[marthamfi]

I need inspiring.. I know for Easter.. will make the turkeducken in the freezer. plenty of food in the house.. just need to use up what we have .. burgers, shrimp, chicken, frozen veggies boxed sides... today is still pea soup, ham still from last week..maybe w boxed mac n cheese today.

 

[hikr00]

Like CH said using stuff from the pantry and freezer -

Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and corn on the cob
Chicken and dumpling casserole, green beans w / bacon
Sausage gravy and biscuit
Baked ham, Mac and cheese, veggie of some sort

Everything is from the freezer or pantry except the ham. I bought that last week for Easter.

 

[Contrary Housewife]

Mid April, using what's on hand:

-- chili dogs, fries
-- pizza (take out)
-- chicken curry, vegs, rice
-- l/o bbq, beans or corn
-- chicken, cauliflower
-- fish, salad
-- out

 

[hikr00]

We have a lot of leftover ham from our Easter dinner yesterday. Menu takes that into consideration.
Cheesy ham and potato soup
Ham pizza
Ham and cheese tater tot casserole
Rest of week is leftovers of these items and one meal out.

 

[dlrcpa]

I'll soak beans overnight and make baked beans tomorrow to go w/ ham. I will probably cut the ham up and freeze a lot. Hubby grilled a lot of chicken tonight so we also have leftovers of that.

 

[Contrary Housewife]

End of April. Too tired to plan but we have chicken thighs, pork chops, canned tuna, chinese dumplings, and leftover turkey breast. Vegs include, cauliflower, lettuce, cabbage, carrots, pea pods, and we have various fruits. Eating one meal out and I expect leftovers from that.

 

[rujerro]

I finished the easter ham by turning it into scalloped potatoes and ham. DH unsure if he wants ham/veg/barley soup with the bone later on..
This week, we can have raviolis (chicken or lobster), baked ziti, chicken & rice or pancakes (potato or buttermilk) for dinner. We have honeydew/pineapple/banana/strawberries for dessert. Add whip cream and a key lime cookie and it's a tropical treat.
That's all I can come up with that's quick.

 

[dlrcpa]

Grocery had meat/poultry products marked down this morning (Sunday) including turkey. Got 2 more packs ground turkey @ $3. Usually don't go on weekends because crowded. Used up packages of oat bran and oatmeal.

 

[Contrary Housewife]

The turkey area of the grocery had store made bratwurst in it this week. Noticed the price of chicken is creeping up, bought a bag of frozen pieces which should last a few weeks.

Roughly, the beginning of May looks like this:

-- chinese dumplings, veg
-- wild rice soup, baguette
-- chicken caesar salad, tomato bruschetta
-- hot dogs or chili dogs, fries
-- fish tacos, slaw
-- spaghetti carbonara, chicken

Cherry clafouti at some point early in the week. Fruit smoothies also on the list.

 

[miteigenenhaenden]

