Kid Friendly Recipes

Meatballs and Gravy

Information:

  • Serves 4
  • Cooking Time: 50 min
  • Kid Friendly Name: Mama’s Meatballs

Ingredients:

  • 1 can of cream of mushroom soup
  • 2 oz. dry onion soup mix
  • 1 package of dry brown gravy mix
  • 1/2 cup of bread crumbs
  • 1 egg whole, raw
  • seasonings, such as pepper, seasoning salt, etc.
  • 1 Lb of ground beef

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl mix ground beef, onion soup mix, breadcrumbs, egg, and seasonings together. Shape into balls any size you desire, and place them in a shallow baking pan.
  3. Place meatballs into oven and bake for 20 minutes. While meatballs are baking, make the brown gravy according to the directions on the package. After the gravy is done add a can of cream of mushroom soup to the gravy mix well and let simmer.
  4. Take the meat balls out of the oven and put them into the gravy, cover and simmer for about 20 minutes.
  5. Serve meat balls and gravy over mashed potatoes.

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Pasta Carbonara

Information:

  • Preparation time: 10 mins
  • Cooking time: 25 mins
  • Serves: 4 people
  • Kid Friendly Name: Breakfast Pasta

Ingredients:

  • 500 g fettucine
  • 3 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1/2 cup cream
  • 1/3 cup finely grated Parmesan
  • 20g butter
  • 250g bacon, rind removed, cut into thin strips
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 4 spring onions, finely chopped

Directions:

  1. Bring a large pan of water to the boil, add the fettucine and cook for 10-12 minutes, or until just tender.
  2. Whisk together the eggs, cream and Parmesan and season generously with salt and cracked black pepper.
  3. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a frying pan, add the bacon strips and cook for 5-8 minutes, or until lightly golden. Add the garlic and spring onion and cook for 2-3 minutes more. Remove from the heat.
  4. Drain the pasta, and transfer to a large serving bowl. While the pasta is still hot pour in the egg mixture and toss well to combine (the heat from the pasta should be sufficient to cook the egg). Add the bacon mixture and toss through the pasta. Season to taste with cracked black pepper and serve immediately.

Nutrition:

  • Protein 35g
  • Fat 30g
  • Carbohydrate 90g
  • Dietary Fibre 6.5g
  • Cholesterol 235mg
  • 3213kJ (765 cal)

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