Menu Plan Monday

Monday: Not Your Mother's Chicken Soup
Tuesday: freezer meal
Wednesday: Spring Pea Tarts
Thursday: Easy Chicken Adobo with rice
Friday: dinner at folks'
Saturday: Tomato & Cheese Strata

This is a week full of experiments! I don't think I've made any of the above-linked recipes before. Check back later in the week to see how they turn out; and take a peek at the archives for past experiments - and maybe to get some ideas for your next menu or two. :D

I'm pretty sure Saturday's recipe, for Tomato and Cheese Strata, comes from Womans Day, but I can't find a link for it, so here's the recipe:

-10 slices white sandwich bread
-4 tomatoes cut in 1/2-inch-thick slices
-1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (4 oz.)
-4 scallions, trimmed and sliced
-4 large eggs
-2 cups milk
-1/2 tsp. salt

1) Lightly grease an 8 inch square baking dish.
2) Place four slices bread over bottom of dish. Arrange half the tomatoes, cheese and scallions on top. Cover with remaining 6 slices bread (overlapping) and rest of the tomatoes, cheese and scallions.
3) Whisk eggs in a large bowl to mix yolks and whites. Add milk and salt; whisk until blended. Pour over bread, cover and refrigerate at least two hours or up to 24 hours.
4) Heat oven to 350 degrees. Uncover and bake strata 40-45 minutes until puffed and golden, and a narrow knife inserted near center comes out clean.


The recipe notes that a) this is a good one to make ahead of time, b) bread that's stale works fine in this recipe and c) the tomatoes should be cored. But, frankly, I don't hold with coring tomatoes, so I say take all the advice but the last. :D

Check out Laura at Organizing Junkie for more great menus!

peace of Christ to you,
Jessica Snell