Menu Plan – Featuring MyRecipes.com

Posted by Danelle Ice at 5:53 pm

Mar 222009

Our menu plan this week features recipes from the cooking site MyRecipes.com. We like to focus on recipes with only a few ingredients, so you have to stock less food in your pantry.

Print out the menu plan each Sunday, which includes:

A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients. Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.

A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions. (After the week is over, add the recipes to your cookbook for future use.)

Take And Make Menu Plan:

The MyRecipes.com Special

Menu is planned for a family of 4. Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

Meats and Proteins: ____ 3/4 pound chicken breasts ____ 3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese ____ 1 large egg ____ 1 (15-ounce) can black beans ____ 1/3 cup pancetta ____ 1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese ____ 4 (6 oz.) grouper, halibut or cod fillets ____ 1 pound boneless beef sirloin steak ____ 1 pound ground sirloin beef	Vegetables/Fruits: ____ 2 cups broccoli florets ____ 2 onions ____ 1 garlic clove ____ 1 cup corn ____ 2 potatoes ____ 2 cans (14.5 oz ea) Stewed Tomatoes ____ 4 cups chopped green cabbage
Liquids: ____ 1/3 cup milk ____ 1 (14 1/2-oz.) can low-sodium fat-free chicken broth ____ 1/2 cup 1% low-fat milk ____ 1 1/2 tablespoons rice wine or white vinegar ____ 1 to 2 Tbsp. hot chili sauce ____ 2 teaspoons lite sodium soy sauce ____ 5 tablespoons olive oil ____ 3 tablespoons vegetable oil ____ 2 cans (8 oz each) Tomato Sauce ____ 1/4 cup Tomato Paste	Spices: ____ Salt ____ Pepper ____ Kosher salt ____ Seasoned salt ____ 1 tablespoon parsley ____ 1 envelope (1 oz) au jus gravy mix
Other: ____ Cooking spray ____ 3 tablespoons Butter Spread ____ 1 (7-ounce) can chipotle chiles in adobo sauce ____ 1/2 cup reduced-fat sour cream ____ 1 cup bottled salsa ____ 1/4 teaspoon hot chili powder ____ 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme	Grains / Baking: ____ 1 cup uncooked rice ____ 4 tablespoons cornstarch ____ 2 tablespoons brown sugar ____ 4 ounces uncooked linguine ____ 4 (8-inch) flour tortillas ____ 1/2 cup cornmeal ____ 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

Dinner: General Tso’s Chicken and Broccoli. This recipe comes from the Southern Living magazine cooking school. Makes 4 servings.

Tuesday

Dinner: Linguine Carbonara. This recipe comes from Cooking Light magazine, and has only 387 calories per serving. Makes only 2 servings, so adjust ingredients accordingly.

Wednesday

Dinner: Black Bean Burrito Bake. This recipe comes from a classic edition of Cooking Light magazine. Makes 4 burritos.

Thursday

Dinner: Oven-Fried Fish and Chips. This recipe was featured in All You magazine in 2005. Makes 4 servings.

Friday

Dinner: Flash-in-the-Pan Swiss Steak. Recipe by Hunt’s. Serves 4.

Saturday

Dinner: Unstuffed Cabbage. If you’ve ever made stuffed cabbage rolls, this dish will remind you of the filling for those rolls. This recipe is by Hunt’s. Serves 5.