Distinctive Dinners: Weekday Special
Spinach Salad | Mary's Company Potatoes | Mom's Best Meat Loaf
Spinach Salad
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Weekday Special (Distinctive Dinners) |
| 1 | lb | spinach, fresh baby |
| 3 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 0.5 | medium | lemon, juice of |
| 1 | tsp | garlic powder |
| 3 | oz | cheese, feta, crumbled |
| 2 | Tb | cheese, Romano, grated |
| 0.25 | cup | cranberries, dried |
| 0.25 | cup | pecans, halved |
| 0.25 | cup | mushrooms, sliced |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Lightly toast pecans. Place all ingredients in a large bowl and toss.
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Mary's Company Potatoes
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 10 |
| Category: | Starch / Pasta |
| Meal: | Weekday Special (Distinctive Dinners) |
| 5 | lb | potatoes |
| 0.5 | lb | cheese, whipped cream |
| 0.25 | tsp | pepper, fresh ground |
| 2 | cup | cream, whipping |
| 0.5 | tsp | salt, table |
| 1 | tsp | garlic, minced |
| 6 | Tb | butter, unsalted |
| 0.25 | cup | almonds, sliced |
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Peel and boil potatoes, drain. Combine all ingredients except butter and almonds and mash until smooth. Place in a 9 by 13 casserole dish. Pour melted butter over top and sprinkle with almonds. Make at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.
Hint: May be refrigerated and baked the next day - bring to room temperature then bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
Mom's Best Meat Loaf
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Easy Recipes I Can Cook |
| Meal: | Weekday Special (Distinctive Dinners) |
| 2 | lb | beef, ground |
| 0.5 | cup | breadcrumbs ,dried white |
| 2 | large | egg |
| 0.5 | cup | sour cream |
| 1 | cup | chili sauce |
| 1 | whole | onions, diced |
| 2 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 1 | tsp | salt, table |
| 1 | pinch | pepper, fresh ground |
| 4 | slices | bacon |
| 2 | tsp | sugar, brown |
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine beef with breadcrumbs, eggs, sour cream, and one half cup of chili sauce. Sauté onion in butter until soft and add to mixture. Mix in salt and pepper and from into a loaf shape in greased 9 by 13 baking dish. Mix remaining chili sauce with brown sugar and spread over meat loaf. Cover top with bacon slices. Bake in a 350-degree oven for one hour or until juices run clear.
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