MENU PLAN MONDAY

MONDAY--little weinies and mac & cheese
TUESDAY--amazing chicken, mashed potatoes
WEDNESDAY--meatball hash
THURSDAY--TACO NITE
FRIDAY--chili dogs
SATURDAY--deep fried steak strips, mashed potatoes, country gravy
SUNDAY--breakfast for dinner: scrambled eggs, amish hashbrowns, and bacon

FROZEN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH BALLS

I got this recipe from allrecipes.com. Oh, my goodness!!!!! These are LETHAL!!!!!!!

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1 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 Tablespoon water

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup MINI semisweet chocolate chips

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Cream the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. Stir in the vanilla, water, flour, and chocolate chips and mix until well blended. Roll dough with hands into small balls (about the size of a melon ball). Place on a baking sheet and freeze until firm, about 2 hours. Stor balls in resealable plastic bags in the freezer.

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MAPLE SOUR CREAM PANCAKES

I think I got this off the Bisquick site. I'm not too sure though. It was a nice change from regular boxed pancake mix.

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2 cups bisquick baking mix

2/3 cups milk

1/3 cup sour cream

1 tablespoon packed brown sugar (I'd actually add a little more next time)

2 tablespoons maple-flavored pancake syrup (this was not near enough, I could barely taste it so I would definitely add more next time)

2 eggs

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Spray griddle with pam and heat to 375. Stir all ingredients together until blended. For each pancake, pour about 1/4 cup of batter onto hot griddle (this stuff is really thick). Cook until edges are dry, turn and cook other side until golden.This made about 11 4" wide pancakes.

OCTOPUS

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This is a favorite recipe for the kids. The first time I made it, we were watching the cousins overnight a few years ago. We had their mother tell them they had to eat whatever I made for dinner. A few hours later they asked what we were having and I said Octopus. They knew they had to eat it and were very fearful. I kept them out of the kitchen while I cooked. You should have seen the relief on their faces when I brought their plates out!!!!!

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OCTOPUS

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a box or two of mac and cheese (whatever you like, however much you need)

hot dogs

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Take hot dogs and cut, starting 1/4 of the way down, cut in half, then turn and cut in half again, then again and again until you have 8 legs (I can never do this right and most of mine end up with 7 legs).

Make mac and cheese.

In large pot, cook cut hot dogs. When they're cooked the legs will curl up.

Put the mac and cheese on the plate, top with hot dogs standing up.

I've heard of adding blue food coloring to the mac and cheese also to make it look like water.

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BLACK BOTTOM CUPCAKES

BLACK BOTTOM CUPCAKES

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1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened

1 egg

1/3 cup white sugar

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 bag chocolate chips

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1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 cup white sugar

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup water

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1 tablespoon white vinegar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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Preheat oven to 350. Lightly butter muffin tins or place paper cupcake holders in pan and set aside.

Beat together the cream cheese, egg, sugar and salt. Stir in the chocolate chips and set aside.

In a separate bowl, sift together the flour sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Add the water, oil, vinegar, and vanilla. Beat until well combined. Batter will be thin.

Fill muffin cups 1/3 full with chocolate batter. Top each one with a spoonful of cream cheese mixture.

Bake for 30-35 minutes.

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These were soooooo delicious! I don't like cream cheese all that much in my desserts but it didn't really taste to cream chessey.

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MENU PLAN MONDAY

MONDAY...amazing chicken & mac n cheese

TUESDAY...meatloaf & mashed potatoes

WEDNESDAY...leftovers or order out for pizza

THURSDAY...herbed turkey, mashed potatoes, whipped sweet potato casserole, butter brown sugar carrots, corn, rolls, devilled eggs, cranberry sauce, apple pie, pumpkin pie, chocolate pie

FRIDAY...chicken taco pie, mexican rice

SATURDAY...butter chicken, cheesy hashbrowns

SUNDAY...french toast, bacon

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MENU PLAN MONDAY

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MONDAY...chicken nuggets, mac N cheese

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TUESDAY...American homemade hamburger helper

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WEDNESDAY...leftovers

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THURSDAY...tacos or leftovers

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FRIDAY...pizza squares

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SATURDAY...butter chicken, cheesy hashbrowns

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SUNDAY...french toast and bacon

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