Weekly Menu 7/13+

Saturday		easy veggie beef stew noodles
Sunday		BLT salad rolls
Monday		chicken tacos tomato/avocado salad strawberries
Tuesday		texas grilled ribs mac & cheese broccoli
Wednesday		pancakes bacon/sausage eggs cantaloupe
Thursday		grilled chicken pesto & pasta squash
Friday		tacos or cowboy nachos mexicorn salad

Saturday

Tonight’s dinner cooks in the crockpot so feel free to get this ready the night before. 

This recipe is VERY flexible because you can start with cooked ground beef or start with raw cubed beef based on what you have in the freezer, what’s on sale or how ‘fancy’ you want to make this. 

Easy Veggie Beef Stew

Cooked ground beef or cut up raw beef

16oz frozen mixed veggies

1 can cream of celery

1 packet brown gravy mix

1 ½ c water/broth or wine

Combine all ingredients in crockpot and let it cook for the day. 

Noodles

Sunday

BLT salad

Romaine lettuce

Bacon bits or cooked chopped bacon

Tomatoes

Croutons

Parmesan cheese

Favorite dressing

Since it is romaine, you can use a knife to cut the lettuce and it won't get soggy or icky waiting in the fridge if you do this the night before.  This can give you the ability to make pieces nice and bite sized.  Mix lettuce and tomato, add the crunchy stuff just before serving.  Add dressing.

Rolls

Monday

Chicken Tacos (Jill’s recipe)

3-4 chicken breasts

1T chili powder

3T lime juice

Salt & pepper

1 can corn, drained

1 c salsa

Combine first four items in crock pot and cook 3-4 hours.  Add salsa and corn and cook another hour.  If you won’t be home to split the time, try adding the salsa in earlier and the corn when you get home. 

Tomato/Avocado salad

Sliced Strawberries

Drizzle a little chocolate syrup over them, or sprinkle a little sugar if you want them to be a little sweeter. 

Tuesday

Texas Grilled Ribs (boneless)

Mac & Cheese

4T butter

¼ c flour

Salt & pepper

1tsp ground mustard

2c milk

6-8 slices American cheese

½ c cottage cheese

2c macaroni

Cheddar cheese

Melt the butter and add flour to make a roux; allow to brown slightly.  Add milk and seasonings.  Bring to a boil and allow to thicken. Add American and cottage cheeses until melted.  Combine with cooked macaroni and pour into a 9x13 pan.  Top with slices of cheddar cheese and bake about 15 minutes at 350, until cheese is melted. 

Broccoli

Wednesday

Put your ribs on to marinate tonight so they are extra tender.  No ideas for marinade?  Look in the salad dressing aisle for some good ideas. 

Pancakes

Bacon/sausage

Eggs

Cantaloupe

Thursday

Grilled Chicken

EZ pesto & pasta

1 c basil leaves

3-4T olive oil

3-4T Parmesan cheese

1 tsp garlic

½ tsp salt

Nuts (if you want them and aren’t allergic)

Process all ingredients in your food processor.  Store any leftover pesto in an ice cube tray so you can enjoy it this winter!  After its frozen remove the pesto cube and put it in a plastic container or Ziploc bag. 

Squash

Friday

If you have any brisket leftover from the 4^th and need to get it used up.  You can chop up the last of it and make Pioneer Woman’s Cowboy Nachos instead of tacos. 

Tacos

Mexicorn

Lettuce salad