It's been awhile since I've done a month of menu planning at a time, but with us moving in 2 months, traveling, house hunting etc I was feeling the need to do something organized! Here is what the Kennedy's will be eating throughout November, feel free to try any of these as well!My crock pot is getting a major work out these days, as I started cooking all my own beans and then freezing them. It's cheaper than buying cans of beans, and I know that I'm not adding any sodium or anything to the beans when I make them myself. I had tried once before with a stovetop method that didn't work very well. Thanks to Sara over at Thriving Mama I have reconquered my fear of cooking beans, and might never go back to cans :) Each day this week my crock pot will be cooking up a batch of dried beans--black, garbanzo, and kidney, and at the end of the day I place 1.5 cups of cooked beans in ziplock baggies to go in the freezer (each can of beans is approximately 1.5 cups, so 1 baggie now equals 1 can of beans). When I cook something I don't even really defrost, I just toss the frozen black beans in the crock pot or soup or whatever I'm making and they heat up and defrost. Besides beans, here's what is on our menu for the month...(click on each item to go to the recipe)
I'm printing out that Crock Pot Cranberry Chicken entry! (Actually, it looks very similar to one I've printed out before, but what the heck...)
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