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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 693271" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>I've made a kid friendly, inexpensive dish for years that you and your kids may enjoy. (now that the kids are all gone and we're on a plant based diet, I never cook it anymore, but it was mighty tasty!)</p><p></p><p>Chop up a pound of bacon in small pieces and cook it with one good sized chopped onion until the bacon is crisp. Remove the excess fat. Add the bacon and onion to a pound of elbow macaroni along with a small can of tomato sauce and enough milk to make the elbows creamy along with the tomato sauce. Mix well. Put it in a casserole dish and top it with about a cup (or more if you like), of grated cheese, I used sharp cheddar. Sprinkle about a half of a cup of bread crumbs over the top with a few pats of butter. Put it in the oven, 375, until the cheese melts and it begins to bubble. </p><p></p><p>Every kid I made this for, loved it and all of them still make it today, as grownups. We call it bacon casserole.</p><p></p><p>I use the website Allrecipes.com quite a bit. If you go on their site and search "Kid friendly recipes", you'll find a lot of recipes.</p><p></p><p>You might try asking your kids to make one meal each a week, to teach them to cook and to give you a break. They can figure out what to cook, make the shopping list and shop for the items. This way they can learn how to figure out meals for themselves. </p><p></p><p>Seems like a turning point for you guys, time for them to begin being responsible for themselves in a different way. Good luck CB, let us know how it goes.......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 693271, member: 13542"] I've made a kid friendly, inexpensive dish for years that you and your kids may enjoy. (now that the kids are all gone and we're on a plant based diet, I never cook it anymore, but it was mighty tasty!) Chop up a pound of bacon in small pieces and cook it with one good sized chopped onion until the bacon is crisp. Remove the excess fat. Add the bacon and onion to a pound of elbow macaroni along with a small can of tomato sauce and enough milk to make the elbows creamy along with the tomato sauce. Mix well. Put it in a casserole dish and top it with about a cup (or more if you like), of grated cheese, I used sharp cheddar. Sprinkle about a half of a cup of bread crumbs over the top with a few pats of butter. Put it in the oven, 375, until the cheese melts and it begins to bubble. Every kid I made this for, loved it and all of them still make it today, as grownups. We call it bacon casserole. I use the website Allrecipes.com quite a bit. If you go on their site and search "Kid friendly recipes", you'll find a lot of recipes. You might try asking your kids to make one meal each a week, to teach them to cook and to give you a break. They can figure out what to cook, make the shopping list and shop for the items. This way they can learn how to figure out meals for themselves. Seems like a turning point for you guys, time for them to begin being responsible for themselves in a different way. Good luck CB, let us know how it goes....... [/QUOTE]
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