From Emma Lane
Busy days we look
for easy but tasty quick main dishes. This is a family recipe that is sure to
please both parents and kids (or grandchildren). The young ones will love the
mac & cheese and barely notice they are eating veggies. Easy to add side
dishes to round out the meal without much fussing. Serve ice cream for dessert.
Quick & Easy Mac
and Cheese Casserole
1 small carrot, grated
⅓ cup frozen green
peas
½ lb. ground
beef
1 box mac &
cheese
½ can cream of
chicken soup
Melt butter in a
frying pan. When the foam subsides, sauté onion, carrot, and peas until onion
is translucent. Spoon mixture into a microwaveable dish.
Use the same pan to
fry ground beef until browned. Be sure to break meat into small pieces. Drain
fat.
Cook mac &
cheese per package directions.
Combine meat, mac
& cheese with vegetables. Stir soup gently into mixture. (Save other half
of soup for eggs next morning.)
Warm casserole in
microwave oven for two minutes or until steaming. Serve with green salad.
This casserole dish
may be prepared the day before and refrigerated for easy warm-up.
Here are some tasty
side options we enjoy with the casserole:
Pear Salad
Apple slices dotted
with yogurt or sour cream
Apple sauce with
cinnamon
Sliced melon
Green grapes
I invite you to take a peek at one of my cozy mysteries under my pseudo name Janis Lane. I hope you like it.
A blizzard blows in big-city crimes which spill
into the peaceful small town of Hubbard, New York, catching the attention of
Detective Kevin Fowler and staff. What unusual acts engage the Secret Service
with the local cops? A young man is found badly beaten in the heated greenhouse
of the Young Family Plant Nursery. Early spring melt reveals a sinister vehicle
with a deadly cargo, even as the master of the greenhouse welcomes part-time
alumni.
Romance swirls, tumbles, and produces surprising
changes among the group of friends at Buddy and Rita’s diner. Beverly hires a
young, ambitious reporter to work at the growing newspaper and starts a new
adventure of her own, while Kevin watches over the townspeople of Hubbard. The
mystery of a toxic skunk is finally routed by troublesome out-of-towners. An
unexpected wedding shocks everyone but the Young Family. Spring has arrived and
May is in full bloom in the Western New York small-town Americana, as another
beautiful bride walks toward the flower-laded bower under the approving eyes of
a group of fond friends.
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Emma Lane is a gifted author who writes cozy mysteries as Janis Lane, Regency as Emma, and spice as Sunny Lane. She lives in Western New York where winter is snowy, spring arrives with rave reviews, summer days are long and velvet, and fall leaves are riotous in color. At long last she enjoys the perfect bow window for her desk where she is treated to a year-round panoramic view of nature. Her computer opens up a fourth fascinating window to the world. Her patient husband is always available to help with a plot twist and encourage Emma to never quit. Her day job is working with flowers at Herbtique and Plant Nursery, the nursery she and her son own.
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