Baked Potatoes

An easy "oh no it's 6:45 and we need to get this kid in bed before 7:00" meal.

Baked potatoes either nuked or actually baked in the oven for several hours. YUM!

sour cream
butter
green onions
cheese
and chili if a certain person complains...

We do this bar style so that each person does their own toppings.

Veggie Spaghetti

Cooked noodles
1 can/jar spaghetti sauce
1 can olives
1 green bell pepper
6-8 mushrooms

Cook noodles. In medium sauce pan combine sauce, olives, sliced bell pepper, and chopped mushrooms. Cook over medium-low heat for 15 minutes or until heated through. Serve over noodles.

Grilled Cheese with tomato soup

Bread
Cheese
Butter

Tomato soup
Milk

For the tomato soup combine 1/2 cup milk with Campbells Tomato Soup.

Beans and Rice

Beans and Rice

While not the fanciest meal it is fast and cheap and sometimes thats just what the chef orders!

1.5 cups rice cooked
1 can no sodium black beans drained
1 can no sodium pinto beans drained
1 cup frozen corn
1 cup frozen okra
Picante salsa to taste

Cook rice. In large mixing bowl combine beans. Steam or microwave corn and okra until warm. Combine veggies and beans. Stir in rice when cooked. When I am making this and the baby will be eating some each person just adds salsa to their plate. For older families this isn't really an issue and the salsa can be added directly to the mixing bowl.

From the Recipe Box of: Me

Chicken Salad

You can serve these with crackers or on buns for a great lunch.

1.5 c. cooked cubed chicken
equal parts of miracle whip/mayo (about 1/2 c. usually)
1/2 dry ranch dressing mix packet
2 large carrots
1-2 c. grapes
apples

Cook/heat up chicken. Combine mayo/miracle whip and ranch packet in medium bowl. Add chicken. Peal and grate two large carrots into mixture. Cut grapes in half and add. Core peel and cube apples and add. Mix well. This is delicious with warm chicken.

Cheese Quesadillas

1 cube cheddar cheese sliced or shredded
tortillas
onions
tomatoes

Toppings
sour cream
salsa
guacamole

Taco Soup

1 lb. ground beef
1 can kidney beans
1 can black beans
1 can pinto beans
1 can Mexican stewed tomatoes
1 c. salsa
1 can RoTel

Toppings:
sour cream
cheese
tortilla chips

Brown ground beef in large pot and drain fat. Add beef back into pot and add everything else. Cook for 15 minutes on high heat or until hot. Serve into portions and top with desired toppings.

From the recipe box of Mama

Penne Pasta with Suasage

This is another one of my throw together at the last minute meals. It's pretty good, but I am still working to adjust it.

1 pkg. Penne Pasta
1/2 small onion
1 jar Alfredo sauce
2 small tomatoes
1 to 2 cooked sausage links

Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain pasta and add Alfredo sauce. In medium frying pan saute onion in butter/olive oil for 2 minutes. Cut sausage into 1 inch angled pieces and add to onion. Cook until sausage is warm then add chopped tomatoes. Cook for until tomatoes are warm. Add sausage, onion and tomatoes to pasta and mix.

From My recipe box.

Chipotle Bean Burrito

A Brian G Family favorite! This meal is fast, delicous and cheap.

1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. garlic powder or 1 garlic clove
1/2 tsp. chile powder
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 can black beans
1 can pinto beans
3/4 c. salsa
8 tortillas

Toppings:
tomato
lettuce
sour cream
cheese
avacado

Heat large pan on medium heat. Saute olive oil, garlic, chile powder, cayenne pepper. Add pinto and black beans drained VERY well. Cook for about 5 minutes. Take a potato masher and mash beans. Add salsa and cook for another minute or so. Put mixture in tortilla and add your favorite toppings.

I found the recipe at myrecipes.com