"The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe."
Proverbs 18:10
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Weekly Meal Plans
I have a core list of favorite family meals that I use as the basis of my own weekly meus. I keep the list as a Word document on my computer and a separate Excel file for my shopping list. When I make my weekly menu/shopping list, I choose some meals from my menu list and also throw in some other meals if I find a good recipe I want to try out.
I like to go through cookbooks and recipe magazines while I watch tv and keep the ones I like written down in my own recipe notebook and I use this to plan my meals along with my master menu list.
You can download the menu list and
shopping list that I use -(right-click, select "Save as.." ) Or just view the html Master Menu List here. You can use these or you can make up your own list of family favorite meals to use as your master meal planning list.
Then I look at the weekly grocery ads to find what is on sale and I also "shop" from my pantry and freezer to make up my menu each week. Sometimes I get ambitious and make a menu for 2 weeks at a time too. I try to keep my pantry well stocked with staple items so I can just shop for fresh items like meats, produce and dairy to complete my meals. Here is a pantry list you can use.
I also like to allow for a couple of days a month for takeout for when I'm way too tired to cook anything or if my son has his friend over and they only want pizza.
Tips and tricks
- I like to boil up about 3-5 pounds of hamburger meat all at once with some salt added to the water. Drain well, then crumble it up evenly and freeze in 1 pound packets to pull out and use when I make a meal that requires ground meat.
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If I am planning on cooking a large piece of meat such as a ham or roast, I plan several meals around it to get a variety of uses during the week. Same with chicken, when I make grilled or broiled chicken breasts, I make extra to use in future meals.
- Use shortcuts if you are pressed for time. Bagged salad greens, canned vegetables, jarred or canned pasta sauces and gravies, pre-grated cheeses, refrigerated or frozen pasta, refrigerator doughs, prepared bread crumbs, and cut up veggies from a salad bar are all great shortcuts.
- Here's a great site with lots of useful cooking tips--Cooking Tips
January 2012 
Sunday
1/22/2012
Pork Roast with Apricot Glaze
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Monday
1/23/2012
Potato Soup
I make this in the crockpot--5 cups water, 5 to 6 medium potatoes cubed, a chicken bouillon cube, salt and pepper to taste. I usually add cubed ham and a can of mushrooms to this also. Cook on low for 6-8 hours, add a can of evaporated milk during the last 30 minutes and 2 T of butter or margarine.
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Tuesday
1/24/2012
Crab Rolls
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Wednesday
1/25/2012
Crunchy Chicken Casserole
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Thursday
1/26/2012
Beans & Wieners
Use any kind of canned beans like Bush's baked beans or Van DeCamps etc and add cut-up hotdogs, warm in the microwave. You can add a can of drained corn to the mixture and get your veggies in there too. Serve with cornbread made from a mix if desired.
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Friday
1/27/2012
Pork Noodle Skillet
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Saturday
1/28/2012
Tamale Pie
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Sunday
1/29/2012
Slow Cooker Beef & Gravy
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Monday
1/30/2012
Colorful Chicken Casserole
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Tuesday
1/31/2012
Chimichangas
Prepare burritos (roll up canned refried beans into flour tortillas). Fry on medium-low heat in a small amount of oil in a large skillet until browned on both sides and insides are heated up. Top with shredded cheese, shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes, chopped black olives, chopped jalapenos and chopped avacado and sour cream.
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December 2011
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Thursday
12/1/11
Ham & Egg "Thingies"
Spray a 12-hole muffin tin with cooking spray, place a thin round of sliced deli ham (or 2 pieces if it is thinner) in each tin to form a little cup. Beat 7-8 eggs with a little milk, salt and pepper. Pour the beaten eggs into the ham cups. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Serve with a side salad and dinner rolls.
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Friday
12/2/11
Beans & Wieners
Use any kind of canned beans like Bush's baked beans or Van DeCamps etc and add cut-up hotdogs, warm in the microwave. You can add a can of drained corn to the mixture and get your veggies in there too.
