Menu Plan Monday - Week of 3/17/14

Breaking out the spring Menu Plan Monday banner! Too bad we are stuck in endless cold and freezing weather! Thankfully today's snow is supposed to stay south of us... we are going to get the freezing temps though YAY. (not)

This is a strange week for us... we are getting into our busy time so the menus for the next month or so will be a bit different!

Monday: we are not Irish, but I have not met a holiday meal I haven't liked ;) Actually, I don't like corned beef or cabbage lol Jeff is also working all day, but i still want to make something St. Patrick's Dayish... So it will be Shamrock Shaped Pizzas
 
Tuesday: not sure... I think I might head to a cookbook for this one.


 Wednesday: Chicken Broccoli Casserole

Thursday:  leftovers

Friday: We are going into the city to see Aladdin :D And eating dinner at Schnippers

Saturday and Sunday: Saturday we are seeing Divergent (YAYAYAYAYAY!) and taking the in laws out to lunch.  Sunday, who knows!!!

Dessert of the Week: I am attempting cookie decorating for E's birthday cookie cake, so I baked cut out cookies to decorate today. Wish me luck!!



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Menu Plan Monday - Week of 10/7/2012

Yay it is finally fall!!! We went from high 70s to high 50s and rain!!! Hooray!! In honor of the weather, I am making soup this week :) I really would like to make more soup this season. We'll see if that really happens!


Monday:Slow Cooker Baked Potato Soup (halving the recipe)

Tuesday: Chicken with Kraft Fresh Taste


Wednesday: leftovers

Thursday:  Creamy Baked Ziti

Friday:  leftovers

This afternoon I made this week's dessert - Brown Sugar Cookies
We are having lunch out with Jeff's parents tomorrow nad dessert at his grandparents, so I made these to bring :)

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For someone who hates cooking, like i do, this was a very complicated recipe. While each step was easy, there was a lot going on at once. However, it was well worth the effort as this recipes is DELICIOUS!!! So flavorful. I changed the recipe somewhat and included those changes in the brackets on the recipe.

This recipe is from $5 Dinners. All of the price calculations are from Erin!

Three Cheese Spaghetti Bake

Three Cheese Spaghetti Bake

Recipe by Erin at $5 Dinners.
Yield – 4 servings
Preparation Time – 20 minutes
Cooking Time – 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 9-10 oz. whole grain spaghetti noodles ($.30) 
• 1 Tbsp olive oil ($.05) [I used garlic flavored]
• 1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar ($.10) [I used 1 tsp of apple cider vinegar]
• 1 pint grape tomatoes ($.69) [Omitted!!]
• 1 small onion, chopped ($.20)
• 6 oz. package Feta cheese ($3.99) [I used 4 oz, as that is how much the package contained]
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese ($.50)
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese [I used 1/2 cup... I forgot to buy cheese!]
• 1 cup milk ($.10)
• 2 eggs ($.20)
• Salt and pepper

Directions

• Preheat to 350.
• Cook the pasta noodles as directed. Drain and rinse with cold water. (If you don’t rinse, the heat from the pasta can cook the eggs in the cheese mixture…so get them nice and cool before combining.)
• Meanwhile, in a large, ovenproof skillet, heat the olive oil and balsamic vinegar and saute the tomatoes and chopped onion, for 3 to 5 minutes, or until most of the tomatoes have “popped.”
• In a mixing bowl, combine the Feta, Parmesan, mozzarella, milk and eggs. Once the pasta is rinsed and cooled, fold it into the cheese mixture.
• Then combine the cheese-pasta mixture with the sauteed onions and tomatoes. Spread flat in the skillet.
• Transfer the skillet to the preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes, or until eggs have set in the middle. Let cool slightly before cutting and serving.
• Serve Three Cheese Spaghetti Pie with side salad, fresh fruit or vegetables (whatever you have on hand!).

Cost $6.13

Delicious Dinner!! (Blogmania Sponsor)

I decided to make a few recipes this week with Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce - they are one of my Blogmania sponsors!

Ok... JEFF made the dinner but still ;) We made BBQ Onion Burgers, with ground turkey instead of ground beef. The Bob's sauce caramelized! Deeelicious!!!

I did decide to make some mozzarella sticks to go along with the burgers. I'd never made them before, but it was soooo easy, and they were mighty tasty. I used the recipe at We are not Martha. And since they are baked, they are slightly more healthy!

Gah, I wish we had some left!! Baby carrots and a plum for dessert rounded out the meal. Yum yum.

Tomorrow I will have a fuller review of Country Bob's For you!

Easy Dinner - Cheeseburger Pasta

This weekend was a bit of a spring cleaning weekend for us. We switched out our winter clothes for summer ones (huzzah!), did some yard work, ALL of the laundry and some other cleaning as well.

That left me one tired girl and not in the mood for cooking. Luckily, I had already planned on making this quick and easy Cheeseburger Pasta from Campbell's.

1 pound ground beef
1 can (10 3/4 ounces) Campbell's® Condensed Cheddar Cheese Soup
1 can (10 3/4 ounces) Campbell's® Condensed Tomato Soup  (Regular or Healthy Request®)
1 1/2 cups water
2 cups uncooked medium shell-shaped pasta

• Cook the beef in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat until well browned, stirring often to separate meat. Pour off any fat.
• Stir the soups, water and pasta in the skillet and heat to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium. Cook for 10 minutes or until the pasta is tender, stirring often.

EASY!!! I loved that i didn't have to pre-cook the pasta. But it was a little bland - I thought we had onion and garlic,but we didn't. So I'd definitely recommend adding some spices, etc.  It also reheats well, and the pasta didn't get too soft or soggy. We served it with corn, and the corn was delicious mixed in with it.