Dinner Recipes and Snacks
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Kids and Cooking
Even when my kids were little, I tried to teach them how to cook. I didn't want them leaving home, and living off the fast food joints for the rest of their lives.
But I don't want them living off of Hamburger Helper either, (even though sometimes it can be a quick dish to cook up.) So I've included some easy teen recipes, especially when it comes to snacks, like the Refrigerator Biscuits page. They use to call them Bake and Eat Biscuit Tubes.
Anyway, nowadays, people think women are miracle workers when it comes to putting food on the table. How easy it is just to give my kids ten bucks to go down to the local pizza shop for supper, but then two hours later they're hungry again, and ready for that late night snack.
Kitchen Tip: For quick and handy seasoning while cooking, keep on hand a large shaker containing six parts of salt and one part of pepper.
Dinner Recipes
Easy Beef Stew - Easy to make, my own recipe
Easy Casseroles - All old recipes I have for casseroles are here
Easy Chili Recipe - My own recipe for chili, not hot
Chicken Recipes - How to fry chicken
Chinese Sweet & Sour - Easy to make sweet and sour, chinese teriyaki wings
Eggplant Recipes - What to do with eggplant?
How to Make Egg Rolls - My own recipe, had it for years.
Ham Recipes - How to cook a ham. Ham reciepes
Jambalaya - Easy to make rice dish, or try the original
KrautBurgers - Kraut burgers are one of our favorites!
Meat Pies - Original recipe for meatpies
Meatloaf Recipes - From basic to fancy meatloaf
Pork Recipes - My easy Pork and Potatoes
Potato Recipes - Mashed, baked, and twice baked, scalloped too.
Fried Potato Recipes - Different ways to fry potatoes, even hash browns
Sweet Potato Recipes - All kinds of reciepes for Sweet Potatoes
Sweet and Sour Recipes - My favorite easy dishes and how to make Chow Mein
Spaghetti and Sauce - Spagetti sauce from scratch, homemade Ziti and Lasagna
Taco Recipes - Favorites like taco salad, taco casserole etc.
Zucchini Recipes - Try stuffed Zucchini
Favorite Easy Snacks
Chex Snack Mix - Party Chex mixes for the holidays
Crispix Snack Mixes - All varieties of Crispix Snacks
Corn Dogs Recipe - My own recipe I've had for years
Pizza & Pizza Sauce - Recipes for pizza sauce and pizza crusts
Refrigerator Biscuit Recipes - What to Make with refrigerater biscuits
How to Make Sloppy Joes - Simple reciepe, I've had for years
Deepfried Vegetable Batter - Batter to dip your veggies in, to fry
BBQ and Tartar Sauce - All types of homemade sauces
Make Mayonaise - Different recipes I have come across for Mayonnaise
How to get your kids to eat their bread crust.
This is a trick that comes from my mom. When your toddlers are eating everything but the crust, then this is what my mom did.
She would take the long strips of crust, and holding it on the table, began to wrap it in a circle, till it looked just like a cinnamon roll. Then she added a dab of butter or jelly on it and handed it back to us to eat, which we did, every time.
Cooking Tips and Tricks
Included are cooking tips and tricks to get you in and out of the kitchen in a hurry, but the best tip is to "do the dishes while you're cooking." The first thing you should do when you go in the kitchen is make a sink full of hot soapy water, and as you use your cooking utensils, wash them.
I have created this Dinner Index page, so you will be able to easily navigate through the different recipes. You will find some traditional recipes, that are simple to make, and I have tried to add only recipes that have the fewest of ingredients.
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