Making the most of a little
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 MollyJ
Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:45 am Food.com Groupie
Admittedly, I have a problem. I ALWAYS have more ideas than I have time for!
But I am a school nurse and I can tell that things are getting "harder" out there for some of my families. I am thinking of making a cookbook of simple, lower cost recipes that are easy to make and yet nutritious and child friendly. I will then put them into a cookbook, "Making the Most of a Little" and link to the cookbook from my school nurse web page.
Criteria:
Simple
tasty
kid friendly
no exotic ingredients
relatively short ingredient list
May beckon a parent who has not cooked a lot to cook a little more
Good enough that I would want to cook it and eat (not to challenging since I eat anything)
Some consideration given to recipes that use less expensive, high nutrition products like beans, rice and grains.
Thanks, fellow 'zaar folks.
 Molly53
Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:19 am Forum Host
 School cooker
Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:10 pm Experienced "Head Chef" Poster
Hi,
I have gathered over 60 recipes for food pantry reciepients and am sending them all over the USA .I offer them on Craigs list and have done a newspaper artical this past month.
Just email me the ingredients you wish to use most and I will forward all the recipes you need.
School cooker
grannyj40atyahoodotcom
note: email address has been changed to prevent bots from picking it up. Forum Host
shellbee
Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:53 pm Food.com Groupie
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shellbee
Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:06 pm Food.com Groupie
http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?p=1875980#1875980
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Buffalo Popcorn Chicken Bites
Sausage and Peach Breakfast Casserole
Fried Oreos
Orange Dessert Pancakes
Obie's Smothered Pork Chops
Spicy Onion Rings
Apple Fritters ( E-Zrrr than E-Z)
Beer Battered Cheese Curds
Jalapeno Pancakes
Pumpkin Ginger Mini Muffins
Chicken Bake
Cinnamon Honey Snack Cake
Deep Fried Strawberries
Sausage Cheese Balls
The Sweetest Fried Chicken Tenders
Awesome Apple Crisp - Simple!
Pineapple Fritters
Incredible Pumpkin Pie
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Corn Muffins in Poblano Cups
Best Cornbread Ever
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Pepperoni & Cheddar Corn Muffins in a "jiffy"
Corn Souffle
Tamale Meatballs (Good for OAMC)
Cornbread Taco Pizza
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Tamale Pie
Herbed Hamburger Pie With a Cornbread Crust
Kielbasa Cornbread
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Franks & Beans Casserole
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Southern Sweet Cornbread - Budget
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Yummy Tamale Pie
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Nacho Potato Soup
Easy Crock Pot Scalloped Chicken
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Kielbasa, Onion and Potato Scallop
Mom's Favorite Casserole
Potatoes and Chicken Fiesta
Quickie Pork Chop Casserole
Saucy Potatoes with Chicken or Pork
Cheesy Chicken and Potato Casserole
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Almost Too-Easy Potato-Chicken-Cheese Soup
Au Gratin Beef Bake
No Fuss Nacho Potato Soup
Au Gratin Ham Pot Pie
Seashells' Garlic Potato-Clam Chowder
Spicy Au Gratin Beef Bake
Potato and Beef-Tortilla Skillet
Au Gratin Sausage Skillet
Au Gratin Potatoes and Chops
Quickie Pork Chop Casserole
Saucy Potatoes with Chicken or Pork
Cheesy Chicken and Potato Casserole
Instant potatoes
Mashed Potato Pie
Easy Shepherd's Pie
Bacon Cheeseburger Potato Pie
Mom's Hamburger, Green Bean, Tomato Soup, Mashed Potato Hot Dish
Potato Soup Mix in a Jar
Surprise Coated Crisp Fish Filets
Easy Swiss Steak
Instant Potato Gnocchi
garlic potato bread
Pierogi Casserole
Golden Baked Chicken
Homemade Cream of Style Soup Mix - Substitute
Pierogie Casserole
Snow Capped Hot Dogs
Sarah's Spud Nuts Aka Doughnuts
Ultimate Red Velvet Cake
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Loaded Baked Potato Casserole
Loaded Baked Potato Casserole
Seashells' BBQ Beef and Corn Shepherd's Pie
Shepherd's Pie
Oops Smashed Red Potatoes
Paula Deen's Mashed Baked Potato Casserole
Cheddary Mashed Potato Bake
Ground Beef Stew over Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Easiest Ever Mashed Potato Torta ( Mashed Potatoes With Cheese)
Instant Gratification Garlic Potato Soup
Turkey and Potato Bake
Mashed Potatoes Ole
Easy Mashed Potato Casserole
Reuben Casserole
Jiffy Cheesy Chicken Dinner (A Pantry Recipe)
Pierogi Noodle Casserole
Potato Pagachi
Quick and Easy Corned Beef Hash
Hot Baked Potato Salad
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spinach stuffed chicken breasts
Italian Spinach
Spinach Casserole
Spinach Cheese Lasagna Rolls
Quick and Easy "primavera"
Chopped Chicken and Artichoke Casserole
Da Beef Lover's Half Time Stuffed Meatloaf
Rice Ala Grecque
Spinach Au Gratin
Yummy Cooked Spinach</a
Bisquick Quiche
Cannellini Florentine
Chicken Wraps (Like Chimichangas but so Much Better!)