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Saturday
12/3/11
Potato Soup
-I make this in the crockpot--5 cups water, 5 to 6 medium potatoes cubed, a chicken bouillon cube, salt and pepper to taste. I usually add cubed ham and a can of mushrooms to this also. Cook on low for 6-8 hours, add a can of evaporated milk during the last 30 minutes and
2 T of butter or margarine.
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Sunday
12/4/11
Tangy Pork Roast
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Monday
12/5/11
Cheeseburger Pie
Use the Bisquick recipe for Impossible Cheeseburger pie and use your precooked hamburger meat from the freezer.
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Tuesday
12/6/11
Chicken Fried Rice
In a large skillet saute sliced carots in oil. Add shredded chicken, cooked rice and a little soy sauce and frozen green peas; heat. Add scrambled eggs and chopped scallions.
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Wednesday
12/7/11
Salmon Burgers with Lime Mayonnaise
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Thursday
12/8/11
Easy Crockpot Beef Stew
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Friday
12/9/11
Pork Noodle Skillet
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Saturday
12/10/11
Chicken Pot Pie
Mix a can of mixed vegetables (the kind with cubed potatoes in it) a can of cream of mushroom or cream of chicken soup mixed with 3/4 can of milk, a small can of chicken, a can of mushrooms, salt and pepper to taste, warm this up in a bowl. Meanwhile, take a refrigerated ready made pie crust, lay out flat on a cookie sheet and cut into 4 wedges. Bake as directed. Spoon the warmed up vegetable/chicken mixture onto a plate, top with a wedge of crust. You have a chicken pot pie with a guaranteed crispy top crust. This is super easy to fix and I love the crust this way.
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Sunday
12/11/11
Barbeque Cola Chuck Roast on Buns
Reserve some of the beef without the sauce for later in the week.
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Monday
12/12/11
Red Beans and & Rice
Make a batch of instant white or brown rice and mix in some butter or margarine. (I like the nuttiness of brown and the extra fiber benefit). Warm up 1-2 cans of red kidney beans and drain most of the liquid off, pour the beans and some of the liquid over the rice and enjoy! Lots of fiber in this meal. Serve with side salad or vegetable.
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Tuesday
12/13/11
Apple Pork Chops
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Wednesday
12/14/11
Asparagus Tomato Quiche
Serve with tossed salad.
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Thursday
12/15/11
Simply Easy Orange Chicken
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Friday
12/16/11
Leftover Roast Beef Casserole #2
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Saturday
12/17/11
Hawaiian Pork & Beans
Pour 2-3 cans of pork and beans in a 9 x 13 " pan. Stir in 1/4 cup brown sugar and spread out evenly. Slice longways 2 cans of spam about 3/8" thick. Layer the spam slices with sliced pineapple so that they are standing up, at an angle on top of the beans. Push down into the beans so the slices are about half covered with beans. Bake at 350 for about 20-30 minutes until everything is heated through and bubbly.
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Sunday
12/18/11
Pineapple Cranberry Ham
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Monday
12/19/11
Slow Cooker Chicken & Dumplings
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Tuesday
12/20/11
Tacos
Use a pound of precooked hamburger meat (you can use directly from the freezer or thaw ahead of time). Heat up the meat in a large skillet with a little bit of vegetable oil. Add taco seasoning mix and water according to directions. Serve with crunchy taco shells or soft tortillas along with grated cheese, chopped tomatoes, lettuce, onions, black olives, jalapeno peppers and sour cream.
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Wednesday
12/21/11
Beef Brisket with Mushrooms and Pearl Onions
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Thursday
12/22/11
Boiled Irish Dinner
Sauté 1/2 head of coarsely shredded cabbage and 2-3 medium cubed potatoes in 2-3 T olive oil till tender, add 2 cups cubed ham. Pour in a can of chicken stock, 2 T Dijon mustard, 1/2 cup heavy cream, cook until warmed; take out a little of the liquid, add T cornstarch, stir to dissolve, add back to pot and cook until thickened.
