Menu Plans

Wow, this week started off with a bang! We had the whole family over for Easter Dinner. It was really yummy! I have a lot planned for this week. I am finding that keeping up with the kitchen and cooking big meals is not nearly the chore I used to think it was. Although, I would imagine I spend at least two hours in the kitchen just cleaning everyday (not counting the cooking) – sometimes more. However, I find quite a bit of joy cooking for my family. Not to mention… how much I love to eat!

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Breakfast

S – Leftover Rice and Beans with Sourdough Toast (The beans and rice were actually sent home with me from a church member after potluck on Sabbath.)
M – Toast with Milk Egg Gravy
T – Strawberry Parfaits, Homemade Granola
W – Buttermilk Biscuits with TVP Sausage Patties, Fruit
TH – Breakfast Casserole, Fruit, Cereal or Homemade Granola w/ Soymilk
F – Oatmeal with Soymilk, dried fruit and walnuts
S – Cereal, Homemade Granola, Soymilk, Yogurt

Lunch

S – None (We had a late breakfast/ early supper.)
M- Tossed Salad, Egg Salad Sandwiches on Toasted Bread
T- Tossed Salad with Cheese, Eggs, and Green Onion
W- Chickpea Salad Sandwiches on Toasted Sweet Sourdough Bread
TH- Hot Dogs, Chips, Macaroni and Cheese
F – Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches, Cream Cheese and Jelly Sandwiches, Grapefruit
S – Tacos

Supper

S – BBQ Big Franks w/ Homemade 40 Minute Buns, Grilled Onions, Potato Salad, Coleslaw, Onion Rings with Blooming Onion Dip, Hush Puppies with Tartar Sauce, Soy Lima Beans, Homemade Pickles, Deviled Eggs
M – Vegetable Steaks and Onions, Gravy, Potato Salad, Collard Greens, Cornbread, Strawberries and Cream
T- Cream of Leek Soup, Deviled Eggs, Toast
W – Vegetable Bean Soup with Vegetarian “Meatballs”, Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
TH – Chili, Cornbread, Roasted Fingerling Potatoes Onions, and Carrots
F – Cheese Enchiladas, Salad, Re-fried Pinto Beans, Rice, Guacamole
S – Leftovers

Baking

S – 40 Minute Hamburger Buns, Feed Amish Friendship Bread Starter, Feed Sweet Sourdough Starter
M – Mix up Sweet Sourdough Bread and Set to Rise
T – Second Rise and Bake Bread
W – Make Cultured Buttermilk , Bread Pudding
TH – Bake Sourdough Orange Cranberry Bread, Sourdough Pancakes to freeze, Sourdough Lemon Poppy seed Bread
F – Old Fashioned White Cake with Strawberry Filling

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