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My kids favorite "Feel Good Meal"

hammielover1 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:54:55 -0500

My kids aabsolutely LOVE Turkey cheeseburgers with baked potatoes and salad. So do I!

Sloppy Joe Muffins

Swtlilchick — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:58:30 -0500

My favorite feel good meal is sloppy joe muffins

Toast english muffins,cook hamburger,sloppy joe seasoning mix add tomato paste and water.Let simmer.Scoop hamburger mix on English muffins on a baking sheet.Top with Kraft American cheese and broil till cheese melts.Delicious

Mac n Cheese with cubed ham

freakdujour — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:54:04 -0500

Mac n Cheese with cubed ham

freakdujour — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:54:04 -0500

Mac n Cheese with cubed ham

Nothing makes my daughter

blueviolet — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:09:36 -0500

Nothing makes my daughter feel more comforted than a nice warm bowl of vegetarian chili. She just loves it and always wants that when she gets a cold.

My daughter loves a grilled

HelenWL — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:43:40 -0500

My daughter loves a grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup.

Favorite Feel Good Meal

joanna414 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:56:19 -0500

My children's favorite Feel Good Meal hands down is Kraft Macaroni and Cheese! I could spend the time to make homemade macaroni and cheese, which my husband would absolutely love, but the kids would prefer the Kraft!! My children literally beg me to make this for them, even in the summer when it is 90 degrees outside, so what does that say, LOL! Okay, now I am getting a craving for some, gotta go and make some mac and cheese, bye!

Breakfast for Dinner

penguin28 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:54:09 -0500

My kids love French Toast, Bacon, Scrambled Eggs, and Hash Browns for Dinner!

Tree Food

Calgirl — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:10:08 -0500

My son's favorite food is strifry with lost of broccoli (tree food). He like the hot chili sauce.

shepards pie

klp1965 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:38:29 -0500

my kids feel good eating shepards pie :)

1 (7.6 oz.) package potato flakes

2 pounds lean ground beef

1 onion, finely diced

1 (15 oz.) can whole kernel corn, drained

1 (15 oz.) can green beans, drained

4 (10.5 oz.) cans brown gravy

Salt and pepper to taste

1/4 pound American cheese slices

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Prepare potatoes according to directions on box. Set aside.

In
a large skillet, sauté ground beef over medium heat for 1 minute. Add
onion to skillet and continue to cook until beef is no longer pink and
onion is beginning to brown. Drain off some of the grease.

Add
corn, green beans and gravy to the skillet. Mix thoroughly. Add salt
and pepper to taste. Pour mixture into a 9x13-inch baking dish. Spread
potatoes over the top. Layer cheese slices over potatoes.

Bake for 40 minutes, or until cheese turns golden brown

Comfort Food

WhitsEnd — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:02:32 -0500

Mac and Cheese and homemade alfredo sauce with cheese tortellini are my kids favorite comfort foods! (and mine too!)

Comfort Food

olympicgirl — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:58:44 -0500

My son is very particular about food, but to my surprise, one of his favorite dinners is chicken parmigiana. Who knew???

Grilled Cheese always hits the spot.

dddiva — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:00:34 -0500

Grilled Cheese & Tomato made on the Panini Press & Cream of Mushroom Soup

pizza

ssmina — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:47:49 -0500

my son loves pizza

Home Made Pizza

mary2511 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:04:54 -0500

My kids love it when I made home make pizza from sratch. I'll use my bread machine to make the dough, then I'll make my own pizza sauce and load lots of mozarella cheese on top.

Share Your “Feel Good Meals” and You Could Win a $100 Gift Card from Kraft

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Rocks In My Dryer... I have a deep and abiding love for the casserole, owing, most likely, to my Southern roots. We Southerners believe that most problems in life can be solved if you will simply show up with a full 13x9-inch Pyrex dish covered in aluminum foil.

Thankfully, I have passed on this love to my children, and most of our favorite family recipes are of the casserole variety. My kids' very favorite (and mine too) is Ham and Hashbrown Bake. It's the ultimate Southern comfort food: meat and potatoes!

Ingredients:
1 lg. bag frozen hashbrowns (approx 2 lbs)
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
2 ½ cups grated cheddar cheese, divided
1 8-oz carton of sour cream
2 cups diced ham

Mix all ingredients together, reserving 1 cup of cheese to the side. Pour into greased 13x9 inch casserole dish; cover with remaining cheese. Bake at 350 for 90 minutes. Serves 12.

This dish is tasty, and it's practical, too. Though I usually serve it at dinnertime, the ingredients lend themselves to brunch, too. It can be easily made in large batches, and it freezes well. And with grocery prices climbing up, it's nice having a recipe that uses ham -- generally a less-expensive meat than beef or chicken. Best of all, every member of my kids love it (even the picky ones), and since this recipe makes such a large batch, there are plenty of snacky leftovers for a couple of days.

Try this easy comfort food-your family will thank you!
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BooMama... Before I was a mama, my idea of a perfect day - aside from watching some sort of reality television marathon - was to plan an elaborate dinner menu, shop for all the necessary groceries, and then cook to my little heart's content.

And once our little boy came long, I think on some level I expected to derive the same joy from cooking those big, fancy meals. I mean, what could be more relaxing than spending a couple of hours in the kitchen after you've taken care of an infant all day?

