Quick Meals Planner: Weekly 13
Mushroom Stuffed Pork Chops | Church Carrots | Creamy Scalloped Potatoes | Chicken Christensen | Italian Green Beans and Potatoes | Mimi's Mexican Tilapia | Fresh Tomatoes | Crockpot Beef Stroganoff | Spinach Salad | Chicken Pot Pie | French Vinaigrette Salad
Mushroom Stuffed Pork Chops
Recipe Summary
Complexity: | Easy |
Serves: | 4 |
Category: | The Other Meat Entrée |
Meal: | Weekly 13 (Quick Meals Planner) |
1 | Tb | oil, olive |
0.333 | medium | onions, chopped |
1 | cloves | garlic, chopped |
0.75 | cup | mushrooms, sliced |
2 | slices | bread, 7 grain |
2 | oz | chicken broth |
4 | large | pork chops, boneless center cut |
0.5 | medium | lemon, juice of |
1 | 10.5 oz can | beef consommé |
1 | Tb | flour, all-purpose |
2 | Tb | water |
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Heat oil in ovenproof pan on stovetop. Sauté onions, garlic and mushrooms under onions are translucent. Cut bread into small cubes. Add bread cubes and chicken broth and cook for 2 minutes. Cut pockets in center of pork chops, stuff bread mixture into pockets. Return pan to stove, heat and add pork chops, brown on both sides. Place pan in 350-degree oven for 10 minutes. Remove pan from oven, remove chops, place on a plate and cover with foil. Add lemon juice and consomme to pan, return to heat. Mix flour with water, add to pan to thicken. Return pork chops to pan, flip over. Plate and pour gravy over chops.
Church Carrots
Recipe Summary
Complexity: | Easy |
Serves: | 10 |
Category: | Salad |
Meal: | Weekly 13 (Quick Meals Planner) |
0.25 | lb | butter, salted |
1 | cup | orange juice |
4 | Tb | sugar, granulated |
2 | medium | carrots, canned |
0.25 | tsp | nutmeg |
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Combine all ingredients in a pot and heat; simmer for 10 minutes. cool and serve. May be served cold or at room temperature.
Creamy Scalloped Potatoes
Recipe Summary
Complexity: | Easy |
Serves: | 6 |
Category: | Starch / Pasta |
Meal: | Weekly 13 (Quick Meals Planner) |
5 | large | potatoes |
1.5 | cup | cream, heavy |
1 | cup | cheese, parmesan, grated |
1 | tsp | thyme, fresh |
1 | tsp | salt, kosher |
0.5 | tsp | pepper, fresh cracked |
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Slice potatoes as thinly as you can. Place in a large bowl. Add cream, cheese, fresh thyme, salt and pepper; mix thoroughly. Pour into an oven-proof casserole and bake at 250 degrees for 50- 60 minutes, until lightly browned.
Chicken Christensen
Recipe Summary
Complexity: | Easy |
Serves: | 4 |
Category: | Chicken Entrée |
Meal: | Weekly 13 (Quick Meals Planner) |
4 | medium | chicken breasts, boneless, skinless |
0.5 | cup | yogurt, non-fat plain |
0.5 | cup | breadcrumbs |
5 | medium | sun dried tomato |
2 | Tb | garlic, chopped |
2 | Tb | cheese, Romano, grated |
1 | Tb | lemon zest, finely chopped |
1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Put breadcrumbs, tomatoes, Romano cheese and zest in food processor, process until fine. Spread yogurt on chicken breasts, cover both sides with breadcrumbs. Place on parchment paper on cookie sheet in preheated 350-degree oven. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until done. Salt and pepper to taste.
Italian Green Beans and Potatoes
Recipe Summary
Complexity: | Easy |
Serves: | 4 |
Category: | Vegetables |
Meal: | Weekly 13 (Quick Meals Planner) |
1 | lb | green beans |
1 | Tb | salt, kosher |
2 | Tb | oil, olive |
2 | large | potatoes |
2 | cloves | garlic, chopped |
1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Cut ends off of the beans and boil until slightly undercooked in a large pot of water with 1 Tb of salt. Drain and set aside. slice potatoes in 1/4 slices. Heat oil in a pan and sauté until light brown. Add beans and garlic and toss. Warm beans through, salt and pepper to taste and serve.
