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July 2010 Menu

So here's what's on the Smith's menu for July 2010.  I'll let you know how it goes. 

30  Quick chicken noodle soup in the crock pot
1    Zucchini Squash Casserole (make 2)
2    Pasta Meal
3    Leftovers from week
4    BBQ grill Frank's choice from our new 1/8 of a grass fed cow.. with fresh corn and spinach salad   homemade vanilla ice cream and cobbler.
5.   Mushroom Barley crock pot with leftovers from grill
6.   Chopped Salad with orzo
7.   Chinese Spaghetti
8.   Enchilada Casserole (make 2)
9    Home made pizza - have never been able to make this, but trying again.
10. leftovers
11. Pot Roast in bag or crock pot for after church on Sunday. Strawberry ice cream to use up balance of large size cream and 1/2 and 1/2 bought for fourth of July.
12. Crock pot roast sandwiches with bell peppers and mushrooms
13. Taco Salad
14. Meat loaf (make 2) Mashed potatoes and broccoli
15. Pasta meal (make lots of sauce and make lasagna for next week - freeze.
16. Imperial Garden if Nolan's up to it.  Using Gift Certificate from Restaurant.com
17. Grilled something from freezer with local fresh veggies from farmers market
18. Crock pot whole chicken for after church. Pineapple upside down cake
19. Home made chicken soup using bones from yesterday.  with home made noodles or dumplings
20. lasagna and salad
21. chicken mint cous cous with apricots
22. tabullah salad with leftover cous cous and fresh watermelon
23. tacos
24. leftovers
25. steak on grill, potato salad, fresh corn. Buttermilk brownies
26. Stir Fry
27. Chinese chicken salad
28. Roast
29. leftovers
30. Clean out fridge and freezer beef soup
31. zucchini squash casserole
01. Material Grill using coupon from restaurant.com with code SUMMER for 80% off.  Gift certificate of $25.00 purchased for $2.00.  The stipulation is that you purchase $35.00 worth of food.  Not bad for $12.00. 

I am using a dry cream soup mix that I found a recipe for, for my zucchini squash casserole today.  About a year ago, I picked up about 5 lbs of dry milk from freecycle.  This recipe makes enough dry mix to equal 12 cans of Cream of Mushroom or any Cream of soup that you use.  Since the most expensive part I already had and needed to use up, I figured I would give it a try. 

3 cups powdered milk
1 cup cornstarch
1 cup powdered chicken bouillon
2 T onion powder
1 t dried thyme
1/2 t dried basil
1/2 t black pepper

Mix together and store in air tight container for up to 1 year.  Mix 1/2 cup dry soup mix with 1 1/4 cups water, 1 T butter and anything chopped in you want to add. 

taken from a great book called Family Feasts for $75 a week by Mary Ostyn.   Here is her darling and very informative blog... Owlhaven.

Comments

Cathi said…
Oh my. I so want to be there on the 4th! Don't be shocked if I show up on your doorstep. : )
You're doing great...I can't wait to see how this went for you. Let me know if it actually is $75...
Love,
Cathi
8:05 AM
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