Quick Meals Planner: Arrival Comfort Dinner
Chopped Salad | Diner Meatloaf | Ada's Spaghetti Casserole | Bourbon Gelato
Chopped Salad
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Vegetarian Entrée |
| Meal: | Arrival Comfort Dinner (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 6 | oz | lettuce, mixed |
| 0.5 | cup | tomatoes, cherry |
| 1 | small | cucumbers, sliced |
| 1 | Tb | onions, chopped |
| 2 | oz | cheese, Romano |
| 0.25 | cup | mushrooms, sliced |
| 1 | small | celery ribs |
| 3 | Tb | cheese, Romano, grated |
| 0.125 | cup | olives, green |
| 3 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 0.5 | tsp | oregano, dried |
| 3 | Tb | vinegar, red wine |
| 1 | tsp | garlic powder |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Chop all ingredients into bite size pieces; including romano cheese. Place in a large bowl. Add olive oil, vinegar, garlic powder and oregano and mix. Add grated romano and mix again. Serve
Diner Meatloaf
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Cooking for the Kids |
| Meal: | Arrival Comfort Dinner (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 1 | small | onions, chopped |
| 1 | small | pepper, green |
| 4 | cloves | garlic, chopped |
| 1 | 12 oz can | tomatoes, diced |
| 1 | tsp | salt, kosher |
| 1 | tsp | pepper, fresh ground |
| 1 | cup | breadcrumbs |
| 1 | lb | beef, ground, extra lean |
| 0.5 | lb | pork, ground |
| 0.5 | lb | |
| 1 | large | egg |
| 0.25 | cup | milk, whole |
| 0.25 | cup | cilantro, chopped |
| 4 | slices | bacon |
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Chop onion and green pepper; add oil to pan and sauté until lightly browned. Add garlic and diced tomatoes and cook for 4 minutes. Add salt and pepper and remove from heat. In a large bowl mix beef, pork and veal together. Add breadcrumbs, mix egg and milk together and add to meat. Add cilantro and half the onion mixture. Mix together and form into a loaf. Place in a baking pan, top with remaining onion mixture and sliced bacon. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 –1¼ hours, until firm. Remove from pan, allow to rest and then slice.
Ada's Spaghetti Casserole
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Cooking for the Kids |
| Meal: | Arrival Comfort Dinner (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 5 | slices | bacon |
| 1 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 2 | medium | onions, chopped |
| 1 | 28 oz. can | tomatoes, whole |
| 1 | tsp | garlic powder |
| 0.75 | cup | cheese, Romano |
| 10 | oz | spaghetti, cooked |
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Prepare pasta according to the package, slightly undercook it. Cut bacon into ½ inch dice, sauté in frying pan until slightly brown, add olive oil and onions and cook until onions are translucent. Add in the juice from the can of tomatoes, cut or break the whole tomatoes into pieces and add to pan. Add garlic powder and half the Romano cheese. Stir and add cooked pasta, mix thoroughly, pour into a oven-proof casserole, sprinkle remaining Romano on top and bake at 350 until top is browned, about 50 minutes.
Bourbon Gelato
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 10 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | Arrival Comfort Dinner (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 5 | large | egg, yolks |
| 0.75 | cup | sugar, granulated |
| 2 | cups | milk, whole |
| 1 | cup | cream, light |
| 3 | Tb | bourbon, Jack Daniels |
| 2 | Tb | honey |
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Whisk egg yolks and sugar together until light yellow. Bring milk to a simmer on the stove; pour 1/3 of the milk into the egg/sugar mixture and whisk. Pour remaining mixture into the egg/sugar mixture, and continue to whisk. Pour mixture back into the pan and heat over low-medium heat, stirring constantly until thick (do not boil. When you put a spoon into the mixture and remove it you can draw a line with your finger on the spoon. Add the cream, bourbon and honey and stir. Cool the mixture in the frig. Pour into an ice cream maker and allow it to reach a custard consistency. Place in a storage container and seal with a lid. Freeze in the freezer until hard
