Weekly Meal Plan 2/6: Crispy Cornflake Chicken, Brown Sugar Roasted Pork, Cream of Mushroom Soup and more!
Ground Turkey Burgers with Cilantro and Feta Cheese
Ingredients:
- Ground Turkey (Super cheap at Safeway this week! See the deal HERE)
- Feta Cheese
- 1 bunch of Cilantro
- 1/2 cup finely diced Onion (preferably a sweet onion)
Directions:
- Dice 1/2 cup onions. 1 cup Cilantro and 2 cloves garlic.
- Mix the above mixture and 1 cups Feta cheese into the ground turkey. Make sure to really mix it well!
- Season with salt and pepper.
- BBQ until fully cooked.
- Serve over a bed of lettuce/spring mix or on a bun!
Prep Time: 5 min Cook Time: 10 min Difficulty: Easy
Baked Crispy Cornflake Chicken, Rice and Steamed Broccoli
Ingredients:
- 4 lbs drumsticks Chicken (only $0.99/lb at Safeway!)
- 1 cup flour
- 1 egg
- 1 cup milk
- 2 cups crushed Cornflakes, approx. 2/3 of a box (I prefer frosted flakes
) - 1 cup all purpose flour
- Salt and pepper (and/or your favorite poultry seasoning…mine is Johnny’s seasoning)
- 1 cup milk
- 4 tbsp Butter, melted
Directions:
- Pre-Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Finely crush Cornflakes in a mixing bowl and set aside. In a separate mixing beat egg and milk. In a third bowl add flour, salt (or Johnny’s) and pepper.
- Now take a piece of chicken and dip it first in the milk/egg bath, then flour mixture, back to milk/egg mix and finally press firmly in the cornflakes (evenly on all sides).
- Place in single layer, in shallow baking pan and drizzle melted butter over atop the chicken.
- Bake for about 1 hour or until chicken is tender, no longer pink and juices run clear (internal temperature of at least 165ºF)
Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 1 hour Difficulty: Easy
Country Style BBQ Pork
Ingredients:
- 3-5 pounds Pork Shoulder Country Ribs (Great price at Safeway this week!)
- 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
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 cups sliced fresh mushrooms, portabella tastes best! (great price at Costco or Safeway)
- 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth
- 1 cup half-and-half cream
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
Directions
- In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender and transparent. Add mushrooms and saute until tender. Add flour to create a rue.
- Stir broth into the mushroom mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat.
- Stir in the cream, salt and pepper. Simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes, stirring often.
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
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