New Recipes That I Am Trying

I am a bit adventurous this week. I decided to try out as many new recipes that I can this week. So here is my plan, printed out and all ready to go. I believe I have almost all of the ingredients. 8) All of these are either gluten free/dairy free or adaptable to gluten free/dairy free. And of course - pork free.

New Breakfast Dishes I Am Trying.
-Baked Oatmeal (Kids didn't like the older recipe that I tried- too sweet)
-Crock Pot Oatmeal (different one than what I usually use)
-Oven French Toast
-Universal Muffin Mix (need one that is versatile)
-Mini Baked Donuts

New Lunch Dishes I Am Trying
-Glass Noodle Soup (recipe from Jeanette)
-Greek Risotto

New Dinner Dishes I Am Trying.
-Chicken and Artichoke Casserole
- All In One Saucy Pasta (recipe from Heather - Love those easy ones!)
-Beef Taco Skillet
- Chinese Fried Rice (adapting from Jeanette's Mushroom Chicken, which has been a life saver, thanks)
-Saucy Mac Skillet
-Scalloped Potatoes with Salmon

New Desert Recipes That I Am Trying
-Wacky Cake (already made it once but I am going to add more chocolate and sugar)
-Vegan Cheesecake (A dairy free girl has got to do what a dairy free girl needs to do!)
-Angie's Boat Brownies

Under The Weather Menu

I am working off of last weeks menu this week. We didn't have money for groceries until Friday and we were dealing with some sickness last week. I decided to post my Under the Weather Menu.

Under The Weather Menu
This is a menu I think of when food allergies or a sick bug zaps my energy and I need to heal. These are all foods that are the safest for me. When you plan your own, think of what foods are the safest for you and the foods you long for when you have a cold or upset stomach.

-Day 1 = Chicken Veggie Soup
-Day 2 = Fish and Rice - I season mine with butter and herbs or a sauce, Raw Veggies
-Day 3 = Baked Chicken - I like to season mine with Taco Seasoning, Raw Veggies
-Day 4 = Hamburger (Turkey burger in our home) Gravy over Mashed Potatoes with mixed veggies.
-Day 5 = Stir Fry - or - For Summer time, I would of added in a couple of Salads like BQ Chicken Salad or Taco Salad.

Menu for Feb 2nd - 8th

GF/CF and Pork free. Will mark with a * if there is traces of Casein in meal. We do fine with traces of CF or an occasional dairy treat once a week.

My goal this year is to cut way down on going out to eat. Every time we do go out to eat, I am asking why and what can I do to prepare us so we don't eat out. I noticed something this week. I was caught off guard and unprepared. I need an extra back up plan for dinner. You see, I already used my quick and easy meal. My crock pot meal was not finished, because there was too much frozen stuff added to the crock . So we went out to eat. :( Not what I want to do. So I am going to include 9 dinners on the menu with two of them Quick and Easy just in case. The Quick and Easy ones are #8 and #9. I also made a cheat list I keep on my refer. under my menu of 12 Quick and Easy meals to put together. That way if I don't have what it takes to put it together, there will be a list to choose from.

The other thing that I added was Breakfast and Lunch. An inspiration from my friend Jen. I didn't include any recipes, but if there are any you would like I could post them upon requests.

Dinner
1. Buffalo Wings (still need to pick them up)
2. Speg. - with rice noodles
3. Swedish Meatballs - I pre-made these
4. Jambalaya
5. Chili (Never made it last week)
6. Rotisserie Chicken
7. Soup or casserole to clean out refer, freezer and pantry
8. Hot dogs (wrapped in corn tortillas) and Chili
9. *Tomato Soup (Not CF) and sandwiches (with Trader Joe's Rice Bread)

Lunch
Our meals are at home, because we are a homeschool family. Some could be for lunch boxing it.
1. Lunch meat sandwich (Trader Joe's Rice Bread) or roll up with corn tortilla
2. Egg Salad sandwich (Trader Joe's Rice Bread)
3. Tuna and *soy cheese melt open face sandwich (Trader Joe's Rice Bread)
4. Glass Noodle Chicken soup
5. Nachos with *soy cheese, salsa and taco meat. We use to have Nachos without cheese.
6. Pizza on Toast (Trader Joe's Rice Bread) with sauce, veggies, *soy cheese and leftover meat
7. Leftovers

Breakfast
1. Boiled eggs and toast (Trader Joe's Rice Bread)
2. Oven Pancakes
3. Hot Cereal
4. Dutch Apple Baby
5. Egg, turkey bacon and toast (Trader Joe's Rice Bread)
6. Cold Cereal
7. Overnight oven French Toast (Trader Joe's Rice Bread) and country potatoes

Menu for Jan 19-25 2009

I can never follow my menu. I decide something sounds better, or I forget to get the crock pot together in the morning, or we get too busy and I need to make something easy.

So instead we made ...


-Regular spaghetti instead of baked spaghetti. - Dear Sweet Husband made it from a can and doctored it up..


