Cheesy Halloween Jack-O-Lantern Sandwich Recipe

Halloween is a great time to have fun food ideas. This sandwich recipe can be used for a snack or for lunch or party food.

Ingredients for Halloween Jack-O-Lantern Sandwich Recipe

Package of Biscuits
Cheese (sliced or shredded)

Directions for Halloween Jack-O-Lantern Sandwich Recipe

- Take a biscuit and flatten it with the palm of your hand.
- Place a layer of cheese on the flattened biscuit.
- Take another biscuit and flatten it to the size of the first.
- Use a knife to cut out a jack-o-lantern face on this biscuit and then lay it on top of the biscuit with cheese pinching the edges together.
- Cook at 350 degrees for 10 min. or until a light golden color.

This recipe is super fun for the kids and makes for an exciting meal.

Submitted by Cheryl Larsen

Shepherd's Pie Recipe

This is a yummy recipe, that is simple, and fun to let the children help out with.

Ingredients For Shepherd's Pie Recipe

1/2 lb Hamburger

One 8 oz can Tomato Sauce

One 14.5 oz can Tomatoes with Roasted Garlic & Onion

One 14.5 oz can Green Beans

4 Servings of Mashed Potatoes

Shredded Chedder Cheese

Directions For Shepherd's Pie Recipe

Fry hamburger in frying pan.

In a casserole dish combine

Meat, Tomato Sauce, Tomatoes & Green Beans, mix together

Spread mashed potatoes on top of meat mixture.

Top with shreaded chedder cheese.

Cook at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.
Until cheese is melted and everything is heated through.

Zucchini French Fries Kids Recipe

Zucchini french fries is a fun twist on Zucchini. This recipe is very simple, and may help your little ones want to try this vegitable because it is associated with fries, or french fries. These fries are not crunchy, but very yummy and hopefully your children will love it too.

Ingredients for Zucchini Fries Kids Recipe

1 to 3 Zucchini
Olive Oil
Your choice of Seasonings (optional)

Directions for Zucchini Fries Children's Recipe

-Slice the Zucchini to look in the shape of french fries.
-Place them on a cookie sheet
-Drizzle with Olive Oil
-Season with your choice of seasoning. I like to use McCormick Montreal Steak Seasoning. This step is optional, seasoning is not necessary.
-Place pan under broiler and broil until zucchini is well cooked or just starting to brown.
-Stir occasionally.

Chinese Casserole Skillet Recipe

This Chinese Casserole Skillet recipe is a yummy meal that the kids can help you make.

Ingredients for Chinese Casserole Skillet Recipe

1 cup uncooked Rice
1/2 lb hamburger
1 cup sour cream
1 can cream of celery soup
1 can La Choy (brand) Chop Suey Vegetables
1 Tbsp soy sauce

Directions for Chinese Casserole Skillet Recipe

Cook your Rice and set aside.
Fry Hamburger in a skillet.
Add Sour Cream, Cream of Celery Soup, Chop Suey Vegetables & Soy Sauce
Bring to boil then add Rice Mix until Rice is completely covered then eat and enjoy.

Sausage and Rice Skillet Recipe

This Sausage and Rice Skillet Recipe is a yummy main dish to serve your family. It's also an easy recipe for your children to help out with.

Ingredients for Sausage and Rice Skillet Recipe

1 1/2 cups Uncooked Rice
2 cups Frozen Peas
1 lb Sausage
1 cup Chicken Broth
1 1/2 Tbsp Soy Sauce

Directions for Sausage and Rice Skillet Recipe

-Cook rice as directed on package. Leave separate until end.
-Cook sausage until brown.
-Pour in Peas, Chicken Broth & Soy Sauce
-Bring to a boil and then add cooked rice.
-Mix in rice until well coated with sauce.

Serve and enjoy.

Tater Tot Casserole Recipe

This is a very easy recipe that the kids can help out with.

Ingredients For Tater Tot Casserole

1/2 lb Hamburger
1/2 medium Onion
1 can Cream Chicken Soup
3/4 cup Sour Cream
1 to 1 1/2 lbs tater tots
Shredded Chedder Cheese

Directions for Tater Tot Casserole

Cook hamburger and onion together until hamburger is cooked through.
In a casserole dish Mix together meat mixture, soup & sour cream.
Add tater tots and mix together in mixture.
Top with shredded chedder cheese.
Cook at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

Yummy Chili Recipe

Chili is a yummy meal that can be fun to have the kids help with.

Ingredients for Yummy Chili Recipe

1/2 lb Hamburger
1/2 Medium Onion Chopped
1/2 Green Pepper Chopped
1 can Diced Tomatoes (14.5 oz)
1 can Kidney Beans (15 oz)
1 can Pinto Beans (15 oz)
1 can Black Beans (15 oz)
1/3 cup Salsa
2 tsp Chili Powder
1/4 tsp Garlic Powder
Top with shredded Cheese & Sour Cream

Directions For Yummy Chili

In a skillet saute hamburger, onion and green peppers until hamburger is cooked through.
Rinse Kidney, Pinto & Black Beans
In a saucepan combine beans, meat mixture, tomatoes, salsa, chili & garlic powder. Heat on medium heat until boiling.
Serve with shredded cheese & sour cream as a topping.

