggs
    Tuesday Lunch: Lisa – sandwich & salad
    Tuesday Supper: Turkish Beef Stew

    Wednesday Breakfast: hash browns and sausage
    Wednesday Lunch: Lisa – sandwich & veggies
    Wednesday Supper: Roasted Chicken & veggies

    Thursday Breakfast: Waffles
    Thursday Lunch: Lisa – sandwich & veggies
    Thursday Supper: Pizza

    Friday Breakfast: scrambled eggs & toast, fruit
    Friday Lunch: Lisa – sandwich & salad
    Friday Supper: Leftover Jerked Chicken with Ginger Noodles (I’m going to be making the pasta from scratch)

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