Menu Plan: week of 7/3

This week's menu is still heavier than usual on the red meat, because we just bought a 1/4 of a cow, and I've got to use up some of this beef so I have room in the freezer to buy other meats.   There are also some repeats on here from last week... plans changed a few nights and we wound up eating quick sandwiches instead of cooking. 

I really hope to find time on Monday in between the parade and dinner to make some of these Star-Studded Mini Pies to send in to the guys at my husband's police department.  I know the guys will enjoy them!

• MONDAY: new recipe: Velveeta-stuffed hamburgers on buns (7pts+), salad (0-3pts+ depending on dressing), deviled eggs, corn on the cob, watermelon, s'mores  *Please note that I am choosing not to calculate the WW points yet.. LOL! I'll figure it out later and walk off those points during the week.
  
• TUESDAY:  family favorite: crockpot beef machacha on tortillas or nachos, with salsa/ tomatoes/ lettuce/ cheese/ peppers, watermelon   *The beef alone comes out to 9pts+ as written for six servings, but we usually get more than six servings by bulking our servings up with veggies.
• WEDNESDAY: leftovers or sandwiches
• THURSDAY: new recipe: Colorado Pork Roast  ,sauted squash, tossed salad  * The roast comes out to 15pts+ as written for four servings- yikes!  Those servings are too big. I plan to make this eight servings at 8pts+ each.
• FRIDAY: new recipe: corn and salsa chicken packets  (8pts+)  *I think I'm going to try grilling these instead of baking them.  I might also add a can of black beans, as one reviewer did. 
• SATURDAY:  It's Pizza Night here every Saturday- we pretty much always have some variety of homemade pizza and tossed salad.  Last week the kids picked out a cheeseburger pizza recipe- they loved it, but DH and I did not.   This week I want to try this Grilled Pizza recipe if the weather cooperates.  I'll use my favorite pizza dough recipe-- I make this in the bread maker nearly every Saturday:

• Amy's Favorite Breadmaker Pizza Crust

  1 1/3 cups water

  2 tablespoons canola oil  (I've used other oils and it comes out fine.)

  4 cups flour

  1 tsp salt

  2 tsp active dry yeast 

  Optional: sometimes I add in some garlic pepper or other spices.

  Run on the "dough" cycle in breadmaker.  Spray pizza pan with olive oil non-stick cooking spray.  Stretch crust out, let sit for five minutes, and stretch again to cover large pizza pan.  Bake at 450 for 8 minutes, top as desired, then bake for approximately 10 more minutes. 

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