Monte Christos

Before I got married, I lived with my brother & his family for almost a year.  It was a wonderful time of learning and growing.   One of the things that has endured from that year is this recipe, which has become a family favorite!  Our kids have taken it with them and introduced it to friends across the world (who usually think its quite strange, until they taste it!), so it has become an international sensation!  I don't know where the name comes from, other than that's what Roylee called it, and it really confuses our Spanish speaking friends - but it tastes great anyway!!  It's so good, that in spite of making it several times lately, I keep failing to get a picture of it before it gets eaten!

A week of cooking in just a couple hours

I'm busy - I really am.  OK, I'm overbooked, over-scheduled, and over-busy (all my fault!).  When this happens (regularly), one of the places that I steal a bit of time from is cooking dinner.  Why cook when I can stop by my favorite drive-through & pay someone else to cook for me?!  Well, that's easy, but it's really hard on the budget, not to mention the nutrition-less problems!  So, this week, I planned ahead, spent some Saturday time cooking the meats, and I hope that the food will last much better this week!

Here's my menu:
     Saturday - Madison County Chicken
     Sunday - Sweet and Sour Meatballs + Summer Veggie Slaw
     Monday - Olive Garden Copy Cat Zuppa Toscana
     Tuesday - Southwestern Grilled Chicken Salad with Tomato and Black Bean Salsa
     Wednesday - Crock Sloppy Joes + more of the Summer Veggie Slaw
     Thursday - Pesto Vegetable Soup
     Friday - Ham and Potatoes Au Gratin (I substitute ham for the chicken in this recipe)
     Saturday - Slow Cooker Beef Enchilada Stack