Dinners &Shopping Oct. 11-17

Dinners

Monday - Vegetable Chowder

Tuesday - BBQ Bacon Chicken

Wednesday - Chicken Poppyseed Casserole

Thursday - Mozzerella Chicken

Friday - Date Night

Saturday - Pizza

Sunday - Roast

Shopping

Monday

Red Bell Pepper

Onion

Celery

Cauliflower

Carrots

Broccoli

Cheddar Cheese (at least 3 c)

Tuesday

Chicken

BBQ Sauce

Cheddar cheese

Bacon

Wednesday

Chicken

Cream of Chicken Soup

Sour Cream

Ritz Crackers

Poppy Seeds

Thursday

Chicken

Spaghetti Sauce

Mozzerella (in the block, spring for the good stuff it makes it taste even better...)

Friday

Take the day off of cooking and go out with your sweetheart

Saturday

Pizza Sauce

Pizza blend Cheese

Pizza toppings of your choice

Sunday

Beef Roast

Lipton's Onion Soup Mix

Carrots

Potatoes

Onion

Noble's Meatloaf

Nothing like your mother's homemade meatloaf to help brighten a chilly (or in our case warm and sunny) Fall day!

What You Need

1 lb ground beef

1 c oatmeal

2 T onion (dried)

8 oz can tomato sauce

1 egg

1 t salt

1/8 t pepper

Ketchup

Directions

In large bowl mix all ingredients (except Ketchup) and place in a greased loaf pa, making sure it fills the corners, and is flat on top. Top with a thick layer of ketchup. Back at 350 degrees for one hour. Serve with potatoes (mashed or baked), and a veggie or salad.

White Chicken Chili

Hope everyone enjoys their date night tonight. I know I am really looking forward to it. For tomorrow I am planning on making White Chicken Chili. Soups are some of the easiest things to make, and chili is no different.

What You Need

1 package White Chili Seasoning Mix

3-5 Chicken breasts

2 cans white beans (I like them drained and rinsed so that there is less sugar in it and more true flavor)

4-8 c Chicken broth (depending on how thick you want the soup)

1 small onion (Diced)

1-2 small cans diced green chilis

Any additional veggies like celery, carrots, parsnips, etc! (In my opinion the more veggies the better!)

To make the flavor really pop try squeezing in the juice of 1 lime before serving

Directions

Place all ingredients in the crock-pot (make sure the chicken is not cooked when added, this helps to flavor the soup, and makes the chicken more juicy). Let simmer on low all day. If you would like to thicken the sauce then mix 2 T or so of cornstarch with enough water to make it runny when mixed, add to the soup 30-60 minutes before serving, and turn crock-pot to high. Serve with cheese, crackers, and/or homemade bread.

Green Chili Chicken

You can use the same recipe for this as for the green chili pork, (found on July 7), except substitute chicken for pork. Then serve on tortillas and top with your favorite burrito toppings, and enjoy!

Just as a reminder, if halving the recipe as I do, remember to half all the ingredients. (last time I forgot to cut the salt in half, and had VERY salty pork, which was even hard for Chris to stomach and loves everything salty...)

Creamy Basil Pesto Spaghetti

What You Need

Handful spaghetti noodles

3-4 chicken breasts, sliced into 1-2 inch long slices

1 can/jar Artichoke hearts, quartered

1 small jar Roasted Red peppers, diced

1 can diced tomatoes, drained

1/2 jar alfredo sauce

1/2 jar Basil Pesto Sauce

Directions

Cook chicken in a large skillet over medium high heat. While chicken is cooking, boil water and start cooking pasta. After chicken is cooked through add veggies and sauces. When noodles are cooked through, drain, and add to sauce skillet. Mix thoroughly, and serve with garlic toast and a salad.

Noble's Hamburger Veggie Soup

I am so excited it is finally getting into soup season! I love soups, and am so happy to share my soup recipes with all of you!

Here is how my mom would make veggies soup...

What You Need

1 lb Gr. Beef (cooked and drained)

2-3 Carrots, sliced

2-3 Celery stalks, sliced

1 onion, chopped

1 can green beans

1 c frozen corn

1 c frozen peas

(any other veggies you might like...)

3 cans Tomato Soup

1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup

4 cans water

salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Combine all ingredients, except for peas, in crockpot and cook on low all day. About half an hour before serving, add peas. Serve with shredded cheese, bread, and crackers, and enjoy!

Dinners & Shopping Oct 5-10

After a couple of crazy weeks, I am finally getting back into a pattern, and planning out meals again! So here are this weeks...

Dinners

Tuesday - Noble's Hamburger Veggie Soup

Wednesday - Creamy Basil Pest Spaghetti

Thursday - Green Chili Chicken Burritos

Friday - Date Night

Saturday - White Chicken Chili

Sunday - Meatloaf

Shopping List

Tuesday

Gr. Beef (or turkey if you prefer)

carrots

celery

onion

green beans

corn

peas

3 cans Tomato Soup

1 can Cream of mushroom soup

(any other desired veggies)

Wednesday

Chicken

spaghetti noodles

alfredo sauce

pesto sauce

artichokes (canned or jarred)

1 small jar roasted red peppers

1 can diced tomatoes

Thursday

Chicken

1 can diced green chilies

Onion

refried beans

cheese

sour cream

(other burrito toppings)

Friday

No shopping, take the night off with your sweetheart!

Saturday

Chicken

white chili seasoning

2 cans White beans

onion

celery

(other veggies as desired)

Sunday

gr. beef (or turkey)

oatmeal

eggs

ketchup