Have you just arrived home from a long work day and want to prepare something simple? You look in the refrigerator and the only thing that looks easy is the not-so-tasty frozen dinners, so instead you hop in the car and it’s off to the fast food restaurant.
Here are some quick and easy to prepare delicious recipes:
1. A Quick Dessert
Ingredients:
– 4 Pieces toast
– 4 sl Cheese Nutmeg
– 1 1/2 c Applesauce
– 1/4 c Sugar
Direction:
– Add sugar and nutmeg to applesauce.
– Put applesauce on toast, about 3 tablespoons on each piece of toast.
– Lay a slice of cheese over the sauce.
– Bake in a moderate oven until the cheese melts. Serve hot.
2. A Quick Way To Decorate Cake
Ingredients:
– 1 pk Marshmallows
– Vanilla to taste
– Green food coloring
– 1 pk Red hots
– Box of cornflakes (4 1/2 c)
– White angel food cake
Directions:
– Melt marshmallows, add food coloring and vanilla.
– Add the cornflakes, stir until well coated.
– Spread this onto a cookie sheet, shaping into holly leaves.
– Place a red hot in middle.
– Let dry about 5 hours.
– Then top a white frosted angel cake with the holly leaves.
– Makes a very pretty cake.
3. A Real Easy Cookie
Ingredients:
– Graham crackers
– Pecan halves
– 1/2 c Sugar
– 2 Sticks cutter
Directions:
– Melt butter and sugar.
– Bring to a boil.
– Boil for two minutes ONLY.
– Place graham crackers on foil lined sheet.
– Place nuts on cracker center.
– Spoon butter and sugar mix over graham crackers.
– Bake at 325 degrees for 15 minutes on top rack.
– Cool completely before breaking apart.
4. Baked Mac and Cheese
Ingredients:
– 1 cn (10 3/4 ounces) Condensed Cheddar Cheese Soup
– 1/2 cn Milk
– 1 ts Prepared Mustard
– 1/8 ts Pepper
– 2 c Hot cooked Elbow or medium shell Macaroni (1 1/2 c dry)
– 2 ts Margarine or Butter, melted
– 1 tb Dry Bread Crumbs
Directions:
– In 1-quart casserole, combine soup, milk, mustard and pepper.
– Stir in macaroni.
– In a cup, combine margarine and bread crumbs.
– Sprinkle over casserole.
– Bake at 400 degrees F.
– 20 minutes or until hot and bubbling.
– Makes 2 1/2 Cups = 2 main dish servings or 4 side dish servings.
5. Beef and Rice Crisp
Ingredients:
– 1 lb Lean ground beef
– 1 c Coarsely-chopped onion
– 1/2 c Coarsely-chopped green pepper
– 2 tb Ketchup
– 1/4 ts Salt
– 1/2 ts Dry mustard
– 1 1/2 c Cooked rice
– 1 c Milk
– 1 (10 oz) can cream of Mushroom soup
– 1 1/2 c Shredded Cheddar cheese
– 1 ts Worcestershire sauce
– 2 c Corn flakes, coarsely crushed
– 3 tb Butter, melted
Directions:
– Saute beef, onion and green pepper in a large frypan until meat is browned; drain off any fat.
– Blend in ketchup, salt and dry mustard.
– Turn meat mixture into a 2 quart round casserole; spread rice on top.
– Gradually stir milk into mushroom soup.
– Stir in cheese and Worcestershire sauce.
– Pour over meat and rice layers.
– Combine crushed corn flakes and butter; sprinkle evenly over casserole.
– Bake in preheated 375 degree F oven 35 to 40 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
Makes 6 servings.