Quick Meals Planner: Kid's Stuff
Green Bean Bundles | Salisbury Steaks | Dad's Mashed Potatoes | Al's Ice Cream Sandwiches
Green Bean Bundles
Recipe Summary
Complexity: | Easy |
Serves: | 6 |
Category: | Vegetables |
Meal: | Kid's Stuff (Quick Meals Planner) |
1 | 16 oz can | beans, green |
3 | slices | bacon |
3 | Tb | butter, salted |
0.25 | cup | sugar, brown |
0.25 | tsp | garlic, minced |
0.25 | tsp | salt, table |
1 | pinch | pepper, fresh ground |
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Roll six or seven whole green bean in bacon strips (cut in half) to make bundles. Place in 9 by 13 pan. Heat remaining ingredients in saucepan until butter is melted. Pour over bundles. Bake covered in 350-degree oven for 30 minutes- then uncover and bake 15 more minutes.
Salisbury Steaks
Recipe Summary
Complexity: | Easy |
Serves: | 6 |
Category: | Cooking for the Kids |
Meal: | Kid's Stuff (Quick Meals Planner) |
1.5 | lb | beef, ground |
0.25 | cup | water |
0.5 | cup | breadcrumbs ,dried white |
0.25 | cup | onions, diced |
1 | large | egg |
0.75 | tsp | salt, table |
1 | 10.5 oz can | soup, beefy mushroom |
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Mix ground beef with breadcrumbs, chopped onion, egg, salt, and 1/4 cup beefy mushroom soup. Form mixture into patties. Lightly brown on both sides in vegetable oil in large heavy skillet. While patties are browning, mix water with remaining soup. Pour over beef patties, cover and simmer over low heat for fifteen minutes or until beef is cooked thoroughly.
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Dad's Mashed Potatoes
Recipe Summary
Complexity: | Easy |
Serves: | 6 |
Category: | Starch / Pasta |
Meal: | Kid's Stuff (Quick Meals Planner) |
7 | large | potatoes |
2 | Tb | salt, kosher |
1 | cup | sour cream |
4 | Tb | butter, salted |
1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Peel potatoes, cook in large pot with salted water to cover until fork tender. Remove, drain and place in large bowl. Cut butter into small pieces. Add butter and sour cream to bowl. Using an electric mixture, mix until all lumps and gone. Salt and pepper to taste.
Note: Never use a food processor for potatoes, as they will turn to glue in the processor
Al's Ice Cream Sandwiches
Recipe Summary
Complexity: | Easy |
Serves: | 8 |
Category: | Dessert |
Meal: | Kid's Stuff (Quick Meals Planner) |
1 | recipe | Al's chocolate chip cookies |
1 | qt | vanilla ice cream |
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Soften vanilla ice cream. Place cookie topside down on counter, place a large scoop of ice cream on top of cookie, and cover with the bottom side down of another cookie. Place in plastic sandwich bag and freeze until hard.
Note: Be sure to add Al's chocolate chip cookie recipe to your shopping list.