Food for week of August 31

How depressing. The end of August. On the bright side, we didn't have much of a summer anyway so it doesn't really matter, right? Sigh... that's the best I could come up with.

While I try and think of more positive things about September, enjoy your food for this week!

Monday -  Vegetarian spaghetti & Salad - St. Ives ground round mixed with your own tomato sauce or a bottle of Prego, whole wheat spaghetti noodles

Tuesday -  Chicken with hot peanut sauce Brown rice - 2 T. sherry & cornstarch, ½ tsp salt, ¼ tsp pepper, Boneless skinless chicken breast cut into cubes, 4 T canola oil, Red pepper flakes ( opt), ½ c. peanuts, 1 tsp each minced garlic  & grated fresh ginger, 2 green onion cut into slanted pieces; Cooking sauce: 3 T soy sauce, 2 T rice vinegar, 2 T sherry, 4 T chicken broth or h2o, 3 T each spenda & cornstarch; Combine sherry & cornstarch in bowl-add chicken & marinate 15 min; Prepare cooking sauce; Saute garlic & ginger in oil-add chicken then add nuts, seasonings & onions

When chicken is opaque, add cooking sauce- here I like to add a veggie- froz peas & carrots, broccoli etc.  Serve when thickened.

Wednesday -   BBQ pork chops , baked potato & spinach

Thursday - Eat-out/order in

Friday -   Shepherd’s pie-  ground beef or St Ives ground round- toppings- mashed potatoes, cheese, parsley, green onions, mashed sweet potatoes, mashed celeriac mashed parsnips  & greens

Saturday -   Tomato & crisp bacon broiled with cheese slices garlic powder salt pepper on bread & edamame

Sunday -  Pineapple chicken: 1 chicken cut up, 1 c. pineapple chunks, 2 T cornstarch, ¾ c splenda, ½ c soy sauce, ¼ c vinegar, 1 clove garlic, smashed, ½ tsp ginger, ¼ tsp pepper

Combine cornstarch,pineapple juice, splenda, s sauce vinegar garlic, ginger & pepper in pan. Cook til thick. Pour over chicken skin down & bake @ 350 30 min.  Turn. Spoon pineapple over.  Bake 30 min more  Serve with brown fried rice.

Groceries:

Bs chicken breast

Pork chops

Gr beef &/or St Ives ground round

Turkey bacon

1 cut up chicken

 1 c pineapple chunks

Soy sauce

Garlic

Ginger

Ch broth

Pasta sauce

Tom paste

 Red or green pepper

Onion

Green onion

Broccoli or sim

Mushroom

Edamame

 Br rice

Spinach

Potato

Greens

Cheese slices

bread