Back to Menu Planning

Here's what we're planning on eating the next two weeks. I've had to plan more meals lately since Angel Food has shut down. What meals are you looking forward to?

Last night- Fish N Chips
Tonight- Pumpkin Alfredo (sauce from Giant Eagle)
Wednesday- Blackened Steak with Sage Mashed Potatoes *new recipe!
Thurs-leftovers
Friday-Pork and Roasted Fall Veggies *new recipe

We'll be gone SAT/SUN so no meals then!

Monday- Peirogi Casserole *new recipe
Tuesday-clam chowder with loaded baked potatoes
Wed- leftovers/bookclub
Thur- Steak and greenbean salad
Friday-Potroast and Potatoes

Looks like a yummy week for us. I'm excited about getting to use my crockpot again this season. What fall favorites are you looking forward to?

Stash Busting Monday #3: Mustard Glazed Pork Chops

This recipe from BHG has been hanging out in my "Try Me" notebook since April so I thought I'd give it a whirl!

I'll post the recipe with my modifications and note where it differs from the original

Ingredients:

• 4 bone-in pork chops
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1 onion chopped into wedges
• 1/2 cinnamon applesauce (o called for 1/2 cup apricot perserves and 1/2 tsp nutmeg)
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1/4 cup water
• 1TBSP. spicy mustard

1. Season pork chops with salt and pepper. In a skillet heat olive oil, add pork and onions. Cook 3 minutes, flip, cook 3 more minutes
2. Combine applesauce, water, paprkia and mustard. Pour over pork. Reduce hear and cook covered ten minutes.

3. Serve and enjoy!

The recipe suggests serving with roasted sweet potatoes or mashed potatoes. I served it with leftover macaroni salad.

I thought the porkchops were fabulous, but Mike didn't care for them.

Monthly Menu Plans

Next Saturday I'm picking up our Angel Food delivery (and then we're going camping in my mother in law's trailer park- but more on that later)

Using the food we're getting I've developed a lsit of 23 meals using mostly the food we'll be getting, which brings the cost per meal (for both of us) to about $4.39, but with a few random things leftover to create other, more creative meals, the cost will decrease once I account for all of the food.

In no particular order:

1. Chorizo
2. Burgers
3. Burgers
4. Fettuccini Alfredo
5. Vegetable Soup/Mashed Potatoe casserole
6. Chicken and Vegetable Spaghetti
7. Turkey Spinach Wraps with carrot fries
8. Garden Spaghetti
9. Green Onion Grilled Chicken and Homemade Fries
10. Wings, grilled potatoesand green bean salad
11. Crabcakes with veggies
12. Shrimp and Sugar Snap Peas
13. Mustard Glazed Pork Chops with Mac N Cheese
14. Steaks, potatoes and corn on the cub
15. Pancakes with homemade blueberry syrup, hashbrowns, eggs and sausage
16. Lean Cuisine Meal dinner
17. Stouffers  Meal dinner
18. Chicken Jambalya
19. Hamburger Helper
20. Clam Chowder with Baked Potatoes
21. Pork Chops Primavera
22. Steaks with Sweet Potatoe fries
23. Mediterranean Style Tuna Casserole

If I buy extra chicken meal 24 will be Chicken and Dumplings, using the triple veggie blend included in our package . What yumminess (sp?) are you cooking up this month/week?