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Planning Help: Meal One
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| Wednesday, December 31, 2008 |
It's Nice when I find a meal where food complement each other because it simplifies my life by knowing what to serve with what. Of course, I did not stick to a meal plan, I can mix and match the main dishes and sides, but much of the time I'm in a hurry and I do not have much time to think about it. I have a certain number of meals as my sleeve, but when I find a new to add to my collection, I am happy because it adds a little more variety to our meal choices.
I would like to share some of my new and old meal plans with you in the hope to help you with the question "what do I do for dinner." Here is a meal that we tried recently where food complimented each other very well. The food items are not necessarily new to us, but the flavors are and that makes a big difference.
The meal:
* Honey Barbecue Meatloaf
* Ranch mashed potatoes
* Your choice of vegetables (I just warm up a can of green beans or corn)
* Apple cinnamon muffins with honey butter and cinnamon
Make Ahead Tips: You can make honey butter and cinnamon in advance and refrigerate until service. You can also prepare the Meat Loaf and refrigerate before cooking.
Recipes:
Honey Barbecue Meat Loaf
I'm not usually a Eating Meat Loaf, but I like it and the family too.
1 envelope onion soup mix dry
1 egg
1 / 2 cup oats - quick cooking
1 / 3 cup barbecue sauce - flavored honey
1 / 4 cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon mustard - prepared
1 / 2 c. Tea garlic powder
1 / 4 c. Tea salt
1 / 4 c. Tea pepper
1 / 4 c. Tea chili powder
1 pound of ground beef
ketchup
In a large bowl, mix together soup, egg, oats, barbecue sauce, onion, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, garlic powder, salt, pepper and chili powder. Add meat and mix well. Tap an ungreased 8-in. x 4-in. x 2-in. bread pan. Bake at 350 * for 1 hour. Top with ketchup. Bake 5-10 minutes or until meat is no longer pink and meat thermometer reads 160 *. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
Ranch mashed potatoes
Make mashed potatoes as you usually do but do not add the butter and ranch dressing and cream cheese to taste with less milk than usual. Top of shredded cheddar cheese.
Muffins and apple cinnamon
My children love these (so do I) and there was never any leftovers because of it. We also pay for breakfast. Be sure to try them with honey and cinnamon butter (recipe follows).
1 1 / 2 cup all-purpose flour
1 / 2 cup sugar
1 3 / 4 c. Tea baking powder
1 / 2 teaspoon salt
1 / 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 / 8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 egg
1 / 2 cup milk
3 c. tablespoon vegetable oil
3 c. potato soup
1 medium tart apples - peeled and grated
Trim:
1 / 4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons butter or margarine - cold
1/2-cup oatmeal - old
In a bowl, combine first six ingredients. Add egg, milk, oil and apple and stir until all moistened. Fold in apples. Fill greased or paper lined muffin cups two-thirds. For filling, mix brown sugar and flour. Cut in butter until crumbly. Mix oats. Sprinkle muffins. Bake at 400 * for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to wire rack. Serve hot with honey and cinnamon butter (recipe follows). Yield: 1 dozen.
Honey butter and cinnamon
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 / 2 cup honey
1 tsp Tea cinnamon
Mix all ingredients in a small bowl, beat until smooth. Serve with muffins, toast, bagels, French toast or pancakes. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 1 1 / 3 cups.
In the meantime, keep your eyes open for two meals.
About the author
Copyright, Monica Resinger
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posted by neptunus @ 9:22 PM
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