Menu Plan Monday

Monday--Pork Chops, German Potato Salad, Broccoli.

Tuesday--Crock Pot Chicken and Dressing.

Wednesday--Birds Eye Steamfresh Meals for Two: Asian Style Chicken Vegetable Medley  with Rice.

Thursday--Leftovers.

Friday--Pfannenkuchen

Saturday--Flaedle Suppe (Soup made with leftover pfannenkuchen)

Sunday--Pizza.

Menu Plan Monday

Monday--(DD's 3rd Birthday) Fleisch Kuechle, pasta roni, corn.

Tuesday--Easy Crock pot roast, mashed potatoes, peas.

 

Wednesday--Chicken parmesan, angel hair pasta.

Thursday--Leftover roast.

Friday--Roast chicken, rice, mixed winter veggies.

Saturday--(DD's birthday party) hot dogs, chips.

Sunday--Chicken soup.

Menu Plan Monday

My DH is home so menu planning will become somewhat easier again. I hope you all have a wonderful and delicious week :)

Monday--Chicken Cordon Bleu, noodles, and peas.

Tuesday--Salsa Chicken with rice and veggies.

Wednesday--Phannenkuchen

Thursday--Gulash Soup.

Friday--Pizza.

Saturday--Grilled cheese and tomato soup.

Sunday--Leftovers.

Menu Plan Monday

Monday-Chicken and brocolli alfredo.

Tuesday-Stuffed chicken breasts, rice, creamed spinach.

Wednesday-Semi-Homemade Chicken and Dumplings

Thursday-Creamy Crock Pot Chicken Thighs.

Friday-Spaghetti.

Saturday-Weiner Schnitzel, German Potato Salad.

Sunday-Leftovers.

Menu Planning Monday

Monday--Hamburger Helper

Tuesday--Pot Roast, Mashed Potatoes, Creamed Spinach

Wednesday--Chicken Planks, Tator Tots

Thursday--Leftovers

Friday--Spaghetti

Saturday--Pfannenkuchen

Sunday--Roast Beef Sandwiches, Soup

Rouladen

I know, I know, I said I was going to post this recipe yesterday. I'm sorry! The posted recipe makes 12 rouladen. When I make them I make a lot because the rouladen themselves and the gravy freeze very well.

You'll need:

12 thin slices of top round (at my grocery store they are already cut like this and come in a pack of 3, if you can't find them, ask the butcher to cut them for you)

Regular yellow mustard

Hamburger dill pickles

Turkey Bacon (you can use regular bacon, I prefer the turkey)

Ketchup

Beef Base

Water

Toothpicks

Cornstarch

Directions:

Assemble your slices of top round side by side along your counter (make a little assembly line). On each piece of meat place a line of yellow mustard, 1-2 slices of bacon (depending on how wide your slice of top round is), and 3-4 pickles. Do this on each piece until they are all at this point. Then fold in each long side of the top round to where the sides meet in the middle. Once it's folded in, roll the beef up and secure at the top with a toothpick. Once you have done this with all of the meat, get a roasting pan nice and hot on the stove. Also, preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Place each rouladen in the roasting pan and brown on each side. On the stove top, all you're wanting to do is brown the pieces. Once they are all browned, remove the rouladen to a dish or paper place temporarily. Fill your roasting pan half way with water. Add about a cup of ketchup, 1/2 cup of mustard, and 4 tablespoons of beef base. Whisk this all together and make sure you get all the browned bits off the bottom of the pan. The gravy should taste a little beefy and tangy, so you can adjust the amounts needed to your taste buds.

Place the rouladen back into the roasting pan and place the lid on it. Slide the roasting pan into the oven and leave it for 45 mins. At this point, you want to remove the rouladen again, temporarily, and add enough cornstarch to thicken the gravy. Once it's thick, place the rouladen back into the gravy and serve. I serve this with German potato salad and homemade spaetzle (those recipes will be another day) lol.

If you have any questions, leave them in the comments and I'll be more than happy to elaborate :)

Menu Plan Monday

If you think you've clicked on the wrong link because this week looks awfully familiar, you haven't. I haven't had much of an appetite at dinner time so I've just been cooking something for DD and going to bed with a glass of milk. The meal I have starred as a family favorite will have the recipe posted tomorrow. It's difficult for me to write out a lot of the recipes that have been handed down as most, if not all, don't really have specific measurements for things. You just kind of figure it out as you make and tweak it a little each time.

Monday--leftovers.

Tuesday--Grilled cheese.

Wednesday--Creamy crock pot chicken thighs, rice and broccoli.

Thursday--Breakfast for dinner.

Friday-Roast chicken, German potato salad.

Saturday--**Family Favorite** Rouladen, with noodles.

Sunday--leftovers.

Menu Plan Monday

This is my first try at Menu Plan Monday. I'm not a novice to menu planning, when I was pregnant I would plan out the entire month and shop for 2 week at a time. Now that my life has become a bit more hectic, planning and buying for one week at a time sounds more feasible.

Without further adieu, here is my week:

Monday--Griesschnitten, applesauce.

Tuesday--Leftovers.

Wednesday--Hamburger Helper (my DD loves it), broccoli.

Thursday--Goulash, Egg Noodles.

Friday--Chicken N Dumplins.

Saturday--Asian Pork Tenderloin, jasmine rice, zucchini.

Sunday--Baked Chicken Ziti, cheese biscuits (this idea came from savvysuzie at The $200 Mission)

Recipe Roundup: Pfannenkuchen

Before you look at me all crazy, Pfannenkuchen loosely translated are German pancakes. But that doesn't exactly do them justice. They aren't fluffy like normal pancakes. Imagine if a crepe and a pancake had a baby...yeah, that describes them a little better. However you want to describe them, they are DELICIOUS. I grew up eating them and tonight I attempted to make them myself.

Here is the recipe:

1 cup flour
1 1/4 cup milk
5 eggs
4 tablespoons sugar

Mix together with a wire whisk. The batter will be VERY runny. Don't freak out. Take a deep breath, it's supposed to be that way.

See, runny.

Now have a pan preheating on medium heat (or if you don't want to completely wear yourself, have about 2-3 pans going). Pour a little oil into your pan, take a ladle and put some of the batter into your skillet, swirling it around to cover every inch. Wait a few seconds until the side gets golden brown, flip it, let that side get brown, and you're done. Continue until all the batter is used up.

After they're all done.

Now onto the eating part. Growing up, I always ate them with applesauce and a little sugar on it.

Getting them ready to eat.

Lay your pfannenkuchen flat, smear about 1-2 tablespoons of applesauce on top, then sprinkle with a little sugar. Roll it up into a tube. Cut, eat, and enjoy.

Eat and enjoy!

After you try these, you'll be wondering why you haven't heard of this before.