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Menu Plan for the week of July 26, 2013:  Monday's Recipes

Grilled Citrus Chicken
Oriental Pasta Salad

Cooking time: 25 minutes for menu          Cooking schedule: see below for instructions

     A quick dinner:  let the chicken marinate a bit.  When you're ready, it only takes about 15 minutes and the salad is already done!

Grilled Citrus Chicken

Total time: 25 minutes
     This has a definite citrus flavor, the tart of lemon tempered by the orange marmalade and rounded out with the tomato in the ketchup.

 Ingredients:

• 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• Marinade:
• 3 tbs orange marmalade
• 2 tbs lemon juice
• 2 tbs ketchup
• 2 tbs oil

 Instructions:

• Mix all ingredients for marinade well with a whisk. 
• Spoon over chicken breasts and let marinate for 10 minutes or longer. 
• Either cook 10 - 15 minutes on barbecue grill or under broiler (4 inches ) for 6 - 8 minutes a side. 
• They should be nicely browned and juices should run clear when pierced with a knife.

Oriental Pasta Salad 

Total time: 2 minutes 

 Ingredients:

• leftover pasta salad

 Instructions:

• Remove from fridge, stir and serve

 

Cooking schedule: 25 minutes Assemble all food, utensils and serving dishes Utensils: measuring cups, spoons, knives, small bowl, whisk, dish for marinating, barbecue grill Turn on/light barbecue grill Make marinade, spoon over chicken    Wait for grill to get hot and chicken to marinate

Do something else for a bit Start to cook chicken Get pasta salad from fridge, stir     Wait for chicken Turn chicken     Wait again Remove chicken, slice and serve

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