Sunday, June 24, 2012

Meal Plan Sunday

Monday Pineapple-ginger flank steak from the freezer, with rice

Tuesday:  Pasta Bake
Baked Pasta
one big jar of pasta sauce
one 16 ounce box of your favorite dried pasta (penne is a favorite around here)
some shredded cheese like parmesan or mozzarella

Pour the dried pasta into a big mixing bowl. Add the pasta sauce. Fill the sauce jar half way with water and pour that in too. Give it all a stir until it is well mixed. Pour it all into a 9 x 13 inch baking pan. Top with cheese.

Cover the pan with foil and bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes.
Wednesday:  
Grapefruit-Honey Glazed Grilled Chicken (from a website forum)

This is a delicious and easy recipe for grilled chicken that my family loves. The marinade is refreshingly zesty and can be made ahead of time for convenience - just store in the refrigerator up to one day.

Ingredients:
2/3 cup Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice (100% juice, not cocktail)
1/4 cup butter
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons honey
1 1/2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Directions:

Combine grapefruit juice drink, butter, brown sugar, honey and red pepper flakes in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring until smooth, 4-6 minutes. Set aside to cool 10 minutes.

Arrange chicken breasts in a 11x7x1-1/2-inch baking pan. Pour 2/3 cup marinade over chicken just to cover, reserving 1/2 cup. Cover pan with plastic wrap. Refrigerate and marinate for 30 minutes. Remove and turn chicken over, allow to marinate another 30 minutes.

Divide remaining 1/2 cup marinade in half again; 1/4 cup will be used for basting and 1/4 cup will be used for serving.

Preheat grill. Grill chicken for approximately 4 minutes on each side; basting once or twice per side. Cook until chicken reaches 170° F on an instant-read thermometer.

Warm remaining 1/4 cup marinade, drizzle over chicken.

Makes 4 servings.
Thursday:  Stouffer's Cordon Bleu Bake from the freezer

Friday: Pizza

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