Beef Stew

This is the 47th edition of the weekly 30-minute menus for 2010. These are published on a weekly basis; I like to develop the weekly menus on Thursday or Friday, grocery shop on Saturday, and start the week's menus on Sunday.

Happy December everyone. The menus this week will put the Ho! Ho! Ho! in your Holidays! These menus will have you out of the kitchen and doing the special things you want to do during this holiday season. Have a great, blessed holiday.

Beef Stew

You will find that I use several cooking methods, mix and match, to get dinner on the table quickly! (The ingredients in parenthesis show some of my quick-prep steps.) You can always substitute your favorite made-from-scratch recipes when you have more time.

I hope you have a great week!

Sunday:
Fish in White Wine Sauce (frozen fish fillets)
Duchess Potatoes (instant garlic mashed potatoes)
Baby Peas (frozen peas)
Baked Tomato Halves
Coconut Cream Pie with Berries (prepared graham cracker crust, instant pudding mix)

Monday:
Kielbasa and Bean Cassoulet (fully cooked sausage)
Apple Feta Salad (purchase extra apples for Thursday)
Chocolate Puddings (instant chocolate pudding mix)

Tuesday:
Mexi-Chicken Wraps (pre-cooked or deli chicken, bagged shredded lettuce and cheese)
Black Bean and Corn Salad (canned black beans and corn)
Corn Chips and Salsa (bagged corn chips, jarred tomato salsa; purchase extra salsa for Saturday)
Embellished Sugar Cookies (purchased sugar cookie dough)

Wednesday:
Cream of Broccoli Soup (vegetarian; shredded cheese, boxed vegetable broth)
Quick Artichoke Crostini (jarred marinated artichokes)
Caramelized Peaches

Thursday:
Blue Cheese Encrusted Beef Stew (pre-cooked or deli beef; prepared pie crust, jarred beef gravy, canned potatoes and carrots)
Fresh Fruit Salad (prepared mayo)
Apple Dumplings a la Mode (purchased ice cream, prepared pie crust)

Friday:
Weeknight Baked Ziti (vegetarian; jarred pasta sauce, bagged shredded cheese)
Sauteed Spinach (bagged baby spinach)
Personal Cherry Pies (purchased pastry shells, canned cherry pie filling)

Saturday:
Corn Bread and Chili Strata (purchased corn bread, canned chili, jarred salsa)
Citrus Salad (bagged greens, jarred citrus)
Double Delight Chocolate Cupcakes (purchased cupcakes)

I sincerely hope you have fun with your meal planning and preparation,
Elizabeth Randall and Family

What's For Dinner? 30-Minute Menus for 2010 - 47th Edition

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I am the mother of five grown children who are now starting families of their own so to say that I have 'been there, done that' is an understatement! My trick is to plan weekly menus and grocery shop only once per week. I am a firm believer that once-a-week meal planning and grocery shopping saves a lot of time and money! We can all use more of those commodities.

I sincerely hope you have fun with your meal planning and preparation, Elizabeth Randall and Family

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