End of Summer Meal Plan - Frugal Family Home

End of Summer Meal Plan - Frugal Family Home

It’s the beginning of September. I’m so ready for the weather to change and get back to baking.

It was a hot August this year and I’m done with hot weather for this year. Although we still have a few more days of upper 90’s temperatures in our forecast. Yuck!

This month I’ll be slowly transitioning our meal plan to more fall like meals.

I’ve been working on our food storage. I dried some plums and pears. I hoping to do more this week when it cools off. If our beans keep producing I’ll can a few more green beans and maybe even pick up some cucumber to pickle.

I’m keeping a few easy to make meals in our meal plan each week for this month. I want to be sure I’ll have easy meals to make on those days when I’m prepping food for storage.

This week we will be grilling hamburgers to say goodbye to summer. We’ll also be having chicken pad thai. I use a recipe my friend gave me. It is so good.

I’m planning for us to eat out once this week. Which we don’t do very often.  Plus we will be having homemade pizza and salad one night because it’s a family favorite at our house.

What’s cooking at your house this week?

Here’s What’s on our Meal Plan for this Week,

Dinners

Slow Cooker Beef and Bean Enchiladas, Salad, and Fruit

Hamburgers, Macaroni Salad, and Fruit

Chicken Pad Thai with Stir Fry Vegetables

Eggs, Sausage, and Pancakes

Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Chips, and Fruit Salad

Pizza and Salad

Out to Eat

Lunches

Leftover most days

Tortilla Wrap Sandwiches, Chips, and Fruit

Salmon Salad and Fruit

Breakfast

Toast with Eggs

Eggs, Sausage, Hash Browns and Toast

Waffles, Eggs, and Sausage

Do you need help planning your menu? Find my menu planning tips here with a free printable menu planner page and here for  my frugal menu planning tips.

Find more menu plan ideas at Org Junkie too.

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Bakery-Style Cinnamon Rolls

Bakery-Style Cinnamon Rolls

My mom lives in a small mining town nestled among the mountains of rural Nevada, and in that town is a gem of a deli-cafe run by a Mennonite family. This family makes the most enormous, fluffy cinnamon rolls slathered in sticky cream cheese frosting that I have ever seen.

Those cinnamon rolls were exactly what I channeled while working on this recipe. I wanted to deliver a recipe for big, puffy, bakery-style cinnamon rolls that anyone can make at home.

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4 Tips for Making the Best Cinnamon Rolls Ever

4 Tips for Making the Best Cinnamon Rolls Ever

In the Midwest where I live, we like to eat cinnamon rolls for dinner alongside a steaming bowl of chili. The combination of sweet and savory satisfy our comfort food requirements for long cold winters.

That being said, we also like cinnamon rolls for breakfast, brunch, bake sales, and other special occasions. When you eat them as often as we do, baking the perfect roll is practically a household requirement.

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Friday Freebies, Free Ebooks and Samples for This Week - Frugal Family Home

Friday Freebies, Free Ebooks and Samples for This Week - Frugal Family Home

Freebies for this Week

Are you also ready for some freebies? Here’s this week’s free Kindle ebooks, free samples, and free printables all in one post. Be sure to scroll all the way down to the bottom for this week’s freebies!

Some of the links in this post are my referral links. You can read my disclosure policy for more information. Be sure to check the prices before you purchase as prices can change without any notice.  Now onto the freebies,

Free Kindle Ebook Fiction

Calming the Storm

Cabin by the Lake

A Mighty Fortress

Broken Butterfly

Catch of a Lifetime

Non-Fiction

DIY Home Improvements

Perennial Gardening

DIY Laundry Supplies

Sustainable Living Explained

Minimalist Living

Cookbooks

Easy Frittata Cookbook

3 Ingredient Crock Pot Recipes

Easy Freezer Meals

Breakfast Lunch or Anytime Sandwiches

Mason Jar Salads Made Easy

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Lizzie and Lou Seal

Penny’s First Day at School

Doody the Dinosaur

Molly the Mole

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Some of the links in this post are my referral links. You can read my disclosure policy for more information.

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Long Island Iced Tea

Long Island Iced Tea

Let’s clarify one thing I wish I had known when I was younger: there is no iced tea anywhere in the Long Island Iced Tea. It is simply the color of iced tea.

