Meals for June 16 - July 16

This is the plan I am currently using. You can see that it is not exactly a month. Sometimes you need to be flexible - last month I got a good deal on chicken and had enough to carry us all of May and all the way until June 16 without needing to go shopping again. Also, if you don't feel like cooking what is planned keep in mind that all meals are interchangable, just pick another meal on your plan and make it! If you have any questions, feel free to comment :)

June

16 - Apricot glazed pork chops, rice, and veggies - season bone in pork chops (or boneless if you prefer) with seasoned salt and pepper. If you have some Badia complete seasoning use that as well. Bake at 350 on a greased baking sheet. When chops begin to brown put apricot glaze ( 3 part apricot preseves to 1 part orange juice) and continue baking until done. Serve with white rice and veggies.

17 - slow cooker chicken and dumplings/salad

18 - leftovers

19 - Fathers Day - Slow cooker beef stroganoff/egg noodles, blueberry pie - In slow cooker mix 1 can cream of mushroom, 2 small cans drained mushrooms, 1 packet dry onion soup mix. Cook on low 8 hours and serve over cooked egg noodles.

20 - leftovers

21 -slow cooker chicken tortilla soup

22 - leftovers

23 - use remaining leftovers to make chicken enchiladas - drain excess liquid, pour about 1/4 cup of liquid in the bottom of a square glass baking dish. Wrap chicken mix into small flour tortillas, place in dish seam side down. Pour another 1/4 cup of drained liquid on top of tortillas and cover with cheddar cheese. Bake 30 minutes uncovered. Serve with sour cream on top.

24 - tuna pockets, with mushroom sauce and peas - use 1 can of crecents and make 4 squares, drain 2 cans of tuna and flake mix in 1 spoon of mayo and 1 small pinch of relish, put a heaping spoon on each crecent square and wrap, pinching the edges. Bake according to package directions. In a saucepan heat 1 can cream of mushroom soup with a touch of milk to smooth it out. Pour this sauce over cooked crecents. Serve with a veggie (we prefer peas with this)

25 -Alice chicken (outback recipe) with mashed potatoes and veggies (Marc's birthday dinner!)

26 -Chinese pepper steak with rice

27 - leftovers

28 -Slow cooker chicken soft tacos - In your slow cooker mix 3 chicken breasts, 1 large can of salsa and 1 packet of taco seasoning. Cook 8 hours on low and shred chicken at the end. Serve with your normal taco fixings. We prefer soft taco shells but this is great in hard taco shells as well. You can even use it to make nachos or taco salad or just serve it on some rice.

29-leftovers

30-Beefaroni and salad (meat sauce on top of noodles smothered in cheese) - Cook 4 cups of rotini pasta and drain, place in a greased 9x13 bake pan. Brown ground beef and drain, add 1 large can of pasta sauce and season with garlic salt, italian seasoning, and some minced onion. Let this simmer at least 30 minutes. Pour this over the pasta and stir slightly. Cover entire pan with 2 cups (or 1 bag) mozarella cheese. Bake in oven uncovered for 15 minutes at 350.

July
1 - leftovers

2 - slow cooker cranberry chicken with baked sweet potatoes - In slow cooker place 4 chicken breasts, 1 can whole cranberry sauce, 1 packet of dry onion soup mix, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, and 1/4 cup of orange juice. Mix all until combined. Cook on low 8 hours.

3 - leftovers

4 - BBQ at a friends house (not cooking)

5 -Blackened tilapia, velveeta shells and cheese, veggies - Season tilapia with blackened seasoning, cook in melted butter (about 4 TBL) in a skillet until done turning once. Prepare shells and cheese and veggies.

6 - Chicken chop suey with rice

7 - leftovers

8 - Mushroom smothered pork chops with rice and veggies

9 - leftovers

10 -grilled cheese and soup

11-homemade pan pizza with salad - if you have never made pizza crust, I urge you to try it! It is not as hard as you think and the results are great!

12 - lefrovers with salad

13 - Buffalo chicken sandwiches and fries

14 - order take out

15 - breaded chicken cutlets, baked macaroni and cheese and veggies - dredge chicken in flour, then egg, then seasoned bread crumbs, pan fry in vegetable oil in a skillet cook until just brown on each side and then place on a greased baking sheet. Bake 350 until completely cooked (about 15-20 minutes).

16 - Picadillo with rice and sweet plantains -you can make sweet plantains from fresh but I normally buy the goya frozen ones in the box, they come out just as good and are much quicker to make.