Meal and Menu Planning For the Family Part 4

Making

breakfast and lunch

doesn’t have to be a chore each day.

You can keep your pantry and refrigerator stocked with lunch meat, peanut butter, jelly, cheese and any other lunch food.

I have used leftovers from last night’s dinner for lunch on a regular basis.

For breakfast it doesn’t have to be boring dried cereal by itself.

You can pre-cook

pancakes,

hard boiled eggs,

waffles,

and

oatmeal

just to name a few items. Some other ideas for breakfast foods are cinnamon toast, muffins, and bagels.

If you have some menu ideas,

even if you don’t have the recipes you can join me on Monday for

Marvelous Menu Meme

Glazes for Ham

Add an extra kick of flavor to your ham with any of these appetizing glazes. Each glaze has its own unique taste whether your palate craves a fruit flavored ham or traditional ham one of these glazes is sure to do the trick.

Ham Glaze #1 Root beer and Brown sugar
1 Ham (5-10 pounds)
1 can (12 ounces) root beer
1/2 cup light brown sugar
Mix root beer with brown sugar and pour over ham.

Ham Glaze#2 A simple blend of citrus and brown sugar
1 cup orange juice
1/2 cup light brown sugar
Mix orange juice with light brown sugar and pour over ham the last 30 minutes of cooking.

Ham Glaze#3 A flavorsome blend that spreads across all of your taste buds
1(4-5 pounds) ham
1/4 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup blackberry jam
1 tablespoon water
1/8 teaspoon dry mustard
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon paprika
Combine and heat ingredients in a medium saucepan and pour over ham in spoonfuls the last 30 minutes of cooking time.

Ham Glaze #4 blends of honey and brown sugar to create a perfect caramelizing flavor.
Small Ham (double for a larger ham)
3 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoon water
Combine and heat ingredients in a medium saucepan and pour over ham in spoonfuls the last 30 minutes of cooking time.

Ham Glaze #5 A nutty and fruit flavor blend.
Small Ham (double for a larger ham)
1 cup apricot jam
3 tablespoons rum
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
Combine and heat ingredients in a medium saucepan and pour over ham in spoonfuls the last 30 minutes of cooking time.

Ham Glaze #6  blends of rum and brown sugar.
Small Ham (double for a larger ham)
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups rum
1 teaspoon cloves
Mix ingredients in a small bowl and apply the last 30 minutes of cooking time.

Tip: Use almost any flavor of jam on your ham to create your own unique glaze.

Homemade Fruit Salad Dressing

Now, I’m adding another exciting dressing to the mixture of all my recipes. It’s a sweet dressing recipe to spice up your favorite fruit.
Preparation time: 5-8 minutes
Cooks2 minutes
Makes about 1 cup
Ingredients
1/4 cup margarine or butter
2 Tablespoon all purpose flour
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup orange juice
1 1/4 Tablespoons lemon juice
2 Tablespoons white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon  mustard
3 large egg yolks

Directions
1. Melt margarine/butter in a medium size saucepan on low, pour in milk; stir constantly until mixture boils and thickens.
2. Beat egg yolks in small bowl then add to saucepan, stirring constantly, cook for one minute. Stir in mustard, sugar, salt and fruit juice.
3. Pour into container with lid and chill before serving.

Optional: Substitute Splenda for sugar to reduce sugar.

Wordless & Mostly Wordless: Rally’s Fast Food

Here’s a photo of Rally’s is a fast food  restaurant, they serving hamburgers, french fries, chicken and some fish. They’re part of Checker Burger, another fast food restaurant.

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Mushroom Pierogie Skillet Dish

Looking for an easy recipe for those days the kids are yelling I’m hungry, why not try out this pierogie recipe for your family that doesn’t know when to stop. In the time you have left use it for  some “You” time. Happy Quick Cooking.

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Serving size: 2-4

Ingredients
1 Package (16.9) cheese and potato pierogies frozen
1 Can (4oz) sliced mushrooms; drained
1 Can (15.5) onion and garlic seasoned diced tomatoes
4 Slices smoked bacon
1 Large onion; sliced
1/4 Cup red pepper; chopped
1/4 Tsp salt and pepper; optional

Directions:

1. Brown bacon in skillet on medium low until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet and crumble into a bowl once cooled off.

2.Pour bacon drippings into a bowl and measure out 3 tablespoons bacon drippings and pour into skillet. Saute red peppers, and onions in skillet with bacon drippings. Next, add mushrooms and tomatoes and bring to a boil; set aside.

3.Prepare potatoes and 3 cheese pierogies according to package directions; add drained pierogies and crumbled bacon to skillet. Stir all ingredients together and saute until thoroughly warmed up.

Optional: Add a couple of chicken bouillon cubes to your water for added flavor to your pierogies.

Tip: If you cannot find tomatoes already seasoned with onions and garlic use a 1/2 tablespoon onion powder and 1 teaspoon minced garlic to mixture when you put in the tomatoes.