Menu Plan Monday 4/4/11

If you read my menu last week you're not going to find anything different! Our menu plan was pretty much thrown out the window this past week. We had leftovers one night, dinner for my mom's birthday one night, 'whatever you can find one night', my mom bought the boys dinner one night while I got out of the house for a while, birthday party Sat night... it was that kind of week. So the only difference is that we're not having the beef enchiladas.. that was the only meal I cooked!

Spaghetti, Salad

Roast with Potatoes & Carrots (using this new recipe for homemade onion soup mix on my roast)

Chicken Salad, Carrots and Ranch Dressing

Pancakes, Scrambled Eggs, Oranges

Chicken Fried Steak Strips (one of the few things I fry!), Broccoli, Mac and Cheese

Breakfasts: Pancakes, Maple Pecan Muffins, Cheerios... all those with yogurt/cheese & fruit, I'm also hoping to make some of these granola bars, although I just break them up and call them granola bites. They are great by themselves, on yogurt or in a little milk!

Lunches: Peanut Butter and Jelly/Honey, Tortilla Pizzas (with leftover spaghetti sauce), with leftover veggie sides from our dinners. I always have frozen corn/green peas in the freezer and carrots in the fridge, plus fruit!

Check out Orgjunkie.com for more menu planning and great recipe ideas!

Look for one or two recipes coming this week!

So, do you have weeks when your menu gets thrown out the window too?

Beef Enchiladas

These are SO good! I use a method I got from Musings of a Housewife's Chicken Enchilada recipe, so of course you can use chicken in these as well! I have! This recipe turns out great and uses NO 'cream of' soups. We've gotten rid of those in our diets and you wouldn't believe how hard it is to find an enchilada casserole recipe without it! Try it!




Add taco seasoning and salsa to browned and drained ground beef. Simmer for 5 minutes.




Dip one tortilla into heavy cream. Next fill with beef mixture, roll and place in buttered dish. Having an assembly line makes things easier!



Top with cheese (here I used Colby, I also like Colby Jack and just regular Cheddar) and pour remaining cream over the enchiladas. (The recipe is for a larger 9x13 pan but in the pictures I was only making half the recipe)



Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes until cheese starts to brown. Yum!

Here is the recipe:

Beef Enchiladas

1 lb ground beef, browned & drained
1 cup salsa
2 TBS taco seasoning mix
8 whole wheat tortillas
1 cup heavy cream
2 cups shredded cheese

Preheat oven to 350. Butter 13x9 in baking dish. Once beef is browned and drained mix in 2 TBS (more or less, I like lots and it's okay because it's homemade, no MSG!) of taco seasoning mix and salsa. Simmer on low/med low for about 5 min, stirring often. Dip a tortilla into the heavy cream, fill with beef mixture (keep it small so they aren't stuffed and spilling out), roll and place in dish seam side down. Repeat with the remaining tortillas. Top with shredded cheese, pour remining cream over the top of the enchiladas and bake for 30 minutes or until cheese begins to brown. Sometimes I have extra beef left over, it all just depends on how much meat I brown, how full I stuff these, ect. The leftover meat is great in a quesadilla or on nachos the next day! Serve with a salad, beans, rice, sour cream, ect!

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Counting... 3/28/11

Counting the ways He loves...

38-57


~ Curious squirrels
~ The boys pretending
~ My heart - beating
~ Fingerprints on mirrors
~ Bananas
~ Eli cooking with me (see below)
~ Sink full of dishes
~ My church family
~ Planting flowers
~ Blue's Clues (when Eli wakes up on the wrong side of the bed!)
~ The peace of God
~ Being a mommy to Luke and Eli
~ Friendly faces
~ Lemons
~ Deep red cranberry juice
~ No condemnation in Christ
~ Jeans ringing up $0.97 cents at Old Navy
~ Being able to serve
~ The Body of Christ... colorful, different, beautiful, His

Menu Plan Monday 3/28

Chicken Salad, Carrots and Ranch Dip

Beef Enchiladas (recipe coming this week), Corn

Cube Steak Fingers, Broccoli, Mac and Cheese

Spaghetti, Salad

Pancakes, Scrambled Eggs, Fruit

Roast w/ Veggies (Laura at Heavenly Homemakers just posted an Onion Soup Mix, so I'm going to try this out on my roast!)


Breakfasts: Banana Bread, Oatmeal Blueberry Muffins (using this recipe, but am going to modify it using real butter & sucanat), Pancakes, Cereal, Fruit, Yogurt, Cheese

Lunches: PB&J, PB&H, Chicken Nuggets, Cheese Quesadillas w/ Fruit, Broccoli, Corn


I do so much better when I plan lunches and breakfasts too! :)

Check out Orgjunkie.com for more recipe ideas! Oh and I won a copy of Laura's (from Orgjunkie) new book Clutter Rehab. I haven't started reading it yet but I know that's the kind of rehab I need! I'm hoping to find lots of tips I can put into practice! You might want to check it out!