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Menu Plan Monday


Last week's menus went really well! Doing the pantry/fridge/freezer inventory before planning was great. You know there's always something that you forgot was in there-ha!

This week I'm trying a couple of *new recipes* from the cookbook Mother's Recipes. My friend Teresa gave me a copy a few years ago. I've made several things from it before and they are always delicious.

Monday: (I'm preparing a simple meal for the nursery workers' meeting tonight)
chicken salad croissant sandwiches
chips & dip
veggie tray
dessert TBA

Tuesday: pinto & navy beans with ham (prepared in crockpot), buttermilk cornbread
(I never got around to this last week)

Wednesday: (meal @ church) hamburger steaks, baked potatoes, rolls, dessert

Thursday: chicken & tortilla dumplings* (recipe below)

Friday: apricot chicken* (recipe below), salad, veggie TBA

Saturday: most likely dinner out--we'll have company and there's a big youth event going on.


Chicken & Tortilla Dumplings

6 large chicken breasts, skinned & boned
9-10 cups water, to cover chicken
2 celery ribs, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
About 2 Tbls. of chicken bouillon
1 can cream of chicken soup, undiluted
10-11 (8-inch) flour tortillas

In a large kettle or roaster, place the chicken breasts, water, celery and onion. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and cook for about 30 minutes--until chicken is tender. Remove chicken reserving broth in the roaster (you should have about 8-9 cups of broth). Let chicken cool and cut in to bite-size pieces. Gradually add some of the bouillon. Taste the broth to make sure it is rich and tasty. Add the chicken soup and bring to a boil. Cut tortillas into 2 x 1-inch strips. Add strips, one at a time, to a briskly boiling broth mixture while stirring constantly. Add chicken, reduce heat and simmer 5-10 minutes, stirring often to prevent dumplings from sticking.
Serves 8. Mother's Recipes, page 202


Apricot Chicken

1 cup apricot preserves
1 (8 oz.) bottle Catalina dressing
1 pkg. onion soup mix
8 chicken breasts
In a bowl, mix preserves, dressing and soup mix. Place chicken breasts in a large, buttered baking dish and pour apricot mixture over chicken. Bake uncovered at 325F for 1 hr. and 20 minutes. Serve over hot rice.
Mother's Recipes, page 192


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