College Student Meals

Meagan gave me this idea but I absolutely fell in love with it. I made up an omelet mix and froze it. I put sausage, onions, celery, olives, and mushrooms into the mix. I made this on July 6th and I still have about half of it left. It works really well and after the hard work once you can eat it for months (if you live alone.) It is good and I eat it probably once a week if not more. Also, if you are lazy like me I just scramble my eggs in with the mix instead of the pretty omelet. I just put one egg in or two and I just eat it like scrambled eggs. It is way convenient.

Jackie's Menu for 8/31-9/6

Sunday: Ramen Noodle Stir Fry
Monday: Left over Green Chile
Tuesday: Left over hash-browns and eggs
Wednesday: Chicken of some sort (HELP I NEED CHICKEN RECIPES)
Thursday: Left over Green Chile
Friday: Sandwich
Saturday: Left over Stir Fry

Barleycorn Biscuits

This is one of my favorite recipes from Whole Grain Baking, my latest cooking obsession.

Barleycorn Biscuits
¾ cup barley flour
½ cup flour
¾ cup whole yellow cornmeal
1 tbs sugar
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
½ cup cold unsalted butter
1 large egg
¾ cup buttermilk
Melted butter for brushing tops

Preheat oven to 400.

Whisk flours, cut in butter. In a separate bowl whisk egg and buttermilk add all at once.

Unless you can find really fine whole cornmeal, I would allow the batter to sit for a while, maybe even overnight. Or, you can regrind the cornmeal, but that takes a while.

San Francisco Pork Chops

I got this recipe from Melinda. They are fantastic!
Heat a little oil in a frying pan (big enough to accommodate the amt. of pork chops you will be cooking). Brown each side of the pork chop (usually 4-5 pork chops for this recipe). Add 1 clove garlic to oil and pork chops and brown.
Then add the following sauce (mixed together):
2 TB oil
4 TB soy sauce
½ c. beef broth
4 TB Brown Sugar
¼ tsp. red pepper (or black pepper)
Cover and cook at a simmer for 30-35 minutes, flipping pork chops halfway through cooking time.Then you can take the pork chops out to add this next part, but I usually just leave them in and pour it around the chops.
Mix 4 tsp cornstarch to 2 TB water and add to sauce;stir till it thickens.
***This sauce recipe is for about 4-5 pork chops, so if you have more pork chops than that or want more sauce to pour over rice or something, I usually double the sauce recipe in this.

Meagan's Menu 25th-31st

25th Monday: Grilled Chicken & Macaroni
26th Tuesday: Barleycorn Muffins and Mexican Chicken & Beans
27th Wednesday: Burritos
28th Thursday: Sonoma Chicken Salad
29th Friday: San Fran Pork Chops, Rice
30th Saturday: Pizza
31st Sunday: Fajitas

Grandmary's Beef Salad

1 to 5 lbs beef (sliced very thin- any cut) Use as much as you want to make

Marinade
1/4 cup lime juice
1/3 cup Teriyaki sauce
1 clove of fresh minced garlic
2 T oil
1 T brown sugar
1 tsp pepper

Marinate overnight in zip-lock bag at room temperature. Knead in bag with marinade. Steam in marinade until tender and until marinade is nearly all gone. Drain slightly and chill.

Salad
1 cup cooked, drained and chilled shell macaroni
Lettuce torn into small pieces
Spinach stems removed
Frozen peas thawed and drained
1 red onion
Diced Cilantro to taste
Tomatoes cubed
Cucumber sliced paper thin
Bell pepper sliced paper thin
Artichoke hearts (the canned ones that are in brine)

The recipe can be added to for large groups, but plan for large servings. We use this for a main dish.

*I made this the other day and it was great. I did make a few changes. For example I served it with the meat warm (tossed it together right before serving). Also, please use the little shells. I improvised with rotini and I don't recommend it at all, especially since I overcooked it. Other than that, it was fantastic! Thanks Grandmary!

The Beginning

Hey there Family!
I thought that I would give the "Sweet Seven" title a chance to be fun again. We've talked about doing this for a while, so I am getting the ball rolling. This is a recipe and menu blog to help share ideas for dinner! I will start by posting my menu for the week and perhaps a few recipes. Help me out! Give me some of your recipes and menu ideas.