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Monday Recipes

Notes for Monday:

  1. This recipe came from my neighbor, Jennifer Stephens, via her friend, Bethany Lyle. Thanks so much to both of you for sharing this "have again" or in my family's case "have over and over again".

  2. This makes a LOT of salad.  The Stephens family of five (kids from 6 years to 10 months) usually eats on it for several days. 

  3. Keep the lettuce separate and add it in right before eating.  If the lettuce sits in the salad for too long it will get soggy. 


Menus 4 Moms recipe Chicken Pasta Salad


Toss together in a bowl. 

Dressing:


Mix all ingredients in a sealable container and shake well.  Pour over the salad and mix in. 


Bread of Your Choice

 


Menus 4 Moms recipe Smoothies

Combine all ingredients in a blender and serve cold. If you prefer a more slushy effect, add crushed ice (if your blender can handle it). If your blender doesn't have a strong motor, thaw the strawberries before blending.

 

 

 

Tuesday Recipes

Notes for Tuesday:

  1. If you have cooked chicken in the freezer, use some of that along with leftover ham from the freezer. If you do not, buy some chicken and boil it (add to your grocery list). Or you can buy small packets of cooked diced ham in the prepared meat dept. at the store. In case you haven't noticed, I recommend *always* having cooked chicken, ham and beef in your freezer, so if you need to cook chicken for tonight's meal, do enough extra to freeze several portions.

  2. Cook your brown rice in the morning and it will be ready for your assembly in the afternoon. I recommend cooking 3 times the amount you will need and freezing the other 2 portions for later use in casseroles and soups.

  3. If you have enough chicken and ham, double this recipe and freeze one dish before baking. I did not include amounts on the grocery list for doubling this recipe. Be sure to label your frozen dishes with cooking instructions!

  4. Cook enough extra broccoli to use on your Baked Potato Bar on Thursday.

 Menus 4 Moms recipe  Chicken, Ham, and Rice Casserole

Combine all ingredients except bread crumbs and cheese. Top with bread crumbs then cheese and bake at 350°F for 30 min.

 

Steamed Broccoli

Apple Slices
 

 

Wednesday Recipes

Notes for Wednesday:

  1. You can use either 2 cans of crescent rolls, a can of pizza dough, or a recipe of pizza dough for the calzones. If you have a large family, double the pizza dough recipe to make 12 calzones.

  2. There is a recipe for homemade meatballs under the Freezer Meat notes. I have found that the Kirkland Signature Italian-style Meatballs from Costco are better than what I can make at home and just as inexpensive without the mess. Use whichever is best for you.

  3. The lemonade is good for kids to make while you are preparing dinner, and it tastes delicious. They will be very proud of the results.



Menus 4 Moms recipe Meatball Calzones

Roll out dough and cut into 6 rectangles, about 5"x7". Place 1 heaping Tbsp. spaghetti sauce on each rectangle. Top with 1 heaping Tbsp. cheese and 3 meatballs. Carefully fold rectangle so that the long side is folded in half and the short sides are touching each other. Seal all around and bake according to the dough instructions. When done, place on plates and top with more sauce and cheese and serve.

 

Salad

 

Menus 4 Moms recipe Homemade Strawberry Lemonade

Mix sugar and water over heat until it boils. Reduce heat. Stir constantly while mixture boils for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and cool. Puree strawberries and ice in a heavy duty blender. Add lemon juice and cooled water/sugar mixture, stirring until thoroughly mixed. Serve immediately.



 
 

Thursday Recipes

Notes for Thursday: None


Menus 4 Moms recipe Baked Potato Bar

Spray potatoes with olive oil spray. Coat with coarsely ground salt and pepper. Poke several times with a fork and cook in microwave until centers are hot and tender (start with 6 minutes and go from there). Cut open and mash insides (leave insides in potato). Top with preferred toppings from above or serve plain and let each person top their own from your "toppings bar".

 


 

Menus 4 Moms recipe Blackberry Cobbler

Mix together blackberries and 1/2 cup of the sugar in a small bowl. Let stand. Preheat oven to 350°F. In a separate bowl, mix together remaining sugar, flour and milk until blended. Stir in melted butter. Pour batter into a greased 8 inch square pan. Spoon blackberry mixture over batter. Bake for 1 hour or until golden brown and bubbly. Serve with ice cream or whip cream if desired.




 

Friday Recipes

Notes for Friday:

  1. We are making extra meat and vegetables tonight so that we can use the leftovers to make fajitas next week, so don't eat your leftover meat and vegetables.

 

Menus 4 Moms recipe Beef Kabobs over Yellow Rice

Marinade

Mix marinade ingredients. Pour half into a freezer bag with half of the meat; freeze for next week. Pour the other half in a marinating container with the other pound of beef. Marinate for several hours.

Wash vegetables and chop into 2x2 pieces (leave mushrooms whole). Alternate beef and vegetables on kabob skewers and grill until beef is done. Serve one half of kabobs over yellow rice, reserving the other half for fajitas next week.

 

Menus 4 Moms recipe Ambrosia Salad
 

Mix first four ingredients together in a small bowl. Sprinkle with shredded coconut and serve.

 

* Indicates that of the options listed, this item is the one on the grocery list.

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