Menu #19 #20 #21 #22

Menu #19 (One Dish Meal) Chicken Ala Corn

1 1/4 cups instant rice (I used brown)
1 1/4 cups water
1 12.5 oz. can chicken chunks
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can corn
1 can gren chilis (optional-but so delicious!)

Put the water and rice in cooking pot, bring to boil and simmer on low for 5 minutes.
Add the rest of the ingredients. Stir and heat through. Serve. 2 big servings for 2 hungry folks.

You'll be so satisfied with this, you won't want dessert!


Menu #20 Tuna with Rice

This is fancy.
Again, a one dish meal.

1 cup basmati rice (or whatever kind of rice you want.)
2 5 or 6 oz. cans tuna
Extra virgin olive oil
Balsamic vinegar or lemon juice (I have instant lemon packets)
Freshly ground pepper
Garnishes: If you have fresh cherry tomatoes, watercress, baby salad greens, thinly sliced red onion, finely chopped parsley or basil, any of these can be used. Canned garnishes: capers, olives, artichoke hearts. (I would slice the whole black olives)

Cook rice according to package directions. Divide rice among plate. Arrange tuna on top of the rice. Drizzle generously with olive oil and sprinkle with a few drops of vinegar or lemon juice. Season with pepper (salt if you want). Garnish with those garnish ingredients mentioned above.
You can substitute drained cannelini beans or boiled potatoes (canned potatoes) for the rice.


Menu #21 Lean and Mean Kidney Bean Hash
(Another one dish meal)

2 Tablespoons dried onion flakes soaked in 3 Tablespoons hot water.
2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 cans potatoes, drained and diced
1 15 oz. can kidney beans
1/2 cup water
dash pepper
dash garlic powder
dash Tabasco sauce (Tapatio is OK)
dash of Mrs. Dash seasoning
small jar diced pimentos

Heat olive oil in frying pan. drain excess water off the onions and saute the onions in the olive oil. Add the diced potatoes and pimentos and mix well, cook and turn with spatula often...about 5-8 minutes. While potato mixture cooks, rinse beans well to remove the "Goo". Mash 1/2 to 2/3 of the beans with a potato masher or fork. Mix this and the remaining beans into the mixture in the frying pan, add 1/2 cup water. Cover and cook over medium heat 5 minutes. Season to taste. Serve and enjoy.

Dessert could be canned fruit. I'd have peaches with this.




Menu #22 Beef Paprika
noodles
green beans
peas


Ingredients: Medium egg noodles ( 1/2 bag)
can of green beans
can of peas

You will cook these separately.

Making the Beef Paprika is the time consuming part, but it is worth it.

Beef Paprika
1 can Roast Beef chunks, including liquid
3 Tablespoons dried onion reconstituted with 4 Tablesp. hot water (soak for 15 min.)
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 cup ketchup
1 Tablesp. Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon mustard powder
1 teaspoon paprika
1 cup water
Combine all in cooking pot and bring to simmer.
Simmer 5 minutes, then add...

1 Tablespoon cornstarch (not pictured) dissolved in 1/2 cup water.

Cook until gravy thickens. Serve hot with the cooked noodles, and the heated green beans and peas.