Monday, April 27, 2009

Menu Planning Monday: 2-week, stockpile edition

MON: frozen stuff for lunch; don't remember dinner.
TUES: salad for lunch. smoked sausages, pineapple rings.
WEDS: spaghetti pie for lunch. slow-cooked tamale pie with homemade taco seasoning.
THURS: (will need portable lunch & dinner) we did it! salads & corn on the cob for lunch; took calzones, pringles stix, canned fruit, and bananas. pot roast w/ giant potatoes for dinner.
FRI: veg soup for lunch? take snacks; dinner at nikki's!
SAT: shrimp before IBC; dinner w/the monks
SUN: cereal? made veg soup!
MON: cereal. soup. frz pizza. smoothies with the new smoothie maker!
TUES: salads.

OK i think the rest of this menu is more about what we have and need to use up! veggie soup. 10# of chicken leg qtrs to bake, pick, and make more broth: the meat is for taquitos etc. Another roast for when bo's home. Giant baking potatoes. Lots of lettuce for salads. Ground meat for tacos/burritos/manwich. Tamale pie leftovers will be an easy re-heat. Bananas for freezer = smoothies.

IDEAS:

Ravioli Lasagna

Homemade Pizza

Layered Taco dip

Orange-Apricot Pork Chops

Maple Honey Mustard Pork Chops

Hammy Cheese

Mandarin Orange Chicken Roll-Ups

Broccoli Ham & Cheese pockets

Chicken (or turkey) Enchiladas (freezer instructions here)

Empanadas with pie crust

Taco Ring with crescent rolls

Calzones

Taquitos (notes compiled from comments: I brushed the tortillas with a Habenero Pepper oil that I had made in the summer and it gave it such a nice heat and crisp when I pulled it out of the oven/ I freeze them and then I just bake at 400 right out of the freezer.)

Cheeseburger Rolls w/ pizza dough?

Reuben Loaf Mini Pot Pies only i wouldn't use that filling/ yuck!

Jambalaya

Sausage Beans & Rice



IN THE PANTRY:

hot sauce, mustard, miracle whip
chicken broth
blue cheese
chicken breast
boneless thick pork chops
diced ham
a whole turkey
shrimp, tail-on cocktail & breaded
smoked grillers
cheese
rices
spaghetti
jarred pasta sauces
chili, canned & frozen
stuff for hummus
canned oranges & pineapple
pie crusts, crescent rolls, pizza dough

GROCERY LIST:

onions
carrots
plain yogurt
red pepper (just need 1 cup)
black beans
tortillas (corn & flour)
black olives
low-salt taco seasoning (there's a recipe i can modify here)
have a kroger raincheck for a turkey

Sunday, April 12, 2009

2-Week Stockpile Meal Plan -- so far

I started by copying the unused ideas, pantry situation, and unshopped items from last time. Looked around for recipes using what we've got in the house. Lots of ideas, just need to finish plugging them in. As usual, I'll update as I go. If my kids would eat spinach, mushrooms, and quiche, they'd be dang near perfect!

No-Work Meals; One-Hour Cook Time:

Spaghetti Pie
Bourbon-Glazed Pork w/ sweet potatoes

IDEAS:

Ravioli Lasagna
Homemade Pizza
Layered Taco dip (we had this last week but sour cream is cheap again)
Orange-Apricot Pork Chops
Maple Honey Mustard Pork Chops
Hammy Cheese
Mandarin Orange Chicken Roll-Ups
Broccoli Ham & Cheese pockets
Chicken (or turkey) Enchiladas (freezer instructions here)
Barbecued Meatballs
Pepperoni Pizza Twist with french bread
Empanadas with pie crust
Taco Ring with crescent rolls
Calzones
Taquitos
(notes compiled from comments: I brushed the tortillas with a Habenero Pepper oil that I had made in the summer and it gave it such a nice heat and crisp when I pulled it out of the oven/ I freeze them and then I just bake at 400 right out of the freezer.)
Cheeseburger Rolls w/ pizza dough?
Reuben Loaf
Mini Pot Pies only i wouldn't use that filling/ yuck!
Jambalaya
Sausage Beans & Rice

IN THE PANTRY:

hot sauce, mustard, miracle whip
blue cheese
chicken breast
boneless thick pork chops
diced ham
a whole turkey
shrimp, tail-on cocktail & breaded
pepperoni
cheese
rices
spaghetti
jarred pasta sauces
chili, canned & frozen
stuff for hummus
canned oranges & pineapple
pie crusts
crescent rolls
smoked grillers
LOTS OF pizza dough: 5 thin crust & 6 classic

GROCERY LIST:

red pepper (just need 1 cup)
cashews? could use almonds or walnuts
ground turkey
(have a plan before buying it because i let 2.5# spoil last time!! grr!!)
corn tortillas
black olives
salt-free taco seasoning (there's a recipe i can modify here)
have a raincheck for a turkey
charcoal
lighter fluid

SUN: Broccoli Mac & Cheese w/ smoked sausages; breaded shrimp w/ crashed potatoes.

MON (co-op, choir, brownies, chanting): home sick, salad for lunch. Crockpot Chicken & Black Bean Soup, lite on the broth.
(note: Hi, it's Natalie, the originator of this concoction... I used onion, carrot, celery, pepper, mushroom, and a little fresh cilantro. Also some dry herbs and two slices of uncured bacon (trimmed of some fat, diced, and added raw.) I think the sour cream's perfect, but you could also use cream cheese or plain yogurt. Oh, and very important- squeeze on some lime at the end!)

TUES (gymnastics): calzones for lunch; accidentally tammy's for dinner.

WEDS (play practice, choir): cheese & triscuits in the car; cereal, leftovers, or tomato soup for late lite supper, depending on who you were.

THURS (piano): bkfst pizza for lunch, fruit salad for snack, cheese & triscuits in the car, general tso's beef & broccoli for dinner.

FRI (play practice):Pasta Meatball Soup

SAT: pancakes & leftovers for brunch; he wants to grill. so, steak, pork loin, and ummm something.

SUN: Italian Stuffed Pork Loin using the pesto from the freezer!!

MON:

TUES: Buffalo Shrimp w/ blue cheese over.. spaghetti?


WEDS:

THURS

FRI

SAT

SUN



TO DO:

marinate shrimp; take tails off?
make hummus

Friday, April 10, 2009

Northwoods Cheddar Bread

we have a new favorite recipe, and we'll probably all blow up like the pillsbury doughboy!!!

it's kinda homemade foccacia?

classic pillsbury pizza crust,
smeared generously w/ olive oil
topped with Northwoods Fire and 2 cups of cheddar cheese
baked on greased cookie sheet, according to crust directions.
snip apart w/ scissors... yum!!

we tried it with a garlicky italian seasoning blend and parmesan cheese, too.
smelled way better while baking,
but the northwoods/cheddar was the hands-down winner for taste.
my son wants to eat it every day!

travels pretty well too, cut into sticks.

healthified choc chip cookies

for those who are from-scratchers...
i'm not, but wanted to be sure & save this,
mostly because of the egg substitution in one of the comments:

"I have a little one with milk and egg allergies and ground flax seed is a near perfect substitute for eggs. I use a recipe almost exactly like this except I susbstitute soy margarine for the butter and 1Tb ground flax seed mixed with 3Tb warm watter for each egg. I actually think they’re a bit chewier with the flax seed which is just the way I like ‘em."

http://www.5dollardinners.com/2009/04/chocolate-chip-cookies-healthified.html