Menu Plan Monday - October 18

Please visit Organizing Junkie for menu plans this week. As I type out my own menu plan, I wonder if we'll utilize it. I have sick kids in the house - ugh. * Means recipes are below.

Monday

Stir-fried Asparagus

BBQ Chicken Thights

Baked Potatoes

Tuesday

*Potato Dumplings w/tomato basil sauce

Sloppy Joes

Salads

Wednesday

*Shaker Baked Beans

Smoked Turkey Sausage

Scalloped Corn

Thursday

Goulash

Green Beans

Friday

Pizza & Pop

Saturday

Chili

Salads

Bread

Sunday

On Your Own

Potato Dumplings

1 lb. peeled potatoes (3 to 4 large)

1 egg

1/2 c. flour (I use rice flour)

Pinch nutmeg

3/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. baking powder

Cook potatoes in salted water. Drain. Cool slightly. Finely dice potatoes into bowl. Add egg. Beat well. Add flour, nutmeg, salt, and baking powder. Mix well. Shape into one inch balls or roll one inch thick and cut into one inch squares. Drop into boiling salted water, broth, or light gravy. Cook 8 to 10 minutes and drain. 

Shaker Baked Beans

4 cups navy beans

1/2 c. butter or margarine, melted

1/2 c. molasses

1/2 c. ketchup

2 tsp. salt

2 tsp. mustard

1 small onion

Wash beans and soak overnight. Simmer in soaking water until tender. Drain beans; reserve liquid. Put beans into 2 1/2 quart slow cooker. Combine with butter, molasses, ketchup, salt, mustard and onion. Stir in two cups of reserved bean liquid. Pour mixture over beans. Cover. Bake at 300 degrees F. for three hours. Add more liquid if necessary. Remove cover the last half hour. Makes 10 to 12 servings.