Sunday, October 02, 2011
Menu Plan: October 2 - October 8
This past week we were given an opportunity to help a friend clean up her garden and came home with bushels of produce for our time. I have been blanching and freezing and canning - with more to come this week. This will definitely help us to eat well during the fall and winter, when not much locally raised produce is available, and will cut down on our grocery bill as well. Then, a friend from church said he'd picked up 15 gallons of plums from a farmer and asked if we wanted five gallons of them. We love plums, so we said yes. I'm hoping to get plum butter and plum jelly and plum preserves made this week. I'm also trying to use up as much of this good, fresh produce while we have it, too. So, this week's menu will reflect that.
A couple of our meals were shifted or changed last week, so I have a couple repeats this week.
- Sunday
Breakfast: Oatmeal with Pears and Dried Cranberries Leftover from Michaelmas Dragon, Coffee and Milk
Dinner: Grilled Chicken Sandwiches and Ham Sandwiches, Vegetables and Ranch Dressing, Watermelon, Cantaloupe, Plums - Monday
Breakfast: Autumn Latkes, Fried Eggs, Pears, Milk and Coffee
Dinner: Pork Stir Fry, Fried Rice (with loads of vegetables), Plum Shortcake - Tuesday
Breakfast: Hard Boiled Eggs with Toast and Cream Gravy, Plums, Milk and Coffee
Dinner: Indian Summer Gratin, Braised Cabbage, Watermelon - Wednesday
Breakfast: Feta, Tomatoes and Cucumbers with Za'atar and Olive Oil, Toast, Mint Tea with Honey
Dinner: Tuna Bean Salad, Pane al'Olio, Fruit Plate - Thursday
Breakfast: Pumpkin Granola (using pumpkin seeds instead of flax and dried cranberries instead of raisins) with Yogurt and Honey, Mint Tea with Honey
Dinner: Green Bean Soup, Whole Wheat Rolls, Watermelon - Friday
Breakfast: Organic Blueberry Poptarts, Milk and Coffee
Dinner: Slow Cooker Ratatouille, Garlic Pasta, Fruit Plate - Saturday
Breakfast: Peanut Butter Baked Oatmeal, Plums, Milk and Coffee
Dinner: Macaroni & Cheese, Broccoli-Bacon Slaw, Fruit Salad, Lemon Cake
Labels: Church Year, Family, Homemaking, Menu Plans, Michaelmas, Tales from the Kitchen
