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Day 17

Menu: Corned Beef and Cabbage

On St. Patrick’s Day or anyday, corned beef and cabbage is a stress-free, easy meal. The entire meal can be boiled in one pot (if you choose), for a delicious well-rounded meal. The “corned” part of the name, means that the beef has been seasoned and brined for you, and therefore requires no further seasoning. I do, at the end, place mine in a baking dish and top with a spicy-mustard and apricot preserve glaze and bake for about 40 minutes, but you can omit this step and serve a mustard sauce on the side.

Game plays applied:

One pan meal – Corned beef, potatoes, cabbage, carrots and onions can all go in one pot. Start the beef early, and add everything else during the last 45 minutes.

Day 18

Menu: Frozen pizza and homemade vegetable soup for the kids, (while Mom and Dad celebrated our 13th anniversary with dinner out).

Game Plays applied:

With certain babysitters I can say “make anything in the 70 Meals book, we have all the ingredients on hand” and a healthy homemade meal is done. With others who are younger and less kitchen-experienced, the frozen pizza is as much “cooking” as I will ask.

Multimealing - I made the vegetable soup during dinner cleanup the night before.

Day 19

Menu: Chili

Game Plays applied:

Flexibility – Chili is one of the most flexible dishes out there. I can start a great chili with chicken, ground beef, steak and/or a plethora of vegetables and other ingredients. Tonight I made my favorite chili with chicken, black beans, corn and black olives. As it takes a few hours to simmer, I made a large pot so there is some in the freezer for another meal.

70 Meals, One Trip to the Store - there are a few recipes for chili in the 70 Meals, One Trip to the Store cookbook. Chicken and Black Bean Chili is one of them.