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Meals-to-go

Being the hospitality coordinator for my MOPS [Mothers Of Preschoolers] group- one of my jobs is coordinating meals for mommies who need them. With all that “knowledge” under my belt- I have also ended up coordinating necessary meals within my homeschool group (we are a small close knit group and reach out to each other as needed- and often). Coordinating meals means putting yourself on the list too. So, with that said, I have a tried and true menu plan that I pretty much stick to for meals for others. That was until I decided to do something different . . . .
First- allow me to share my easy-peasy meal for others:
Ham, sliced (cooked in my crockpot)
salad and bottle of dressing (mixed greens, carrots, tomato)
h’made bread, sliced
Triple Fudge Brownies
I put the ham, salad and brownies in disposable aluminum pans with those nifty clear plastic lids. I usually send a bottle of Ranch Dressing as that seems to be everyone’s favorite.
This time:
Instead of ham, I made a yummy new recipe, One-pan Chicken and Potato Bake. Why the change? #1- I’ve got oodles and caboodles of potatoes, #2- I was cooking for a crowd (her mom and sisters too) and this recipe was super easy to double without a high cost. Instead of my famous triple fudge brownies, Maiden made a double batch of cream cheese brownies (out of a box)- so we had some to share and some to keep. We also added a jar of Mr. Steady’s Cukes (homemade pickles really).
Here’s what we sent (brownies not pictured):

Notice I also added a bag of croutons and a 2^nd bottle of dressing- the chicken recipe calls for Zesty Italian Dressing and it only used half the bottle- so I gave the rest to my friend.
Wondering what this cost?
One-pan Chicken and Potato Bake- 5 chicken quarters $2.05, Zesty Italian dressing $1.46, potatoes-free
Salad- $3.52 (mixed leaf lettuce in with a more expense bagged salad mix and added tomatoes and cukes from our garden)
Misc: Ranch Dressing $1.24, croutons $.96
Mr. Steady’s cukes: free
Brownies: $2.00 (2 mixes purchased on sale for $1 each)
Total Cost of dinner: $11.23
This is a bit more expensive than normal but the meal needed to feed 4-5 adults and 5 children.
So do you have a fantabulous-never-fail recipe/meal plan that you use for giving meals to others? Please share!
Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith. -- Galatians 6:10

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7:06 PM, 2007-Sep-29 .. Posted by Busia

That looks wonderful! I'm the hospitality coordinator for my MOPS group as well. In years past, we had a Care Team doing the meals, but we branched off this year and I'm part of the smaller new group, so for now, I hold both positions. I'm going to write this meal down for when it's my turn!! Thanks!