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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

In Honor of Menu Monday

I had the AH-mazing opportunity to travel to the Czech Republic and Slovakia last week. On the way I met awesome people, saw incredible things, made some unforgettable memories AND ... ate a wide variety of food.

In honor of my regularly posted Menu Monday I submit to you Menu Monday Mission Trip-Style!
Czech it out (get it!)



Sunday breakfast - Plain yogurt with Chocolate granola

















Sunday lunch - Beef Tips with Bread Dumplings



Monday breakfast - scrambled eggs, poached potato, mushrooms, sausage & toast



Monday dinner - Margherita (aka cheese) pizza from this stone oven


Tuesday breakfast - a doughnut and latte from Tesco (similar to a Wal-Mart)



Wednesday - traditional Czech breakfast (bread, ham, cheese, scrambled eggs and ham)
I was supposed to get one OR the other but due to some for-real "lost in translation" moments I got a double breakfast portion. p.s. this happened to me more than once on the trip. p.s.s. therefore I did not loose a single pound while traveling.

















Wednesday Dinner - a (flexible) chicken steak and mashed potatoes


Thursday breakfast - more ham and eggs for breakfast (looks identical doesn't it?)


Thursday lunch - Kofola (soda) and pasta with chicken
(and what most closely resembles ketchup sauce)


Thursday breakfast - latte at Tesco with chocolate croissant


Thursday dinner - fried cheese and half a cheese pizza


Friday- more lattes and more croissants


Friday dinner at Sonya's house. A buffet of sandwiches, pretzels, cake and chips.


And then later ..... Chicken schnitzel and chips.


Saturday lunch - chicken gnocchi and spinach


Saturday dinner (potluck with the roomie) granola bars, pretzels and trail mix



Sunday - dinner in Prague spinach soup, bruschetta and the star of the show gelato





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Monday, November 5, 2012

Menu Monday

Happy Cooking my friends!


Sunday - French Toast Bake with Grandma Betty's Applesauce & Sausage Links (you don't have to use french bread. I've used plain old white bread and it's been fine fine fine!)

Monday - General Tso's Chicken with Rice (I'll admit ... I'm not usually down with a recipe with so many steps BUT this is totally worth it. Plus I have found boneless dark meat at Wal-Mart. Once I tried to cut it off the bones myself but THAT'll never happen again)

Tuesday - Oven Fried Chicken with Crockpot Potatoes, Corn and Corn Bread (these potatoes require no mashing. there are made from red potatoes which is yum AND no clean up. NONE. you line your crockpot with foil. heeeelllll-o! easy peasey!)

Wednesday - Haystacks (what is this? well at our house it's rice and taco meat ((remember to make extra)) piled with whatever you want; lettuce/tomato/salsa/crushed chips/cheese but what ever you do you must top it off with melted nacho cheese! lots and lots of melty cheese)

Thursday - leftovers because BASKETBALLSEASONHASBEGUN

Friday - Chicken Bacon Ranch Sandwiches with Fries (Sweet Potato for me & Crinkles for the kids! and bytheway ... the precooked bacon is NOT bad. Why fry it for sandwiches is what I always say. ok I don't but still.)

Saturday - Taco Soup (my hubby says he likes this more than chili!! we love it with tortilla chips)


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Grandma Betty's Applesauce

Grandma Betty is the sweetest, shortest, most pleasant woman. Once she whipped up at batch of this homemade applesauce in the hills of Missouri and it was so good I demanded she write down the recipe. Boy am I glad she did as it has become a staple in our home each Fall.

5 or 6 medium Golden Delicious Apples, peeled and chopped
1 cup of water

Bring to a boil, cover and boil gently for 10 minutes or until apples are soft.
Remove from heat and mash those apples.
I have used a potato masher for chunky applesauce or put it in my blender for smooth applesauce.
Than add 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon in the pan, of course.
Stir and stir and stir.
Return to heat and bring to a boil. Stir and then turn off the burner.
Try not to burn yourself because you can't wait until it cools.
p.s. your house will smell awesome!

I've doubled, tripled and even quadrupled this recipe! Yummy.
p.s.s. serve it with dinner and pork chops or serve it at breakfast with french toast and sausage. mmmmm.


Crock Pot Taco Soup

My husband says he likes this better than chili!

Taco Soup

1 lb hamburger
1 sm onion
3 cans pinto beans
1 14 ½ oz can stewed tomatoes
1 10oz can Rotel tomatoes
½ tsp cayenne (red) pepper
1 15oz can Hormel chili, no beans
1 16 oz lite sour cream
1 lb Velveeta, cubed
2 cup water
½ tsp garlic salt.

Brown beef & onion.  Drain.  Put all in crock pot.  Cook over low for 2 hours, stir often.  Do NOT boil.  Serve with tortilla chips  (I use all regular, not lite, but use whatever works for you)