December's list of recipes

So I've got the next recipe list for December put together.

14. Curried Chicken with Rice
15. Cheesy Ground Beef with Rice
16. Rogan Josh
17. Curried Meatballs with Rice
18. Dopiazah
19. Carolina Ribs
20. Curried Lime Chicken
21. Meatloaf
22. Roast Chicken
23. Singapore Noodles
24. Pastichio
25. Dusted Pork Chops

The plan is the same.  Cook Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  Pack up bonus dinners for the freezer before serving dinner, label them with the serving date.  Serve dinner and have nothing to refrigerate when the meal is over.  Depending on what the meal is, I'll package it as a dinner for one or as an entree and a side dish.

Some days I end up with bones from our meat.  I freeze them and save them until I get enough to make soup stock (about 3 pounds).  I also freeze my vegetable scrapings to add to the making of the soup stock. Then I get bonus soup and stock for other recipes.  I love free meals!  Add a salad or a sandwich or just some crusty bread or crackers and voila!  Instant meal!  

This list gets us through the winter holidays which is great.  We have a two week break from school, so I'll likely clean out my freezer(s) [we actually have more than one, but I want to get it so we can just function with one chest freezer and move the extra fridge down stairs. I know, I know.]

Here's the recipe I promised: 

Swedish Meatballs

1½ lb. ground beef

½ c. grated onion

2 slices bread, crust removed broken into crumbs

1/3 c. milk

2 eggs

1 t. salt

½ t. pepper

⅛ t. nutmeg

Pinch allspice

2 T. vegetable oil

1/4 c. flour

1 c. water

            In a large bowl, combine the beef, onion, bread, milk, eggs, salt, pepper, nutmeg, and allspice.  Form into 2 inch meatballs.  Brown the meatballs in the hot oil in a 12" skillet on all sides.  Into the juices, mix in 1/4 c. flour.  Whisk in 1 c. water to make gravy.  Bring to boil; reduce heat to simmer and simmer 5 minutes.  Add more water if the gravy gets too thick.  Serve with egg noodles.  Serves 6.