Sample Menu #2

Dinners:

Baked lemon chicken and fried potatoes – Do you have potatoes there? Can I get them fresh there? We have potatoes and lots of Kaukau from the garden.

Gound beef tacos, tortillas, beans, salsa, sour cream – Salsa – Can I buy it there or make it from the garden? You make it. Sour Cream – can I buy it there? No, but make it from cream.

Chicken and dumplings with veggies in the broth

Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, gravy – I understand that we can get hamburger and chicken. Is there other meat that we can get there? Not a great variety but you can look.

Chicken tacos, tortillas, Spanish rice, cheese crisps, salsa, sour cream – Tortillas – can I get them there or do I need to bring them? You make them.

Ranch baked chicken – Is there milk available there or is it powdered? We have boxed milk – skim, trim and whole. Also, there is powered milk for baking.

Spaghetti

Lunches:

Grilled cheese sandwiches and veggie soup – What cheese is available there? We have colby and some mozzarella

Meatloaf sandwiches – Bread, I know we have to make it. Can we get all the ingredients there? Do we need to bring some of it? We can get all the ingredients here.

Sloppy joes

Mini hamburgers (baked in the oven and on homemade rolls)

Macaroni and cheese – Pasta, Can we buy that there? Yes.

Tuna Sandwiches – Can we by Mayonnaise there ? Yes.

Breakfast:

Cinnamon rolls

Scrambled eggs with onions & peppers, toast

Omelets (made big ones and divided them)

Pancakes & eggs – Should we bring pancake mix? If you don’t want to make the pancakes from scratch..

Oatmeal & eggs

Mid morning and afternoon snacks:

cut up oranges

peeled tangerines (makes them easy to grab and eat while working)

cookies – peanut butter, oatmeal, chocolate chip, snickerdoodles – Are these from a box or can we get the ingredients we need there to make cookies? Made from scratch, no box mixes. We don’t have chocolate chips.

quarter peanut butter sandwiches – Peanut Butter – Bring it or buy it there? We have here in the store.

Rice Bubble cocoa treats (recipe on the box)

Desserts:

Brownies –.

pineapple upside down cake

cookies

cakes

With all meals we had some sort of fresh fruit salad or platter. Fresh cut veggies with dip made from sour cream and ranch mix went well at lunches. We got creative with salads at dinner. What veggies and items do you grow in the garden there? carrots, broccoli, lettuce, cabbage, caucau (potatoes), onions, green beans, bananas, What sort of veggies will we need to buy? Lena will go to the market and buy all the veggies and fruit that you need. Deviled eggs were a hit.

SAMPLE MENU #1 FOR PNG

Day 1

Breakfast

Pancakes (bisquick – you bring)

Fresh Fruit

Lunch

Tuna sandwiches

Veggies and dip (ranch mix – you bring)

Fruit

Seven layer bars (box mix – you bring)

Dinner

Spaghetti (save some gr beef out for pizza tomorrow)

Use seasoning packet

Salad

Garlic Bread

Brownies (box mix – you bring)

Day 2

Breakfast

Scrambled Eggs

Sausage

Toast

Lunch

Pizza – bring box crust mix or Diane has quick recipe

cheese

Ham and pineapple

Tomato, onion, zucchini, gr beef

Fruit

Cookies

Dinner

Baked chicken

Sweet potatoes

Green beans

Lemon Bars (box mix – you bring)

Day 3 (boil chicken for tomorrow lunch and next day dinner)

Breakfast

Oatmeal

Fruit

Lunch

Pasta Salad (Italian dressing mix)

Cheese/crackers

Fruit

Cookies

Dinner

Stew (seasoning packet – you bring)

Bisquits – bisquick

Jello – bring boxes

Green salad

Peach cobbler

(make banana bread for tomorrow)

Day 4

Breakfast (good for non work day)

Banana bread

Cereal

Fruit

Lunch

Chicken salad sandwiches or on crackers

Veggies and dip (ranch mix – you bring)

Fruit

Cookies

Dinner

Enchiladas (seasoning packet and bring corn tortiallas)

Mexi Rice

Green salad

Cake (box mix – you bring)

Day 5

Breakfast

French toast*

Fruit

Lunch

Macaroni and cheese (bring or can make homemade)

Cucumber salad

Fruit

Cookies

Dinner

Sweet and sour chicken* (bring Catalina dressing and dry onion soup mix there)

Rice

Rolls

Jello – bring

PB bar mix – (box mix – you bring)

Day 6 (boil more chicken for dinner and another meal)

Breakfast

Pancakes (bisquick – you bring)

Fruit

Lunch

Taco salad (bring taco seasoning packet)

Fruit

Cookies

Dinner

Chicken alfredo (bring seasoning packet and fettucine noodles)

Broccoli

Fruit salad

Brownies (box mix – you bring)

Day 7

Breakfast

Scrambled Eggs

Sausage

Toast

Lunch

Potato soup (bring dry soup mix)

Cheese/Crackers

Veggies and dip (bring ranch mix)

Cookies

Dinner

Sloppy Joes – bring seasoning packet, use rolls from bakery in town

Cabbage salad*

Fruit

Cake (box mix – you bring)

Day 8

Breakfast

Oatmeal

Fruit

Lunch

Chicken Salad sandwiches

Cucumber salad

Fruit

Cookies

Dinner

Chili – bring seasoning packet

Cornbread – bring mix

Jello – bring boxes

Green salad

Lemon bars –box mix

Day 9

Breakfast

French Toast*

Fruit

Lunch

Pasta salad

Cheese crackers

Fruit

Dinner

Chicken and veggie stirfry

Rice

Fruit

Cake – box mix

Tips

· You will find a few days you can have leftovers

· I cooked most of the chicken ahead to use in: chicken salad, alfredo, sweet and sour chicken, and stir fry

· I served coffee, hot tea, water and fruit juice with breakfast. Coffee, tea, water, koolaid or lemonade with lunch. Coffee, tea, water, and iced tea for dinner.

· I brought crystal light lemonade, koolaid packets and nestea instant iced tea with me.

· I let whoever was cooking that day decide which fruits and veggies to serve. Each night I just took note of what we had for produce. The lady who will help with cooking can go to the market any day and get more produce. You also will get food given to you on Sundays at church.

kau kau dug up from the ground.

Cooking kau kau on the fire.

Bananas are good here off the tree and ripened. The are a little small but not by much. They cover them up so they will grow larger and to keep the bugs off.

Bananas on the porch make it handy!

Garlic right out of the garden!

You will get a kick out of this! They bring the chickens to the market then tie them to stick then put the umbrella over them to keep them cool!

Coconut and Cabbage at the market

Cucumbers sold at the market.They split some open after washing for people to purchase for eating. This meri is putting chicken bouillon on the cucumbers for tast.

Purple green Beans!