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

CHICKEN CRESCENT ROLLS

2 c. shredded Mild Cheddar cheese
1 1/2 - 2 lbs. boneless chicken breasts
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 c. milk
1 pkg. 8 crescent rolls

Sauce: Heat 1 cup cheese, soup and milk until cheese melts.

Cook chicken and chop or shred in small pieces. Put approximately 1 tablespoon cheese and 1 tablespoon chicken in each crescent roll. Roll up. Pour half of sauce over bottom of 8x12 inch cake pan. Place rolls in pan, pour remaining sauce over roll and also remaining chicken and cheese over top of sauce. Bake at 350 degrees until rolls are done.

September Menu

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1 Chicken Enchiladas Mexican Rice	2 Pork Chops & Apples Mashed Potatoes Green Beans	3 Steak Baked Potatoes Stuffed Tomatoes
4	5 Chicken Pot Pie	6 Hamburgers & Fries	7 Fettuccini Alfredo Salad	8 Tacos	9 Balsamic Pork Chops Uncle Ben’s LG rice Veggies	10 Frozen Pizza & Salad
11	12 Chicken Crescent Rolls Green Beans Salad	13 BLTs Chips & Salsa	14 Baked Spaghetti Salad	15 Chicken Nachos	16 Fillets Sweet & Sour green beans HB Casserole	17 BBQ Chicken Left over veggies Baked Apples
18	19 Mexican Chicken Casserole Corn on the Cob	20 Hamburgers & Fries	21 Homemade Pizza Salad	22 Taco Salad	23 Oven Fried Chicken Mac N Cheese Green beans	24 Breakfast For Dinner
25	26 Honey Mustard Mozzarella Chicken (AR) Green Beans	27 Ham Sammies Sweet Potato Fries	28 Spaghetti Salad	29 Chicken and Cheese quesadillas Mexican rice	30 Sausage, Tomatoes, & Noodle Skillet Cornbread

Grillin' from My Garden...

Grilled Caprese Pizzas with Balsamic Reduction

Thank you, Culinary Cory!

http://culinarycory.com/2009/09/06/grilled-caprese-pizza-with-balsamic-reduction/

I added grilled chicken to our pizzas!

Recipe Swap

Please email me (laurenb.shelton@gmail.com) your favorite summertime recipes!  I hope to get started on August's menu soon!  Sorry about July's menu... it's been a BUSY month!

June's Menu

1. Taco Salad
2. Hamburgers & Waffle fries
3. Hamburgers & Waffle fries
4. Roasted Chicken Tenderloins, Mac N Cheese, green beans
5. BBQ Grilled Chicken, salad
6. BBQ chicken pizza
7. Grilled chicken salads
8. Balsamic chicken with vegetables
9. Chicken with Dijon glaze, Lightened up hashbrown casserole 
10. Grilled Steak Fajitas, chips and fresh salsa
11. Steak, baked potatoes, caprese salad
12. Steak Salads (Romaine, tomatoes, corn, cucumber)
13. Capellini Pomodoro, Salad & bread sticks
14. Cheesy Chicken meatballs, angel hair pasta with Alfredo sauce
15. Spaghetti & TX toast
16. Oven Ham Sammies, Chips & Salsa, Fruit Salad
17. Smoked pork chops, biscuits, fruit
18. Bacon and Waffles

Only 18 meals...(I get a small break from cooking and planning this month)... We will be taking our first beach vacation with our Sweet Caroline and our good friends Karen and Logan!  Happy Summer! :)

Jacob's Chocolate Cheesecake

• 1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 1 1/4 cups Oreos, crushed
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 (14 ounce) can EAGLE BRAND® Sweetened Condensed Milk
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
• 4 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Combine butter, graham cracker crumbs and sugar; press on bottom of 9-inch springform pan.

In large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in EAGLE BRAND® until smooth. Add remaining ingredients; mix well. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 65 minutes or until cake center is set.
Cool to room temperature. Chill thoroughly. Garnish as desired. Store leftovers covered in refrigerator.

"Soup-er" Smart: Cream of Chicken Substitute

Love this Blog...

Healthier twist on all of these casseroles!

http://bunsinmyoven.com/2011/05/04/cream-of-chicken-soup-substitute/

May Menu

May

1. Tortelini & TX toast
2. Chicken Nachos
3. Tuesday night Burgers & Fries
4. Breakfast for Dinner (BFD): Sausage & Cream chesse casserole, fruit
5. BBQ pork chops, Hashbrown casserole*
6. Grilled marinated chicken & veggie packets
7. Ravioli & Salad
8. Pork chops, pasta side, salad
9. Rotel Chicken Spaghetti*
10. Ham & Swiss on Croissants with Chips & Salsa
11. Balsamic steak, mashed potatoes, sweet & sour green beans*
12. Teryaki & pineapple chicken stir fry with rice
13. Lasagna & Steamed veggies
14. Grilled chicken salad
15. Tuesday night Burgers & Fries
16. BFD: Waffles, bacon & fruit
17. Grilled pork tenderloin Hashbrown casserole*
18. Rosemary Ranch chicken kabobs, rice & salad (allrecipes.com)
19. Apple maple turkey burgers (Sandra Lee), Chips & salsa
20. Steak, Baked potatoes, Sweet & Sour green beans*
21. Spaghetti & Salad
22. Rotel Chicken spaghetti
23. Tues night burgers & Fries
24. Mommy works-Daddy cooks: frozen pizza & salad
25. Mommy works-Daddy cooks: frozen pizza & salad

April Menu

April

1. Chicken spaghetti & green beans

http://www.mommyskitchen.net/2008/06/old-fashioned-chicken-spaghetti.html
2. Chicken parmesean with linguini & salad
3. Poppy seed chicken* over rice with salad
5. Chicken cigars*, salad
7. Rosemary Ranch Chicken, Rice, Salad
8. Mexican Tortilla Casserole, corn
9. Spaghetti & TX toast
11. Taco Ring (Pampered Chef)
12. Steak, baked potatoes, pineapple casserole
13. Balsamic Steak, S&S green beans
14. Tenderloin, HB casserole* (1/2)
15. BBQ Pork Chops, HB casserole* (1/2), green beans
16. Pork chops, rice, baked apples
17. Creamy Italian chicken with bowtie pasta
18. BFD: Pancakes, Bacon, eggs
20. Grilled burgers and fries
22. Paula's Hurry Up Chicken Pot Pie
http://www.mommyskitchen.net/2008/07/paulas-hurry-up-chicken-pot-pie_09.html
23. Homemade pizza
24. Pork chops with Dijon herb sauce, uncle bens rice
http://www.skinnytaste.com/2008/06/pork-chops-with-dijon-herb-sauce-525-ww.html
25. Chicken salad with warm honey mustard
http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/03/coconut-chicken-salad-with-warm-honey.html

*Double batch and freeze

The LOVE of My Life!

This is my very first post on my brand new blog!  I thought I would introduce my Sweet Caroline!  She is the reason for my creativity, hard work, and ever growing heart!  "I thank my God upon every remembrance of you"(Phil 1:3), Caroline! 

It is going to take me a while to get this blog up and going!  I am feverishly working on my sewing orders, next month's meal plan and grocery list, keeping up this house, finding time to talk to my husband, and breathing! :)  I love my life!