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Friday
12/23/11
Chili Mac
Make boxed macaroni and cheese and add a can of warmed up chili to it and some cut up jalepenos if you like it hot.
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Saturday
12/24/11
Potato Chip Crusted Fish
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Sunday
12/25/11
Christmas!
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Monday
12/26/11
Sweet and Tangy Kielbasa
Serve with hot rice.
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Tuesday
12/27/11
Honey Dijon Pork Chops
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Wednesday
12/28/11
Christmas Leftovers
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Thursday
12/29/11
Beef Burrito Casserole
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Friday
12/30/11
Pineapple Chicken
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Saturday
12/31/11
Taco Dip
Heat up canned refried beans and spread onto each plate, then each person can add toppings they desire from shredded cheese, black olives, jalapenos, tomato, lettuce, avocado, sour cream etc, then scoop the dip with tortilla chips.
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November 2011
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Tuesday
11/1/11
Broccoli Cheese Soup
Serve with hot biscuits
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Wednesday
11/2/11
Moo Shu Pork
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Thursday
11/3/11
BLTs
Cook a pound of bacon all at once on a broiler pan, then assemble the ingredients for each person to put together as they like.
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Friday
11/4/11
Apricot Chicken
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Saturday
11/5/11
Fish Tacos
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Sunday
11-13/11
Yummy Slow Cooker Chicken
Save some chicken for Thursday
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Monday
11/14/11
Leftover Roast Beef Casserole
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Tuesday
11/15/11
Spaghetti
Prepare spaghetti per package directions, pour on any inexpensive jarred sauce, add cut up black olives and canned mushrooms.
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Wednesday
11/16/11
Potato & Ham Fritatta
Brown frozen O'Brien potatoes in a nonstick skillet with a little oil. Stir in 2 cups diced ham and 6 beaten eggs. Cover and cook until set.
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Thursday
11/17/11
Chicken Vegetable Wraps
Shred chicken from Sunday. Mix with canned corn, black beans (drain both), chopped tomatoes and shredded romaine. Toss with ranch dressing. Roll up in warmed tortillas.
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Friday
11/18/11
Hamburger Casserole
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Saturday
11/19/11
Crockpot Brown Sugar Pork Loin Roast
(save some pork for Monday)
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Sunday
11/20/11
Corned Beef & Cabbage
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Monday
11/21/11
Asian Pork Wraps
Cut pork cutlets into strips; Panfry in a little oil. Add coleslaw mix and some hoisin sauce to coat; heat. Sprinkle with sliced scallions and chopped nuts. Rollin warmed flour tortillas.
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Tuesday
11/22/11
Beefy Casserole Pie
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Wednesday
11/23/11
Burritos
Make your own with canned refried beans, shredded cheese, jalepenos if desired, roll up and warm in microwave to melt cheese or fry in a small amount of oil if you like them crispy. Top with lettuce, tomato, avocado, sour cream, black olives etc.
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Thursday
11/24/11
Thanksgiving!
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Friday
11/25/11
Fish Fillets Italiano
Serve with fluffy rice and a side salad.
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Saturday
11/26/11
After Thanksgiving Casserole
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Sunday
11/27/11
Crockpot Pizza Casserole
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Monday
11/28/11
Potato & Ham Casserole
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Tuseday
11/29/11
Stir Fry
Boneless chicken breasts or thighs, cut in chunks or strips, stir fry in small amount of olive oil until no longer pink, then add a package of frozen stir fry vegetables of your choice and a can of water chestnuts, and some teriyaki sauce, continue cooking until vegetables are done, serve over rice and top with a little bit of crispy stir fry noodles.