Chicken Tin Foil Dinner Recipe For Kids

Tin Foil Dinners are a lot of fun for kids. You can throw these in the hot coals of a fire, or just stick them in your oven.

Ingredients For Chicken Tin Foil Dinner

Chicken Breast for Each Person
Potato For Each Person
1 Carrot Per Person
1 Onion cut up and use between everyone
Sauce (will make enough for about 4 dinners)
1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese
2 tsp Garlic Salt
1 tsp Italian Seasoning
1/2 Italian Salad Dressing

Directions For Chicken Tin Foil Dinner Recipe

-Tare a piece of tin foil for each person make it just under 1 1/2 feet
-Put a piece of chicken in the middle of the tin foil
-Slice potatoes and carrots & onions and place on tin foil
-Mix Parmesan Cheese, Garlic, Salt, Italian Seasoning and Italian Dressing together and spoon
evenly onto each person tin foil dinner.
-Bake in the oven for about 60 minutes.

Homemade Hamburger, Onion Burrito Kids Recipe

Burritos are a yummy Lunch or Dinner meal. Kids can help out with portions of this Recipe Idea as well.

Ingredients For Homemade Burrito Recipe

1 small to medium Onion
1 lb. Hamburger
6 - 8 Flour Tortillas
Onion & Garlic Powder
Oil

Directions for Burrito Kids Recipe

- Brown Hamburger & Onion. Shake some Garlic & Onion Powder on Hamburger mixture while cooking.

-Place a few tortillas on a microwave safe plate and warm them in the microwave for 30 seconds.

-Place 1/3 to 1/2 cup meat mixture in the middle of the tortilla.

- Fold bottom of tortilla into the middle, then around the circlue continue to fold each side into the middle.
-Heat a pan or skiilet of oil on your stove.

-Have an adult place each Burrito in hot oil and cook on each side until golden brown.

Hint: You may have to hold the folded sides down with spatula while cooking for a bit, so the burrito doesn't unfold in pan.

Super Easy Sweet & Sour Chicken Recipe

This Sweet & Sour Chicken Recipe is Super easy and great for children to help out with.

Ingredients For Sweet & Sour Chicken

Chicken Breasts
Apricot Jam
Salsa
Cooked Rice

Directions For Sweet & Sour Chicken Recipe

Place chicken in a baking dish.
Mix together equal amounts of Apricot Jam & Salsa, pour it over chicken.
Cover with tin foil and cook at 350 degrees
Cook for 45 minutes.

Serve over cooked rice.

Hash Brown Corn Skillet Recipe

Easy Recipes are fun to do with your kids because they can help out. Try this easy meal for lunch or dinner.

Ingredients Skillet Recipe

1lb of cubed hash browns. (frozen from store are easiest)

14 ounce can of Corn

1/2 lb of hamburger

1/2 tsp onion salt

1/2 tsp garlic powder

3 Tbsp Butter - May be substituted for something else if you wish.

Directions Skillet Recipe

Fry hamburger in skillet

Add butter and let melt a bit.

Add Hash browns, Corn, Onion Salt & Garlic Powder

Fry together until the hashbrowns are browning and everything is warmed all the way through.

Grilled Pizza Recipe

This is a great Grilled Pizza recipe idea.

Ingredients For Grilled Pizza Recipe

Pizza Dough
Pizza Toppings: cheese, pepperoni, olives, green peppers, sausage, canadian bacon, pineapple, bacon, mushrooms, whatever you wish to put on the pizza

Directions for Grilled Pizza Recipe

You make your pizza dough and then roll them out into personalized sized pizzas. put that on a grill that is as low as it can go. when it is browned you take it off put it on a plate cooked side up. top the cooked side with sauce cheese and any toppings you want and put it back on the grill. the bottom should be done about the same time the cheese is melted.

Recipe Submitted By Megan Chandler

Pizza Crescent Roll Recipe

This yummy Pizza Crescent Roll recipe is fun and easy. It will be easy for you and your kids to have fun sprinkling on the ingredients and rolling up the dough. It can be used as a main dish or as a snack.

Pizza Crescent Roll Ingredients & Directions

1 Can Crescent Roll Dough

Tomato Sauce (if desired)

Ham, Pepperoni, Cheese or any other favored pizza topping

Unroll the dough into each individual crescent.

Spread tomato sauce on the dough if you wish.

Cut up pepperoni or ham and spread it on the dough with cheese and any other toppings you desire.

Roll up the crescents.


You may also wish to sprinkle cheese on the top of the rolled up pizza roll.

Bake at 350 degrees for 11 minutes.

Let cool for a few minutes and enjoy your pizza crescent roll.