Magic Meal Planner

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
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This recipe taken from Nourishing Traditions, by Sally Fallon

4 medium tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced
2 small onions, finely chopped
3/4 cup chopped chile pepper, hot or mild
6-8 cloves garlic, peeled and minced (optional)
1 bunch cilantro, chopped
1 tsp dried oregano
juice of 2 lemons
1 TB sea salt
4 TB whey, if not available, use an additional 1 TB salt
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Fresh or frozen green beans
8-10 red potatoes, cut up into chunks (skin on or off, as desired)

Ham, bacon, salt pork fat, or ham hock for seasoning
Sea salt
Pepper

Place beans, potatoes, and seasoning meat in large pot
Bring to a boil and skim off scum
Cook on medium-low heat for 1-2 hours
Add salt and pepper to taste

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6-8 zucchinis, chopped
Olive oil
Sea salt

Heat olive oil in skillet (cast iron works best)
Saute zucchini until just tender and slightly browned
Sprinkle on salt to taste

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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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