Weeknight Meals and More: September 2013

NOTES

Fall is here! The transition from summer to fall for me means turning the oven back on, making comfort foods, soups, and casseroles and baking again after a break during the hot months of summer.

Enjoy this list of fall favorites from previous posts.

New recipes to come soon - stay tuned!

Main dishes -

Lazy Lasagna (1st recipe that week)
Spinach and potato hash brown quiche (3rd recipe that week)
Taco pie with green chilies and black beans (1st recipe that week)
Pot roast (3rd recipe that week)
Baked Spaghetti
Beef Veggie and Tater Tot Bake (1st recipe that week)
Spinach and Sausage Calzones
Easy Beef and Bean Burritos
Baked Pasta with Chicken Sausage
Deep Dish Pepperoni Pizza - can make dough ahead of time! (1st recipe that week)
Roasted Tomato and Basil Soup
Sausage and Cheese Ravioli Bake
Four cheese pizza with spinach (1st recipe that week)
Chicken and Black Bean Enchilada Bake
Ranch Beef and Bean Chili
Creamy Sausage and Tomato Pasta
Any of the soup recipes from my soup post!

Breads and breakfast -

Sweet potato waffles with optional sweet nut topping
Overnight oatmeal pancakes
Baked Oatmeal
Pumpkin French Toast (extra recipes at the end of this week)
Waffles with caramelized apple topping (extra recipes at the end of this week)
Pumpkin Cream Cheese-Filled Muffins
Pumpkin Pancakes
Garlic herb knots/rolls
Crusty Dutch Oven No-Knead Bread

Dessert -
Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake with Ginger Pecan Crust

How to use this blog

You will find ONE FULL YEAR (plus more, as I continue to add) of weeknight meals. Earlier posts contain an organized shopping list. You will also occasionally find extra recipes - breads, desserts, breakfast items, etc. - that will be posted separately from the meals. Recipes are seasonal so look back a year or two ago to see what I was posting in that same month!

I'm in the process of going back and indexing earlier recipes. I used to post all 5 recipes in one post but this prevented me from adding search terms (chicken, freezer, etc.) to each recipe. Feel free to look in the archive or use the search box to find what you're looking for.

Print out the recipes do your shopping over the weekend to have stress-free healthy meals on the table each night of the week! Read the NOTES at the beginning of each recipe for make-ahead and prep tips.

For earlier posts that have corresponding shopping lists: After each item on the shopping list you will find a number in parenthesis. This refers to the number of the meal. This way, if you do not want to make something off the menu, you can easily cross out those items on the list. You may want to make all five or just one or two that sound especially good to you...either way, you will be able to easily find the items you want on the shopping list!

Amounts of spices, salt, pepper, garlic, etc. are approximate. Vary these items according to your family's tastes and taste-test the meal along the way, adding more of something as necessary.
Most of my recipes come from my recipe collection and recipes I have found online. They are not gourmet meals...just healthy dishes you can easily prepare in about 30-45 minutes. Please feel free to comment on the meals and give suggestions on how to make them better or how you modified them to suit your family's tastes. I hope you enjoy the recipes and that this blog helps to make getting a meal on the table less stressful!

Weeknight Meals and More

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