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In love with Jesus. Wife to my best friend & man I love more than life. Mama to 4 amazing God given blessings. Proud Homemaker & Homeschooler. Living life with it's ups and downs and blogging about it!

Monday, March 1, 2010

~Menu Plan Monday~.....

                                                 photo credit: The Food Network


Supper menus:

Monday: Mexican mess w/rice (recipe below), salad

Tuesday: Chicken & wild rice, broccoli & cauliflower

Wednesday: Jambalaya, buttermilk cornbread

Thursday:  Breakfast burritos, fruit

Friday: chimichangas, rice and beans, guacamole

Saturday: Charlie's choice (my husband cooks or we cook together)

Sunday: Roast chicken, broccoli & cauliflower, twice baked potatoes, chocolate delight

Mexican Mess w/Rice

1 lb. ground beef, cooked and drained

1 med. onion, diced and cooked with beef

1 can Ro-tel tomatoes w/green chilis

1 small can tomato sauce

1/2 c. ketchup

2 cans hominy, drained

2 cans pinto beans

1 tsp. chili powder

1 tsp. cayenne

1 tsp. Lawry's seasoned salt

1 T. cumin

In skillet, cook beef and onions, drain. Pour in crockpot. Add cumin, salt, pepper, chili powder (opt.) and stir. Add rotel, tomato sauce and hominy. Stir. Cook on low for approximately 4-6 hrs. Serve with hot rice or chips. Easy and good!




I made this week's menu plan following my new organized way to plan menus...I just follow this simple formula and plug in what is on the list for that day. It's hard to explain so I will post it and you can read about it, here!

Have a great week!

♥Julie♥

3 comments:

cryssi said...

looks like a lot of mexican food, we are having alot of that for lunch this week, and some for supper....gotta eat that delicious homemade sour cream!!!! Love Ya Lots and Miss You!!!

Denise said...

Everything sounds good.

Unknown said...

I love that you do this! I always call my mom and ask her if she's done a menu for the week and she laughs at me! Now I can steal your instead :)

Yay!!

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