Meal Plan for Week 36 (Group 2)

Hot Dog Chili

• Brown hamburger meat, breaking into small pieces while cooking. Adding about ¼ cup water while cooking will help it to break up.
• Drain meat.
• Place cooked meat into a medium saucepan and add remaining ingredients, stirring until smooth. Simmer over low heat for 1 hour.
• If you need to thin the sauce you may use small amounts of water as the mixture cooks.

Hot Dogs

• Grill or boil hot dogs according to your preference until cooked through. Serve with chili, cheese, chopped onions, and other toppings as desired.

• Wash, stem, and chop strawberries
• Peel and chop kiwi
• Combine

• Start the soup base by melting the butter in a large soup pan. Sauté onion, pepper, garlic, and celery in butter until translucent and tender.
• Add flour and stir until vegetables are coated with flour. Continue cooking over low heat, stirring constantly, for 1 minute.
• Add milk and half and half. Cook over medium heat, stirring regularly, until mixture starts to thicken.
• Add chicken broth and again cook over medium heat, stirring regularly, until mixture thickens to desired consistency (soup should be chowder-like in consistency).
• Cook gnocchi according to package instructions and drain.
• Add chicken, gnocchi, spinach, thyme, and parsley to soup base and stir gently. When soup is heated through, salt and pepper to taste and serve with Parmesan cheese on top.

• Combine the ground beef, bread crumbs, and seasoning. Shape into 8 patties.
• In a skillet, brown the patties on both sides. Remove the meat from the skillet and place in a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Add the mushrooms and onions to the skillet and sauté about 10 minutes or until soft and tender.
• Whisk the gravy mixes and water together and add to the skillet; cook until thickened, about 5 minutes.
• Pour the contents of the skillet over the top of the meat. Bake at 350° for 40-60 minutes or until meat is cooked through and tender.

• Place potatoes in a large pot and cover with water. Boil until potatoes are fork tender; drain and return to pot.
• Add 4 Tbsp. butter, salt, and pepper to pot and mix; adding enough milk while mixing to reach desired consistency.
• Transfer mashed potatoes to a serving bowl, top with 2 Tbsp. butter, and garnish with paprika.

• Rinse and dry the produce.
• Combine the romaine, broccoli, and corn, in a salad bowl and toss with Italian dressing.
• Sprinkle crumbled bacon on top.

• Chop and sauté the onion and pepper.
• Bring water and Rotel tomatoes and green chilies to a boil in a large pot.
• Add black beans, cooked chicken, sautéed onions and peppers, and rice mix. Cover and return to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer covered for 20 minutes.
• In a skillet, sauté the sliced kielbasa until browned. Drain off grease and add kielbasa slices to the rice mixture, stirring gently. Continue cooking until the 20 minutes is up and the rice is tender. Serve immediately.

• Preheat oven to 400ºF.
• Rinse the okra and let dry.
• Cut the stem end of the okra off and discard, then cut the okra in half lengthwise.
• Place the onion and okra slices on the parchment paper-lined baking pan and drizzle oil on top.
• Mix well until vegetables are coated in oil and arrange in a single layer on the parchment paper.
• Sprinkle with salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
• Roast for about 15-20 minutes, checking for doneness starting at about 12 minutes. The cooking time will vary with the size of the okra and whether you are able to spread them out in a single layer. Vegetables will be browned on the edges and tender but not soft when ready.
• Serve alone or with Horseradish Cream Sauce.

• Combine all ingredients in a medium sauce pan over medium heat and whisk until well-mixed. When sauce is almost at a simmer, reduce heat to avoid boiling.
• Cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce is thickened to your preference. Serve hot as a sauce or cold as a condiment

• In a large skillet cook ground beef, pepper, onion, and garlic until cooked through.
• Add chili seasoning and mix well.
• Add filling to tortilla, garnish with cheese, and roll up to serve.

• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Add rice; stir and cover. Reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender.
• Fluff rice with fork and add remaining ingredients. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until heated through.