this week's dinner plan?

Sonya · Guru

RE: this week's dinner plan?

Sonya · Guru

Here's our week.

I'm never this organized but we have two nights of parent teacher at 6:15 so I need to be a bit more organized this week.

Tonight: Asian Steak Stew
Monday: Chicken Chili
Tuesday: Pasta e fagoli

Wednesday we'll be at my moms (and parent teacher) and then we leave early on Thursday morning for SF so yay for a short week.

Our other standbys are beef stroganoff (i posted above), chicken or steak tacos/burittos, chicken salsa pizza, whole roasted chicken, spaghetti, stirfry, pork tenderloin (with extra chuckle for you 30 rock fans)

daisy · Guru

Sonya wrote:

daisy wrote:

Sara wrote:

i am working on my grocery list now. not sure what we will be having each night as i just like to have items on hand.

i know sunday is soup day so we will either have chili or veggie soup.

and i am buying stuff for...
lasagna
spaghetti (always keep that stuff on hand)
chicken breast
tacos
beef and noodles

and of course i always keep chicken nuggets, fish sticks and a digorino on hand for a quick dinner.

then we always usually have a veggie and fruit with whatever we have.

can you tell me what "beef and noodles" is?
is that just like chopped meat mixed with noodles? (sorry i'm so oblivious...)

we make shortcut stroganoff (campbellskitchen.com) all the time. the kids love it and it is super easy.

ok i have to google all of this. i dont even know what beef stroganoff is, though i've heard of it.

Sonya · Guru

Kelly:

Beef stroganoff is either steak or hamburger fried up with egg noodles and mushroom cream sauce. This one is good if you like cream of mushroom soup - there are lots with real cream sauce but this one goes together in about 30 minutes start to finish.

i like the leftovers (if there is some) better than the real thing

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 boneless beef sirloin steak (about 1 pound), cut into strips (I also use ground beef if i don't have steak)
1 can (10 3/4 ounces) Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)
1 can (10 1/2 ounces) Campbell's® Condensed Beef Broth
1 cup water
2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
3 cups uncooked corkscrew-shaped pasta
1/2 cup sour cream

Directions:

Heat the oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add the beef and cook until well browned, stirring often. Pour off any fat.

Stir the soup, broth, water, Worcestershire and pasta in the skillet and heat to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium. Cook for 15 minutes or until the pasta is tender, stirring often. Stir in the sour cream and cook until the mixture is hot and bubbling.

http://campbellskitchen.com/RecipeDetail.aspx?ab=A&recipeSource=search&recipeID=25201&page=0&index=0&SearchText=shortcut%20stroganoff&advSearchParams=&LastIndex=false&baynote_bnrank=1&baynote_irrank=1

(oh and when I cook the meat, I add 1 or two teaspoons of soya sauce and garlic salt and onion powder)

Sonya · Guru

This is from my favorite canadian magazine.

I have never made a bad recipe from them:

Slow cooker recipes

http://www.canadianliving.com/recipe-directory/preparation_method/slow_cook.php

daisy · Guru

Sonya wrote:

This is from my favorite canadian magazine.

I have never made a bad recipe from them:

Slow cooker recipes

http://www.canadianliving.com/recipe-directory/preparation_method/slow_cook.php

thanks for this link. the asian steak stew looks wonderful.

daisy · Guru

Sonya wrote:

Kelly:

Beef stroganoff is either steak or hamburger fried up with egg noodles and mushroom cream sauce. This one is good if you like cream of mushroom soup - there are lots with real cream sauce but this one goes together in about 30 minutes start to finish.

i like the leftovers (if there is some) better than the real thing

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 boneless beef sirloin steak (about 1 pound), cut into strips (I also use ground beef if i don't have steak)
1 can (10 3/4 ounces) Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)
1 can (10 1/2 ounces) Campbell's® Condensed Beef Broth
1 cup water
2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
3 cups uncooked corkscrew-shaped pasta
1/2 cup sour cream

Directions:

Heat the oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add the beef and cook until well browned, stirring often. Pour off any fat.

Stir the soup, broth, water, Worcestershire and pasta in the skillet and heat to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium. Cook for 15 minutes or until the pasta is tender, stirring often. Stir in the sour cream and cook until the mixture is hot and bubbling.

http://campbellskitchen.com/RecipeDetail.aspx?ab=A&recipeSource=search&recipeID=25201&page=0&index=0&SearchText=shortcut%20stroganoff&advSearchParams=&LastIndex=false&baynote_bnrank=1&baynote_irrank=1

(oh and when I cook the meat, I add 1 or two teaspoons of soya sauce and garlic salt and onion powder)

tysm. i'm totally going to try this.

Sonya · Guru

daisy wrote:

Sonya wrote:

This is from my favorite canadian magazine.

I have never made a bad recipe from them:

Slow cooker recipes

http://www.canadianliving.com/recipe-directory/preparation_method/slow_cook.php

thanks for this link. the asian steak stew looks wonderful.

I'll let you know. it's in the crockpot right now.

Sonya · Guru

It was really good. Yum.

Asian Steak Stew
By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

Servings: 4 to 6

Ingredients:
1 tbsp (15 mL) vegetable oil
2 lb (1 kg) beef stri-fry strips
2 onions, chopped
2 carrots, cut in chunks
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 can (8 oz/227 mL) sliced water chestnuts, drained
1-1/2 cups (375 mL) beef stock
1/4 cup (50 mL) soy sauce
2 tsp (10 mL) grated gingerroot
1/4 cup (50 mL) each all-purpose flour and water
2 cups (500 mL) broccoli florets
Preparation:
In large nonstick skillet, heat vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Brown beef stir-fry, in batches.

Transfer to 18- to 24-cup (4.5 to 6 L) slow-cooker.

Add onions, carrots, garlic, water chestnuts, beef stock, soy sauce and gingerroot. Cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours or until meat and vegetables are tender.

Whisk flour with water; whisk into cooker. Stir in broccoli florets. Cook on high for 15 minutes.

Dddiii · Guru

daisy wrote:

Dddiii wrote:

daisy wrote:

here's what i'm thinking:

saturday: steak and baked broccoli
sunday: boboli and peppers
monday: leftover chicken and maple syrup sweet potatoes
tuesday: mac&cheese and stringbeans
wednesday: pasta and veggie (i do that every wed bc i work that day and night)
thurs: pork chops and some veggie
friday: salmon steaks and salad

Can I have your recipe for maple syrup sweet potatoes? I've seen sweet potatoes all over the place lately and now I'm CRAVING them!!

yup, just peel and cube the s.p's into one inch chunks. drizzle with olive oil and maple syrup (i put more than a drizzle ;)
350 for 1hr 15 min, toss half way through.
you can put onion in there if you want too.
you can also put in split chicken breast to make it a full meal (it's really good with the syrup on top).

Thanks Kelly! Can't wait to try it!