What's For Dinner? 30-minute Menus For 2009 - 29th Edition
This is the 29th edition of the weekly 30-minute menus. These are published ON a weekly basis; I like to develop the weekly menus ON Friday, grocery shop ON Saturday and START the week's menus ON Sunday.
School is starting for many of us so the meals this week are quick and easy - so you can put your dinner ON the table lickety-split and your energies into getting your children settled in school. The menus are also easy ON the budget which is a great help this time of year!
Grilled Shrimp with Greek Veggie Salsa will be served at my house ON Saturday as a delightful finale to summer. I will invite a few friends over to make a grand party of it all. The appetizer course will be 'At the Cheese Ball': cheddar cheese balls; summer sausage with roasted garlic mustard; sliced pears, veg tray and spicy tomato salsa; tortilla chips and savory herb crackers; and honey roasted almonds.
You will find that I use several cooking methods and mix and match, to get dinner ON the table quickly! (The ingredients in parenthesis show some of my quick-prep steps.) You can always substitute your favorite made-from-scratch recipes when you have more time.
I hope you have a great week!
Sunday:
Roulade de Poulet (boneless and skinless chicken breasts; buy extra chicken for Thursday)
Mushroom Rice Pilaf (boxed pilaf)
Broccoli Medley (FRESH bagged veg mix)
Nutty Fruit Salad
Fruited Pink Creams (purchased ice cream and liqueurs; buy enough ice cream for Friday and Saturday)
Monday:
Spaghetti Bolognese (boxed pasta and jarred Bolognese sauce)
Italian Vegetables (frozen veggie mix)
Jam Thumbprint Cookies (jarred jam)
Tuesday:
Cream of Broccoli Soup (vegetarian; buy extra broccoli for Friday)
Artichoke Crostini (jarred artichokes)
Caramelized Peaches
Wednesday:
Shepherd's Pie (instant mashed potatoes and canned mixed vegetables and soup)
Waldorf Salad
Cherry Fluff (canned cherry pie filling and pineapple and frozen whipped topping)
Thursday:
Oven Fried Chicken (boneless, skinless chicken breast or tenders and seasoned coating mix for chicken)
Macaroni and Double Cheese (boxed macaroni and cheese dinner and shredded cheese)
Green Beans
FRESH Baked Cookies (take-and-bake cookies)
Friday:
Ham and Cheddar Strata (pre-cooked ham or ham lunch meat, purchased sourdough bread and bagged cheese)
Broccoli/Bell Pepper/Mushroom Stir Fry (sliced mushrooms)
Toasted Pound Cake with Ice Cream and Chocolate Sauce (purchased pound cake, ice cream and chocolate sauce)
Saturday:
Grilled Shrimp with Greek Veggie Salsa (cleaned and deveined shrimp and canned tomatoes and black olives)
New Potatoes
Corn ON the Cob
Ice Cream with Apple Crunch Topper (purchased ice cream)
I sincerely hope you have fun with your meal planning and preparation,
Elizabeth Randall and FamilyMomsMealConnection.com is designed to help busy moms everywhere prepare meals - family meals, holiday celebrations and special dinners plus entertaining - through recipe and meal planning links. Most of the links are fast, fun and free to use. Who has time to waste searching endlessly through the web? Certainly not us moms!I am the mother of five grown children who are now starting families of their own so to say that I have 'been there and done that' is an understatement! My trick is to plan weekly menus and grocery shop only once per week. I am a firm believer that once-a-week meal planning and grocery shopping saves a lot of time and money! We can all use more of those commodities.