Our plan for this month

May

So,	01 May	Grilled sausage, fried potatoes with onions	grilled banana with caramel syrup
Mon,	May 2nd	noodle soup	Semolina pudding with rhubarb
Tue,	03 May	Hazelnut pancakes	baked apple
wed,	04 May	Spicy crunchy balls made from three kinds of beans with roasted root vegetables
Do,	May 5th	Potato waffles with applesauce
Fri,	May 6th	Mashed potatoes with vegetable patty and onion sauce
Sat,	May 7th	Gnocchi with broccoli and smoked salmon in a cream sauce
So,	May 8th	Salmon, stir fry, rosemary potatoes
Mon,	May 9th	Pea soup	Semolina pudding with plum sauce
Tue,	10th of May	Herring salad with beetroot and potatoes
wed,	May 11th	Leftover pan-fried vegetables with mountain lentil gnocchi
Do,	12th of May	Millet and tomato meatballs with ground elder pesto and sheep's cheese
Fri,	May 13th	Currywurst	bread roll
Sat,	May 14th	let's see
So,	May 15th	fried meatloaf, sweet mustard and fried potatoes
Mon,	May 16th	Tomato soup with small noodles	Bun, chocolate pudding
Tue,	17th of May	vegetarian Köttbullar, with mushroom cream sauce, mashed potatoes	Seasonal salad
wed,	May 18th	(Botwinka) Polish beetroot soup	toasted bread
Do,	May 19th	Noodles with wild garlic pesto, (sheep's cheese and) roasted walnuts
Fri,	May 20th	Bavarian cabbage with meatballs and potatoes
Sat,	May 21st	Potato cakes with quince sauce
So,	May 22	Turkey escalope, mashed potatoes and peas
Mon,	23. May	Feijoada	Rhubarb with vanilla sauce
Tue,	May 24th	Millet coconut porridge with pear sauce
wed,	25. May	Filled flatbread with cheese, tomatoes and spinach
Do,	May 26	Spaghetti with creamed spinach and smoked tofu
Fri,	May 27th	Cabbage goulash with potatoes
Sat,	28th of May	Fried potatoes with fried egg	Coleslaw with carrot, vinegar and oil
So,	May 29th	Roulades with potato dumplings and peas
Mon,	30th May	stuffed peppers with potatoes
Tue,	31. May	Fricassee with brown rice	compote

 

[marthamfi]

Mite you are so organized! lots of good stuff too. no me lol haven't done any major cooking..chinese takeout tuesday, smokies w tater tots one day, last night rest of them w salad kit. hotdog for dd. friday no cooking, tonight need to use the garlic bread loave I got so tortellini w it. made mrs smith apple pie last night.
realized had smokie leftovers so that was another night lol well dh loves smokies. and we had the buns to use up.

not sure what is for dinner this week. plenty of options in the freezer. thinking of getting indian takeout.

 

[miteigenenhaenden]

Mite you are so organized!

This is my weakness. It drives others crazy.

 

[rujerro]

Mite- I love to see your menus and the ethnic flair. I believe you mentioned being gluten free? We have a member who must not have a drop of gluten and your recipes give me great ideas for dinners/desserts. I read that rye/barley/wheat are full of gluten and she said that some oats have gluten as well....I have not read that but I'll take her word for it.

For the next few days, our menu will be:
Sat- baked butter mushroom chicken, pull apart bacon cheesy bread
Sun- Mother's Day brunch
Mon- Pizza, chicken nuggets, oven fries
Tues- King Ranch chicken, rice

 

[miteigenenhaenden]

I read that rye/barley/wheat are full of gluten and she said that some oats have gluten as well....I have not read that but I'll take her word for it.

I would like to explain this a bit:
Oats are gluten free BUT they are - at least here in Europe - harvested and processed using the same machinery that is used to harvest and process wheat, barley, rye. So the machines are contaminated with gluten. This is how the gluten gets into the oats. This oat is therefore not edible for people with celiac disease.
There are also oats that are labeled gluten-free. It really is gluten free. Nevertheless, the German Celiac Society recommends eating only a little of the oats. In some people with celiac disease, the gut reacts unfavorably to it. It is not yet known why this is so.
I don't eat oats. There are plenty of other foods.

 

[Contrary Housewife]

May is heating up. Temps ~90F this week.

-- chicken sandwich, spinach salad
-- hamburgers, potato salad
-- fish taco, slaw
-- chicken stir fry, rice, spinach
-- pork chops, baked potato, broccoli
-- salad/leftovers

 

[Contrary Housewife]

Easy meals for warm weather:

-- out (probably pizza)
-- leftover bbq ribs, salad
-- chinese take out
-- brats, salad
-- tuna salad sandwiches
-- leftover chinese
-- mac w/ham, salad or broccoli

 

[hikr00]

Lemon Parmesan chicken
Cranberry orange waffles
Crockpot ham and potatoes