Mix-n-Match Recipes

by
Deborah Taylor-Hough

Author, Frozen Assets: How to Cook for a Day and Eat for a Month

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Simple, creative recipes using common ingredients---a great way to use up leftovers. Master Recipes for: Soup, Quiche, Skillet Meals, Casseroles, Dessert Breads, Muffins, Cookies.

Something for everyone!

With Mix-n-Match Recipes, you'll be amazed at the meals you can create from these basic formulas. Save money by choosing ingredients you have on hand. You may surprise yourself with a delicious gourmet combination or two!

Mix-n-Match Recipes makes a welcome extra gift for bridal showers, working couples, singles, college students, new mothers. . . .

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To order the Mix-n-Match Recipes booklet, send $4 + $1 shipping and handling to:

Simple Pleasures Press
PO Box 941
Auburn, WA 98071-0941

(be sure to specify Mix-n-Match Recipes when ordering)

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SAMPLE RECIPE


MIX-N-MATCH SKILLET MEALS

Choose ONE food from EACH of the following groups:

BREADS AND CEREALS (1 cup raw)
~ Macaroni
~ Spaghetti
~ Rice (white or brown)
~ Noodles
~ Bulgar
~ Any pasta

SAUCE (1 can soup plus 1.5 cans milk, broth or water)
~ Cream of Mushroom
~ Cream of Celery
~ Cream of Chicken
~ Cream of Potato
~ Tomato Soup
~ French Onion Soup

PROTEIN (1 pound or 1 cup cooked)
~ Chopped beef
~ Chopped pork or ham
~ Ground beef or turkey
~ Chicken
~ Turkey
~ Tuna
~ Salmon
~ Mackerel
~ Cooked dry beans
~ Frankfurters
~ Keilbasa

VEGETABLES (1.5 to 2 cups canned, cooked or raw)
~ Carrots
~ Peas
~ Corn
~ Green beans
~ Lima beans
~ Broccoli
~ Spinach
~ Mixed vegetables
~ Celery
~ Green Pepper
~ Whatever you have around


1/2 to 1 cup cheese (any kind) can be stirred into sauce at the end of the cooking time.


1.) Choose one food from each of the four groups above. Stir together in skillet.
2.) Season to taste with salt, pepper, soy sauce, onion flakes, garlic, or whatever spices you enjoy.
3.) Bring to a boil.
4.) Reduce heat to lowest setting. Cover pan and simmer 30 minutes until pasta or rice is tender. Stir occasionaly to prevent rice and pasta from sticking. Stir in cheese, if desired. Serve.

Makes 4 to 6 servings.

To bake in oven: mix all ingredients in casserole dish and cover tightly; bake at 350 F for one hour.

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