"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?"...Psalms 27:11
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Menu Ideas:
Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato Sandwiches--Cook a pound of bacon all at once on a broiler pan, then assemble the ingredients for each person to put together as they like.
Baked Chicken--Place whole chicken in roaster pan or 9x13" rectangle casserole. Drizzle chicken with olive oil and season with poultry seasoning. Add cubed potatoes and carrots around the chicken. Bake uncovered according to time per pound listed on the package. Save some chicken for use later in the week.
Beans & Wieners--Use any kind of canned beans like Bush's baked beans or Van DeCamps etc and add cut-up hotdogs, warm in the microwave. You can add a can of drained corn to the mixture and get your veggies in there too.
Beans & Cornbread--Bake a batch of cornbread from a mix, crumble it into individual serving bowls. Top with warmed up canned pinto beans. Top with chopped jalapenos, fresh chopped tomatoes and shredded cheese.
Boiled Irish dinner--Sauté 1/2 head of coarsely shredded cabbage and 2-3 medium cubed potatoes in 2-3 T olive oil till tender, add 2 cups cubed ham. Pour in a can of chicken stock, 2 T Dijon mustard, 1/2 cup heavy cream, cook until warmed; take out a little of the liquid, add T cornstarch, stir to dissolve, add back to pot and cook until thickened.
Burritos--make your own with canned refried beans, shredded cheese, jalepenos if desired, roll up and warm in microwave to melt cheese or fry in a small amount of oil if you like them crispy. Top with lettuce, tomato, avocado, sour cream, black olives etc.
Butter Beans & Bread--Place 2 slices of buttered bread on each plate, warm up canned butter beans and cubed ham together and serve on the bread.
Cabbage & Ham--Boil cabbage, cut into wedges with diced, peeled potatoes and cubed ham until potatoes are tender and cabbage is cooked. Melt some butter over the top before serving.
Canned chili--just heat up canned chili, serve with crackers, top with shredded cheese if desired or sour cream or mix in a can of drained corn prior to heating and get your vegetables at the same time.
Cheeseburger pie--use the bisquick recipe for Impossible Cheeseburger pie and use your precooked hamburger meat from the freezer.
Chicken Pot Pie--I mix a can of mixed vegetables (the kind with cubed potatoes in it) a can of cream of mushroom or cream of chicken soup mixed with 3/4 can of milk, a small can of chicken, a can of mushrooms, salt and pepper to taste, warm this up in a bowl. Meanwhile, take a refrigerated ready made pie crust, lay out flat on a cookie sheet and cut into 4 wedges. Bake as directed. Spoon the warmed up vegetable/chicken mixture onto a plate, top with a wedge of crust. You have a chicken pot pie with a guaranteed crispy top crust. This is super easy to fix and I love the crust this way.
Chili Dogs--Boil your hot dogs or warm in microwave. Place in hot dog buns on plates, cover each with warmed-up canned chili and sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese and onions if desired. If you like it hotter, you can also add some chopped jalapeno peppers. Serve with potato chips and coleslaw.
Chili Mac--Make boxed macaroni and cheese and add a can of warmed up chili to it and some cut up jalepenos if you like it hot.
Chimichangas--Prepare burritos (roll up canned refried beans into flour tortillas). Fry on medium-low heat in a small amount of oil in a large skillet until browned on both sides and insides are heated up. Top with shredded cheese, shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes, chopped black olives, chopped jalapenos and chopped avacado and sour cream.
Cube Steak--dip cube steak in salted/peppered flour, fry in small amount of vegetable oil. When meat is done, top with a can of cream of mushroom soup mixed with a can of milk. Simmer until soup is heated. Serve over cooked rice and put some of the soup 'gravy' on the rice too. We also like to have canned green beans on the side and put some of the mushroom soup 'gravy' on the beans too. Yum!
Fish Sticks, Fries & Coleslaw --Bake frozen fish sticks or fish fillets and frozen fries together per package directions. Serve with bagged coleslaw mix and jarred coleslaw sauce. You can make you own tartar sauce by mixing some mayonnaise with sweet pickle relish.
