menu 7/22

Thursday
B- oatmeal with peaches
L-
D- mini meat loaf, slow cooked mac 'n cheese, salad  (for meat loaf, combine this with this.)
Make pizza dough

Friday
B- chocolate banana muffins
L- cashew butter 1/2 sandwich, celery with cream cheese, grapes
D- New York Style sauce and cheese pizza (p. 194-5), New York Style white pizza (p. 196)

Sat
B-pancake, yogurt, fruit
L- baked potato with broccoli and cheese, pears
D-Beef Braciole (p. 183 prosciutto, spinach, romano, sweet onion, crushed tomato, raisins)

Sun
B-cereal
L-Nachos
D-Just peachy pork chops (p. 250 peach preserves, balsamic vinegar, onions)

Mon
B-eggs
L-cottage cheese and pineapple, peanut butter and crackers, pudding
D-Enchiladas Verdes (anaheim chili and tomatillo salsa w/queso fresco &Monterey Jack p. 99)

Tues
B-bagel, milk, fruit
L-egg salad or tuna salad, yogurt
D-stuffed chicken parmigiana (p. 485)

Wed
B-toast with almond butter
L-left over, or something in freezer
D-Oven fried fish (SD p. 35)

Thur
B-oatmeal
L- sandwich
D- baked potato and cream corn casserole (mom's book)

Fri
B-cereal


I checked out a new book from the library this week that was slow cooking.  I'm going on vacation next week, so I will plan some recipes from it this week, but I'm going to list some other recipes I'd like to try from  that book so menu planning will be easier next week.  I'm also writing myself a brief idea of what they were again to make planning easier.  I'll just pull a few and add them to this week when I'm done.

So here is my list.

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• Chicken Balsamico with Yukon Gold Potatoes (thighs, rosemary, bacon, balsamic vinegar p. 106)
• Bistro Chicken Thighs (thighs, onion, garlic, thyme, crushed tomato p. 107)
• Boursin and Spinach stuffed chicken breast (Boursin - cheese, chives, cream p. 121)
• Old Fashined chicken pot pie (no crust, jut the middle p. 127)
• Chicken meatballs in chunky tomato sauce (like spaghetti but with chicken meatballs p. 128)
• Garlicky Lemon and Thyme Turkey (p. 132)
• Mediterranean beef rolls (p. 171 - feta, dill, spinach)
• North African Beef Stew (p. 173 - garbanzo beans, apricots, cumin, cinnamon, carrots, onion)
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• Chicago-Style Italian Beef (p. 220 onion, bell pepper, italian seasoning, soy sauce)
• Pulled pork (p. 240, soy, ketchup, worceterchire sauce)
• Pork Chops with sage and balsamic vinegar (p. 247 figs)
• 5 de mayo pork (p. 241 cumin, salsa, corn)
• Sweet Potato pork chop supper (p. 249 onion, sweet potato, oj)
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• Cranberry orange pork loin (p. 254)
• Pork loin braised in cider with apples and cream (p. 255)
• Sugar and Spice pork loin (p. 258 fennel, cinnamon, ginger, potato, onion, sweet potato)
• Pork Tenderloin Osso Bucco-style (p. 262 onion, carrots, celery, tomato, lemon and orange zest, sage)
• Pork Tenderloin stuffed with cranberry wild rice with cranberry sauce (p. 263)
• Jamaican jerk pork tenderloin in mango sauce (p. 265)
• Chile Relleno pork tenderloin with ranchero sauce (p. 266-267)
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Sides

• Apple Praline sweet potato gratin (p. 358)
• Orange-Thyme glazed carrots (p. 359)
• Ultimate creamed corn (p. 388)
• Southwestern chili con queso (p. 469)
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Dessert

• Hot Lemon Blueberry pudding cake (p. 433)
• Hot Fudge Upside down cake (p. 434)
• Mom's old fashioned rice pudding (p. 439)
• Double chocolate croissant bread pudding (p. 445)
• Cherries Jubilee lava cake (p. 523)
• Coconutty bread pudding (p. 447)
• Grape-nuts custard pudding (p. 449)

I also checked out cooksmart and would like to try at least the following recipes:  

• oven fried chicken that's as good as fried (p. 33)
• Some rib recipe but I'd have to read more first (p. 149-)
• Waffles crisp to the last bite (p. 258 -assuming I ever get my waffle iron back from Calphalon)
• Not your average peanut butter cookies (p. 279)

This book had lots of explaining that I'd love to read - lots about how and why she uses what she does and the experimenting of the cooking.  I'd love to read that, but don't have time right now.  Maybe I can take it with me on vacation.