October 2012

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
1 Sausage, noodle & tomato Skillet *I use pork sausage* Cornbread	2 Chicken Fajitas	3 Balsamic Chicken, Spinach & Tomato Pasta Salad	4   TBD	5   TBD	6 Hamburgers	7 Poppy seed chicken casserole Green beans
8 Taco Soup Corn Muffins	9   Carry-over	10 Philly Cheese steak Sloppy Joes	11 Quick Chicken Cacciatore	12   Birthday Date Night!	13 Baked potatoes topped with Zesty BBQ Chicken	14 Chicken Pot Pie Salad Baked Pineapple
15 Tomato Basil Soup with Ricotta Dumplings Salad	16 Chicken Nachos	17 Spaghetti	18 No Peek Chicken and Rice  (cook for  1.5 hours)   Veggie	19  Carry-over	20 Cookout: Hot Dogs S’mores	21 Slow Cooker Chicken Caesar Sandwiches
22 Fiesta Chicken Stew Chips and Salsa	23 Carry-over	24   TBD	25 Happy Birthday to my hubby!!!	26 Mexican chicken casserole Corn on the cob	27   TBD	28 Crockpot Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti
29 Homemade Chicken, Ranch & Rice Soup	30   TBD	31 Happy Halloween! Ghost Pizza Menu TBD

 

Sweet & Sour Green Beans

http://www.marthastewart.com/314819/sweet-and-sour-green-beans

Chicken Cigar Pie (adapted from Rachel Ray)

2 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
1/2 c sundried tomatoes, chopped
4 garlic cloves/ I use 1 tsp of the prepared garlic in evoo
1 tsp dried basil

1 tsp dried oregano

2 tsp red pepper flakes
1 cup mozzarella + 1/2 c parmesan cheese
refrigerated pie crusts (not the ones in the aluminum plate... you want the dough)

  

• mix all ingredients
• place pie crust in pie plate (if you are using 2 crusts... I use just one on the top!)
• spoon mix in shell
• top with another shell & egg wash shell
• vent with fork
• bake according to pie crust direction

Apple and Pork Kabobs

1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
1/3 cup Dale's
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup freshly squeezed orange juice(about 1 medium orange)
3 garlic cloves, smashed (or garlicpowder)
2 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil
A pinch of salt and pepper
1 1/2 pounds boneless, center cut, porkloin chops, about 1-2 inches thick
1 green apple, cut into 1 inch chunks
1 red onion, cut into 1 inch chunks
Any other kabob veggie you wish!
Fresh Mushrooms
Bamboo or metal skewers

Directions
Measure vinegar, Dale's, brown     sugar, orange juice, garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper into a large     zip-top bag. Seal and shake to combine.
Cut pork chops into 1 1/2 inch     cubes and add to the bag, seal and refrigerate for 1 hour or up to one     day.
Soak bamboo skewers in water     for 30 minutes. Remove pork from the marinade, and place the marinade in a     small saucepan. Heat the marinade to boiling and boil until slightly     thickened, about 5-7 minutes. Reserve.
Skewer the pork, along with the     apples, mushrooms, and onions (and any other veggie) and sprinkle with     salt and pepper.
Brush with reduced marinade and     grill.
Serve over rice and drizzle     with remaining reduced marinade.

August 2012

Balsamic BBQ Chicken*

Balsamic BBQ Chicken* Pizza

Chicken Cigars

Chicken Nachos

Chicken Fajitas

Buffalo Chicken dip & Chips & Salad

Rosemary Ranch Chicken Kabobs, rice & green beans

No Peek Chicken and Rice

Spaghetti

Baked ziti

Philly Cheese steak Sloppy Joes

Ham Sammies and Salad (Strawberries, almonds, feta, balsamic vinegarette)

Apple & Pork Kabobs & Hash brown Casserole

Taco Salad

Sausage & Grits Casserole

Bacon and hootenanny

Sausage & Cream Cheese Casserole with fruit

French bread pizzas

Burgers

April 2012 Menu Plan

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Homemade tomato and Basil Sauce with Spaghetti Balsamic Green Beans (2 batches) 2 Bacon ranch slow cooker chicken & Parmesan roasted cauliflower Balsamic gb 3 Burgers & Roasted Tomatoes and zucchini 4 Breakfast For Dinner Sausage & Cream cheese casserole Fruit 5 roasted red pepper chicken sausages on bun with salad 6 GOOD FRIDAY 7 8 Easter 9 Rotel Chicken Spaghetti- lightened up Salad 10 Burgers & Twice baked potatoes 11 BFD Pancakes, eggs, Bacon 12 Balsamic Steak, baked potatoes Balsamic Green Beans 13 Teryaki & Pineapple chicken stir fry and rice 14 15 Grilled marinated chicken  & veggies 16 Grilled Chicken Salad WW cobbler 17 Burgers & ranch roasted Potato wedges 18 BFD 19 Daddy-Daughter Date Night 20 Chicken kabobs Salad 21 Taco fajitas (hb, taco seasoning, green peppers, tomatoes, tortillas) with mexi rice 22 Grilled pork tenderloin Hashbrown casserole ½ 23 Rosemary Ranch Chicken, Rice, Salad 24 Apple Maple Turkey Burgers Chips and salsa 25 BFD 26 Steak Baked Potato S&S green beans 27 Spaghetti Salad 28 BBQ pork chops Hashbrown casserole ½ 29 30 Lasagna Steamed veggies

2012

 

October 2011 Menu Plan

October

1.    Berry Balsamic Pork Chops, mashed potatoes & green beans

2.    Campbells® Soup night and sammies

3.    Corn Chowder (BHG p564) & Salad

4.    Creamy chicken noodle soup & baked apples

5.    Lightened up Lasagna Soup & Texas Toast

6.    Mexican Chicken Casserole & Corn (freeze ½)

7.    Mexican Chicken Casserole & Corn (frozen ½)

8.    Poppyseed Chicken casserole, green beans (freeze ½)

9.    Poppyseed Chicken casserole, green beans (frozen ½)

10.     Sausage, tomato & noodle skillet & cornbread

11.     Spaghetti & Salad

12.     Spaghetti & Salad

13.     Taco Soup & Cornbread

14.     Chicken cigars & Ceasar Salad

15.     Chicken pot pie & Baked pineapple

16.     Marinated pork chops, cheddar bay biscuits, green beans

17.     Burgers & Fries

18.     Steak, baked potatoes, corn

19.     Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup & rolls

20.     Baked Ziti & Salad

Fun Nights

Ø     Weenie roast/ cookout with friends, s’mores J

Ø     Alabama/TN game- smoked turkey potluck