Magic Meal Planner

2 pounds ground beef
1 large onion, chopped

1 green pepper, chopped
2 cloves garlic, mashed
1-2 eggs (1 if large, 2 if small)
1 cup dry oatmeal
1.5 cup ketchup or tomato sauce
Fresh or dried thyme, basil, marjoram (one or all) — a generous pinch of each, more if using fresh

1-2 tsp Sea salt
1 tsp Pepper

Mix all [...]

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1 package chunk cheese of choice (I like mild cheddar, colby, or mozzarella), sliced thinly
Fresh sliced bread of choice (I like sourdough)
Butter
For each sandwich:

Butter 2 slices bread
Place one slice butter side down in hot skillet (cast iron works best). Top with cheese and other slice bread, butter side up.
Grill for a few minutes until bread [...]

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Click the ‘Recipes’ category to find cooking instructions for items in the menus below.
Saturday, August 25
Do the shopping. Eat out.
Prep for next day: put beef in red wine to marinate, chop vegis for stew
Sunday, August 26
Crock Pot Beef Stew
Prep for next day: soak rice & beans overnight in whey water
Prep for work week: chop [...]

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Butter bread of your choice and sprinkle garlic powder over.  Toast in oven until lightly browned.
For best results and best nutritional value, use sourdough bread and real butter (not margarine)!

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8-10 tart apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
Butter
Cinnamon
Sugar

Melt butter in large skillet, add apples
Sprinkle sugar & cinnamon over (to taste)
Cover and cook until apples are tender, stirring several times during cooking

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Fresh or frozen green beans
1 onion, chopped
2-3 cloves garlic, crushed
Olive oil/ butter

Steam green beans lightly until just tender (a stainless steel strainer fitted over a large pot of boiling water with a lid on top works great for this, if you don’t have a steamer)
Melt butter & olive oil together in a skillet.  Add onion [...]

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1 whole chicken, cut into parts
4 Tbs fresh rosemary (or about 2 Tbs dried)
2 C seasoned bread crumbs
1 egg
Olive oil
Butter

Mix rosemary & bread crumbs together in a bowl
Beat egg in another bowl
Melt 2 Tbs butter & 2 Tbs olive oil together in a heavy skillet (cast iron works best)
Dip chicken pieces in egg, then in [...]

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6 or 8 red or white potatoes, washed and chopped into large chunks (skin on or off, as desired)
2 Tbs Olive Oil
2 Tbs Fresh rosemary (or 1 Tbs dried)
Garlic powder
Sea salt

Chop rosemary finely (skip if using dried).
Mix olive oil & rosemary in a gallon size freezer bag.  Add potatoes, seal bag, and thoroughly coat potatoes with [...]

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2 C dried red kidney beans
1 C brown rice
Warm filtered water
3 Tbs whey (instructions for whey here)
2 cans coconut milk
2 bunches green onions (or 1 large regular onion) cut up
4-6 jalapeños, seeded and chopped
6 cloves garlic, mashed
4 tsp dried thyme
2-4 tsp sea salt
1 package kielbasa, sliced into bite-size pieces (or smoked sausage, or turkey kielbasa, [...]

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3 lbs stew beef
1 C red wine
1 quart homemade beef stock (or beef broth from grocery store)
4 tomatoes, peeled, seeded & chopped (or 1 can tomatoes from grocery store)
Several sprigs fresh thyme, or a generous pinch dried thyme (about 1 Tbs)
2 cloves garlic, crushed
8 small red potatoes
1 lb carrots, peeled and chopped (fairly small, so [...]

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