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Wednesday
11/30/11
Crockpot Salsbury Steak
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October 2011
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Saturday
10/1/11
Mediterranean Chicken & Pasta
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Sunday
10/2/11
Italian Roast Pork & Vegetables
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Monday
10/3/11
Soup & Biscuits
I bake a tube of refrigerator biscuits, or make a homemade batch, split and butter them, put on a plate and top with a warmed up can of any type of thick chunky soup. Very hearty and warming.
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Tuesday
10/4/11
Cornbread Beef Casserole
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Wednesday
10/5/11
Apple Kielbasa Coins
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Thursday
10/6/11
Cabbage & Chedar Casserole
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Friday
10/7/11
Pork Fried Rice
In a large skillet saute sliced carots in oil, cooking on low heat until almost tender. Add leftover pork (from Sunday), cooked rice and a little soy sauce and frozen green peas; continue cooking to heat everything up. Add scrambled eggs and chopped scallions.
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Saturday
10/8/11
Turkey Roast
A quick turkey meal is the Jennie-o turkey loaf, just throw it in the oven, it makes its own gravy, serve with mashed potatoes (I use instant, very quick and easy) and a side vegetable or salad.
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Sunday
10/9/11
Meatloaf
Use your favorite meatloaf recipe--I like to mix ground beef with an egg, salt/pepper, crushed saltines and salsa. Serve with baked potatoes on the side, cook them at the same time in the oven with the meatloaf or microwave them.
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Monday
10/10/11
Alfredo Chicken & Biscuits
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Tuesday
10/11/11
Reuben Calzones
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Wednesday
10/12/11
Parmesan Sage Pork Chops
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Thursday
10/13/11
Beef & Potato Nacho Casserole
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Friday
10/14/11
Butter Beans & Bread
Place 2 slices of buttered bread on each plate, warm up canned butter beans and cubed ham together and serve on the bread. Serve with side vegetable or salad.
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Saturday
10/15/11
Tuna Casserole
Cook macaroni noodles per pkg directions, add frozen peas during last 3 minutes. Drain. In a large greased casserole dish, layer cooked macaroni, tuna (or canned chicken), cream of mushroom soup mixed with milk, crushed potato chips. Make another 2 layers of each item, topping with the potato chips. Bake 350 for about 1 hour.
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Sunday
10/30/11
Spicy Beef Roast
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Monday
10/31/11
Plantation Supper
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September 2011
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Thursday
9/1/11
Hamburger Noodle Casserole
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Friday
9/2/11
Red Beans & Rice
Make a batch of instant white or brown rice and mix in some butter or margarine. (I like the nuttiness of brown and the extra fiber benefit). Warm up 1-2 cans of red kidney beans and drain most of the liquid off, pour the beans and some of the liquid over the rice and enjoy! Lots of fiber in this meal. Serve with side salad or vegetable.
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Saturday
9/3/11
Roast Turkey Breast
Add chunks of carrots, potatoes and broccoli or cauiflower to the roasting pan and top with turkey breast and roast. Save some turkey for next week.
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Sunday
9/4/11
Cheesy Chicken Taco Casserole
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Monday
9/5/11
Pork Sausage Skillet
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Tuesday
9/6/11
Hamburger Tortillas
Fry up crumbled hamburger with salt and pepper, place cooked meat into a tortilla with shredded lettuce, tomato and shredded cheese and roll up. Its like a hamburger but in a tortilla instead of bun.
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Wednesday
9/7/11
Creamed Turkey
Dice leftover turkey from Saturday. Make alfredo sauce, add turkey and green peas, stir until heated through. You can also just use Alfredo sauce from a jar to speed this up. Serve over buttered rice or egg noodles.
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Thursday
9/8/11
Broiled Tilapia Fillets
Sprinkle fish with lemon pepper seasoning and salt before broiling. Serve with steamed baby yukon gold potatoes and steamed broccoli.
