I’m looking forward to getting some new ideas from everyone this week. I feel like I may be stuck in a rut. It is taking longer and longer for me to decide my menu on Sunday evening. I always do up my menu plan on Sunday nights because I always get my groceries first thing Monday morning. I love starting the week out with a house full of groceries. It is a great feeling. I’m a creature of habit and I would definitely get twitchy if I had to do my grocery shop at any other time although sometimes I live on the edge and go say in the afternoon instead…lol. That’s about as wild and crazy as it gets around here….woohoo!
So my menu for this week consists of:
Monday: Quick Fettucine Cacciatore
Tuesday: Slow cooker Pork Chops with Spiced Fruit Stuffing (recipe below)
Wednesday: Slow cooker Sweet Aromatic Chicken (from Fix it and Forget it) served with rice and carrots plus Devilish Valentine’s Cake for dessert….yum!
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Fajitas
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Pork Chops with Spiced Fruit Stuffing
1 cup diced fruit and raisin mixture
1 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup apple juice
3 tbsp butter
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1 pkg herb seasoned one step stuffing mix
4 boneless pork loin chops (about 2-in thick)
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp black pepper
1. In large saucepan, combine dried fruits, broth, 1/4 cup of the apple juice, butter, cinnamon and nutmeg. Bring to a boil. Stir in stuffing mix. Remove from heat.
2. Arrange pork chops in bottom of 3.5-4 quart slow cooker. Pour remaining 1/4 cup apple juice over pork. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Top with stuffing mixture.
3. Cover; cook on low for 5 to 6 hours.
4. Remove from slow cooker; place in serving bowl.
Serves: 4
Source: Woman’s Day Slow Cooking Special magazine Fall 2003
46 Comments
Wow! The pork chops and spiced fruit stuffing sounds delicious!
It sounds like you are in for a yummy week :)
Sounds like a fabulous week, especially that Devilish Valentine’s Cake!
Hope you are feeling all the way better!
Oooh, look at that cake..yummy!
Looks good Laura.
Those pork chops sounds heavenly…my mental nose can smell them already…
Oi…that came out sounding really strange. ~lol~
I had a hard time planning my week, too. I got stuck on the last couple meals cuz I didn’t want to repeat too much. :)
I’ve been trying to use my crock pot more to make my work load a little easier, but I’m still getting into the hand of that. :)
Have a great week!
devilish valentine’s cake! hmmm. i’m going to have to try that!
have a great week! and thanks, as always, for hosting MPM!
Your menu sounds great! You really have a great variety of yummy foods on your menu! Have a great week!!
Had to laugh about food shopping on Mondays! Me too! If I don’t have the pantry re-stocked by Monday night I know it’s going to be a bad week!
What a menu—yum!
Hi Laura
Glad to see you’re up and about and your usual perky self :)
Your pork chops sound divine!!!
I managed to mostly clear my freezer so I went and got some meat on Saturday. I do my planning on Sunday but after I shop - I have a rough idea in my head already though.
Enjoy your week.
Marcia
http://organisingtips.blogspot.com
Sounds like a yummy week. I’m a creature of habit as well, but do my grocery shopping on Friday mornings.
Have a great Monday!
I love those easy Kraft Recipes!!!
The slow cooked pork chops look yummy! I’ll have to add that next week…
Is this your chicken recipe? It looks good!
SWEET AROMATIC CHICKEN: Makes 4 servings
1/2 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup water
8 Chicken thighs or Chicken parts, skinned
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
1/8 tsp. ground cloves
2 garlic cloves, minced
Combine coconut milk & water and pour into a buttered crockpot. Add remaining ingredients in the order listed above. Cover & cook on low 5-6 hours. Note: Use 2 or 3 spoonfuls of the leftover coconut milk over vanilla ice cream OR make family pina coladas by pouring remaining coconut milk into a pitcher & add 1 large can of pineapple juice with some ice cubes…decorate with pineapple chunks & cherries.
Hi, thanks for having us over. I hope your week is delicious!
