March 14-March 20

MONDAY: Meatballs(recipe below), Cheesy Potatoes(recipe below), Fruit salad(recipe below)

TUESDAY: Roger is having friends over for his birthday so mommy is keeping it simple....Minni Pizzas, Cinnamon bread sticks, cake and ice cream

WEDNESDAY: Sausage and pasta(recipe below), green beans(on sale this week), Jello salad(recipe below(, garlic bread(Texas toast on sale this week)

THURSDAY: Italian beef hoagies(arm roast on sale this week), chips, lettuce salad, Jello salad

FRIDAY: Friday night movie night....means my kiddos get to eat in the living room. Finger foods and appetizers

SATURDAY: Cleaning out

SUNDAY: Hamburgers, brown beans AKA pork-n-beans, lettuce salad


RECIPES:

Meatballs....1 1/2 lbs hamburger, 1 1/4 cup Italian seasoned dry bread crumbs, 2 garlic cloves minced, 1 onion chopped, 1 egg beaten, 28oz jar spaghetti sauce, 16oz can crushed tomatoes, 14 1/4oz can tomato puree. Combine all ingredients except spaghetti sauce and the 2 cans of tomatoes. Mix by hand and form into 16 balls; set aside. In slow cooker stir together spaghetti sauce and 2 can tomatoes, add meatballs to sauce, turn to coat. Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours.

Cheesy Potatoes....2 lb bag hash browns, 1 stick of melted butter, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 12oz sour cream, 1 can cream of chicken soup, 1 cup milk, 2 cup grated cheese, 2 TBS minced onion. Mix all together except hash browns. add hash browns and mix well. pour into 9*13 pan bake 350 45min...I make this all but put into 8*8 pan, freeze the other half into 8*8 pan.

Fruit Salad....1 can Mandarin Oranges,drained, 1 can pineapple,drained, grapes cut in half, strawberries cut up, 1 can Apple pie filling. Combine all together and refrigerate 2 hours

Sausage and Pasta....1/2 yellow onion chopped, 1 garlic clove minced, 1 TBS olive oil, 1 lb sausage browned, 28oz can stewed tomatoes drained, 1 1/2 red and yellow pepper, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper to taste, cooked rotini pasta
In skillet cook onion and garlic clove in oil, add sausage, cook until done and drain. this can be done the night or day before...Transfer mix to crock pot and add the remaining ingredients cook 2 1/2 to 3hours on high or until peppers are tender. serve over pasta.

Italian beef hoagies....3-4lbs beef chuck roast(I used arm roast), 2 .6oz packages zesty Italian salad dry dressing mix, 2 cups water, 15-18 hoagie rolls split and toasted. Slice roast into 4 pieces and trim off fat. place in bottom of crock pot. Mix dressing and water; pour over roast. cover and cook 8-10 hours. serve roast on toasted hoagie buns, top with cheese.

Jello salad...2 packages of jello, 1 tub cool whip. Make jello as directed on the box. when set up fold in cool whip.