Menu for June 14th to 20th, 2010

Great news! The cold box is acting like a refrigerator again. Defrosted it and am only keeping mayo on the top shelf. Right under it, I am keeping my dairy products. I also took out the crisper trays and putting all of my veggies and eggs down there. With out the trays, there is more room. I guess I will have to keep an eye on it and defrost periodically. Hopefully I can time it when we don't have much in there. :)

I planned out my menu Thursday and then things got changed. I spent over my budget. Seen a great sale that was too good to pass up. The whole brisket was on sale and so we asked the butcher to slice it up into steaks. We cooked 1/3 of it and got beefed out this weekend. I am actually looking forward to my vegetarian dish on Monday. At least my freezer is stuffed at the moment.

I was planning on getting a large bottle of pickles so that I can make pickled eggs for the girls. But I didn't see any on my shopping adventure this week. I will try again next week.

Also trying to hunt down a Bean Breakfast Cake that I use to make that I got from the Oregon Extension Office. I was going to try converting it to gluten free and try it in the mini crock pot. It is definitely a recipe from Eugene, and uses peanut butter and banana's or applesauce. I did find a gluten free bean recipe online, but it is not the same one.

One of my girls is missing bread. Gluten free bread here is so expensive. I miss Trader Joe's and their $3 rice bread. I checked out the gluten free bread mix. For the price, why bother. I am really thinking about bringing out my bread machine and making it from scratch. Just not sure where I would store it.


I like some flexibility and so I don't assign days. Here is a legend of my notes.
- = Monday - Friday
* = Weekends
gf = Gluten Free
Of course we eat leftovers when we can. I love having leftovers, less work. :)


Breakfast

-Cold cereal
-Grits
-Hot Cereal
-Eggs
-Crock Pot French toast - didn't get to try it last week. Had leftover steak instead. (trying this recipe out) Too sweet and didn't like the bread pudding texture
*Eggs, ground sausage patties, and potato with onions and toast (P request)
*Crock Pot Scalloped Potatoes - (didn't get around to making this last week and am trying a different recipe) I use gf flour blend and cut down on the cheese. I also am adding turkey ham.


Lunch

-Egg Salad
-Tuna Salad
-Vegetarian Baked Beans with Hot Dogs (The girls loved it and it was easy) 1 can of Baked Beans, 4 cut up hot dogs, and a squirt of BQ sauce. Heat up and serve. Good
- Yum Sauce - Another Eugene, Oregon thing. Has Nutritional Yeast in it. Trying to make ourselves unattractive to mosquitoes. (I made my own variation and liked it a lot better then Cafe Yumm's sauce. You can view the post here) Good
-Lunch Meat Sandwich
* Oregon Tuna Melt - (trying this out and eating them in corn tortillas instead of the bread) Good
*Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwiches


Dinner

- Caribbean Blackeye Peas - (We loved it)
- Crock pot Meatloaf and Mini Crock Pot Corn Bread - Any meatloaf recipe done in the crock pot will do. (trying out the meatloaf recipe) Good
- Crock Pot Chicken Makhani - I follow this recipe, but always using my own variations. Family favorite
- Beans and Rice - Thinking with Teriyaki
- Slow Cooker Puffy Pizza Casserole - Family is craving Pizza. Found this recipe to try out. Yum
* Beef Kabobs Always good
* Chili Kraut Dogs