-We made scalloped potatoes, because I was making a dish for another family.
with dairy http://www.recipezaar.com/Scalloped-Potatoes-82456
without dairy http://www.gretchencooks.com/recipes/1034_Gluten_Free_Scalloped_Potatoes_and_Ham I added 1/4 cup of soy cream and used less mayo, onion, paprika, Italian seasoning and a mixed seasoning blend. Top with soy cheese if you wish.


-And while I was at the store picking up the aluminum throw away pan, I found huge cabbage on sale for 4 lbs for a dollar. All I could think of was my sister-in-laws Beerocks she makes. I will post this recipe on the blog later this week.

-Saturday the husband wanted pizza and so we made pizza.

-Sunday the husband wanted to enjoy the beautiful weather at the beach and so we ate fast food without a bun.


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So this week is mostly the same as last weeks, except I am adding...

-Lazy ground turkey (not sure what type of sauce yet - something that needs to be used up in my refer.) - Easy, cook meat with onions and add sauce. Serve over rice.


-Crock Pot Chicken Makhani (Indian Butter Chicken)
http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/12/crockpot-chicken-makhani-indian-butter.html
I used ground cardamom instead of the pods. You can get cardamom and garam masala at a Asian market.


-Chicken Veggie Soup (to use up tired veggies in the refer.) - I don't have a recipe Add leftover chicken, chicken broth, veggies and season. Cook over med until it comes to a boil and them simmer until it is done. I sate my onions and carrots for 5 minutes before adding. Can add rice or noodles. I sometimes add 2 Tbsp curry. Each time it taste a little different.


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The meals we didn't eat from last week that I am adding to this weeks are...

-Chinese fried rice with chicken chow mien

-Crock pot honey lentils

-Crock pot Tamale Pie

-Fish and veggies with Trader Joe Curry sauce

-Baked Spaghetti

January 12 - 18 menu

This is our menu for this week. I allow flexability within the week so we can change our minds if we need to. This menu is gluten free, casien free and pork free.

Wycliff Adobo Chicken

Crock Pot Honey Lentils - First time that I am trying this recipe
http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/12/crockpot-honey-lentils-recipe.html

Crock Pot Tomale Pie - First time that I am trying this recipe
http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/04/crockpot-tamale-pie-recipe.html

Fish and veggies in Trader Joes Indian Curry Simmer Sauce
I remember how good this was when I was working and would go out to eat at this little restraunt with my Indian friend. It was one of my Indian friends favorite dishes that they would serve occassionally.

Baked Speghetti

Crockpot Rotisary Chicken - one of my favorites
http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/10/crockpot-rotisserie-style-chicken.html

Chicken Chow Mein and Chinese Fried Rice - I haven't tried the Chinese Fried Rice recipe yet
http://www.recipezaar.com/Chinese-Fried-Rice-38748

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Recipes are as follow

WYCLIFF ADOBO CHICKEN
I originally got this recipe from a Wycliffedinner theatre, and it originates in the Philapeans.

ADOBO FOR SIX
2-4 Tablespoons Oil or Shortening
3-4 Cups Pork Cubes, Chicken Pieces or a combination
1-2 Cups Cubed Potato
4 Large Garlic Cloves, cut in fourths
½ Cup Vinegar (I use apple cider vinegar)
2 Large Bay Leaves (in cheese cloth) (I skipped this)
2 Whole Peppercorns, crushed (I used 1/2 tsp pepper)
1 Teaspoon Salt
¼ Cup Soy Sauce
2 Teaspoons Brown Sugar
3 Cups Water
(I added 3 grated carrots)
(I added 1 onion chopped)

Directions: Brown meat and garlic with the oil in a large pot. Add other ingredients, simmer and cover until tender. Serve with rice and mixed vegetables. For thicker broth add cornstarch.

Feel free to add more brown sugar. I think it needs it. Also I remember them adding Pineapple.

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BAKED SPEGHETTI - This does have some casien in it.

1 lb Ground meat
1 jar of Speghetti sauce
1 small package of GF Speghetti noodles
2 eggs
1/2 cup to 1 cup grated soy cheese

Brown meat and add speghetti sauce. Boil noodles and rinse with cold water. Beat eggs and mix together with noodles. Pour noodles and eggs in greased 9x13 pan. Add meat and sauce over noodles and top with the grated soy cheese. Bake Preheated oven at 350 until cheese is melted and bubbly.

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CHICKEN CHOW MEIN - not sure where I found recipe

2-3 c. cubed cooked chicken
1 med. onion, sliced
2 c. diagonally sliced celery
3 tbsp. salad oil
1 can (6 oz.) sliced mushrooms, undrained
1 can (1 lb.) bean sprouts, drained
1 1/4 c. chicken broth
1/8 c. soy sauce
3 tbsp. cornstarch
2 cans (3 oz. each) chow mein noodles or rice

In large skillet, cook and stir chicken, onion and celery in oil until onion is tender. Stir in mushrooms (with liquid), bean sprouts and chicken broth. Blend soy sauce and cornstarch; stir into vegetable mixture. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute. Serve over chow mein noodles or rice. 4-6 servings.Variation: Turkey or pork chow mein: Substitute 2 to 3 cups cut up cooked pork or turkey for the chicken.

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