A Meal Planning Concept


Celebration Meal Plans: You're Something Special

Fresh Tomatoes | Beef Fillets with Jack Daniels Sauce | Jim's World Class Spinach | Carrot Cake

Fresh Tomatoes

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:4
Category:Salad
Meal:You're Something Special (Celebration Meal Plans)
2largetomatoes, fresh
2Tbcapers
2Tbonion, red
2Tboil, olive
2Tblemon, juice of
1pinchsalt and pepper to taste
 

Slice tomatoes in 1/4 slices; arrange on plate. Thinly slice red onion and sprinkle on and around tomatoes. Sprinkle capers on and around tomatoes. Pour olive oil on tomatoes. Squeeze the lemon juice on top of tomatoes. Salt and pepper to taste.

Beef Fillets with Jack Daniels Sauce

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:2
Category:Beef Entrée
Meal:You're Something Special (Celebration Meal Plans)
1Tbpeppercorns, black
2eachsteak, fillet
1Tboil, olive
2ozbourbon, Jack Daniels
2clovesgarlic, chopped
4mediummushrooms, sliced
2ozbeef broth
1Tbbutter, salted
2ozcream, heavy
 

Crush peppercorns with pan. Sprinkle on both sides of fillets. Heat ovenproof pan on stove top until hot, place fillets in pan and brown on both sides. Remove pan from stove and place in 350-degree oven for 10-15 minutes. Remove pan from oven, remove fillets to platter, and cover with foil. Slowly place bourbon in pan, off the stove. Watch for flair-ups, place on medium heat on stove, add garlic and mushroom, cook for 3 minutes, and add broth. Cook for two more minutes and add butter and cream, stir, add flillets. Plate and pour sauce over fillets.


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Jim's World Class Spinach

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:6
Category:Vegetables
Meal:You're Something Special (Celebration Meal Plans)
1.75lbspinach, fresh baby
6Tboil, olive
3clovesgarlic, chopped
3ozonions, diced
3ozham, shaved
1pinchsalt and pepper to taste
0.25cupcheese, Romano, grated
 

Wash spinach thoroughly and dry, heat oil in pan, add garlic and onions. Cook until onions are translucent. Add ham and spinach, season with salt and pepper. Plate and sprinkle with romano cheese.

Carrot Cake

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:12
Category:Dessert
Meal:You're Something Special (Celebration Meal Plans)
1.5cupoil, vegetable
2cupsugar, granulated
4largeegg
2cupflour, all-purpose
1.5tspbaking soda
1.5tspbaking powder
2tspcinnamon. ground
1tspsalt, kosher
0.75lbcarrots, shredded
1cupwalnuts, chopped
0.5cupraisins, golden
 

Cream sugar, eggs and
oil.
Mix in flour, baking soda
and powder, cinnamon
and salt. Add grated
carrots, nuts and raisins.
Bake in greased tube pan
or (2) 9 inch cake pans for
40- 50 minutes at 350
degrees.
Cover with cream cheese
icing. *

Note * See cream cheese
icing for recipe.

This recipe serves 12. If
you scale the recipe to 8
or less bake 20 minutes
less.
Shown here as a 3layer
cake.