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Meal Plan for May 18th - 24th

I'm not making the meatloaf tonight, because we have leftovers we need to eat. One of the reasons I often choose to use fresh beef recipes (meatloaf, hamburgers, chopped steaks, etc.) on Thursday nights is that I don’t always need to cook. Many times we have leftovers that need eating. If we don’t have leftovers, one of us runs to the store for the fresh ground meat. This plan works well for us. I know lots of people freeze whole packages of hamburger meat for these types of dishes. For some reason, I’ve never been good at using frozen raw meats. Many thanks to Aunt Jean for cooking a turkey breast for us today! I have chopped and bagged the meat and have it in the freezer! I use it in place of the chicken called for in recipes. AJ often asks if she can cook something (meaning a ham, roast, pork loin, or turkey breast) for us. We just about always choose the turkey breast, because we can use it in so many ways - sandwiches, casseroles, salads, etc. I suspect she thinks we're go