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Scalloped Potatoes and Ham
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Salad
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Chili Beef Bake
Salad
Apple Slices and Cheddar Cheese
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Hawaiian Pizza
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Monday Recipes
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Leftovers
Wednesday Recipes
Notes for Wednesday:
- Use leftover ham from Christmas Dinner. The Scalloped Potatoes and Ham dish is from Kim Tilley's Bulk Cooking: Ham Plan.
- Make a large salad tonight and save half for tomorrow night. Add crunchy ingredients and salad dressing just before serving each night.
Scalloped Potatoes and Ham
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 2 cups half-and-half
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground white pepper
- 4 medium potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 cups chopped cooked ham
- 2 small onions, thinly sliced and separated into rings
- 1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper
- 2 cloves minced garlic
Melt butter in heavy saucepan over low heat, add flour, stirring until smooth. Cook one minute, stirring constantly. Gradually add half and half, cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture is thickened and bubbly. Stir in salt and white pepper.
Spoon 1/4 cup sauce mixture into greased 10 inch oven proof skillet. Combine potato and remaining ingredients in a large bowl, stir well. Layer half of potato mixture over sauce, top with half of remaining sauce. Repeat layers. Cover and bake at 350° for one hour or until potatoes are tender.
Peas and Carrots
Salad
Thursday Recipes
Notes for Thursday:
- If you are running low on ground beef or onions in your freezer, this would be a good time to replenish them. Add them to your grocery list if needed.
Chili Beef Bake
- 1 lb. cooked ground beef (from freezer), thawed
- 1 medium onion, sautéed (from freezer), thawed
- 1 Tbsp. chili powder
- 3 cups cooked rice
- 1 can corn, drained
- 4 oz. chopped green chiles
- 1/2 tsp. adobo
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Combine all ingredients except cheese in a large skillet and cook until heated through. Sprinkle with cheese before serving.
Salad
Leftovers from last night. Add crunchy ingredients and salad dressing just before serving.
Apple Slices and Cheddar
Friday Recipes
Notes for Friday:
- Use your breadmaker (especially if you have one with a timer) to get your pizza dough ready just in time to put together the pizza for dinner. Use the recipe that came with your breadmaker or this great recipe. It is large enough to make several portions that you can freeze (freeze dough before cooking).
- The best pizza is made on stoneware, and nobody makes stoneware like Pampered Chef. I don't get paid for saying this, I just love their stoneware. I have 2 stoneware pizza pans (1 is PC and 1 is not, and there is no comparison between them) and I use them all the time. I don't own a metal cookie sheet or pizza pan anymore.
Hawaiian Pizza
- Homemade pizza dough
- 28 oz. can spaghetti sauce
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup leftover shredded ham
- 1-20 oz. can pineapple chunks, drained
Roll out your prepared dough on a pizza pan. Spread with spaghetti sauce and top with cheeses. Add your favorite toppings and bake at 450° until hot and bubbly.
Jell-O Parfait
- 1 sm. Jell-O (strawberry-banana)
- 1 c. sour cream
- 1 (8 oz.) container Cool Whip
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- Fresh strawberries or other available berries
- 2 Bananas, sliced
Mix the Jell-O packet with the sour cream. Add vanilla and mix well. Fold in Cool Whip. Layer fruit and Jell-O mixture in parfait glasses. Serve cold.
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