I hope everyone had a joyous and wonderful Thanksgiving!
Last week’s recipe highlight is going to the Pork Chop Potato Casserole. It was easy to prepare and pretty tasty. I substituted with the low fat versions of everything (soup, milk, sour cream and cheese) to make it lower in fat and it turned out great. Next time I’ll add some kind of veggie to make it a complete meal in one.
I’ve been trying to get my Christmas baking figured out. I love big batch recipes because if I’m going to do it I just want to do a big batch of something and get it done. Easy simple recipes with no worries about forgetting to double one or two of the ingredients which as you can guess never fails to happen to me. Grrrr. So I was cruising around the Taste of Home site and found this recipe for Big Batch Cookies. I’m just curious if anyone else has some good tried and true big batch cookie recipes to share?
My little guy had a great 2nd birthday last week but would you believe he wouldn’t even try a bite of his Dora cake. What a kid!
So here is what we are eating for the week:
Monday: Fajitas
Tuesday: Slow Cooker Beef Stew
Wednesday: Glazed Pork Chops & Apples
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Mostaccioli Bake
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The Pork Chop Potato Casserole sounds wonderful I am going to have to try it! :-)
Great menu and thanks for the cookie link too!
Have a wonderful week!
Tiany
Everything looks yummy! Thanks for hosting. Have a terrific week!
Can I come over for dinner on Tuesday??? Yum!
Thanks for hosting Menu Plan Mondays! I’m excited to “officially” participate this time, though I’ve already been enjoying many ideas and recipes from you and your linkers :)
Delurking to ask–the porkchop recipe sounds great but what are “french fried” onions? Is that those little breaded onions that people use on top of the traditional green bean casserole or something? I have never made that and hope I don’t sound too clueless. The recipe sounds delish and I want to try it!
Everything sounds good!
Yes you are right. They come in a can but to be honest I rarely use them since they are so high in fat.
There are some good looking recipes here this week! I’ll be visiting some new places to check them al out!
Laura,
You’re too organized for me, but I love it. I planned my menu and bought everything I need for the week. This is going to be an easy week. Thank you for blessing us with your talent.
Hi Laura
I don’t know how “big batch” you want to go but I’m going to make the oatmeal cookies that I wrote about on http://takechargeofyourlife.blogspot.com (put in “oatmeal cookies” in the search box) again this year - each batch makes 60 and you can easily double that. It’s enough then for all the people you want to give. They are really easy, no-mess (a requirement in my kitchen) and a huge hit every time!
Not one bite of his cake, huh?! Maybe he didn’t want to mess it up? ;)
Thanks for hosting our Menu Plan Monday–yours looks great!
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Happy Monday! I got my act together this week and have my plan done and posted. Thanks for hosting this; it is one of the carnivals I look forward to each week.
TM
We are having lots of goodies, but not Turkey leftovers. We had our Thanksgiving dinner a week early and have been eating turkey for a solid week, my husband was begging for other food:)
Come take a peek!
http://farmhomelife.blogspot.com/
I joined in again for the third week in a row. Just a plain-jane menu for the week following Thanksgiving!
Every recipe I have ever gotten from you has been great..so I will have to try the Pork Chop Bake…I have never tried the cookies though…sorry. I hope you have a good week. I’m off to walk.
Your menu plan sounds wonderful! I’ll have to try out the pork chop casserole. Thanks for hosting MPM!
Oh, yum, baked mostaccioli! I always want to put that in my menu plan, but I’m paranoid on the spelling. LOL! Maybe I’ll just link to your and have it next week! Thanks again for hosting MPM!!
I love this site and these plans. This week I chose a few of my options by reading someone elses menu. I love that we can get ideas from one another.
Looks yummy! I am using the slow cooker this week too.
Mmmm … fajitas. I realized as I typed up my menu that it looks like we’re living at a carnival this week. Pizza and hot dogs?! Next week’s goal: A bit more balance :)
I’m trying to figure out my baking stuff too.
Last year I waited until too long to get it all together and was running around at the last minute. This year I want to get all that out by the 17th.
I’m not sure how I’m going to do it exactly this year but I’ve never done batch baking. I think first I need to get myself organized enough to figure out what I am doing or something.
LOL…See why I’m here?
Looking forward to hearing how those big batch cookies turn out, and seeing what other recipes you get!
I’m always struggling with my menu’s and looking for new ideas! This is fantastic!
happy belated b’day for your little guy
Somewhere at home, I have a big-batch sugar cookie recipe I used last year, and it was delicious. They are the kind you roll out and cut with cookie cutters, and the recipe makes a gazillion cookies.
I’ll look for it tonight and email it to you if I find it! Can you tell how organized I am? hehehe.
Thank you for hosting, your server was down for some time last night. I am glad your back up
I’ve enjoyed perusing through all the MPM posts for ages now, and am happy to move from lurker to contributer. Many thanks for all the added recipe cards!
I’m looking for Dairy Free! I see at least one - I’ll check it out! Looks good!
Thanks for hosting!
Hey Laura! Can you believe I actually got a menu posted this week? It’s not very creative, but definitely a step in the right direction. I’ve missed you!
Thanks for doing this! I have posted my menu plan on my blog. Just trying to figure out how to get the logo posted. LOL!
Yummm…the glazed pork chops and apples sound delish!!!
Laura, everything looks wonderful :) I posted my menu and completely forgot to add it to your Mr Linky LOL I’m sorry, this thing of being sick forever is really affecting my brain.
Hugs,
Sandra
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