Raise your hand if you think that I was just a smidge naïve...

I still love to cook; I really do. But now that our boy is a little older and I'm a little wiser, I find that keeping meals simple enables us to enjoy our time at the table. In fact, our meals together are frequently the very best parts of my day. And you can rest assured that the fare is never fancy. Because the crock pot, IT IS MY FRIEND.

It dawned on me the other day that I now cook a lot of the foods that my mama fixed for me when I was growing up: roast with carrots and potatoes, oven-fried chicken, blackeyed peas, cornbread, butterbeans, corn - even her homemade chocolate pudding.

And yes, there are times when I miss my pre-child, day-long cooking extravaganzas just a little bit. But I've realized that as our family sits around the dinner table and eats the simple, delicious dishes that have been passed down through generations, we're not just connecting to each other - we're connecting to our extended family as well.

Case in point: the other night our little guy took one bite of some cheese grits I'd made from my mother's recipe, and he said, "Mama! This tastes just like I'm at my grandmother's house!"

And I grinned from ear to ear.

Because simple is good, y'all.

Simple is really, really good.
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4tunate: The Murray Crew's favorite "Feel Good Meal" has recently become smoothies. It's our favorite weekend breakfast or a hold over the troops until lunch-time snack. It makes me feel good as a mom, because I'm giving my boys something both healthy and delicious. The boys like sipping through straws like big boys and taking turns sharing with mama and daddy. I like seeing their little milk mustaches and teethy smiles. We blend together whatever fresh fruits we have on hand along with milk, yogurt, and ice cubes. Our recipe calls for sugar, but I omitted it to get the natural goodness from the fresh fruits, and honestly, it's sweet and satisfying without the added sweetener. Here's a recipe I use that can easily be tweaked for your liking:
Quadruple the Smiles Smoothies (Makes About 4 Adult Servings)
1 cup of Yogurt (I use Vanilla)
1 cup of Milk
A Handful of Fresh or Frozen Fruit
2 Tablespoons of Sugar (I omit this)
8-10 Ice Cubes

Blend the first 4 ingredients in a blender and then add the ice cubes and pulse until well blended and smooth. Easy, Delicious, and Nutritious!

You really can choose between a variety of fruit flavors (Bananas, Strawberries, Blueberries, Peaches, Raspberry, etc.) and combinations to get your favorite concoction. Our favorite so far has been Blue-Strawberry. They are also easy for on the run or in the car. A much healthier and satisfying alternative to drive-thu. Hope you give these a try and it gives your family multiple smiles!
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BECAUSE I SAID SO... I strive to put a hot, nutritious meal on the table every evening. I think it's important to eat together as a family. Where else but the dinner table, can you hear your son burp his ABCs, hear your daughter tell a 20 minute story about a shoe, or tell your son to take the peas out of his nose?

Although I think it's important to eat together as a family, I often times forget to take something out to thaw in time for dinner. Many evenings I find myself driving the kids here and there, leaving me with very little time to cook. And sometimes I just don't feel like cooking anything. Those are the nights we have breakfast for dinner. My kids love breakfast for dinner because hey, it's breakfast for dinner! I love breakfast for dinner because it's quick and easy and it's something the kids can help me with.

I put a couple of the kids on egg-cracking duty. Sure, sometimes the scrambled eggs are a little um, crunchy, but it's ok. We just throw some cheese in there and everyone forgets about the shell particles. Another couple kids are on pancake duty. They measure out ingredients and mix up the pancakes. My oldest daughter always insists on the pancake flipping job. We haven't had too many flapjacks stuck to the ceiling yet, so it's all good. The little ones get to set the table, and I get the greasy bacon frying job.

When we're all done cooking, we sit down and enjoy each other's company and the food we've made as a team. Well, until someone tips over a big cup of orange juice anyway.
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Steece's Pieces... As a full time mom to four precious baby quadruplets, there are many favorite parts of my day: early morning greetings of smiles and squeals, followed immediately by slobbery wet kisses & big bear hugs, and afternoon play time with babies constantly crawling all over me...but I must admit...I especially look forward to Dinnertimes with Dad and the Quads.

It can be quite a challenge to find a healthy-feel-good-meal to satisfy all four one-year-olds...but I have no fear as I reach for a box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. Not only is it absolutely creamy and delicious-- but a sneaky mommy can hide all sorts of goodies in a bowl of Mac 'N Cheese: peas, carrots, ham, you name it!

I enjoy getting creative at mealtimes and laughing as I watch the kiddies having fun with their food. Ben likes to open his mouth as wide as humanly possible, and then flashes a BIG smile as he squishes the cheesy noodles between his teeth. Savannah likes to take her food off of the spoon, examine it very carefully, and then ever-so-gently nibble at the chewy goodness. Ethan enjoys taking his time and focuses all of his attention on each and every savory bite. Andrew starts a chomping motion with his teeth as soon as he sees the spoon headed for his mouth. I even catch Dad stealing a couple of bites here and there while we sit and feed the little loves.

And as I look around to each beautiful child...then to my adoring husband...I think to myself: What a fantastic way to end the day with a great meal, lots of laughs, and a family full of love.
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