As a mom whose husband is normally working through dinnertime, I know how mundane it seems to cook a decent meal for your family. The truth is that you need to still eat foods besides Easy Mac and sandwiches. These are fine in moderation, but will not satisfy you all of the time. Here are some fun recipes that will satisfy your child, and you:
1.Bagel Pizzas
Ingredients: 4 sliced bagels, 8 tbsp pizza/spaghetti sauce, 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, your favorite pizza toppings
Instructions: Place each bagel half on a baking sheet. Spread 1 tbsp of sauce on each bagel half. Sprinkle cheese and toppings and broil bagels for 5-7 minutes or until cheese is melted.
2. Nutritious Nachos
Ingredients: 1/2 lb ground beef, 1 teaspoon chili powder, 1 tsp cumin, 1/2 cup onion (chopped), 10 oz bag tortilla chips, 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, 1/2 cup tomato (chopped), 1/4 cup black olives
Garnishes: salsa, sour cream, and guacamole
Instructions:
Brown ground beef in skillet. Add seasonings and chopped onion. Stir. Layer tortilla chips, seasoned beef & cheese in an ungreased casserole dish. Add tomato & olives. Repeat until all ingredients have been used. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-20 min, or until cheese is melted. Serve warm with salsa, sour cream, & guacamole.
3. Easy Peesy Quesadillas
Ingredients: 1 cup cooked chicken (shredded), 1/4 cup diced green chilis (canned; drained), 1/4 cup salsa or taco sauce, 4 flour tortillas, 1 cup shredded monterey jack cheese
Garnishes: salsa, sour cream, gaucamole
Instructions:
Combine chicken (cooked), onion, chilis, & salsa in deep skillet. Heat chicken mixture over medium heat for 5 min or until onions are soft. Stirring occasionally. Place 2 tortillas side by side on an ungreased baking sheet. Spoon half the chicken mixture onto each tortilla. Sprinkle cheese over chickenn mixture and top with remaining tortillas. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 min, or until cheese melts. Serve with garnishes.
4. Potato Pockets
Ingredients: 3 whole russet potatoes (cleaned and dried), olive oil, 5 bacon slices, 1 1/4 cup grated cheese, 1/4 cup milk/soy milk, 1 tbsp butter, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, salt to taste,
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees, rub potatos with olive oil and prick each potato with a fork ( about 3 times), Place them on a baking sheet and bake for 1 hour or until tender.
Cook bacon, and chop it up and blend with cheese in a bowl
When potatoes are cooked, remove then from the oven. Allow to cool, then cut them in half lengthwise.
Using a spoon, scoop out most of the potato from the skin. Leaving about 1/4 inch of potato intact. Mix the just scooped out potato with milk, butter, salt, and pepper in a bowl, then spoon mixture back into potato skins. Bake at 425 degrees, and sprinkle the cheese and bacon at the top of each potato and cook until cheese meltd. Serve with garnishes.
5. Spaghetti
Ingredients: 1 lb pasta, 1 lb ground beef, spaghetti sauce
Instructions: brown ground beef in skillet; drain. Add sauce. In the meantime, boil water, add spaghetti noodles. Cook until tender. Drain. Poor meat sauce over spaghetti, and enjoy
1.Bagel Pizzas
Ingredients: 4 sliced bagels, 8 tbsp pizza/spaghetti sauce, 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, your favorite pizza toppings
Instructions: Place each bagel half on a baking sheet. Spread 1 tbsp of sauce on each bagel half. Sprinkle cheese and toppings and broil bagels for 5-7 minutes or until cheese is melted.
2. Nutritious Nachos
Ingredients: 1/2 lb ground beef, 1 teaspoon chili powder, 1 tsp cumin, 1/2 cup onion (chopped), 10 oz bag tortilla chips, 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, 1/2 cup tomato (chopped), 1/4 cup black olives
Garnishes: salsa, sour cream, and guacamole
Instructions:
Brown ground beef in skillet. Add seasonings and chopped onion. Stir. Layer tortilla chips, seasoned beef & cheese in an ungreased casserole dish. Add tomato & olives. Repeat until all ingredients have been used. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-20 min, or until cheese is melted. Serve warm with salsa, sour cream, & guacamole.
3. Easy Peesy Quesadillas
Ingredients: 1 cup cooked chicken (shredded), 1/4 cup diced green chilis (canned; drained), 1/4 cup salsa or taco sauce, 4 flour tortillas, 1 cup shredded monterey jack cheese
Garnishes: salsa, sour cream, gaucamole
Instructions:
Combine chicken (cooked), onion, chilis, & salsa in deep skillet. Heat chicken mixture over medium heat for 5 min or until onions are soft. Stirring occasionally. Place 2 tortillas side by side on an ungreased baking sheet. Spoon half the chicken mixture onto each tortilla. Sprinkle cheese over chickenn mixture and top with remaining tortillas. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 min, or until cheese melts. Serve with garnishes.
4. Potato Pockets
Ingredients: 3 whole russet potatoes (cleaned and dried), olive oil, 5 bacon slices, 1 1/4 cup grated cheese, 1/4 cup milk/soy milk, 1 tbsp butter, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, salt to taste,
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees, rub potatos with olive oil and prick each potato with a fork ( about 3 times), Place them on a baking sheet and bake for 1 hour or until tender.
Cook bacon, and chop it up and blend with cheese in a bowl
When potatoes are cooked, remove then from the oven. Allow to cool, then cut them in half lengthwise.
Using a spoon, scoop out most of the potato from the skin. Leaving about 1/4 inch of potato intact. Mix the just scooped out potato with milk, butter, salt, and pepper in a bowl, then spoon mixture back into potato skins. Bake at 425 degrees, and sprinkle the cheese and bacon at the top of each potato and cook until cheese meltd. Serve with garnishes.
5. Spaghetti
Ingredients: 1 lb pasta, 1 lb ground beef, spaghetti sauce
Instructions: brown ground beef in skillet; drain. Add sauce. In the meantime, boil water, add spaghetti noodles. Cook until tender. Drain. Poor meat sauce over spaghetti, and enjoy
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