Monthly Archives: April 2021

Brown Beef

• Place a large skillet on the stove.
• Add 1 lb of ground beef to the skillet
• At any point if you touch the raw meat, wash your hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and hot water
• Turn stove heat to medium-high
• Break up and stir beef with a stove safe utensil
• Cook beef until all beef turns brown – about 6-7 minutes
• Once cooked, turn off heat
• Drain the grease – see video
• Place cooked beef in medium bowl and stir in the packet of taco seasoning (or 1/2 packet if 1/2 lb beef) until well mixed – set aside

Other Ingredients

• In a small saucepan, cook refried beans over medium-low heat until heated through, 2-3 minutes
• Spoon about 1/3 cup of beans on each tortilla
• Top with 1/4 cup beef mixture
• Sprinkle with cheese
• Add any salsa or sour cream if desired
• Fold sides and ends of tortillas over filling and roll up

Clean Up

• Put away left over food in smaller containers in the refrigerator
• Wash all dishes used in hot, soapy water
• Dry dishes and put them away
• Wipe down counters with a soapy cloth or disinfectant wipe

• Gather ingredients
  
• slice bananas into small rounds
  
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the cold milk and instant vanilla pudding mix
• whisk or beat with an electric mixer for 2 minutes
  
•  Add the sweetened condensed milk and mix until thoroughly blended
• With a spatula or spoon, fold half of the whipped topping into the pudding mixture.
  
• Layer wafers at the bottom of the pan
• Add sliced bananas on top of the wafers
• Add pudding on top of the bananas and wafers
• Repeat steps 7-9 until all ingredients are used.
  
• Garnish the dessert with banana slices, if desired. For an extra special look, sprinkle the dessert with vanilla sugar or a cinnamon-sugar blend.

Brown Beef

• Place a large skillet on the stove.
• Add 1 lb of ground beef to the skillet
• At any point if you touch the raw meat, wash your hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and hot water
• Turn stove heat to medium-high
• Break up and stir beef with a stove safe utensil
• Cook beef until all beef turns brown – about 6-7 minutes
• Once cooked, turn off heat
• Drain the grease – see video

Cook Pasta and Beef

• Pour the beef back in the skillet, place on stove and turn to medium-high heat
• Add the hot water, milk, Sauce Packet, and Pasta
• Stir together
• Heat to a boil then reduce heat to simmer
• Cover the skillet and simmer for about 10 minutes – stirring occasionally
• Cook until pasta is tender
• Refrigerate leftovers

Clean Up

• Put away left over food in smaller containers in the refrigerator
• Wash all dishes used in hot, soapy water
• Dry dishes and put them away
• Wipe down counters with a soapy cloth or disinfectant wipe

• Heat oven to 425°F.
• Core and slice pepper and onion into medium slices ( about 3/4")
• Place the bell peppers and onion on a rimmed baking sheet.
• Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper, toss to coat.
• put the sausages in between the veggies and roast for 30 minutes.
• set a timer for 30 minutes
• while that is cooking, start making the honey mustard sauce
• After the 30 minutes is up, remove the sausage and veggies from the oven Carefully using oven mits. and toss with the sauce or drizzle on top once in the hoagie roll.
• toss with the sauce or drizzle on top once in the hoagie roll.
• Serve sausage and veggies on toasted hoagie rolls smothered in the sauce.
• Turn off the oven and enjoy!

Honey Mustard Sauce

• In a small bowl mix the mayonnaise, whole grain mustard, honey and soy sauce.

Clean Up

• put away all ingredients
• any left over foods wrap tightly in tupperware and refrigerate
• wash dishes

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Spray a 9×13" baking pan with cooking spray
• Pour rice, packet of onion soup, can of soup, and 2 cups hot water into a medium sized bowl and mix together
• Pour mixture into baking dish and spread evenly
• Place the chicken on top of the rice mixture evenly spaced out over pan
• Cover the baking dish with tin foil
• Bake on the middle rack for about 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes
• When done, pull the pan out of the oven and use a meat thermometer to check the temperature of the chicken (as learned in group). Chicken should be at least 165 degrees.
• If internal temperature has been reached, place on a cooling rack to cool before serving.
• If internal temperature has not been reached, place back in oven for 5 more minutes and check again. Repeat this step until proper temperature has been reached.

Clean Up

• Put away left over food in smaller containers in the refrigerator
• Wash all dishes used in hot, soapy water
• Dry dishes and put them away
• Wipe down counters with a soapy cloth or disinfectant wipe

• Place skillet on stove and turn on heat to medium-high
• Allow skillet to heat up for a few minutes
• Add the burger patty to the skills (it should begin to sizzle)
• Cook patty for 4-5 minutes on one side
• Using a spatula flip the burger
• Cook patty for 4-5 minutes on the other side
• Once the burger is done, turn off the stove heat and transfer burger to a plate to rest and cool for 3 minutes
• Prepare the bun and any additional toppings desired
• Place the cooked patty on the bun and assemble the burger and eat

Cleaning

• Put away un-used ingredients
• Once skillet has cooled, remove any excess grease from pan by placing a paper towel in skillet to absorb grease and dispose of paper towel in garbage can
• Wash dishes in hot soapy water
• Put dishes away
• Wipe counter tops, stove, and other areas used while cooking/eating.

• Wash produce
• Dice onion and place in medium bowl
• Dice celery and place in medium bowl
• Open and drain the can of chicken
• Empty can of chicken into the medium bowl
• Add the mayonnaise, pickle relish, and cranberries to the medium bowl
• Stir ingredients together until well mixed and the chicken chunks begin to break up.
• Place about 1/4 cup of chicken salad on a tortilla to make a wrap, or serve on bread for a chicken salad sandwich.
• Store leftovers in a airtight container in the refrigerator.

Prep Work

• measure and prepare your ingredients

For the Glaze

• in a small sauce pan, combine vinegar and lemon zest
• turn heat on high, bring to a boil
• once at a boil, lower heat to medium for 10-12 minutes
• turn the heat off when mixture is thickened

For the Plums

• heat skillet at medium heat
• spray with non-stick cooking spray
• place plums face down for 2-3 minutes
• flip plums over for another 2-3 minutes
• remove from heat, place plums on plate.
• Drizzle with glaze
• top with crumbled cheese

Clean Up

• turn stove top off
• put ingredients away
• cover and refrigerate any leftovers