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My church eats a dinner meal after the service every Sunday. Fried Chicken, Spaghetti, and Sloppy Joes are often on the menu. It needs to be kid friendly not too spicy as older ones don't care for spicy meals and easy to prepare. Alot of us are tired of the same old thing!! Do you have any ideas? TIA!!
TATER TOT CASSEROLE
1 bag Ore Ida frozen tater tots [32 oz]
1 lb. ground beef
1 cup sour cream
1 can cream of mushroom soup
Put a layer of tater tots in a 13 x 9" pan [spray pan with Pam]; use 1/2 to all tater tots, depending on your pan size & preference. Brown 1 lb. ground beef, add a little salt & pepper to taste. Layer ground beef over tater tots. Combine mushroom soup with sour cream & spread over top of beef & potatoes. Bake 1 hour at 350. Optional add-ins: put a layer of frozen mixed vegetables or corn over tater tots. Add 1 cup grated cheese to soup/sour cream mixture. Substitute cream of chicken soup for the mushroom soup. Makes about 6 servings.
Lasagna
Chicken & Noodles
Beef and Noodles
Meatball - mashed potatoes and gravy or spaghetti
Beef Stew and biscuts
Meatloaf and mac and cheese - Not out of the box
Our church did Soup & Sandwich alternating with the cooked stuff. And alternating the soups: chicken noodle, vegetable and tomato. We also did Ham & Scalloped Potatos and being in the middle of ranching country - sometimes we did roast beef too!
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MEATLOAF MUFFINS
6 oz. box Stove Top stuffing mix, any flavor
2 eggs
1 cup water
2 lbs. ground beef or turkey
1/4 cup catsup
Combine all ingredients. Spray muffin tins with Pam spray. Fill muffing cups to top. Bake at 350 for about 35 minutes. Makes about 16.
"CRACKER BARREL' STYLE POTATOES
1 32 oz. bag frozen hash brown potatoes
8 oz. bag grated cheddar cheese or 8 oz. jar cheez whiz
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 stick butter, melted
Spray a 13 x 9" pan. Put potatoes in pan; pour melted butter over potatoes. Combine sour cream, soup and cheese. Spread over top of potatoes. Bake 1 hour at 350. Serves 8 to 10.
I think I'd find a different church!
Fellowship is nice but you could do that over a cup of coffee and go out to a restaurant for your meal or go home to a dinner you've put in the over before the services. That's what we do and aren't missing out on anything. You must belong to a very small church to do that every Sunday. We always have a church wide dinner the Sunday before Thanksgiving but that's it for the year.
For quite a few years, we were part of a church that had a meal every Sunday. I used my crockpot a lot. Macaroni and cheese, chicken alfredo sauce over pasta, chili, white chicken chili, chicken and rice casserole, pot roast, refried beans, 5-bean casserole, cheesy bean dip (with tortilla chips), kielbasa slices with K.C. Masterpiece BBQ sauce, baked potatoes and toppings, mashed potatoes, scalloped potatoes and ham, etc
Some non-crockpot foods: pepperoni rolls (could always have small crockpot with marinara sauce to dip), pita pockets with tuna salad, egg salad, etc, crackers with sausage and cheese slices, etc.
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Taco Casserole
1 - 1.5# gr beef or gr turkey
1 pkg taco seasoning
1 can of whole kernel corn...do not drain
1 sm can of tomato sauce
1# grated cheddar or colby/jack cheese or taco cheese
1 pkg of taco shells, or the equivelent in Tostido Chips
Brown and drain the meat, Add the taco mix and corn. Simmer for 10 min. then add the tomato sauce.
Meanwhile, crunch the taco shells or chips and cover the bottom of a 9x13 pan with them. Drizzle about 2 Tbsp of melted butter over the chips/shells.
Layer onto the base of shells/chips 1/2 of the meat mix, 1/2 of the cheese. Repeat the meat and cheese layers.
Bake about 20 minutes at 350 degrees.
Crockpot Potatoes~ these are so good!
2 lbs red potatoes (peeled or unpeeled)
8 oz cream cheese
Chicken Sandwich filling
1 bag of frozen chicken breasts-thawed
1 bottle of Ranch Dressing--will not use all
1 C. Mayo
1 C. shreded colby-jack cheese
1 can Cream of Chix soup
1 can sliced water chestnuts
1 8 oz carton of sliced FRESH mushrooms
1/4 C. butter
Onions/Celery chopped....add to your liking but at least 1/2 c each (I like a bit more!)
Cook the chicken in crockpot on High for 4-6 hours with Ranch Dressing poured over (use amount sufficient to coat but not float!
When chicken is done, shred it with two forks.
Saute the mushrooms with onion and celery in butter.
Mix all together in the crockpot and continue on Low 2-4 hours.
Serve with buns, crackers, or tostido chips. This is also great cold. Reheating is fine, and leftovers are just as good!
Spaghetti Bake
Spaghetti or really any pasta cooked -you want enought o heavily cover the bottom of a 9x13 pan.
1/2 C. milk mixed with 1 egg
Jar of Spaghetti sauce--your favorite kind
1 1/4 # gr beef or gr turkey--broned with about 1/2 C. diced onion
Pepperoni slices (I buy the Hormel turkey pepperoni slices)
1 # shredded mozzarello cheese...use a better brand kind as the cheaper brands will crust and not be soft and gooey.
Generously cover the bottom of the pan with the pasta, pour on the milk/egg mixture. Cover with the jar of spaghetti sauce, then the hamburger mix. Top with the cheese.
Bake about 30-35 min. at 350 degrees till thoroughly baked through and cheese is bubbly.
Reheats well.
How wonderful to find a church that has fellowship. It's grand to know that people will let the world out and the fellowship in the Lords house and spend the time as a church family enjoying a meal together.
Do you have people bring food? Or is all prepared in the church kitchen? I have worked in enviroments of fellowships to help serve children and people. Plus enjoyed church meals of fellowship.
Soup and sandwhiches
chili
baked potatoes feast with different toppings, cheese, broccoli, taco, sour cream and chives, ect. Let people build what they want to top their potato.
hamburgers/hotdogs, salads
lasgna, salad, dessert
stuffed chicken with salad, green beans, and a dessert
ham, scalloped potatoes, green beans, applesauce, dessert
ham pot pie--the kind with potatoes, ham, homemade dough noodles, celery and seasonings.
spaghetti, salad, garlic bread you can toss in meatballs if you want
meatball sandwhiches
roastbeef, parsley potatoes or scalloped potatoes, vegetable, dessert
beef stew, roll, applesauce, dessert
homemade vegetable soup
homemade bean soup
chicken pot pie
chicken and dumplings
pizza casserole
meatloaf, scalloped potatoes, and green beans
Salisbury steaks (like meatloaf) mash potatoes, vegetable, dessert
shredded bbq pork sandwhiches
ham salad, egg salad, tuna salad, with potato salad or macaroni salad, dessert, chips
chinese meal with rice
vegetarian lasagna
pancakes, sausage dinner