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Posted by singlemom
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Most days, one of these meals will be what you are packing. Here are some recipes and ideas for you to try.
Shepherd’s Pie:
cook and mashed potatoes
1 can of corn, half the liquid drained
browned ground beef
- Put ground beef in the bottom of a baking dish.
- Spread the corn and liquid over the beef.
- Spread the potatoes over the corn.
- Bake until warmed through.
Refrigerate leftovers to be used for lunches.
NOTE: Feel free to mix things up a bit. Use a different meat or vegetable.
Easy Lasagna:
- Cook as many noodles as you need.
- Take out baking sheet and put 1/4 cup of water in it, then sauce.
- Layer the following ingredients until they are almost to the top. End with a cheese layer: Noodles, sauce, browned meet, cheese.
- Bake until cheese melts all the way through.
- Refrigerate the leftovers for the next day.
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- When making pasta and sauce with meatballs, cook the pasta until just before done.
- Be sure that you have all components of your meal: Protein, 2 fruits and/or veggies and grains. Some people also require dairy.
- Pack a salad as a main meal, with cold chicken strips, sandwich meat slices and/or a hard boiled egg.
- Make a variety of sandwiches so it never gets old eating them.
- When packing beans, don’t forget to pack either bread, rolls or biscuits to go along with it.
- Making pats of butter is easy: Simply cut them from stick butter and place in between small squares of wax paper (also reusable). You can place a bunch on a plate to keep int he refrigerator.
- Or, just spoon some into a tiny container with a tight-fitting lid.
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Vegetable Soup:
1 regular size can condensed tomato soup, plus 1 can of water
1 small can of corn, drained
1 small can of carrots, drained
1 small zucchini, skin left on, sliced into rounds and each round cut into fourths
- Dump can of soup into saucepan.
- Add the can of water.
- Add all of the vegetables.
- Cook until everything is warmed through.
- Refrigerate leftovers.
- You can make a big, family size batch by using a family size can of soup and water, and by at least tripling the amounts of each vegetable.
- Try a different vegetables each time you make this for more variety.
Shannon
PS.
For ideas on how to save money when packing for school, work or trips, as well as ideas on how to keep foods hot and cold, see the post Making Lunches and/or Dinners to Bring to Work under the category Money Matters.
Yes, children can be trained to bring home reusable items. And, they can learn to be environmentally friendly.
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