NEW RECIPES FROM LAST WEEK
* alphabet soup with meatballs - This recipe from Dinner at the Zoo includes its own meatball recipe, but we used meatballs we already had in our freezer instead.
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.)
* freeze several bananas for smoothies
* cook and freeze 2 lb. ground sausage
* peanut butter
* seasoned mix of black & pinto beans (crockpot, freezer)
BREAKFAST
* wheat germ whole wheat buttermilk pancakes
* 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
* church barbecue
* leftovers (every Sunday so that we can have a day off from cooking, but bumping to another night because of the barbecue)
* pasta with meatballs (freezer) and marinara / roasted broccoli / Leslie's salad
* cottage cheese with applesauce / cream cheese & chili dip / tortilla chips / e-z drop biscuits (birthday dinner for Silas)
* beans (crockpot) / brown rice
* creamy chicken & rice casserole / best bean salad
* quinoa & black beans / cumin lime sweet potato sticks
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.)
* pumpkin bread (freezer)
* dump cake
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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