For those of you using these menus, please post to comments and let me know which recipes you like or don’t like.  I will repeat the popular ones from time to time.  Happy cooking!

Breakfast:

Cheese Pancakes

Salsa Scramble

Lunch:

Zone Shrimp and Cucumber Salad

Makes one meal of 4 blocks (Katie’s recipe)

In small bowl combine and set aside:

1/2 cup plain yogurt

1/3 cup red onion, finely chopped

In large bowl toss:

4 1/2 oz cold cooked shrimp

1 cup chopped cucumber

3 cups chopped romaine lettuce

1 cup snow peas

1/3 cup chickpeas

Top with yogurt mixture and

3 Tbsp finely chopped avocado

Quesadillas

Mexican Chorizo Soup

Dinner:

Pork Chops with Stewed Apples

Makes 2 meals of 4 blocks (Katie’s Recipe)

Cut into bite sized chunks:

3 apples—gala or Fuji are good choices, red delicious not so much.

Put the apples in a small sauce pan with about 3/4 of a cup of water, put on medium low heat, and let simmer, stirring occasionally. After about 20 minutes or so, the apples will start to get soft and break down.

When the apples start to get soft, add:

3 tsp brown sugar

3 tsp corn starch dissolved in a little warm water (you may want to add the corn starch one tsp at a time until your apples have the desired consistency)

a liberal amount of cinnamon and nutmeg to taste.

Continue to cook the apples until desired softness is reached. I like mine quite chunky.

While apples simmer, fry:

8 ounces boneless pork chops (I like the thin cut chops)

Seasoned with a liberal amount of grill seasoning

In 2 2/3 tsp olive oil

Serve with apples spooned over top of the pork chops. Each serving gets 1/2 of the pork, and 1/2 of the apples.

Papered Fish

Stuffed Peppers

Turkey Tips with Asparagus

Broccoli Ginger Chicken