What’s For Dinner? 30-Minute Menus for 2010 – 15th Edition

Article by Elizabeth Randall

This is the 15th 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.

Is Spring in your area yet? It sure is here in Atlanta! The menus this week are much lighter because of the warmer weather (and we all want to spend more time outside – not in the kitchen!).

The Lamb Chops with Savory Butter Sunday dinner is really company fare; the minted pears finish off the meal very nicely. It is easy enough to prepare for family meals, too.

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:

Lamb Chops with Savory Butter

Rice and Vermicelli Mix (boxed mix)

Parslied Carrots (bagged baby carrots)

Beet / Goat Cheese / Walnut Salad (canned beets, chopped walnuts, jarred vinaigrette)

Minted Pears with Ice Cream and Raspberries (canned pears, purchased ice cream; purchase extra pears for Tuesday)

Monday:

Mexi-Turkey Wraps (bagged shredded lettuce and cheese, deli-cut turkey slices; buy extra turkey for Saturday)

Black Bean and Corn Salad (canned black beans and corn)

Corn Chips and Tomato Salsa (bagged corn chips, jarred tomato salsa)

Brownies (purchased brownies)

Tuesday:

Quick Pork Curry

LoMein Noodles

Pear Salad (canned pears, bagged salad greens, bottled balsamic dressing)

Coconut-Pecan Fingers with Strawberries (using white bread and canned sweetened condensed milk)

Wednesday:

Spicy Redfish with Pineapple Slaw (bagged slaw mix, jarred slaw dressing, canned pineapple; buy extra pineapple for Saturday)

Herb and Mushroom Rice (boxed rice mix)

Chocolate Dipped Cookies and Berries (purchased cookies, chocolate morsels)

Thursday:

Stuffed Spuds (vegetarian; microwave potatoes and bake in oven to finish, shredded cheeses, bagged chopped veggies)

Spinach Salad with Mandarin Oranges (canned Mandarin oranges, bottled Asian-type salad dressing)

Baked Cookies (yellow cake mix)

Friday:

Tuscan Pasta (boxed pasta, canned cannellini beans, shredded cheeses)

Sliced Tomato Salad

Baguette

Peach Macaroon Cups (canned peaches, purchased macaroon cookies)

Saturday:

Polynesian Ginger Turkey Stir Fry (deli-cut turkey slices, canned pineapple, jarred orange marmalade)

RiceSugar Snap Peas

Coconut Tarts (purchased tart shells, instant coconut pudding mix, canned whipped cream)

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

Elizabeth Randall and Family

About the Author

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The 30-Minute Menus give you instructions for preparing the complete meals in 30 minutes – flat! Party in a Bag offers ideas for 30-minute appetizer courses or cocktail parties.

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