The Solution to Canned Spinach
Gluten Free Spinach Pie Rolls
Grandma's Spinach dip
Lazy Mom's Faux Lasagna
Leader's Pie
Poz Noz
Spinach Kids Like!
Spinach Dip Using Canned Spinach
Spinach Bread (Using Canned Spinach)
Spinach Cheese Balls (Using Canned Spinach)
Spinach Party Wheels Using Canned Spinach
Spinach manicotte recipe using canned spinach
submitted by Li at cd kitchens(I can not seem to get it through because it is only estimated but it is another way to use up pantry spinach
1 pkg. manicotti pasta or jumbo shells, precooked
1 15 oz pasta sauce from a can
1 container fat free ricotta cheese
herbs of your choice, oregano,basil,parsley
1 egg white
1 can spinach, drained and squeezed till barely moist
2 cups fat free mozzarella cheese-this did not state an exact amount-I am estamating only
precook pasta till almost done,pasta should still be a little firm
drain and let cool
in bowl, mix ricotta,spinach and egg white with half the mozzarella cheese-mixture should not be runny; if it is add more mozzarella cheese
add 3 tbsp pasta sauce to above cheese mixture and your choice spices
when pasta is cool stuff with the mixture
place in baking dish sprayed with pam
top with remaining pasta sauce
sprinkle with remaing cheese
bake 30 minutes or till cheese melts
no given servings on actual recipe 
Spinach Lasagne from Canned Spinach
Herb Spinach Using Canned Spinach
Savory Spinach Egg Recipe Using Canned Spinach
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 *Parsley*
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shellbee
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MollyJ
Sat Jan 31, 2009 3:23 pm Food.com Groupie
Wow! I am impressed and overwhelmed with the response to this posting. Obviously a lot of people are seeing this in their communities.
I have some notions about what lower income families may cope with in their kitchens and I want to test some of them with some of you that are obviously already thinking a lot about this.
Now I am hoping that families of all varieties may seek this web site so I am not trying to limit my thinking or stereotype anyone. But these are some of my thoughts about low income kitchens:
Limited spices or seasonings--but surely everyone has salt, pepper, chili powder, cinnamon, italian seasoning. Right or wrong?
Limited cooking capacity--maybe just a stove top or an oven. Less likely to have a microwave. May not have a lot of different cookware. May or may not have measuring spoons and cups. People who cook generally have a refrigerator. (life is much harder when they don't.) Right or wrong?
Limited access to staples--flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and powder. If they bake, more likely to rely on pre-mixes? This one is a little confounding. You can add considerably to nutrition by being able to make biscuits or a loaf of bread but may not have skills or bakeware. Right or wrong?
Finally, I appreciated the posting above about canned tuna and salmon. Our community does an annual food drive and many many cans of tuna are requested. When I worked with younger families, "meat" often meant hamburger or hot dogs. My mom could make a chicken go far. OBviously some people would not know how to cut up a chicken but do you think that's more or less common? My grocery store markets soup bones. Do low income folks know how to use soup bones or are they brought by people like me that know that soup bones can give you a great broth?
Just picking people's brains.
shellbee
Sat Jan 31, 2009 3:50 pm Food.com Groupie
Well I am on a fixed income for a few years now because of a severe disability and I have supplemented my income by babysitting kids either in my home or theirs. Many of the kids parents were recovering from alcohol/drug problems. In there kitchens, most have basic equipment like measuring cups, bowls and all have microwaves-as many of them know how to use these better than an oven. Alot do not have bread machines. But over time, they seem to pick up more at Salvation Army stores.Baking powder, spices can be bought at Dollar stores now so most of them have them...it is things like meat, milk, cheese, fresh fruit/veggies that the kids are doing without.And I have many times taken money out of my pockets to help these kids with food and I charge the parents a lot less than other babysitters because I know what it is really like to raise a family on nothing especially after once having a good paycheck.But you are right, most do not have the skills to make bread and many do not have the time if they have to work
ready programs or job training seminars.And most do eat hamburger, hotdogs, spaghetti and chicken leg quarters.Chicken fingers and fish sticks are popular too. Parents from many different circumstances like welfare/disability/low income or one parent only works so that they can stay home with their children are finding it hard to tell their kids there isn't enough to have seconds or invite their friends over after school.