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Friday
9/9/11
Pantry Potato Soup
In a large pot, saute 1 to 1 1/2 cups of cubed ham (or Spam) in 2 T butter until lightly browned. If you like garlic, add a chopped clove of garlic to the ham. After the meat is browned, add 1 to 2 cans of cubed, cooked potatoes, drained, a can of cubed carrots, and a can of mushroom pieces, drained. Stir and cook briefly to warm up the vegetables. Add 1 to 2 cups of chicken broth depending on how thick you like it and how much vegetables you have used, and a can of evaporated milk. Cook, stirring until the liquid is heated and serve with crackers or some bread and butter.
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Saturday
9/10/11
Eggplant Parmesan
Lightly brush sliced eggplant with oil; broil until tender. Layer ina baking dish with mozzarella cheese and spaghetti sauce. Bake until hot and bubbly. Serve with Italian bread and tossed green salad.
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Sunday
9/11/11
Slow Cooker Chops
(cook a couple extra chops and save for Thursday)
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Monday
9/12/11
Chili Dogs
Boil your hot dogs or warm in microwave. Place in hot dog buns on plates, cover each with warmed-up canned chili and sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese and onions if desired. If you like it hotter, you can also add some chopped jalapeno peppers. Serve with potato chips and coleslaw.
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Tuesday
9/13/11
Salsa Chicken
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Wednesday
9/14/11
Chimichangas
Prepare burritos (roll up canned refried beans into flour tortillas). Fry on medium-low heat in a small amount of oil in a large skillet until browned on both sides and insides are heated up. Top with shredded cheese, shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes, chopped black olives, chopped jalapenos and chopped avacado and sour cream.
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Thursday
9/15/11
Pork Fried Rice
Saute sliced mushrooms and peas in a little oil until tender. Stir in cooked rice, chopped pork from Sunday, scrambled eggs and soy sauce; heat. Stir in chopped scallions.
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Friday
9/16/11
Waffles
Make up a big batch of waffles and top with butter, syrup, peanut butter, jam or jelly, or powdered sugar.
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Saturday
9/17/11
Easy Day Lasagna
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Sunday
9/18/11
Tuscan Pot Roast
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Monday
9/19/11
Baked Chicken Nuggets
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Tuesday
9/20/11
Crab Rolls
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Wednesday
9/21/11
Golden Rice & Pork
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Thursday
9/22/11
Roast Beef Wraps
Spread horseradish mayonnaise on flour tortillas. Top with shredded lettuce, thinly sliced tomato, swiss cheese and leftover roast beef, roll up.
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Friday
9/23/11
Ground Beef Stroganoff
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Saturday
9/24/11
Sweet & Savory Chicken Breasts
Brush chicken with apricot preserves mixed with spicy mustard and thinned with orange juice before broiling. Serve with rice (brown or white) and steamed broccoli.
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Sunday
9/25/11
Bourbon Glazed Ham
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Monday
9/26/11
BLT Salad
Serve with hot biscuits.
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Tuseday
9/27/11
Cheesy Pasta Primavera with Crab
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Wednesday
9/28/11
California Melt
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Thursday
9/29/11
Veggie, Ham & Pasta Skillet
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Friday
9/30/11
Hash Browns, Ham & Eggs
Fry up your favorite style of hashbrowns and either cube up the ham right into it or fry the ham separately as slices and serve with eggs, any style you like.
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August 2011
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Monday
8/1/11
Pizza Fun Buns
Take hot dog buns and open them up flat, spread both sides with a little pizza sauce, top with pepperoni (or whatever pizza meat you like) and Mozzarella cheese, place under the broiler to warm up and melt the cheese, fold the buns back over to serve and eat them like hot dogs.
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Tuesday
8/2/11
Roasted Chicken Thighs & Vegetables
On 2 baking sheets, toss chicken thighs, halved small red potatoes, and quartered peppers and onions with oil, salt and oregano. Bake 30 min at 425 until chicken is cooked and vegetables are tender.
