Tater Tots & A Book


Last night Lindsey made us dinner and it was fast and delicious. The recipe was from my 5 ingredient cookbook and it was called Tater Tot Bake.

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We tweaked the recipe to omit the peas because no one (aside from me) will eat peas! Here is the recipe. It was warm in our tummies on such a cold night.

1 or 1.5 pounds ground beef
8.5 ounces can peas (drained) or 1 pound frozen bag of peas
8 ounce package of cheese slices (we just layered American and Provolone from the deli)
2 cans cream of chicken soup or cream of mushroom
32 ounce package frozen tater tots
2 cloves fresh garlic (optional)-we did’t have it on hand so we didn’t do this

1. Brown beef in a large skillet. Drain off drippings.
2. Grease a 9×13 baking pan. Place browned beef in bottom.
3. Add peas, cheese and then soup in that order.
4. Top with tater tots
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until bubbly and heated through.

I have something else for you today as well…I downloaded this book on Kindle and it’s free right now. So far I’m about 20 percent through it and it’s very good. You might want to check it out while it’s free. Double check the price before downloading, sometimes books are only free for a few days.
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The description is as follows:
After getting fired from her most recent dead-end job, 23 year old Silvia Greco is broke and forced to move home to her father’s house in southern New Jersey. But she can’t sit around and mope too long, as she is immediately drafted into helping her mother plan a party for her younger brother’s high school reunion.

Getting her feuding Italian-American family together will not be easy as they haven’t been altogether in over 6 years; some members are not speaking to other members; and the parents of this family are newly separated. Getting the gathering to be a peaceful one will also be challenging as most of their past gatherings have been strife-filled.

Frank, the patriarch, is a judge, a drunk, and a bad cook. The mother, Donna, is a neurotic intellectual. The eldest, Angie, married rich and devastated her father by moving away to north Jersey. Silvia’s older brother, Cosmo, is a brilliant and talented underachiever. Her younger brother, Vince, is a super ambitious do-gooder.

Then there is Silvia: Energetic, idealistic, and restless, striving to bring her family together in hopes of saving them from becoming families that her parents come from in which members despise each other. She is sure that if they can all be in the same room where they can look into each other’s eyes that they will remember that they do love each other.

But are her well-crafted plans and tireless efforts enough to get them to go to the party? Can she bring them together and save them all?

Have a great day!
Sandi
Are you ready for Valentine’s Day? There’s still time to make this mini quilt and even get ready early for St. Patick’s Day…

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2 responses to “Tater Tots & A Book”

  1. What memories! Many, many years ago I made it a point to go visit my grampa every Monday night after work. He would always fix me dinner and usually it was this casserole! I had forgotten all about it so thanks for posting!

  2. Oh, Robyn that is so sweet!!! I’m happy to have reminded you of a special memory. Now you can go make it for all those cute grandkids of yours!!
    Sandi

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