Still not sure what to make for dinner??? Check out this weeks meal plan and recipes!!!
Ham Bone Soup with White Beans
Ingredients:
- 1 ham bone, with some meat still on it
- 1 cup ham, chopped
- 3 cans chicken broth
- 3 cups water
- 2 cups northern white beans
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 stalks of celery, chopped
- 3 large carrots, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 large sweet potatoes, chopped
- Salt and pepper
- 2 tbsp butter
Directions:
- In a large pot or dutch oven pour 3 cans of chicken broth, 1 cup water and beans. Bring to a boil, then turn off heat and let sit for 1 hour.
- Turn to low heat and place ham bone into the pot with the beans. Add 1-2 cups water and simmer for another 2 hours.
- Cut sweet potatoes into 1 inch bite size pieces. Place a separate pot and bring to a boil. Cook for 3-5 minutes. (Long enough to soften potatoes but not fully cooked). Strain water and set aside.
- Saute onions, garlic, carrots, celery and sweet potatoes in butter with salt and pepper.
- Remove ham bone from the pot and scrape off any remaining ham. Chop ham and place in the saute pan with veggies. Saute for about 1 minute, then combine all ingredients into the large pot with the beans.
- Add 1 more cup water or chicken broth at this time if needed. Let cook for at least another hour.
- Serve hot and delicious!
Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 4+ hours Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Shopping List:
- Ham (Albertsons,
- Celery (Fred Meyer, $0.49/lb)
- Carrots (Fred Meyer, organic baby carrots 1lb bag, $1.50 each)
- Sweet potatoes (probably cheapest at H Mart or Fred Meyer)
- Onion (Albertsons, $0.99/lb)
- 3 cans Chicken Broth (Stockpile)
Approximate cost of meal: $8.00 (depending on what is in your current stockpile and which coupons/catalinas you currently have to use)
Country Style BBQ Pork
Ingredients:
3-5 pounds Pork Shoulder Country Ribs
1 bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce
4 cloves garlic, whole
Salt and pepper
Directions:
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place pork in a large pot of water with 3 cloves of garlic and boil for approximately 45 minutes.
- Drain water and place pork in a baking dish and slather generously with BBQ sauce. Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes.
Prep. Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 45 minutes Difficulty: Easy
Shopping List:
- Country Style Shoulder Pork (QFC, $1.99/lb, about 3-5 lbs)
- BBQ (Stockpile item, purchase in the summer when it is rock bottom priced!)
- I also recommend eating white rice and a fresh green salad with this meal!Approximate total cost of meal: $6.00 (depending on what is in your current stockpile and your current catalinas/coupons you have to use!)
Savory Butternut Squash Soup
Ingredients:
- 1 Butternut Squash, chopped
- 2 Sweet Potatoes, chopped
- 1/2 cup Carrots, chopped
- 1/2 cup Onions, chopped
- 1/2 cup Celery, chopped
- 2 cups Chicken Broth
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3/4 cup Butter
- 3 tbsp fresh Sage, diced
- 3 tbsp Seasoning blend (approx. 1 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp chili powder, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp black pepper, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp fennel, 1 tsp coriander…blended finely together)
- 1/4 cup Balsamic Vinegar
- 1/4 cup dark Molasses
- 3 tbsp white sugar
- 1/2 cup cream or milk (optional)
Directions:
- Pre-Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cut squash, sweet potatoes, and carrots into 1 inch pieces. Meanwhile melt butter over medium heat, and add Balsamic Vinegar, molasses, sugar, and sage to melted butter.
- Add diced veggies to sauce mixture. Season with your special seasoning blend, salt and pepper. (if you don’t have all of the spices for the seasoning blend, the most important flavors are cumin, chili powder and cinnamon)
- Saute Veggies in mixture for about 2 minutes or until evenly coated. Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 30 minutes or until tender.
- Pour 1/2 cup olive oil into a dutch oven, saute onions and celery with the cinnamon stick, salt and pepper. Once tender, remove cinnamon stick and add chicken broth.
- Take squash mixture out of the oven and add to the dutch oven. Let simmer for 15 minutes (or until flavors are well combined).