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Easy Artichoke Rice Salad
Rice-A-Roni Salad With Artichokes and Shrimp!
Artichoke Rice Salad
Black Beans and Rice
Busy Day Chicken and Rice
So Good Beef and Broccoli Salad
Harvest Apple Chicken & Rice
orange chicken and rice casserole
Rice-A-Roni Turkey Casserole
Beef rice a roni
Porcupines
Hot Taco Salad
BBQ Rice and Beef Roundup
Beefy Broccoli Rice
Chinese
Beefy Rice
Ground Beef & Cabbage Casserole
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Cold Tomatoes Valenciana
Tutti-Fruitti Cake (Aka Vera's Mennonite Cake)
Rice-A-Roni Frittata
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Quick and Easy Chicken Bake
Quick and Easy Turkey Soup
Thai-Style Chicken Skillet
Teriyaki Fish Kabobs
Spicy Rice and Corn
Porcupine Meatballs W/ Rice-a-roni
Chili Cheese Casserole
Simple 6-Ingredient Bean Soup
Canned Pumpkin link
http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?foodid=2804&ls=h&Search=Search&s_type=%2Frecipes.php and
http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?foodid=2215&ls=h&Search=Search&s_type=%2Frecipes.php or
http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?foodid=10605&ls=h&Search=Search&s_type=%2Frecipes.php
Canned spaghetti
http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?foodid=17480
Quick and Easy Alphabet Soup
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shellbee
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shellbee
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shellbee
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shellbee
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Most of the young people that I have babysat for do not own food processors, george foreman grills, rice makers, icecream/yogurt makers,meat slicers,canning equipment but most have hand held mixmasters, crockpots and occasionally deep fryers and blenders.
It might be a good idea at the end of the cookbook to include handy hints. As an example, that they can cut porklion when it goes on sale to make their own porkchops, roasts or stirfries.Use up for kabobs or soulvaki for pieces too small to serve. Beef, on sale, can make beef tips, stew or small steak portions that might need to be marinated to make tender.Meatballs with tomato products or donated jelly
Meatballs With a Touch of Apple-can not taste the jelly
Appetizer Grape Jelly and Chili Sauce Meatballs or Lil Smokies
Grape Jelly Meatballs
Or to help the smaller family members to young to go to school explain how to make baby food and apple sauces as this is a major expense or things like
Pedialyte Clone
donated Marmalade (recipes)
Orange Marmalade Marinated Salmon, Chicken. or Pork
Savory Pork Chops
Outback Steakhouse Gold Coast Coconut Shrimp
Mustard Plus Glazed Pork Chops
Orange Marmalade Oat Bread (Bread Machine)
" Old Ladies on a Bus " Chicken
Glazed Pork Loin Roast
Marmalade Glazed Ham
Turkey Cranberry Croissant
Easy Pork Chops in Savory Mustard Sauce
Pork tenderloin with Marmalade Sauce
Spice Em' Up Pork Chops
Tgi Fridays Mandarin Orange Sesame Dressing(Copycat)
Chicken L'orange
Easy Oven Barbecued Chicken
Crock Pot Curried Chicken Legs
Orange Rosemary Roasted Chicken
Breakfast Bars
Orange Glazed Green Beans
Cajun Orange Chops
Chocolate-Orange Marmalade Brownies
Crock Pot Tropical Apple Crisp
Orange Marmalade Cookies
Marmalade-Glazed Carrots
Pork Tenderloin with Chipotle-Marmalade Sauce
Kittencal's Party Meatballs With Cranberry-Marmalade Sauce
Orange Blossom Muffins
Slow Cooker Savory Pork Ribs
Florida Orange Cake
Glazed Orange-Hoisin Chicken
Marmalade Layer Cake - TO DIE FOR
Dot's Quick Shake Ginger Pudding
Marmalade Cookies
Celebration Spiced Baked Ham With Orange and Marmalade Glaze
Cream Cheese French Toast
Tropical Sunrise Porridge (Oatmeal)
Marmalade Fruit Muffins
Christmas Gingerbread Pancakes
Sticky Marmalade Chicken
Pomegranate Duck
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*Parsley*
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