Menu plan for the week of April 1

Hi friends.  Remember last week, when I asked for suggestions for using some of the not-regularly-used-in-our-household ingredients languishing in my cupboard?  Well, my fraternity sister, Bert, came through for me, suggesting I make oatmeal chocolate bars using sweetened condensed milk, very similar to this recipe.  So I'm going to make them this week.  Thanks, Bert.

If you want a shout-out on my blog, let me know: what should I make with evaporated milk, turkey gravy, a jar of what I think is probably homemade chocolate cake mix, four candy canes* and/or unflavored gelatin?  Bonus points for not making me buy any new ingredients.

* because it turns out, in addition to the three candy canes I found in the cupboard last week, I also had a small bag of already-crushed candy canes, which was the perfect amount for the cookies I wanted to make, and there were four candy canes, not three.

Here's what's on the menu this week:

Supper:

• Pizza, salad
• Hot dogs, buns, carrots
• Fend for yourself
• Chicken tenders, roasted broccoli
• Corn dogs, carrots
• Hamburgers, buns, oven fries, roasted Brussels sprouts
• Oven fried chicken drumsticks, mashed potatoes, broccoli/cauliflower/carrots

Other:

• Oatmeal chocolate bars
• Pickled eggs
• Taco bean soup (using the tomatoes from our garden that I blanched, peeled and froze in August) and/or egg roll in a bowl (using the cabbage that I shredded and froze months ago)