Nightly Dinner Planner

With our busy schedules its so easy to not get around to planning a menu for the week. This is where I step in. Once a week I will post a week's worth of meals some with the recipe to help you plan your week and make it a little less stressful. I very my week's worth of meals from VERY easy, to crock pot, to comfort foods. Please feel free to leave a comment or question about any meal I post and I will get back to you.




Meal 1:
Sheppard's Pie
Quick and easy this is a one dish wonder (well almost), see recipe below
Meal 2:
Pork Chops
Lipton Flavored Rice (I like Broccoli and Cheese)
Steamed Broccoli and Carrots
Meal 3:
Crock pot day! See recipe below
Cowboy Casserole
Meal 4:
Ribs w/ BBQ sauce
Corn
Mashed Potatoes
Meal 5:
White Chicken Chili and cornbread
try this recipe http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=10000000701089
Meal 6:
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches and Tomato Soup
My super fast meal, my kids love
Meal 7:
Leftovers!

Sheppard's Pie

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon canola oil
2 medium carrots - diced
1/4 cup onion - diced
2 tsp. garlic
1 lb ground beef
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp onion powder
instant mashed potatoes (serving for 4)
canned corn - drained
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese


Preheat Oven to 400 degrees. In an oven safe pan heat the oil, then add carrots and onion let cook for about 4 minutes, add garlic and cook for another minute. Add meat to vegetables, and brown meat till done. Meanwhile prepare instant mashed potatoes. After meat is cooked remove it from pan and drain oil. Spread potatoes in bottom of pan evenly, place meat on top of potatoes, then corn and top with cheese. Place in oven and cook for 30 minutes. Ready to eat out of oven. Serves 4-6 people.

Cowboy Casserole

1 1/2 lbs ground beef
1/2 onion diced
1 lb tomatillos diced
2 cloves garlic
1 large can enchilada sauce
1 6.5 oz can sliced black olives, drained
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 tsp cumin
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups water
1 cup cornmeal mix
1/2 tsp -1 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
1 cup cheddar cheese shredded

In a large skillet, cook ground beef together with onions, and garlic. Season with chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper while cooking. Drain fat off and place in slow cooker.

Place diced tomatillos and olives in crock pot. Pour enchilada sauce over top. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.

30 minutes before you are ready to serve, bring water to a boil. Add salt, sugar, and cornmeal and return to a boil. Lower heat and simmer and continue to stir for another minute.

Drop cornmeal batter by spoonful into the slow cooker. Set the slow cooker to high and let cornmeal dumplings cook for 30 minutes.

Sprinkle with cheese and let melt. Serve. Serves about 6