Frito Pie--Pour a bag of corn chips in a 9x12" casserole, top with 2 cans of chili, a drained can of corn and chopped jalapenos or other peppers if desired, top with shredded cheese, bake at 350 for 30 min.
Ham & Egg "Thingies"--Spray a 12-hole muffin tin with cooking spray, place a thin round of sliced deli ham (or 2 pieces if it is thinner) in each tin to form a little cup. Beat 7-8 eggs with a little milk, salt and pepper. Pour the beaten eggs into the ham cups. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Serve with a side salad and dinner rolls.
Hamburgers--Broil up a batch of hamburger patties in the oven for quick preparation. If desired mix your favorite seasonings or flavorings into the hamburger meat before you form your patties. Top with sliced cheese right at the end and let it melt. Serve on buns with tomato, lettuce, onion, pickles and coleslaw on the side.
Hamburger gravy over mashed potatoes--fry up crumbled hamburger, drain off excess fat (all but about 2 T) add 3-4 T flour, stir to coat, then add milk slowly to make gravy, stir til thickened, season with salt and pepper to taste, serve over mashed potatoes (I use instant)
Hamburger tortillas--Fry up crumbled hamburger with salt and pepper, place cooked meat into a tortilla with shredded lettuce, tomato and shredded cheese and roll up. Its like a hamburger but in a tortilla instead of bun.
Hash browns, ham and eggs--I love breakfast for dinner! Fry up your favorite style of hashbrowns and either cube up the ham right into it or fry the ham separately as slices and serve with eggs, any style you like. I like mine over easy with runny yolks.
Hawaiian Pork & Beans--Pour 2-3 cans of pork and beans in a 9 x 13 " pan. Stir in 1/4 cup brown sugar and spread out evenly. Slice longways 2 cans of spam about 3/8" thick. Layer the spam slices with sliced pineapple so that they are standing up, at an angle on top of the beans. Push down into the beans so the slices are about half covered with beans. Bake at 350 for about 20-30 minutes until everything is heated through and bubbly..
Macaroni & cheese/hotdogs--prepare your favorite macaroni and cheese, add cut-up hotdogs and a can of drained green beans or peas/carrots etc, and some chopped jalapenos if you like it hot.
Meatloaf--Use your favorite meatloaf recipe--I like to mix ground beef with an egg, salt/pepper, crushed saltines and salsa. Serve with baked potatoes on the side, cook them at the same time in the oven with the meatloaf or microwave them.
Meatloaf Subs--Assemble meatloaf sub sandwiches with leftover meatloaf, thinly sliced, top with pasta sauce and shredded Mozzarella, broil until cheese melts. Serve with green salad.
Pantry Potato Soup--In a large pot, saute 1 to 1 1/2 cups of cubed ham (or Spam) in 2 T butter until lightly browned. If you like garlic, add a chopped clove of garlic to the ham. After the meat is browned, add 1 to 2 cans of cubed, cooked potatoes, drained, a can of cubed carrots, and a can of mushroom pieces, drained. Stir and cook briefly to warm up the vegetables. Add 1 to 2 cups of chicken broth depending on how thick you like it and how much vegetables you have used, and a can of evaporated milk. Cook, stirring until the liquid is heated and serve with crackers or some bread and butter.
Pigs in a blanket--roll up hotdogs into crescent rolls and bake. You can cut a little slot in the hotdog 1st and put a strip of cheese in it before you roll it up in crescent. Serve with a side vegetable.
Pizza Fun Buns--Take hot dog buns and open them up flat, spread both sides with a little pizza sauce, top with pepperoni (or whatever pizza meat you like) and Mozzarella cheese, place under the broiler to warm up and melt the cheese, fold the buns back over to serve and eat them like hot dogs.
Potato Soup--Crockpot--I make this in the crockpot--5 cups water, 5 to 6 medium potatoes cubed, a chicken bouillon cube, salt and pepper to taste. I usually add cubed ham and a can of mushrooms to this also. Cook on low for 6-8 hours, add a can of evaporated milk during the last 30 minutes and 2 T of butter or margarine.
