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Menu Plan Monday 10-15-07-10-21-07

For more menu plan Monday fun, head on over to Laura's at I'm an Organizing Junkie!

French Onion Sandwiches (Easy & Fast!)
makes 4

2 T margarine
4 4oz beef cubed steaks
1 med onion sliced in rings
1 c beef broth
1 T cornstarch
2 t Worcestershire sauce
1/8 t garlic powder
4 slices French bread toasted
4 slices Swiss cheese

Melt margarine in a large skillet
Add steaks and cook until well done or until your preference
Remove from steaks from skillet and add onions cooking until tender.
Add broth, cornstarch, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder to pan.
Cook and stir until bubbly cook 2 more minutes from the boil point.
Top bread with steak, then cheese and then mixture.
See easy!

For the French Bread head on over to Bean's Bistro.
Just remember to double it for 4 sandwiches or 2 loaves.

Warm your family with Soup-Mulligatawny

This pepper water soup is yummy and delicious on any cold winter night.
Serve with some nice rolls.
This can also be made in the crockpot and kept on low until you need it.
I would double the broth if you've got a hotter crockpot like mine.


Mulligatawny Serves 4
2 1/2 C Chicken broth
1 7 1/2 oz can tomatoes, cut up
1/2 C chopped celery
1/2 C chopped peeled cooking apple
1/4 C chopped carrot
1/4 C chopped onion
1 Tlbs Parsley
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tsp Curry powder
1 tsp lemon juice
1 1/2 c cooked chicken
2 cups hot cooked rice

In a pan combine broth, tomatoes, celery, apple, carrot, onion, parsley, curry powder, lemon juice and pepper.
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and cover.
Simmer 15 minutes, stir frequently.
Stir in chicken through and remove.
Serve over hot rice.

Miraklegirl's Kitchen-Aid Pizza Dough

Very easy to make. You can double for those bigger families.
I normally make this twice a week in double batches to feed us.
I've also included another recipe but this one is the only one I've found that I haven't missed up yet. =) These are thick crust on 12" about 3/4" so they would be prefect for bread sticks also.

Miraklegirl's Kitchen-Aid Pizza Dough
1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 1/2-3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1. Dissolve yeast in warm water in warmed bowl.
2. Add salt, olive oil, and 2 1/2 cup flour.
3. Attach bowl and dough hook, turn to speed 2 and mix 1 minute.
4. Continuing on speed 2, add remianing flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough clings to dough hook and cleans sides of bowl. Knead on speed 2 for 2 minutes.
5. Place in greased bowl, turning to grease top.
6. Cover, let rise in warm place until doubled in bulk (about 1 hour).
7. Punch dough down.
8. Brush 14 inch pizza pan with oil.
9. Press dough across bototm of pan forming collar around edge to hold filling Top with fillings and bake at 450 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.

Basic Pizza Dough with pictures

Learn Free Vocabulary & Give Free Rice

When is the last time you checked your vocabulary skills and did so for a good cause?
Check out the FreeRice site and do both today.
I never got over level 36 before becoming stupid and digressing.
I am sure some of you follow blogger will get a higher level.
I did donate 2740 grains of rice before getting a headache and having to do something else.
I wonder how many grains of rice are in a 5lb bag?
Go play and have fun!

Frugal Fridays-Vinegar, oh sweet vinegar

Recently I've been seeing Vinegar everywhere.
From cooking to cleaning to homeopathic remedies.
It never fails to amaze me what can be done with simple vinegar.

1-Clean your toilet
Drop 3 cups of White distilled Vinegar and clean with a brush.
Let sit 30 minutes and flush. Same thing can be done with your toilet brush.
Drop it into a bucket of a gallon of water and 3 cups of vinegar let sit for the same 30 minutes and then hang to air dry.

2-Kill grass on sidewalks.
Pour full strength white distilled vinegar on any area you want gone.

3-Take a fresh piece of bread damp with white distilled vinegar drop into your child's lunch box.
Let it sit overnight to remove any smells.

4-Get soft skin by adding 1 cup of white distilled vinegar to 2 gallons of water and soak your feet or add it to your bath and get soft skin everywhere.

Learn how to make Berry Ink & Quill Pens for your homeschoolers or just for fun.

For theses tips and more please see The Vinegar Institute

Mrs. Wishy Washy

Grade K-1
Mrs. Wishy-Washy Collection
Joy Cowley's: "Mrs. Wishy Washy " webquest activity
MrsWishy Washy at The Virtual Vine Books & Additional Resources.
AISPD Literacy Mrs Wishy Wash: Unit focuses on Nouns with appropriate pronouns and the introduction of verbs.
Mrs. Wishy Washy Links
Shared Reading: Wishy-Washy Day