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Wednesday
8/3/11
Hamburger Noodle Casserole
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Thursday
8/4/11
Balsamic Tuna and Vegetables
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Friday
8/5/11
Asian Pork Wraps
Cut pork cutlets into strips, panfry in a little oil. Add ready-made coleslaw mix and some hoisin sauce to coat and heat through. Sprinkle with sliced scallions and chopped nuts. roll in warmed flour tortillas.
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Saturday
8/6/11
Grilled Chicken Breast with Zesty Peanut Sauce
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Sunday
8/14/11
Spiced Beef Tenderloin Roast
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Monday
8/15/11
Soup & Sandwiches
Just prepare any canned soup you like and serve with sandwiches such as tuna (I like to add some cut-up hard boiled eggs and chopped lettuce to my tuna salad sandwiches), grilled cheese, etc. Try adding sliced tomatoes or ham to your grilled cheese sandwiches.
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Tuesday
8/16/11
Chicken Stuffing Bake with Cinnamon Apples
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Wednesday
8/17/11
Fish Sticks, Fries & Coleslaw
Bake frozen fish sticks or fish fillets and frozen fries together per package directions. Serve with bagged coleslaw mix and jarred coleslaw sauce. You can make you own tartar sauce by mixing some mayonnaise with sweet pickle relish.
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Thursday
8/18/11
Roast Beef Wraps
Spread horseradish mayonnaise on flour tortillas. Top with shredded lettuce, thinly sliced tomato, swiss cheese and leftover roast beef, roll up.
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Friday
8/19/11
Beans & Wieners
Use any kind of canned beans like Bush's baked beans or Van DeCamps etc and add cut-up hotdogs, warm in the microwave. You can add a can of drained corn to the mixture and get your veggies in there too.
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Saturday
8/20/11
Mac & Cheese Pie
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Sunday
8/21/11
Barbecued Pork Tenderloin
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Monday
8/22/11
Tacos
Use a pound of precooked hamburger meat (you can use directly from the freezer or thaw ahead of time). Heat up the meat in a large skillet with a little bit of vegetable oil. Add taco seasoning mix and water according to directions. Serve with crunchy taco shells or soft tortillas along with grated cheese, chopped tomatoes, lettuce, onions, black olives, jalapeno peppers and sour cream
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Tuesday
8/23/11
Caribbean Mini-Burgers with Apricot Pineapple Salas
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Wednesday
8/24/11
Tortellini
Boil 1-2 packages of frozen or boxed tortellini, pour on bottled spaghetti or alfredo sauce. Serve with side salad and garlic bread.
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Thursday
8/25/11
BBQ Pork & Coleslaw Sandwiches & French Fries
Heat sliced pork (from Sunday with 1 cup barbecue sauce. Toast hamburger buns. Place the pork and ready-made coleslaw mix on the bottom bun, cover with bun tops. Serve with french fries.
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Friday
8/26/11
Pigs In a Blanket
Roll up hotdogs into crescent rolls and bake. You can cut a little slot in the hotdog 1st and put a strip of cheese in it before you roll it up in crescent. Serve with a side vegetable
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Saturday
8/27/11
Apple Chicken & Rice
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Sunday
8/28/11
Ham Broccoli Casserole in Crockpot
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Monday
8/29/11
Cube Steak
Dip cube steak in salted/peppered flour, fry in small amount of vegetable oil. When meat is done, top with a can of cream of mushroom soup mixed with a can of milk. Simmer until soup is heated. Serve over cooked rice and put some of the soup 'gravy' on the rice too. We also like to have canned green beans on the side and put some of the mushroom soup 'gravy' on the beans too. Yum!
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Tuesday
8/30/11
Sesame Chicken Strips
Serve with oven fries.
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Wednesday
8/31/11
Tuna Noodle Egg Cups
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July 2011
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Friday
7/1/11
Hash Brown Casserole
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Saturday
7/2/11
Dijon Chicken & Mushrooms
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Sunday
7/3/11
Boiled Irish Dinner
Sauté 1/2 head of coarsely shredded cabbage and 2-3 medium cubed potatoes in 2-3 T olive oil till tender, add 2 cups cubed ham. Pour in a can of chicken stock, 2 T Dijon mustard, 1/2 cup heavy cream, cook until warmed; take out a little of the liquid, add T cornstarch, stir to dissolve, add back to pot and cook until thickened.
