Menu Planning

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1. Oven-Fried Honey Chicken Nuggets with fresh steamed broccoli
2. Greek Pasta Salad
3. Lettuce Wrap Tacos with black bean and corn salad
4. Chicken & Artichoke with Angel hair
5. Chicken Chickpea Curry Bowls
6. Taco Salad

Menu planning -- April 26

Spaghetti and Meatballs
Chicken Caesar Salad
Meatball subs with Sweet Potato Fries
Chicken Enchiladas

Lebanese Chicken Pitas

1 tbsp allspice
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cumin
Salt and pepper
1 lb chicken breasts

Mix above ingredients together. Check taste before rubbing on chicken and adjust to your preference. Rub mixture on chicken and marinate chicken for 1-2 hours.

Cook chicken in skillet with olive oil, until cooked through. Allow to cool slightly, in order to cut. Cut chicken into small strips. Cut 1 onion and 1 green pepper into blunt strips. Saute but keep crunchy the onion and green pepper. Mix together cooked chicken, onions and peppers. This can be made a day ahead and reheated.

SAUCE
4 tbsp greek yogurt
1 tbsp minced onion
1 heaping tbsp chopped mint
½ minced garlic clove
½ fresh squeezed lemon juice
Salt

Combine ingredients. Adjust taste to your preference. This can also be made a day ahead.
Serve chicken mixture on lavash bread (or pita-like bread) with lettuce, tomatoes, and sauce.

Mom's Chicken Divan

1 LARGE BUNCH BROCCOLI (OR BAG OF FROZEN)
4 CHICKEN BREASTS COOKED & TORN UP
1 C MAYO
2 CANS CREAM OF CHICKEN
1 TSP LEMON JUICE
1/2 TSP CURRY (OR lots MORE!!)

COOK BROCCOLI. DRAIN.

IN SQUARE BAKING DISH PUT TORN UP CHICKEN & BROCCOLI ON
TOP OF THAT.

IN MIXING BOWL MIX SOUP, MAYO, JUICE, & CURRY.

MIX & POUR OVER CHICKEN & BROCCOLI.

BAKE AT 350 FOR 1 HOUR.

SERVE OVER RICE

Mom's Pork Chops & Potatoes

Dollop of oil in big frying pan or skillet -- heat it up

SALT & PEPPER PORK CHOPS BONELESS/OR BONE IN ( I LIKE BONELESS)

brown them pretty good in the pan,

ADD CUT UP MUSHROOMS OR ONIONS OR GREEN PEPPERS......OR ALL 3!!!!

Add 1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup & 1 can Golden Mushroom Soup

IF YA HAVE SOME WINE THROW THAT IN.

Add a little water, not too much. (1/4 cup to start)

PUT IN SOME CUT UP POTATOES, SKIN ON IF YOU WANT. QUARTERS
OR EIGHTHS.

Cover & simmer until veggies are tender..(~20-30 Minutes)

IF IT GETS TOO THICK ADD SOME MORE WATER OR WINE

And if you are me SERVE WITH KETCHUP!!!!

Veggie Laughing Cow Pizza

Ingredients

1 pre-packaged pizza crust

1 c sliced mushrooms
1 small can sliced olives
handful of sliced tomatoes

2 wedges Laughing Cow cheese (we used french onion flavor)

Pesto sauce to taste

Minced garlic

Directions

1. Preheat oven based on crust package instructions

2. Spread Laughing Cow cheese over crust.

3. Spread pesto sauce on top of cheese.

4. Sprinkle minced garlic on top of that.

5. Add veggies on top of pizza.

6. Bake as long as directed on crust package.

7. If pizza looks a little dry, drizzle on some EVOO. Enjoy!

(inspired by Love Deliciousness)

Easy Chicken Marinade

2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
2 cloves garlic, minced
T brown sugar
T minced ginger
1/4 cup soy sauce (we use low sodium)
t olive oil

I usually put all of this in a ziploc baggy before work and then grill on the george foreman!