Potatoes & Eggs--cut potatoes in to cubes and fry in vegetable oil til crisp and tender, serve with fried eggs over the top.
Potatoes & sausage gravy--Cut potatoes into cubes and fry in vegetable oil til browned and tender, serve with sausage gravy over the top--fry ground pork sausage, drain all but about 2 Tbsp of the grease, add 3-4 T flour and stir making a rue, add milk a little at a time to make gravy. Salt and pepper to taste.
Red Beans and Rice--Make a batch of instant white or brown rice and mix in some butter or margarine. (I like the nuttiness of brown and the extra fiber benefit). Warm up 1-2 cans of red kidney beans and drain most of the liquid off, pour the beans and some of the liquid over the rice and enjoy! Lots of fiber in this meal. Serve with side salad or vegetable.
Roast--beef or pork in crockpot with carrots/potatoes, seasoned any way you like, just salt and pepper or pour some Worcestershire sauce over it before cooking.
Roast Beef Wraps--Spread horseradish mayonnaise on flour tortillas. Top with shredded lettuce, thinly sliced tomato, swiss cheese and deli roast beef, roll up.
Salmon Patties-Take a can of pink salmon, drain (my cats love this liquid from the can), remove the bones and skin, crumble into a bowl, add 2 eggs and crushed up cheese crackers, form into patties and fry in nonstick skillet until browned. You can just eat these as patties with a vegetable and potato/pasta/rice side or as sandwiches on a bun with lettuce and tomato etc.
Soup and biscuits--I bake a tube of refrigerator biscuits, or make a homemade batch, split and butter them, put on a plate and top with a warmed up can of any type of thick chunky soup. Very hearty and warming.
Soup and sandwiches--Just prepare any canned soup you like and serve with sandwiches such as tuna (I like to add some cut-up hard boiled eggs and chopped lettuce to my tuna salad sandwiches), grilled cheese, etc. Try adding sliced tomatoes or ham to your grilled cheese sandwiches.
Spaghetti--prepare spaghetti per package directions, pour on any inexpensive jarred sauce, add cut up black olives and canned mushrooms.
Steak--prepare any type steak your family likes either sautéed in butter with canned mushrooms, or broiled, serve with baked potato or rice and vegetable or salad.
Stir fry--Boneless chicken breasts or thighs, cut in chunks or strips, stir fry in small amount of olive oil until no longer pink, then add a package of frozen stir fry vegetables of your choice and a can of water chestnuts, and some teriyaki sauce, continue cooking until vegetables are done, serve over rice and top with a little bit of crispy stir fry noodles.
Sweet & Savory Chicken Breasts--Brush chicken with apricot preserves mixed with spicy mustard and thinned with orange juice before broiling. Serve with rice (brown or white) and steamed broccoli.
Tacos--Use a pound of precooked hamburger meat (you can use directly from the freezer or thaw ahead of time). Heat up the meat in a large skillet with a little bit of vegetable oil. Add taco seasoning mix and water according to directions. Serve with crunchy taco shells or soft tortillas along with grated cheese, chopped tomatoes, lettuce, onions, black olives, jalapeno peppers and sour cream.
Taco Dip--I heat up canned refried beans and spread onto each plate, then each person can add toppings they desire from shredded cheese, black olives, jalapenos, tomato, lettuce, avocado, sour cream etc, then scoop the dip with tortilla chips.
Tortellini--Boil 1-2 packages of frozen or boxed tortellini, pour on bottled spaghetti or alfredo sauce. Serve with side salad and garlic bread.
Tuna casserole--Cook macaroni noodles per pkg directions, add frozen peas during last 3 minutes. Drain. In a large greased casserole dish, layer cooked macaroni, tuna (or canned chicken), cream of mushroom soup mixed with milk, crushed potato chips. Make another 2 layers of each item, topping with the potato chips. Bake 350 for about 1 hour.
Turkey roast--a quick turkey meal is the Jennie-o turkey loaf, just throw it in the oven, it makes its own gravy, serve with mashed potatoes (I use instant, very quick and easy)
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