- This step is optional…you can chose to serve it hardy as is or ladle veggies and broth mixture into a blender add a dash (1/4 cup) cream and blend. Repeat until all the soup is blended.
Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 30 min Difficulty: Medium
Shopping List:
- Butternut Squash (Albertsons, $0.79/lb)
- Sweet Potatoes (HMart seems to be the cheapest, about $0.39/lb)
- Carrots (Fred Meyer, 1lb bags organic baby carrots, $1.50 each)
- Onions (Albertsons, $0.99/lb)
- Celery (Fred Meyer, $0.49/lb)
- Chicken Broth (Stockpile)
- Seasonings
Approximate cost of meal: $5.00 (depending on what is in your current stockpile and which coupons/catalinas you currently have to use)
Brown Sugar and Apple Roasted Pork Loin (slow cooker) and Carrots
Ingredients:
- 1 boneless pork loin roast (or pork chops will work as well), 2-3 pounds
- 2 clove garlic, halved
- salt and pepper
- garlic powder
- 1 1/3 cups brown sugar, divided
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 apple, sliced
- 2 cups carrots
Directions:
- Sprinkle with garlic powder, salt and pepper, then prick the roast all over with a fork or skewer.
- In a cup or bowl, combine 1 cup of the brown sugar, the mustard, and vinegar. Rub all over the roast.
- Place roast in the slow cooker on top of a bed of carrots and garlic cloves, cover and cook on LOW for 5 hours.
- Take the remaining 1/3 cup brown sugar; Spread over the top of the roast. Place finely diced apple over atop the roast. Cover and continue cooking on LOW for 1 hour longer.
Prep Time: 5 min Cook Time: 5 hours Difficulty: Easy
Shopping List:
- 2-3 lb Pork loin (or pork chops) (Albertsons, pork loin chops, $1.99/lb)
- Carrots (Fred Meyer, 1lb bags organic baby carrots, $1.50 each)
- 1 apple (QFC, assorted varieties $1.00/lb)
- Dijon Mustard
Approximate total cost of meal: $6.50 (depending on what is in your current stockpile and your current catalinas/coupons you have to use!)
Tuesday September 20th: Italian Sausage Speghetti
Ingredients:
- 2 cups Italian Sausage
- 1 lb spaghetti noodles
- 1/2 cup finely diced onion
- 4 cloves finely diced garlic
- 1/2 cup finely diced sweet colored peppers (optional)
- 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh Sweet Basil
- 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh Cilantro
- 2 cans Italian Tomatoes or 1 jar of pasta sauce (your choice)
- 2 tbsp Brown Sugar
- 1 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
- Salt and pepper
- Garlic powder
Directions:
- In an extra large pot bring water to a boil. Once boiling add spaghetti noodles to the water and add a pinch of salt. Boil until noodles are tender.
- Add olive oil to a large saute pan or Dutch oven and heat. Place chopped Italian Sausage in pan and cook until evening browned.
- Remove Sausage from pan and add a dab more olive oil to the drippings in the pan. Add onion, garlic, and sweet peppers, season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, cilantro and sweet basil; saute until tender.
- Add Italian tomatoes or jar of pasta sauce, brown sugar and balsamic vinegar and simmer for approximately 15 minutes.
- Serve with fresh grated parmigiana cheese
Prep Time: 15 min Cook Time: 30 min Difficulty: Medium
Shopping List:
- Johnsonville Italian Sausage (Albertsons, $3.99 Use $1/1 Johnsonville Brat or Italian Burger printable or $1/1 Johnsonville Brat or Italian Burger printable plus use Albertsons Twice the Value coupon…Final Cost: $1.99)
- Barilla Spaghetti noodles (Stockpile item or QFC $1.00 each and use $0.55/1 Barilla Plus Pasta, exp. 12/18/11 (SS 10/23/11 R)…Final Cost: $0.45 each)
- Garlic
- Onion (Albertsons, $0.99/lb)
- Colored Sweet Peppers (Albertsons $1.49/each)
- Cilantro
- Sweet Basil
- Italian Tomatoes/pasta sauce (Stockpile item or Fred Meyers brand, $0.50 each)
Approximate cost for meal: $4.00 (depending on what is in your current stockpile and your current catalinas/coupons you have to use!)
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