Meal Plan Monday

Hello friends, how are you today?  How are your Christmas preparations coming along?  I'm busy in the midst of writing Christmas cards, wrapping gifts (shopping is all done!), menu planning for the big day, and prepping for company!  This week we also have Christmas concerts, a school dance, a daycare Christmas party, hockey, and on and on!  All great fun :-)  We've even got a little bit of snow at our house, though the rest of our city is still fairly green.

Here is this week's meal plan:

Sunday - Lasagne (with Dawn's Tomato Sauce)

Monday - Leftovers

Tuesday - BBQ Chicken, Caramelized Brussel Sprouts, Perogies

Wednesday - Leftovers

Thursday - Soup & Sandwiches

Friday - Out for dinner!

Saturday - To be determined...

Have a great week!

Meal Plan Monday

It`s time for Meal Plan Monday!  I hope that you will find some inspiration

from this week`s menu!

Sunday - Pork Roast, Smoky Scalloped Potatoes and Caramelized Brussel Sprouts

Monday - Leftovers

Tuesday - Fish and Chips (Mom`s going out tonight!)

Wednesday - Slow Cooker Shredded Balsamic Vinegar Roast - as Beef Dip

Thursday - Leftovers

Friday & Saturday - we have dinner plans each night! (lucky us!)

Enjoy!

Caramelized Brussel Sprouts

Don't turn up your nose! Give this post a chance...yes, it is about brussel sprouts, and I don't know why they are so disliked :-)  A few weeks back at Scrumptious Sunday #2, The Traveling Spoon posted her recipe for Caramelized Brussel Sprouts.  The recipe caught my eye and I featured it that week.  Well I am here to tell you, I made the recipe and tried a few of her suggestions, and well, you'll have to read on for the verdict :-)

Here is the recipe that I used, based on The Traveling Spoon's eye-catching recipe:

3 slices bacon
1 tablespoon olive oil
12 brussel sprouts, washed and cut
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
3 tablespoons brown sugar

Cook bacon in frying pan, set aside to cool. Drain off excess grease from frying pan (don't worry about scraping clean, I figure a little extra bacon flavour is good!)

Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to the pan, warm, and add minced garlic.  Saute for 1-2 minutes.  Add in the brussel sprouts and salt.  Saute for a few minutes until starting to heat through, then add the brown sugar.  Continue to cook and the brown sugar will melt away.  Crumble the bacon and add to the pan.  Serve immediately.

VERDICT:
We are already brussel sprouts fans in our house.  But let's just say...this recipe is awesome!  There was NOTHING leftover.  Nada. Zilch. Empty serving dish!  My husband had THREE helpings, he liked the sprouts that much!  It was a WINNER!  We will be making this again...try this dish and you will become a fan of brussel sprouts!

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