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5-Day Meal Plan by Kitty
Including "Dovetail Tips" for Big Time Savings!

I do most of my prepping for a busy week on Sunday. For this menu, spend a little time on Sunday to save lots of time in the week.

1 - Prepare the Chicken Cacciatore for Tuesday and put the crock from the crockpot into the fridge. (Then on Tuesday just pop the crock into the pot and you will be ready to go!)
2 - Scrape and slice carrots and mushrooms for Tuesday's Carrots and Mushrooms and place in a covered plastic container with the seasonings for that dish. When you get ready to cook this dish, heat butter and oil with onion and garlic, simmer 1 minute, then add contents of container.
3 - Make the hamburger patties for the French Onion Burgers on Monday's menu. You can also slice the ½ an onion for the side salad, and mince ¼ cup and save for the Mock Wild Rice on Thursday.
4 - Prepare the Lemon-Chicken Patties for Saturday and store in a zip bag. (This gives an added advantage of combining the flavors for this)
5 - Dredge and brown the pork chops for Thursday, and save them. (If you use the disposable crock liners, this would be a terrific use for them. You could put the pork chops directly into the liner when they cool, slide the liner into a gallon zip bag, and when you are ready to start the pork chops in the crock pot you can just remove the liner from the zip bag, drop it in the crockpot and add the soup.
6 - Drain and combine the fruit for Thursday's Compote. Make the sauce and combine. This dessert will just have to be removed from the fridge and served.
7 - Thursday prepare the Apple Crumb Pie and roast the peppers for Friday's Stuffed Peppers while the Mock Wild Rice cooks.