WHAT'S COOKIN' AND GRAPE JELLY

PICTURE FROM www.allposters.com

I haven't shared our menu in a while, so here it is:

Monday - tacos, fruit salad

Tuesday - chicken corn soup (in the freezer from my mom) homemade wheat rolls I'll be going out for pizza with my book group!

Wednesday - lacrosse team dinner for Doug, Andrew, and Billy. Tommy and I will be doing our own thing

Thursday - sloppy joes on homemade wheat rolls, butter/parm noodles, sauteed zucchini

Friday - homemade pizzas

Saturday - baked chicken, rice, corn, steamed cauliflower

Sunday - beef and noodles, tossed salad

Monday - broccoli/chicken casserole, cheese muffins

Tuesday - chicken spaghetti, caesar salad. This is an amazingly delicious casserole recipe from an awesome blog. Here's the link if you'd like to try it yourself http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/chicken_spaghet/

Wednesday - Lacrosse team dinner - this week Tommy and I will be helping to serve the teams and coaches - we'll all eat there

Thursday - bbq beef sandwiches, roasted potatoes, steamed broccoli

Friday - homemade pizzas

Saturday - grilled hamburgers, baked potatoes, green beans

Okay, now for the grape jelly. I've been making our grape jelly for years. I know, it's not very expensive to buy, but I just love to make it myself. I figure I'm doing my little part for the environment too, not continuing to buy new jars of jelly. I just reuse whatever empty jars I have in the cabinet. It really is a very easy thing to make. I use the recipe from Hillbilly Housewife. http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/grapejelly.htm

It doesn't take much time or many ingredients. Grape juice, sugar, powdered pectin.

Gather the ingredients and then it's just a matter of cooking it together and boiling for 1 minute. Definitely not rocket science!
The results are so yummy, and pretty too! Absolutely divine on a piece of toasted homemade wheat bread for breakfast. In fact, that's where I'm going now. Breakfast time.