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\nMarch? Really? I couldn’t tell by looking outside. <\/p>\n
\nMarch? Really? I couldn’t tell by looking outside. <\/p>\n
1.<\/strong> Roast the turkey<\/a> the day before or early the day you are eating the salad. Pull the meat off the bones and then make a turkey stock<\/a> from the carcass. The meat is used in both the turkey salad and the tetrazzini, and the broth\/stock will be used in the red lentil soup on Wednesday. 1 8- to 10-pound turkey The Kugelhopf<\/a>, from my grandma’s kitchen has been popular, and I also talked about how and why we stock our pantry<\/a>.<\/center><\/p><\/blockquote>\n March? Really? I couldn’t tell by looking outside. One of the things we strive for when planning our menus is making everything fit together into one nice, neat little package. We look to use ingredients in different ways throughout the week so that we’re benefiting from the ability of do-aheads and being able to buy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,41],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4754","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-menu-planning","7":"category-the-monday-menu","8":"entry"},"mv":{"thumbnail_id":null,"thumbnail_uri":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4754"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4764,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4754\/revisions\/4764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
One of the things we strive for when planning our menus is making everything fit together into one nice, neat little package. We look to use ingredients in different ways throughout the week so that we’re benefiting from the ability of do-aheads and being able to buy in bulk. We also benefit from a well-stocked pantry<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n
Monday \u2013 <\/strong>Turkey Salad<\/a> on greens
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Tuesday \u2013 <\/strong>Spaghetti Pie<\/a>, green salads
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Wednesday \u2013 <\/strong>Red Lentil Soup<\/a> using turkey broth<\/a>, Onion Rolls<\/a>
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Thursday \u2013 <\/strong>Turkey Tetrazzini<\/a>, steamed vegetables
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Friday \u2013 <\/strong>Breakfast for dinner: Sleepin’ in Omelette<\/a> with fresh fruit<\/strong>
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<\/p>\nThe Preparation Shortcuts:<\/h3>\n
\n2.<\/strong> When it’s time to make spaghetti pie, cook both boxes of noodles and assemble the tettrazini right then. Thursday’s meal will be ready to throw in the oven.
\n3.<\/strong> Make your own buttermilk<\/a> from vinegar and milk for the onion rolls to avoid having to buy an extra ingredient.
\n4.<\/strong> Save the extra onions rolls (be sure to make enough for your family + extra) and turn them into the base for the egg bake on Friday.
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<\/p>\n The Shopping List:<\/h3>\n
\n2 16-ounce boxes angel hair or thin spaghetti
\ngreens for salad, including spinach
\n1 cup peas
\n3 shallots
\n1 red onion
\n1 stalk celery
\n16 ounces mushrooms
\n1 lemon
\nchives
\nsage
\n1 cup grated cheddar cheese
\n8 ounces cream cheese
\n1\/4 cup cream
\n8 ounces parmesan
\n8 ounces ricotta cheese
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Pantry<\/a> Items:<\/strong>
\nmilk
\neggs
\nbutter
\nmayonnaise
\nolive oil
\nbread crumbs
\ncayenne pepper
\ndry mustard
\nnutmeg
\nred pepper flakes
\nsalt and pepper
\nolives
\npecans
\ndried cranberries
\nsherry or dry white wine
\ndiced tomatoes
\ntomato sauce
\nred lentils
\nbrown rice
\nvinegar
\nyeast
\nsugar
\nflour<\/p>\nLast week from Food for My Family<\/a>:<\/h3>\n
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