MENU MONDAY - 6/19/17

We finally finished up the last two recipes we wanted to try from Budget Bytes: Over 100 Easy, Delicious Recipes to Slash Your Grocery Bill in Half. It took a while, but we liked all the ones we made.

NEW RECIPES FROM LAST WEEK
* cumin lime sweet potato sticks - These aren't crispy like fries, but they're delicious. This is the fifth recipe we've enjoyed from Budget Bytes.
* parmesan herb drop biscuits - This is the sixth and final recipe we've tried from Budget Bytes. Devon made them to go with some quinoa broccoli soup and they were delicious.

COOKING IN ADVANCE (These are often spontaneous projects, so they'll include things we did at the last minute the previous week and/or plan on doing in the upcoming one.)
* peanut butter
* seasoned mix of black & pinto beans (crockpot, freezer)
* freeze 40 lb. of Zaycon chicken breasts (skipped marinades this time and just froze them in 3 lb. increments)
* freeze 30 lb. of Rotary strawberries

BREAKFAST
* nutty granola (skipping pecans and using extra of other nuts/seeds)
* egg & veggie scramble
* doughnuts at church
* oatmeal with a rotation of the following toppings - brown sugar, cinnamon, milk, homemade peanut butter, maple almond butter, raisins, dried cranberries, fresh or frozen fruit, huh-koe-pee milk, and/or energy mix x4

DINNER
* leftovers (every Sunday so that we can have a day off from cooking)
* kale & feta casserole / tomato slices
* new recipe / apple dijon kale salad
*  corn & bean salad / honey lime chicken enchiladas
*  pumpkin soup with kale sesame topping / apple & cranberry green salad
* Jen's chicken (crockpot, from the freezer) / brown rice / roasted radishes
* lentils & rice

SNACKS & DESSERTS
* fruits and vegetables
* peanuts and dry roasted almonds
* popcorn with nutritional yeast, regular salt, or seasoned salt (kernels from the WinCo bulk department that get popped in my Lodge Dutch oven, but you can see my thoughts on both the wonderful Dutch oven and the fantastic West Bend Stir Crazy in this post.)
* popsicles (these got skipped last week in favor of leftover birthday cheesecake)

Notes: Any chicken breasts, 93/7 ground beef, applewood smoked ham, or pork tenderloins in our menus are from Zaycon Fresh. We've been making bulk purchases from them for few years and have been pleased with their products.

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