Remember Me
forgot your password?

Quick Meal Ideas for Busy Families

If you are anything like me, you struggle with the idea of what to serve your family at mealtime. The day seems to get away from me and I look at the clock.. 5:15!!! I have not even thought of dinner. With kids' activities, housework, taking care of the animals and who can forget "work", planning meals can really be a challenge. Actually, it was a huge challenge until I became acquainted with Gourmet To Go. These food mixes are simple to prepare and only require one or two ingredients (ex. cream cheese, canned tomatoes, sour cream, or water). I always have something to make AND I now have a use for left-over food that nobody seems to want to eat. These mixes are delicious on their own when prepared as directed. I have been able to "change things up" a bit and put together my own variations on some of the popular mixes.

Jambalaya (aka the PERFECT left over maker)
This mix, in my humble opinion, is better than the popular store bought mixes. I LOVE this mix when I have cooked chicken or extra smoked sausage. The mix requires water, tomato sauce and a choice of meat. I like to add at least two meats when I make it. It has a spicy "zing" that my husband and I just love.

Cheesy Potato Casserole
This is a great side dish that can be made into a fantastic breakfast meal! It requires water, cheese, and a can of Campbell's Cheese Soup. My friend decided it would make a good breakfast casserole to take to a brunch. Well, she was right! She made the casserole, mixed in some prepared scrambled eggs and cooked breakfast sausage and topped it all off with some cheese melted on top. The guests at the brunch all just HAD to have the recipe! What a HIT!

Peanut Butter Pie
This scrumptious pie mix was recently introduced to the Gourmet To Go product line. It requires one 8 ounce block of cream cheese and a 8 ounce tub of cool whip. Mix together and pour into a prepared crust (graham cracker, oreo, shortbread). It does not require peanut butter. I like to spruce things up a bit. I added about 5 crumbled Reeses Cups to the mix and put it into a chocolate crust. Talk about YUMMY!!

I have been able to put together some quick meals for my family with these wonderful gourmet mixes. However, I can't forget to mention many of the other great ways I have been able to use Gourmet To Go. These food mixes make fantastic gifts for friends, neighbors, and teachers. Put together a few mixes (Chilly Weather Chili, Corn Fritter Hush Puppy Mix, and Spiced Apple Cake Mix) and have a perfect fall gift pack or holiday gift. At Christmas time, I like to put together a little gift bag with some of my favorite pie and dessert mixes. I get comments and questions about the products all year long!

Tracy Webb-olson

My name is Tracy and I am a distributor for Gourmet To Go where you can find some fantastic quick and easy food mixes like the items featured above. For more information about purchasing these products or becoming a distributor (earn 35-40%), please visit my website at http://www.daisydelights.com or e-mail Tracy at treasure_chest@comcast.net.

Rate this Article: 0 / 5 stars - 0 vote(s)
Print Email Re-Publish

Add new Comment



Captcha

  • Latest Women's Issues Articles
  • More from Tracy Webb-olson

Get the Attractive

By: Allen Franklin | 26/12/2009
As extraordinary or only as you opine serving pitcher may be, they genuinely do possess a space as constituent of a tableware positioning. serving pitcher exhibit a fanciful twinkle when it does to a singular style of dressing out ones dinner table, whether it is a family assembling or exactly...

Do You Suffer From These Menopause Symptoms?

By: Brad Bahr | 26/12/2009
Menopause is probably one of the most expected problems affecting women's health and menopause manifestations aren't commonly nice but are frequently uncomfortable, involving women of many different age groups even women as young as 20. Menopause is stimulated by the woman's system working through a dramatic alteration in hormone levels. While...

Personal and Professional Development For Professional Women

By: Sylvia Marks | 26/12/2009
It is surprising how many professional women are concerned that courses they take should be professional development-based rather than personal. It is as though women are loathe to give themselves the opportunity to grow personally, especially if someone else is paying. The truth is that any personal development you take...

Get the Great Selection of Turquoise Jewelry

By: Kimberly Ducado | 26/12/2009
turquoise Jewelry/Necklaces/Earrings Bring Out The Freshest In Everyone As the old folklore narrates us, peacock blue jewelry has the mightiness to spice up every getup there is, but it is not barely this that the early people shared to us, they too told us that greenish blue jewelry, may it be...

How To Buy Handmade Silver Chains - Five Tips

By: Karoline Watson | 26/12/2009
Do you need handmade silver chains? These silver jewlery pieces are essential in any woman's jewellery collection. If you cannot decide what accessories to wear with your outfit, you can always rely on your silver chains to save your day. You can wear them anywhere, no matter how formal or...

Get the All Sizes of Long Leather Gloves

By: Shelly Resta | 25/12/2009
Long leather gloves Picking Out nicest gloves for the hands is very miserable as there are varied gloves procurable in the market. The noteworthy feature of the work uniform is it should be of good quality of the leather gloves. It does not matter that in what professions we are occupied,...

Safety Footwear Features Steel Toes, Slip Resistant Soles, Metatarsal Guards, Heat Resistant Soles, Puncture Resistant Soles and More

By: Larry Mundson | 25/12/2009
Central Constituents That Can Greatly Aid You Take Your First Safety Boots If you are functional in an environs alike construction land sites, mines and refineries, industrial plants and chemical factories, prospects are your chance of gaining bruised is highly accomplishable because of the unsafe working statuses you hold. That is...

Wolverine Prides Itself on Using the Finest Materials and Leathers to Make Superior Products

By: Larry Mundson | 25/12/2009
Wolverine Boots : Gold Steel Toe Wolverine Boots For Men As we all have got to walk in out lives we feature to get particular that the boots that we select are according to our necessities. In order to function utterly whether at home, office, outdoors or any where else, you...

Surviving September: Tips to Help your Child and Family Get "back to School"

By: Tracy Webb-olson | 15/09/2006 | Time Management
This article contains information that will help families support their children as they return to school. It discusses the importance of talking to children about their world, highights the importance of schedules and planning, promotes general family wellness, and gives tips about implementing applied academics that can be done while at home.

Submit Your Articles Free: Signup
Article Categories




Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the Terms Of Use and Privacy Policy | User published content is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
Copyright © 2005-2008 Free Articles by ArticlesBase.com, All rights reserved. (0.95, 1, w3)