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In reply to the discussion: How the Fast Food Industry Destroyed "Home Ec" to Hook Americans on Processed Crap [View all]SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)6 lbs of ground beef & 6 chicken breasts
Lots of people say they cannot cook or do not have time
or they can eat fast food cheaper
Heres a list of multiple meals from the above main ingredients
I feed 2 (but of course these can be easily increased for family size)
#1
The obvious hamburgers (1 lb) served with store bought potato salad, & some grapes (or other fruit)
#2
1 lb for spaghetti sauce..( I have gotten lazy & use prego with added spaghetti seasoning)
(at least 4 servings)
#3
2 lbs + 1 minced onion+ 2 eggs + stale bread (food processor) (more bread/more meatloaf)
Served with green beans/small salad/baked potato/baked apple w/cinnamon
Fresh from the oven + multiple cold meatloaf sandwiches
) I usually freeze it because we get tired of it and dont want to throw it out.. freezes well
#4
2 lb + 1 large diced onion + 2 large cans of tomatoes (mooshed up) + 1 med can of tomato sauce + 3 small cans of kidney beans (or beans you prefer) + 3 bay leaves + chili powder to taste
Makes a LOT of pretty darned tasty chili.. I usually end up freezing the leftovers
#5
Cook all chicken breasts (the ones with skin and ribs..take cut the bones out) (don;t throw them out)
Olive oil..brown well and sprinkle with Salad Supreme (all sides)
Serve on a bed of rice + broccoli + sliced oranges
#6
Use a food processor/chopped to shred 2 chicken breasts
Add 4 celery stalks (diced finely) + 1 small minced onion+ salad supreme to taste + mayo to get the consistence you like
refrigerate & prepare to have the best chicken salad ever
I serve it on squaw bread with lettuce & paper thin sliced tomato w/salt & pepper
Makes a LOT of sandwiches (at least 10-12)
#7
Remaining 2 cooked chicken breasts.. slice diagonally for chef salad with whatever you like in a big ole salad
These are ALL super easy and anyone can do it..
#8
I cook the chicken bones (skim away the icky stuff ,,I use a strainer) remove the chicken & pick off the meat (or add more later)
1 large onion-chopped 5 or 6 carrots.. 1 stick of butter 4 or 5 celery stalks cut up
and home made egg dumplings (a pile of flour/some salt & 2 eggs beaten.. prepare to get messy hands )..drop from a spoon into the chicken soup.. make a big pot of soup.. I usually freeze the bones until I have a decent supply of them and make soup whenevr the spirit moves me
*Salad Supreme is a McCormic spice & I have found it at Dollar General for a buck Its also wonderful to put on chopped potatoes + sliced onion cooked in olive oil (as you cook them)