Magic Meal Planner

Click the ‘Recipes’ category to find cooking instructions for items in the menus below. 
Weekend
Do the shopping.
Prep for week: Make chicken stock & a pot of vegetable soup for a dinner & lunches this week
Sunday prep for next day: Put beans in to soak, cook cabbage
Monday
In the a.m.: Rinse soaked beans and put with ham in [...]

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2 tablespoons butter
2 cups chopped onion
4 fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 stalk celery, chopped
4 cups chicken stock
4 cups diced potatoes
2 pounds cod, diced into 1/2 inch cubes
1/8 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning TM, or to taste
salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste
1 cup clam juice
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 (12 fluid ounce) cans evaporated milk

In a large stockpot, [...]

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1 large can whole tomatoes
Day old bread crumbs
1/2 - 1 cup sugar
1/2 stick butter

Rub a casserole dish with some of the butter
Put tomatoes in a casserole dish and crush the tomatoes
Stir in a handful or two of day old bread crumbs, enough to absorb some of the liquid but not leave it too dry
Stir in [...]

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Large bag of fresh spinach
1/2 - 1 stick of butter
Sea salt

Put butter in pan large enough to hold all the spinach (spinach will cook way down, so can stuff it in if needed)
Melt butter and put in spinach. Stir to coat butter on spinach
Cook on low-medium, stirring frequently, until spinach cooks down to desired texture
Add [...]

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1 pound Italian sausage, casings removed
1/2 cup diced celery
1/2 cup diced onion
1 cup fresh mushrooms (or 2 4.5 oz. cans)
1 (14.5 ounce) can peeled and diced tomatoes
1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 pound ziti pasta
8 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1. In a [...]

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Chicken thighs (enough for 1 or 2 per person)
Barbecue sauce

Put chicken in baking dish or large baking pan, skin side up (only leave skin if using free-range, hormone free chicken)
Bake in 400 degree oven for about 30 minutes, until lightly browned but not quite done
Pour barbecue sauce over and bake for another 10-15 until sauce [...]

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