Easy Fast Dinner Recipes – Inexpensive and Quick Recipes

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.