Menus and Recipes

Meal Planning
In an effort to make meal planning easier, I'm developing six weeks of menu's complete with shopping lists that I can pull out and use at a moment's notice.   Thought I would share these with you, my readers, free of charge.  Personal family tastes can vary greatly from family to family.  However, these recipes are all ones that my children willingly eat.  The recipes are ones I use over and over because of ease in preparation.  I tend to use common ingredients that are not extremely pricey.  My aim in cooking is to have nourishing but filling meals.  I have a lot of growing boys to keep filled up around this house.  I double about every recipe that is on each menu to feed our family of nine.


Menu #1
Menu #2
Menu #3
Menu #4
Menu #5



Recipe Book


Many Muffins Mix
Breakfast -
French Toast
Granola
Many Muffins Mix
Steel Cut Oats In A Jar
Whole Grain Pancakes

Main Dishes -
BBQ Meatballs
Chicken Taco Salad 
Easy Lasagna 
Mexican Chicken
Pesto Chicken Wraps
Primavera Pizza
Skillet Zucchini and Hamburger
Vegetable Lasagna
Vegy Lover's Taco Salad

Crock Pot Meals -
Pork Tacos 
BBQ Pork or Beef
Chicken Taco Meat
Ham n' Beans

Quick Lunch Ideas -
Wraps



Summer Sausage
Meat -
Summer Sausage
Easy Breakfast Sausage






Fresh Tomato and Cucumber Salad
Vegetables -
Apple Peanut Cole Slaw
Broccoli-Cauliflower Salad 
Cucumber Salad 
Fresh Salsa
Fresh Tomato and Cucumber Salad
Lemon Poppyseed Salad
Salsa 
Summer Vegetable Medley



Desserts -
Best Sugar Cookies Ever
Brownie Pudding Cake
Cookie Jar Gingersnaps
Easy Apple Pie
Esther's Cherry Pie 

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