The beginning of school brings a change in schedules and most likely your evenings! Something that you can do to help make that transition easier is planning your weekly menu! This week our menu consists of comfort food recipes. Casseroles and one pot dinners bring back a feeling of being a kid, home cooked meals- comfort food is like getting a big old hug! So enjoy our week of comfort food recipes!!
Comfort Food Recipes
Monday:
If you saw our menu from last week, you will see that this was on it! We ended up not making it that night, so I just moved it over to this week!
Homemade Hamburger Helper by Fed and Fit
Tuesday:
Leftovers
Wednesday:
Chicken Enchilada casserole in the crockpot
- Add chicken to crockpot with 1/4 cup olive oil
- Make the sauce- mix together with a whisk-
- 2 TBL tomato paste
- 16 ounces of tomato sauce
- 1 1/2 cups of broth (chicken or veggie)
- Spices- 2 TBL chili powder, 1 TBL cumin, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 2 tsp oregano
- Cook on high for 4-6 hours
- Shred the chicken
- Cut 10 corn tortillas into strips
- Layer
- tortillas
- Shredded cheese
- Black beans
- Serve with sour cream
- Enjoy!
Thursday:
Tuna Casserole
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Cook 12 ounces of noodles according to package (use elbow or egg noodles), then drain and set aside
- Melt 2 TBL butter
- Add 2 TBL of flour of your choice & mix together
- Slowly add 1 1/2 cups of milk and 3/4 cup broth
- Whisk until there are no lumps
- Add spices (2 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp onion powder, 1 tsp salt & 1/2 tsp pepper)
- Next add 12-16 ounces of canned tuna (drained)
- Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently
- Pour into a 3 quart casserole dish
- Add 1 1/2 cups of shredded cheese to the top
- Cook for 20-25 minutes
Friday:
Out to eat
Saturday:
Teriyaki Chicken Casserole
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Make the Teriyaki sauce- put all ingredients in a small saucepan
- 1 cup coconut aminos
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- Mix together in a separate bowl 1 TBL arrow root powder and 1 TBL water
- Slowly add the arrow root mixture into the saucepan
- Bring to a boil and then turn down the heat to let it simmer for 3-5 minutes
- Put chicken breasts in 9×13 pan, pour half of the sauce over & cook for about 25-30 minutes, until chicken is cooked through. Then shred it.
- Add 3-4 cups of cooked rice & 3 cups of vegetable stir fry mix to the chicken and add the rest of the sauce
- Mix all together and cook for another 20 minutes
- Enjoy!
Sunday:
Breakfast Casserole in the Crockpot
- Cook 1 lb breakfast sausage
- Beat 1 dozen eggs
- Add 1 cup of milk
- Add spices
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp ground mustard
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- Start making the layers
- First layer is hash browns- use 1/2 of the 2 lbs of hash browns
- Next 1/3 of the sausage
- Then 1 cup of cheese
- Repeat the layers for a total of 3
- Then pour the egg mixture right over the top
- Cook for 7-8 hours on low
- Enjoy!
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