Meals #9, #10, #11, #12

Here are FISH - CHICKEN - BEAN - CHICKEN .....

#9 Menu (FISH)
Norwegian Platter
Seasoned pan fried potatoes (canned potatoes, cut in half,
fried in olive oil and seasoned with spicy Mrs. Dash)
Kippered Herring
Pickled beets
Greens Beans
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Menu #10
Company's Coming Chicken Curry (CHICKEN)
OOPS...I forgot to put a package of rice in the picture! You WILL need rice!
This is one of my top favorite things to make and eat!
Serves 4.

Recipe for the "Curry Gravy":
1 4 oz. can Masaman Curry Paste
1 14 oz. can coconut milk (Shake it first before opening)
1 12.5 oz. can chicken chunks, drained
1 can cooked carrots, drained

2 cups rice

Side dishes of...
peanuts or cashews
raisins
pineapple tidbits. (I often just have rings, so I drain the can and drink the juice and then I cut the rings into "tidbit size". Canned pineapple chunks just seem too big for this meal. If you have that, just cut the chunks in half.

Combine coconut milk and masaman curry in pot and stir. Add drained chicken chunks and the carrots and heat through thoroughly.


Meanwhile, cook 2 cups rice in 4 cups water.(Bring to boil, stir, turn heat to low, put lid on and cook at this low temperature 15 minutes or so- until rice is soft and fluffy.)

Have side bowls of pineapple chunks or tidbits, peanuts or cashews, and raisins.

Serve plates by first putting rice on the plate. Cover the rice with the chicken curry "gravy" you have made. Sprinkle the pineapple, nuts and raisins on it. Enjoy!
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Menu #11 Molly's Bean Salsa Dip (BEANS)
Rice pudding for dessert

2 cans black beans, drained
1 can corn kernels, drained
1 can diced tomatoes, drained
Packet of Good Season Italian salad dressing and follow
the directions on the envelope (calls for water, oil and vinegar)
Pour dressing over all.
Original recipe calls for 2 avocados cubed. In emergency you may not have fresh avocados, so do not put all the dressing on (Perhaps, save half of prepared dressing in a glass jar....or better yet, make half a recipe from the envelope.)Original recipe calls for fresh lime juice and cilantro to taste...but, again, you may not have that.
Serve with tortilla chips. Use as dip with the chips.

Mary Norton's Rice Pudding Recipe:
2 cups cooked rice
2 cups milk
3/4 cup sugar (I would use 1/4 cup)
1 teasp. vanilla
Cinnamon to taste

Bring to slow boil, stirring constantly the rice, milk, sugar for 10 minutes. Add cinnamon and vanilla. Serve warm or chilled.

Rice will complement the beans and make a complete protein
and then you have milk in this, too, so good protein source.
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Menu #12 Chicken and Stuffing (CHICKEN) Mashed Potaoes and Gravy
Chicken
Green Beans


Use Stovetop Stuffing Mix and follow directions on box, using olive oil (only a tablespoon) instead of butter.
Make mashed potatoes form the packets you have (Or whatever Instant Potatoes you use), using olive oil instead of butter and not as much.
Open a can or jar of chicken or turkey gravy to put over the mashed potatoes. Open the chicken chunks (from 12.5 oz. can) and warm them up. Serve alongside the stuffing and mashed potatoes and gravy. Open can of green beans and heat and serve with blackpepper. If you have canned cranberry sauce, it would add color and taste to this "almost like Thanksgiving Day" meal.