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Monday
7/4/11
Veggie Tuna Noodle Casserole
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Tuesday
7/5/11
Ham & Swiss Quiche
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Wednesday
7/6/11
Cheeseburger Pie
Use the bisquick recipe for Impossible Cheeseburger pie and use your precooked hamburger meat from the freezer if you have any, otherwise brown up a pound of ground meat.
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Thursday
7/7/11
Soda Pop Chops
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Friday
7/8/11
Easy Baked Parmesan Chicken
Serve with instant mashed potatoes and a side vegetable or salad.
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Saturday
7/9/11
Beef & Cabbage Skillet
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Sunday
7/10/11
Turkey Roast
For a quick turkey meal use the Jennie-O turkey loaf, just throw it in the oven, it makes its own gravy, serve with mashed potatoes (I use instant, very quick and easy) and a side vegetable.
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Monday
7/11/11
Comfort Casserole
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Tuesday
7/12/11
Mac & Cheese Pie
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Wednesday
7/13/11
Kielbasa Potato Skillet
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Thursday
7/14/11
Stir Fry
Boneless chicken breasts or thighs, cut in chunks or strips, stir fry in small amount of olive oil until no longer pink, then add a package of frozen stir fry vegetables of your choice and a can of water chestnuts, and some teriyaki sauce, continue cooking until vegetables are done, serve over rice and top with a little bit of crispy stir fry noodles.
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Friday
7/15/11
Chili Dogs
Boil your hot dogs or warm in microwave. Place in hot dog buns on plates, cover each with warmed-up canned chili and sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese and onions if desired. If you like it hotter, you can also add some chopped jalapeno peppers. Serve with potato chips and coleslaw.
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Saturday
7/16/11
Hot Beef Cheddar Subs
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Sunday
7/17/11
Slow Cooker Orange Chicken
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Monday
7/18/11
Salmon Patties
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Tuesday
7/19/11
Hamburgers
Broil up a batch of hamburger patties in the oven for quick preparation. If desired mix your favorite seasonings or flavorings into the hamburger meat before you form your patties. Top with sliced cheese right at the end and let it melt. Serve on buns with tomato, lettuce, onion, pickles and coleslaw on the side.
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Wednesday
7/20/11
Walnut Ham Linguini
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Thursday
7/21/11
Breakfast for Dinner
Fix your favorite breakfast food, such as waffles, pancakes, eggs, bacon and toast etc.
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Friday
7/22/11
Beans & Cornbread
Bake a batch of cornbread from a mix, crumble it into individual serving bowls. Top with warmed up canned pinto beans. Top with chopped jalapenos, fresh chopped tomatoes and shredded cheese.
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Saturday
7/23/11
Honey Dijon Pork Chops
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Sunday
7/24/11
Potato Soup
I make this in the crockpot--5 cups water, 5 to 6 medium potatoes cubed, a chicken bouillon cube, salt and pepper to taste. I usually add cubed ham and a can of mushrooms to this also. Cook on low for 6-8 hours, add a can of evaporated milk during the last 30 minutes and 2 T of butter or margarine. Serve with biscuits.
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Monday
7/25/11
Hamburger Gravy over Mashed Potatoes
Fry up crumbled hamburger, drain off excess fat (all but about 2 T) add 3-4 T flour, stir to coat, then add milk slowly to make gravy, stir til thickened, season with salt and pepper to taste, serve over mashed potatoes (I use instant for a speedier meal). Serve with a side vegetable or salad.
