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Saturday – Sabbath- Make ahead meals- Dinner at church
Sunday – soup & sandwich day – Homemade Chicken Tenders, zucchini from our garden
Monday – beef – Hamburgers with lettuce & tomato
Tuesday – pizza – Homemade pizza . carrots sticks
Wednesday – super simple – leftovers, salad
Thursday – chicken – Chicken and noodles, broccoli
Friday – Friday Night Fire/Beef – Roast in crockpot with potatoes & carrots, challah bread- if my daughter makes it 🙂
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I got this recipe off an email list years ago. My family loves this, and it’s so easy.
Lo Mein
1 pound spaghetti
1 onion diced
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 pound frozen vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, carrot mixture, or I like to use the stir fry vegetable mix)
1/2 cup teriyaki or soy sauce, adjust to your taste
Meat – if you want meat, you can add cooked meat at the end, or see directions if starting with raw meat
Cook spaghetti and drain.
Stir fry onion in oil until clear, add garlic and cook briefly.
Remove from pan. Stir fry chicken or beef until cooked and remove from pan.
Stir fry vegetables just till crisp-tender.
Add all ingredients back to wok. Add sauce, coat and stir in cooked, drained spaghetti.
Notes: I like to use leftover meat for a quick and easy meal. I cook lots of chicken at once, and freeze in meal size portions. It’s perfect for this meal. This is also a great dish to use leftover meat and veggies.
Friday nights meal may change. The youth have a special concert at church on Friday and Saturday. I’m not sure if I need to feed everyone, or not.
Saturday – Sabbath- Make ahead meals- Hot Dogs, salad, corn on the cob
Sunday – soup & sandwich day – Breakfast for lunch – fried potatoes, turkey bacon, eggs. Supper- Baked chicken & fried green tomatoes
Monday – beef – lo Mein with chicken
Tuesday – pizza – Homemade pizza . carrots sticks
Wednesday – super simple – leftovers, salad
Thursday – chicken – Chicken Parmesan in the crockpot, salad
Friday – Friday Night Fire/Beef – Hamburgers & french fries, challah bread- if my daughter makes it 🙂
For more ideas, visit Menu Plan Monday.
Store bought BBQ sauce is full of high fructose corn syrup so I wanted to make my own to avoid it. Really, all store bought condiments are mostly HFCS nowadays. Unless you pay a very high price for HFCS free condiments at health food stores, it’s hard to avoid. I’ve been experimenting with making my own BBQ sauce. I’m moving to salad dressings next. 🙂 If you like a less sweet bbq sauce, you can cut down on the brown sugar.
Homemade BBQ Sauce
Combine all ingredients in saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer to 30 minutes to 1 hour.
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I forgot last Friday night was movie night at church where they serve dinner, also. So I’m cooking the roast this week. Hopefully I remember to write down what I do when I make the Chicken Parmesan, so I can share it. lol
Saturday – Sabbath- Make ahead meals- Chicken and Rice
Sunday – soup & sandwich day – Tuna sandwiches, salad
Monday – beef – Spaghetti with meat sauce, green beans
Tuesday – pizza – Homemade pizza . carrots sticks
Wednesday – super simple – leftovers, salad
Thursday – chicken – Chicken Parmesan in the crockpot, salad
Friday – Friday Night Fire/Beef – Roast in the crockpot with potatoes & carrots, challah bread- if my daughter makes it 🙂
For more ideas, visit Menu Plan Monday.
I found this recipe for White Bean Vanilla Cake at Modern Alternative Mama. You really must try it!
White Bean Vanilla Cake
3 cups white beans, cooked and plain
9 tablespoons coconut oil (I used butter)
1 cup + 2 tablespoons raw honey
6 eggs
2 tablespoons vanilla
3/4 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
Add all ingredients to a blender and blend on medium, then high until smooth. Pour into two well-greased 9″ pans and bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes. Once cooled, remove from the pans carefully and serve plain, with fresh jam (fruit blended with honey, fresh fruit or however you like!
As you can see from the pictures, I made cupcakes. They are so good! I have been making Black Bean Brownies, and I even tried a black bean chocolate cake once. I didn’t like the way the cake came out. But this White Bean Vanilla Cake came out great. I am so pleased with it. It will be nice for birthdays and holidays. I’m sure my kids will love it, too. I, however, am putting them in the freezer and will pull them out one at a time for me!
I have now made this recipe twice. The last time, I was out of honey, so I used white sugar. The consistency of the cake was still fine. However, the cake tasted much better made with honey. I did let my kids try these, and they really like them, too.
This recipe freezes well, too. I freeze in an ice cream bucket with wax paper between the layers. You can freeze frosted our unfrosted. I just pull out one cupcake at a time, defrost and eat.
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I haven’t posted a menu in a couple of weeks. Last week, we had Vacation Bible School at church. The serve a meal every night before it starts. So no need for me to cook!
The week before, I just didn’t get around to it. Not just posting it here, but making a menu at all. I find it very difficult to get supper on the table without a plan.
I didn’t used to be like that. I could just come up with something to serve. Since I’ve been sick, however, I have found if I don’t have a plan, we don’t eat as good. Some days, the amount of time I can spend in the kitchen is limited. If I have a menu planned, I can work ahead to get everything ready. So if I have a day that I don’t fell well, I have everything ready to go. It makes it much easier on me, and my family gets better meals.
Planning a menu for me is really a must. So no more skipping planning for me!
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Saturday – Sabbath- Make ahead meals- Hot dog roast at our married daughters house- we brought hot dogs, brats and buns.
Sunday – soup & sandwich day – Chicken cooked in the crockpot, salad
Monday – beef – Cook-out! Hot dogs, Brats, Hamburgers with all the fixin’s, Macaroni Salad, Potato Salad, Watermelon, S’mores
Tuesday – pizza – Homemade pizza with homemade sausage. carrots sticks
Wednesday – super simple – leftovers, salad
Thursday – chicken – Chicken and noodles, corn, salad
Friday – Friday Night Fire/Beef – Roast in the crockpot with potatoes & carrots, challah bread- if my daughter makes it 🙂
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