Menu for November 16th - November 22nd

Monday: The game this week is baltimore at cleveland. I couldn't find any cleveland specific recipes so i'm being creative 8-) Cheesy crescent dawgs with brown mustard, green salad

Tuesday: Going to cooking exhibit

Wednesday: Tuna noodle casserole, apple slices

Thursday: French fried onion baked chicken, cheesy mashed potatoes, corn on the cob

Friday: Beef and broccoli with sticky rice

Saturday: Recipe day- From Rachael Ray's Book Of 10 Swedish Meatballs on Noodles

Sunday: Shredded pork tacos, refried bean bake

Dessert of the week: Apple Crisp

To Do this week: Cook and freeze green beans. Make applesauce.

If you are wondering why all the new recipes are coming from the same cookbook, it is because it is new and there are so many recipes in it I want to try. Also it is more economical to use one new cookbook at a time.

One of the things I love about the weather getting cold is that you can start using the oven more, which means more casseroles. I love making casseroles! Our casserole for this week is tuna noodle, since it can be made ahead and then baked. I'm constructing it on sunday, so on wednesday I can just through it in the oven. Also since two recipes this week use egg noodles(tuna noodle casserole and swedish meatballs on noodles) i'm boiling a pound and a half off on sunday. This just makes my life easier!

Abundant Harvest Box and Farmers Market

In the box this week we got fuji apples, pears, a head of red leaf lettuce, a pound of spinach, two sweet potatoes, potatoes, 1 bunch cilantro, 2 heads of broccoli, 1 avocado. From the farmers market I got 1 dozen eggs, green beans, corn, apples for applesauce and apple crisp, bell peppers, and oranges.

Abundant Harvest Box and Farmers Market

In this weeks box we got 1 bunch bok choy, 2 bunches carrots. 1 butternut squash, 4 bell peppers, 4 italian sweet peppers, 2 yellow onions, 1 head radicchio, grapes, 4 apples, 4 pears, 2 avocados, 1 bunch arugula, 1 bunch tuscan kale, 5 yams, and lots of persimmons. At the farmers market I picked up 2 pounds of apples, portabella mushrooms(which I stuffed) and eggs.

Chicken Parmesan

Ingredients:

4 chicken breasts

1 jar spaghetti sauce or 1 jar homemade sauce

2 cups bread crumbs

2 cups flour

4 eggs

1 tblsp milk

8 slices fresh mozzarella

3 tblsp italian seasoning

2 tblsp grated parmesan cheese

vegetable oil

salt and pepper

Make It:

Pound out each chicken breast by putting them in between two pieces of plastic wrap and pounding with a meat mallet or rolling pin. Pound to 1/4 inch thickness. Heat sauce in a pan. Preheat oven to 375. In 3 separate dishes, put flour in 1, bread crumbs, italian seasoning and parmesan in 1, and eggs and milk in 1. Mix eggs and milk together with a fork. Mix bread crumbs, italian seasoning, and parmesan together, season with salt and pepper. Heat enough oil in pan to cover halfway. Put chicken in flour, shake off excess, then in egg, then in bread crumbs. Place in oil and fry 4 minutes per side. Place on a cookie sheet, ladle tomato sauce on top and place two pieces of cheese on sauce. Repeat with other chicken breasts. Bake in oven until cheese is melted about 15 minutes. Enjoy!

Denver Scramble

Ingredients:

6 eggs
1 red bell pepper, diced
1/2 red onion, diced
1 ham steak, cut onto cubes
4 pieces bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 cup cheddar cheese
1 tblsp. milk
salt and pepper to taste


Make It:
Heat a large skillet over med-heat, spray with pam. Add bell pepper and onion, saute until softened. Meanwhile in a seperate bowl break all eggs and add milk, whip with a fork or whisk until yolks and whites are combined. Add ham and bacon to pan, cook a minute or so till ham is heated through. Pour in egg mixture. Stir and scrape pan until eggs are cooked, and everything is combined. Sprinkle cheese on top turn heat to low and cover until cheese is melted. Enjoy!

Menu for November 9th - November 15th

Monday: The game this week is Pittsburgh at Denver. I did a little searching but couldn't find a better choice than the denver omelette. I don't make omelettes, so dinner will be a denver scramble, toast, fruit salad

Tuesday: Chicken parmesan with spaghetti noodles, garlic bread, green salad

Wednesday: Recipe day from Rachael Ray's new cookbook Book of 10, Caution flag chili with flat tire toppers

Thursday: Chicken stir fry over noodles

Friday: Steak, roasted orange veggies

Saturday: Out of town

Sunday: Pigs in a blanket, fruit

Steak Flauta Enchiladas

This is a non-homemade meal, but its quick and easy!

Ingredients:

1 pkg. steak flautas(I get mine from costco)

1 can red enchilada sauce

2 cups cheddar cheese

sour cream to put on top(optional)

Make It:

Preheat oven to 350. In a large casserole dish, pour enough enchilada sauce on bottom of pan to cover. Line all flautas in bottom of pan, any way they will fit. Pour rest of sauce over flautas. Sprinkle all cheese on top, and bake until cheese is bubbly. Enjoy!