Recipes for Week 2 and 3 Dinners

Succulent Roast Chicken ( I do this in the crockpot and double it.)

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/succulent-roast-chicken/detail.aspx

Make broth with bones overnight!

Chicken pot pie

Add some leftover chicken to a 9x13 pan. Make gravy with broth, flour and margarine roux, salt and pepper. Add to pan with frozen peas and carrots and whatever veggies are in season. Top with a pie crust or and bisquick crust. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes until crust is golden brown.

Pasta Carbonara (I 3x this recipe)

From Better Homes New CookBook

1 egg
1 tbsp milk (I use rice milk)
1 tbsp margarine
4 slices bacon chopped up
4 oz spaghetti
1/4 cup parm cheese (I omit)

Cook bacon until crisp. Combine egg, milk, butter. Cook noodles until al dente. Drain pasta and add sauce. Stir until creamy. Add bacon, salt and pepper to taste, and cheese if desired.

Chicken Soup

Add homemade broth, leftover chicken, whatever veggies you have and cook until veggies are soft. Add noodles. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with bread.

Chicken Spaghetti

Add leftover chicken to some spaghetti sauce. Add a green pepper, 1/2 an onion, 2 cloves garlic minced. Serve over pasta.

Overnight Brisket

Place one large brisket into a crockpot, fat side up. Coat meat with onion powder and one palmful of dried onion flakes. Coat with salt and cook overnight, about 12 hours. In the morning shred meat and remove fat. Serve with mashed potatoes and set aside extra for later dinners.

Shepard's pie

Add brisket to 9x13 pan with broth from brisket. Add veggies, we use frozen peas and carrots, sometimes cabbage and onion. Cover with leftover mashed potatoes. Bake at 350 until heated through. Add cheese on top if desired.

Oven Baked Chicken

Coat Leg and thigh pieces with:
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp mustard powder
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper

Bake at 400* for 1.5 hours or until cooked through.

Fried Rice

add chicken, cabbage, peas and carrrots, onion to pan. Add leftover rice and cook over high heat until hot and browning. Add 1 egg and then add this sauce...1/2 cup soy sauce, 2 cloves garlic, 2 tsp honey, 1 tbsp spicy brown mustard, 2 tbsp oil, 1/2 tsp ginger. Cook until hot.

Split pea soup

1 bag split peas
1 onion
2 cloves garlic
2 large carrots
1/2 lb ham or bacon-browned

Add to soup pot and cover with water. Cook until thick. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve with bread.

Recipes for Week 1 Meal Plan Dinners

Slow Cooker Carnitas
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/slow-cooker-carnitas/detail.aspx

Moosewood Refried Beans (from my friend De'Etta)

"Moosewood" Refried beans - Crock pot version


2 C raw pinto beans
6 C water
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 C chopped onion
3 cloves crushed garlic
1/2 C minced green pepper (I didn't have any so left this out)
2 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/2 C rice


Mix all in your crock pot. Cook on high. At 5 hours it was "beans and rice",
by 8 hours I only had to stir and it was mashed...with a few chunks...we
like chunks. I could have put it in the blender or mixer and made it really
smooth. Again - add oil if you like the taste. You could fry it if you'd
like.

Nacho Layer Dip

Mix leftover meat with beans, rice, and salsa. Spread on bottom of 9x13 pan. Mix sour cream and homemade taco seasoning and spread on meat mix. Cover with cheese. Bake until hot. Serve over chips with extra sour cream, cheese, lettuce, salsa, and guacamole.

Enjedra

http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=21477.0

Pork LoMein

Boil 1/2 package of egg noodles.

Make sauce: 1/2 cup soy sauce, 2 cloves of garlic-minced, 1/4 tsp ginger, 2 tsp honey and a squirt of spicy brown mustard, 2 tbsp oil

Chop up leftover pork. Add whatever veggies you like. We use chopped cabbage, onion, frozen peas and carrots, and broccoli. Saute over high heat. Add one egg and scramble. Add sauce and noodles. Enjoy. :)

Cuban Black Beans and Rice

4 ounces bacon or 5 tbsps spanish olive oil

1 med onion, finely chopped
1 med green bell pepper, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 cup dried black beans, rinsed and soaked or 2 16oz cans black beans
2 cups raw white rice
4 1/2 cups water
2 tsps salt
1 bay leaf
2 tbsps Spanish olive oil
1/4 tsp cumin
Freshly ground black pepper to taste


1. In a large saucepan, cook the bacon 6-8 minutes over low heat, or
heat the oil until fragrant. Add the onion, bell pepper, and garlic
and cook, stirring, until tender, 6-8 minutes. Add the remaining
ingredients and cook over med-high heat until all the water has been
absorbed and small craters form over the surface of the rice, 10-15
min.

2. Stir with a fork, cover, and cook over low heat until the rice is
tender, 10-15 min. Discard bay leaf and serve.


Makes 8 large servings.
From the cookbook: Memories of a Cuban Kitchen by Mary Urrutia
Randelman

Fall-Winter Meal Plan 2011

Here's a three week meal plan with grocery list.

Fall-Winter Meal Plan 2011




Breakfast:

Pancakes
Smoothies
Yogurt
Muffins
Cereal
Oatmeal


Lunch:

Homemade Pizza
Homemade Pretzels
Homemade Bread
Chili
Soup
Spaghetti

With: Fruit


Dinner:

Week 1:

Pork Carnitas w/Pintos and Rice
Nacho Layer Dip
Enjedra
Oven Baked Chicken w/mac and cheese
Pork LoMein
Breakfast
Black beans and rice


Week 2:

2 Whole Chickens (crockpot), mashed tators
Chicken Pot Pie
Pasta Carb
Soup w/bread
Chicken spaghetti w/g-b biscuits
Breakfast
Brisket , mac and cheese

Week 3:

Brisket, potatoes
Shepherd’s Pie
Enjedra
Oven Baked Chicken or Fried, rice
Fried Rice
Breakfast
Soup




Grocery List:



Frozen strawberries and blueberries
Frozen Peas and carrots x2
Frozen Spinach x2
Eggos
Cheddar Cheese
Mozzarella Cheese
Sour cream
Rice milk x2
Milk
Soy milk x2
Eggs 5dz
Soy yogurt
Orange juice
Yogurt
Margarine
Veggie Oil
Lentils
Brown rice
Paprika
Mustard powder
Thyme
Egg noodles
Ginger
Shortening
Soy Sauce
Lemon Juice
Pepper
Spicy Brown Mustard
Tortilla chips
Pintos
Black refried beans
Salsa
Mac and cheese x4
Black beans x4
Rice
Spaghetti sauce x2
Spaghetti noodles x2
Bisquick
Flour x2
Baking Soda
Oats
Oatmeal
Baking powder
Salt
Chocolate chips
Cereal (shredded wheat)
Raisins
Cinnamon
Honey
Applesauce
Onion powder
Onion flakes
Yeast
Sugar
Baby food
Juice boxes
Cumin
Diced tomatoes
Tomato sauce
Garlic powder
Oregano
Bay leaf
Split peas
Chili powder
Buns
Bread
Tortillas
Bagels
Sausage
Bacon x2
Brisket
Chicken legs and thighs x2
2 whole chickens
Pepperoni
Pork roast
Bananas
Celery
Cabbage
Lemons
Fruit
Potatoes x2
Salad
Broccoli x 3
Carrots
Green peppers
Green beans
Onion (bag)
Garlic
Avocados
Lettuce

Just print them out and cross off what you already have in your pantry/fridge. I'll upload recipes or links in another post. :)