Thursday, October 18, 2012

Menu #5

Supper Menu #5
 
A – Crockpot Mongolian Beef
B – Tuna Noodle Casserole
C – Easy Ham Bake
D – French Dip Sandwiches
E – Egyptian Rice
F - Primavera Pizza


Grocery List #5

Dairy
B – milk (1 c)
B, C – cheddar cheese (1 lb)
B, C – butter (4 T)
D – mozzarella (8 oz)
E – sour cream (8 oz)
F – grated Parmesan (2 T)
F – Italian blend cheese (2 c)

Bread
B – bread crumbs (2 T)
D – 1 loaf French bread
F – 2 cans refrigerated pizza dough

Fresh Meat
A - 1 ½ pounds beef steak
C – 8-12 oz ham
D – 1 ½ pound boneless round steak or a beef roast
E – 1 pound hamburger
F – 12 oz chicken breast

Fresh Produce
A – garlic (2 cloves)
A – carrots (shredded ½ c)
A – 3 green onions
C – 6 med potatoes
C, D, E – 3 onions
C – 4-6 apples
F - red bell pepper (1)
F – red onion (1)
F – baby spinach (1 sm bag)

Canned/Boxed/Packaged
A, E – rice, 2 lb bag
B – 2 cans cr of mush soup
B – 2 cans tuna
B – 1 pkg egg noodles (4 c.)
D, E – 3 cans beef broth
E – 1 sm can mushrooms
E – slivered almonds (sm pkg)

Frozen
B – frozen peas (1 bag)
C – frozen broccoli (1 bag)

Seasonings/Condiments/Staples
A – olive oil (2 T)
A – brown sugar (½ cup)
A – ginger (½ t)
A, E – soy sauce (¾ cup, 2 T)
A – cornstarch (¼ cup)
C – cinnamon
C – sugar
D – 1 env. onion soup mix
E – Worcestershire sauce (1 t)
F – garlic salt (½ t)
F – ranch dressing (4 T)
F – pizza seasoning (2 t)
salt
pepper
cooking spray

Recipe Box #5

Crockpot Mongolian Beef

Meal A

1 ½ pounds of beef steak, cut into stir fry sized strips
2 T olive oil
½ t ginger
2 cloves garlic, minced
¾ c soy sauce
¾ cup water
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup cornstarch
½ cup shredded carrots
3 medium green onions, chopped
cooked rice or noodles to serve 6

Coat steak pieces in cornstarch. Add remainder of ingredients to crockpot and stir well to combine. Place steak into the crockpot and cook on high for 2-3 hours or on low for 4-5 hours. Serve over rice or noodles.

Tuna Noodle Casserole
Meal B

2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 cup milk
2 cups frozen peas
2 cans tuna
4 cups egg noodles, cooked and drained
2 T bread crumbs
1 c. cheddar cheese
1 T melted butter

Heat oven to 400. Stir the soup, milk, peas, tuna, and cooked noodles together and place in a greased 9x11. Bake for about 20 minutes or until hot and bubbling. Top with cheddar cheese. Then stir bread crumbs into melted butter. Sprinkle crumbs over the top. Put back in oven for 5 minutes. Serves 6.

Easy Ham Bake

Meal C

6 medium potatoes, thinly sliced
8-12 oz diced cooked ham, chopped in small pieces
1 c chopped onion
8 oz shredded cheddar cheese

In greased 13x9, layer ½ each: potatoes, ham, onion, and cheese. Repeat except for cheese. Bake covered at 350 for 45 minutes. Uncover, bake 15 minutes. Top with cheese and return to melt. Serves 6.

Serve with steamed broccoli and baked apples (sprinkled with butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture).

French Dip Sandwiches

Meal D

1 ½ pounds boneless round steak or roast
1 envelope onion soup mix
1 can beef broth
1 loaf French bread (I use homemade, but it's easy to find at your bakery.)
8 oz shredded mozzarella

Combine beef broth and onion soup mix in crockpot. Add roast or round steak. Cook on low 8 hours. Remove meat and shred. Slice French bread in half length wise. Layer beef and cheese on the bread. Close the loaf. Cover with foil. Heat at 375 for 25 min. Slice and serve with small bowls of broth for dipping. Serves 4-6.

Egyptian Rice

Meal E

1 lb ground beef
1 sm onion, chopped
2 cans beef broth
2 T soy sauce
1 t Worcestershire sauce
1 sm can mushrooms, drained
1 c raw rice
salt pepper
Optional:
sour cream
slivered almonds

Brown hamburger and onion. Drain excess fat. Add remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer until rice is done. Optional: Serve topped with slivered almonds and sour cream.

Primavera Pizza

Meal F

2 cans refrigerated pizza crusts or make your own dough
cooking spray
2 T grated parmesan
½ t garlic salt
4 T ranch dressing
12 oz cooked, cubed chicken breast meat
2/3 c red bell pepper, chopped
2/3 c red onion, chopped
1 c torn baby spinach
2 c Italian blend cheese
2 t pizza seasoning

Place pizza dough on pizza pans. Lightly spray dough with cooking spray. Spread/divide parmesan and garlic salt over each crust. Bake 10 minutes at 400. Spread ranch dressing on each crust. Spread each crust with chicken, bell pepper, onion, spinach, cheese, and pizza seasoning. Bake 8 more minutes. Serve 6.


4 comments:

  1. I tried the Egyptian Rice, but used turkey and some curry and garam masala to make it Indian. I also put more rice and broth. Everyone liked it.

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    1. That sounds interesting. I don't even know what garam masala is.

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  2. I didn't know if anyone used the menus, but since I've taken the time to put them together for me I thought I would post them. Thankful some of you have found them useful.

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