Laura
SORRY - I see I’m on there 4 times. When I did it the first 3 times, it kept saying “error - could not submit” and now it looks like it must have submitted.
Sorry again - I would hate to mess up your stats LOL
Marcia
Yum! I also shop on Mondays and try to avoid the grocery store the rest of the week. I’m trying to think how the spiced fruit stuffing might taste by itself or with some tofu or vegetarian sausage?
Thanks for that chops recipe. It sounds great!
All of that looks SO delicious! Have a great week.
I’m in a rut too…I’m taking some time out to surf for recipes…I did yesterday for about 20 minutes and today I’m going to do the same. I did however decide I need to exp in some different cultured foods…..right now we are checking out Asian….I noticed last week you had almost 100 comments…you go girl…you have done well with this…..
Hi Laura - I’ve only recently discovered your blog through a series of links that began at Rocks in My Dryer. I’m a Southern girl, thirty-something, recently transplated to the frozen mid-West with my husband and 2 year old daughter. I have REALLY enjoyed looking over several of your ideas and articles… I’m a bit of an organization junkie, myself, although more sporadically so than you. This is my first time participating in Menu Plan Monday, and I’m excited about it. Have a great Monday and a wonderful week!
I was in a rut, but the menu plan monday’s have helped me out!!!
Have a great Monday.
Annie
The pork chops sound delicious - my husband would love them!
I’ve been planning my meals for a long time, but I just found this meme, so I thought I would join in! Thanks!
I love Fajitas! Yum!!!
Hi Laura,
I have found the key to not getting in a rut is always have plenty of new reipes on hand. I am constantly reading a cookbook or magazines. Thanks for doing this.
Hugs,
Elizabeth
it’s getting harder and harder to plan for the week’s menu for me too! I hope to try some of your recipes though!
Your menu sounds great to me Laura! And yummy, a special cake for Valentines, very fun :)
Hope you guys have a wonderful week!!!
those pork chops sound wonderful, I’m going to add them to my list of meals to try
I bookmarked that fettucini cacciatore! Looks really awesome!
I just wanted to tell you how much I love MPM! Thanks so much for hosting it :D
Sherry
The pork chops sound super, Laura! I will definitely be trying those.
Thanks for hosting this every week!
That cake sounds delicious!!!
Great menu Laura :)
I’m actually on time this week LOL
Ok. That Valentine cake looks most deelish!! I was thinking that I need some sort of Valentine-ish dessert to go with my Wednesday menu and I think I may have to borrow your idea! Mmmm.
boy am i late today! love the menu. I have some new things on mine if you want to try them.
Hi Laura,
I just posted our menu plan for he week. It is fairly simple.
I did include a yummy and easy family recipe - No Name Beans!
Thanks for sharing the pork recipe. It looks delicious.
Have a great week.
Stacy
first time particlipating. this is a great way to get new ideas
Looks good! I’ve been in a funk, too! Ugh! :o)
Laura, I am so very glad I found your blog, I need your help! I have just posted my first Menu Plan Monday and will be reading you like crazy! Help me!!!!
Arlene
Thanks for all the great ideas! Love the crock-pot recipes, especially!
Participating in this is really helping me feed my family! I wasn’t able to follow my plan exactly last week, but we still ate well. Woohoo! Now I need to visit everyone else and get more ideas and recipes…
Menu planning around here gets interesting because our Commissary is always closed on Monday. I think all of them are for the whole military! And I almost never get to shop on the weekend!
for new ideas- have you seen “Quick Fix Meals” on food network? I just found it and am going to try some of her plans. She preps ahead and reuses some ingredients (like using one flank steak in three different meals.) I linked to it on my blog :)
looove the cake! and your organized kitchen! have a great week.
I hate I missed this week, but I’ve been busy and let life get in the way! :) Your menu sounds great. I’d love to see the recipe for your V-day dinner if you could share it! Have a super fantastic week!
this is such a fun carnival. thanks for hosting!
peace of Christ to you,
Jessica