This is critical knowledge to have if you plan to drink one. Or three. Because not knowing this will get you in a whole heap of trouble.

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Outside Fall Decorating Ideas: Create an Exterior Entryway to Fall For

Outside Fall Decorating Ideas: Create an Exterior Entryway to Fall For

Do you love fall? It’s amazing how the landscape changes. One minute it’s dotted with shades of pinks and light yellows, and the next it’s painted with golden yellows, deep oranges, and vibrant reds. It’s also the season when you start…

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How to Make Caramel Apple Oatmeal - Frugal Family Home

How to Make Caramel Apple Oatmeal - Frugal Family Home

A yummy and easy recipe for caramel apple oatmeal, it’s really delicious. It’s a great breakfast to use all those great fall apples. The caramel sauce is homemade and dairy free too.

This oatmeal reminds me of those yummy caramel apples you can get in the fall. They are delicious crisp apples that are coated in a smooth and creamy caramel. When you bite into them you get a perfect mix of both apple and caramel.

Am I making you hungry for one right now?

If you have a craving for caramel apples at breakfast, you could eat a caramel apple, no judgment here. But probably it would be better to enjoy a nice warm bowl of this caramel apple oatmeal instead.

What You’ll Need to Make Caramel Apple Oatmeal Recipe

Oatmeal, minute or regular oats
Apples
Brown Sugar
Coconut Oil
Salt

I’ve made a quick video tutorial for you below. If watching a video is not your thing keep on moving down to see tips for this recipe and grab the printable recipe too.

Tips for making Caramel Apple Oatmeal Recipe Perfect

Caramel apple oatmeal is really simple to make. You can prepare it on the stove on in the microwave and in a few minutes, it can be ready.

I think the hardest part is making the caramel sauce and even that is pretty easy.

A few steps to take to make this caramel apple oatmeal perfect.

Powder part of the oatmeal. I use regular oats but you can use quick oats too. Whichever one you use I like to take part of the oatmeal and process it in the food processor or blender to make an oatmeal powder.

Doing this serves to make the oatmeal even creamier without needing to add milk.

You can chop or shred the apples for the oatmeal. I like chopped apples the best, but if you are short on time you can take the whole apple and shred it on box shredder down to the core.

Make the Caramel Sauce ahead of time. While the caramel sauce takes a little time to make, you can make it ahead of time and have it in the refrigerator ready to go. Then when you have a hankering for caramel apple oatmeal you’ll have the caramel sauce ready to go.

Chop the apples ahead of time. If you have a bunch of apples on hand you can dice them ahead of time, freeze them and take out what you. Making it so simple to make quickly.

Prep ahead the oatmeal into packets. You can powder the oatmeal and measure the oatmeal into individual packets so they are quick and easy to prepare.

You can also purchase or dry apples and add them to your packets too. Then all you need is your caramel sauce in the refrigerator and the oatmeal can be made in minutes.

Make this recipe gluten free by using gluten free oatmeal.

How to Make Caramel Apple Oatmeal

 

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Author: Shelly

Serves: 4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 cups Oatmeal
• 1 cup Apples, chopped
• ¼ teaspoon Salt
• 1 cup Brown Sugar
• 2 tablespoons Coconut Oil

Instructions

1. Start with the caramel sauce by adding ¼ cup water and 1 cup brown sugar to a pan and bring to a boil stirring until sugar is dissolved. Then cook 8-10 minutes on low without stirring.
2. Take the sugar mixture off the heat and add the oil and a dash of salt to the sugar mixture. It will thicken more as it cools.
3. Once the caramel sauce is done, make the oatmeal.
4. Add 3¼ cups of water and salt to a saucepan and bring to a boil.
5. Once water is boiling, add oatmeal.
6. Cook for 5 minutes or until thickened.
7. Add the chopped apples and stir in.
8. Divide the oatmeal between 4 bowls and drizzle with the caramel sauce.
9. Serve warm.

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Whether you make this caramel apple oatmeal recipe batch by batch or prep ahead the oatmeal packets, it’s sure to be a morning breakfast favorite for your family.

What’s your favorite way to enjoy oatmeal on a cool fall morning?

More Breakfast Apple Recipes to Try

Apple Fritters
Mini Apple Muffins
Apple Crumle Bars

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