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Tuesday
7/26/11
Creamy Chicken & Noodles
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Wednesday
7/27/11
Cinnamon Apple Pork Chops
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Thursday
7/28/11
Corn Dog Muffins
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Friday
7/29/11
Taco Dip
Heat up canned refried beans and spread onto each plate, then each person can add toppings they desire from shredded cheese, black olives, jalapenos, tomato, lettuce, avocado, sour cream etc, then scoop the dip with tortilla chips.
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Saturday
7/30/11
Aloha Chicken
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Sunday
7/31/11
Tangy Pork Roast
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Wednesday
6/1/11
Bean 'N Beef Crescent Pie
Top with sliced tomatoes, black olives and shredded lettuce on top.
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Thursday
6/2/11
Easy Calzone Rolls
Serve with a side salad.
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Friday
6/3/11
Baked Chicken Nuggets
Serve with biscuits and a side vegetable.
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Saturday
6/4/11
Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato Sandwiches
Cook a pound of bacon all at once on a broiler pan, then assemble the ingredients for each person to put together as they like.
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Sunday
6/5/11
Crockpot Brown Sugar Pork Loin Roast
Serve with mashed potatoes and a side vegetable.
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Monday
6/6/11
Ham & Corn Scrambled Eggs
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Tuesday
6/7/11
Chicken Pot Pie
I mix a can of mixed vegetables (the kind with cubed potatoes in it) a can of cream of mushroom or cream of chicken soup mixed with 3/4 can of milk, a small can of chicken, a can of mushrooms, salt and pepper to taste, warm this up in a bowl. Meanwhile, take a refrigerated ready made pie crust, lay out flat on a cookie sheet and cut into 4 wedges. Bake as directed. Spoon the warmed up vegetable/chicken mixture onto a plate, top with a wedge of crust. You have a chicken pot pie with a guaranteed crispy top crust. This is super easy to fix and I love the crust this way.
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Wednesday
6/8/11
Frito Pie
Pour a bag of corn chips in a 9x12" casserole, top with 2 cans of chili, a drained can of corn and chopped jalapenos or other peppers if desired, top with shredded cheese, bake at 350 for 30 min.
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Thursday
6/9/11
Pork Bisquick Casserole
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Friday
6/10/11
Beefy Biscuit Cups
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Saturday
6/11/11
Baked Chicken with Artichoke & Mushrooms
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Sunday
6/19/11
Baked Chicken
Place whole chicken in roaster pan or 9x13" rectangle casserole. Drizzle chicken with olive oil and season with poultry seasoning. Add cubed potatoes and carrots around the chicken. Bake uncovered according to time per pound listed on the package. Save some chicken for use later in the week.
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Monday
6/20/11
Burritos
Make your own with canned refried beans, shredded cheese, jalepenos if desired, rolled up in a flour tortilla and warm in microwave to melt cheese or fry in a small amount of oil if you like them crispy. Top with lettuce, tomato, avocado, sour cream, black olives, onions etc.
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Tuesday
6/21/11
Chili Beef Bake
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Wednesday
6/22/11
Ham & Corn Scrambled Eggs
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Thursday
6/23/11
Cheesy Chicken Taco Casserole
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Friday
6/24/11
Beans & Wieners
Use any kind of canned beans like Bush's baked beans etc and add cutup hotdogs. Have a salad on the side or a side vegetable.
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Saturday
6/25/11
Chow Mein Casserole
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Sunday
6/26/11
Beef Roast
Place in crockpot with carrots/potatoes, seasoned any way you like, just salt and pepper or pour some Worcestershire sauce over it before cooking. Save some of the meat for a meal later in the week.
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Monday
6/27/11
Chili Cornbread Pie
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Tuesday
6/28/11
Chicken & Stuffing Casserole
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Wednesday
6/29/11
Cabbage & Ham
Cut cabbage into wedges and boil with diced, peeled potatoes and cubed ham until potatoes are tender and cabbage is cooked. Melt some butter over the top before serving..
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Thursday
6/30/11
Leftover Roast Beef Pot Pie
(Use leftover beef from Sunday for this recipe.)
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Archived Meal Plans 2010
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