Mimi's Mexican Tilapia
Recipe Summary
Complexity: | Easy |
Serves: | 4 |
Category: | Easy Recipes I Can Cook |
Meal: | Weekly 13 (Quick Meals Planner) |
2 | lb | tilapia |
1 | 10.5 oz can | Rotel, mild |
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1 | 16 oz can | refried black beans |
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1 | cup | rice, brown |
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Prepare refried beans and rice as directed on the label. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Place tilapia in an oven-proof casserole dish; cover with Rotel and bake for 20 minutes.
Serve with brown rice and refried beans.
Fresh Tomatoes
Recipe Summary
Complexity: | Easy |
Serves: | 4 |
Category: | Salad |
Meal: | Weekly 13 (Quick Meals Planner) |
2 | large | tomatoes, fresh |
2 | Tb | capers |
2 | Tb | onion, red |
2 | Tb | oil, olive |
2 | Tb | lemon, juice of |
1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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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.
Crockpot Beef Stroganoff
Recipe Summary
Complexity: | Easy |
Serves: | 4 |
Category: | Slow Cooker / Crock Pot Cooking |
Meal: | Weekly 13 (Quick Meals Planner) |
1 | lb | beef, cubes |
2 | 10.5 oz can | soup, cream of mushroom |
0.5 | oz | onion soup mix, dry |
4 | oz | cream cheese |
8 | oz | noodles, egg |
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Combine beef, soup, and dry soup mix in crock pot; cook on low setting for 8 hours. Stir in cream cheese just before serving and serve over cooked noodles.
Spinach Salad
Recipe Summary
Complexity: | Easy |
Serves: | 6 |
Category: | Salad |
Meal: | Weekly 13 (Quick Meals Planner) |
1 | lb | spinach, fresh baby |
3 | Tb | oil, olive |
0.5 | medium | lemon, juice of |
1 | tsp | garlic powder |
3 | oz | cheese, feta, crumbled |
2 | Tb | cheese, Romano, grated |
0.25 | cup | cranberries, dried |
0.25 | cup | pecans, halved |
0.25 | cup | mushrooms, sliced |
1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Lightly toast pecans. Place all ingredients in a large bowl and toss.
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Chicken Pot Pie
Recipe Summary
Complexity: | Easy |
Serves: | 4 |
Category: | Cooking for the Kids |
Meal: | Weekly 13 (Quick Meals Planner) |
2 | large | chicken breasts, boneless, skinless |
3 | Tb | oil, olive |
1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
2 | cup | carrots, sliced |
1.5 | cup | onions, pearl frozen |
2 | cup | chicken broth |
10 | oz | peas, frozen |
0.25 | cup | cream, half and half |
2 | Tb | roux |
0.25 | cup | parsley, flat leaf, chopped |
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4 | each | 5 inch foil pie pans |
1 | package | Pillsbury pie dough |
1 | small | egg wash |
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Cut chicken breasts into
bite-size pieces. Heat oil,
reserving 2 Tb, in a pan,
add chicken and brown.
Add salt and pepper. Add
remaining oil and add
carrots and onions, sauté
for 3 minutes. Add broth
and peas. Simmer for 3
minutes. Add cream and
thicken with roux (recipe
under recipe/misc); add
parsley and cool.
Roll out dough and form
5” foil pie pans. Add
chicken mixture to the
pans, leaving ½” at the
top. Roll out dough and
cover pot pies, pinching
the edges to seal.
Refrigerate for 30 minutes
(may be frozen at this
point). Brush top with egg
wash and bake at 350
degrees for 40 minutes or
until the top is browned.
Bake for 60 minutes if
frozen.
French Vinaigrette Salad
Recipe Summary
Complexity: | Easy |
Serves: | 8 |
Category: | Salad |
Meal: | Weekly 13 (Quick Meals Planner) |
2 | Tb | vinegar, red wine |
1 | Tb | mustard, dijon |
0.5 | cup | oil, olive |
1 | small | shallots, sliced |
0.75 | tsp | salt, table |
1 | dash | pepper, fresh ground |
1 | lb | lettuce, mixed |
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Whisk vinegar, shallot and mustard together in a small glass bowl. Slowly drizzle in the oil, whisking constantly. Add salt and pepper to taste. Allow to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes. Toss with mixed lettuce and serve.
Shown here with a baked goat cheese medallion.