Meals on the Run!

Monday - Hamburgers and homemade fries

Tuesday - Tacos

Wednesday - Zucchini Casserole (First time all summer if you can believe it!  I'm kind of excited to have it.)

Thursday - Pepper Steak and Rice (Thrown in crock pot so family can eat while I'm at ESL class for 3 1/2 hours!)

Friday - Empanadas (Linda's birthday dinner)

ZUCCHINI CASSEROLE

Ingredients:

8 cups cubed zucchini

1 small onion (chopped)

1 grated carrot

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 small carton of sour cream

1 box stove top dressing

1 cube margarine

 

Directions:

1.)           Boil zucchini, onion, and carrot until tender, then drain.

2.)           Mix together in another bowl, cream of chicken soup and sour cream.

3.)           Mix together in a 3^rd bowl stove top dressing and margarine (no water)

4.)           Combine veggie mixture, creamy mixture and 3/4 of the dressing.

5.)           Place in a 9x13 pan.

6.)           Top with the rest of the dressing

7.)           Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

EMPANADAS

 

Ingredients:

Dough:

2 tsp yeast

1 cup warm water

2 tsp sugar

2 Tbsp powdered milk

2 tsp salt

4 cups flour

4 Tbsp oil

Directions for Dough:

1.)           Mix yeast, sugar, and water.  Let it bubble, then mix in other ingredients.

2.)           Knead together, pull off lemon-size balls of dough to make empanada shell.

 

Filling:

1 pound of hamburger

garlic & oregano for seasoning

green onion (diced)

2 Tbsp worchestershire sauce

1 can tomato sauce

grated cheese

sour cream

 

Directions:

1.)           Brown hamburger and onions on stove.  Add garlic and oregano for seasoning.

2.)           Add worchestershire sauce and tomato sauce to browned meat.

3.)           Roll out dough shell.

4.)           Fill shell with hamburger filling, shredded cheese, and sour cream.

5.)           Fold shell over, and make sure it is sealed.

6.)           Deep fry until golden brown.