Evening star., 1948-08-13
LOW COST MENUS.

! L
Since my husband thinks I serve
rather nice meals and I know we
don't have eXtravagant tastes, and
are in excellent health, I am sub
mitting menus such as might use
for a tWo-Week period and which
some of your readers may be able
! to use
A dessert has been included for
each meal. but really, we often stop
with the salad at DUR house. My
husband doesn't care much for
sweets and they only give me excess
weight. I believe more families
would be better off physically, and
financially, if they omitted some of
the costly, delicate desserts and
used the money instead for good,
tasty salad.
I am sure there is little food waste
these days, but hear so many peo-
pie wondering just how to make the
little leftovers appealing. Why not
assign one day each week to clean
ing out the refrigerator? I like to
do this on Thursday, before I shop
on Friday for the week end. Use
your imagination in making steWs,
casseroles, and creamed dishes with
those leftovers. Add your family's
favorite salad or hot biscuits-or
even dessert-to make the meal
even more interesting.
And always plan your shopping in
advance. Impulsive buying runs up
/ the grocery bill in a hurry. Plan
your menus and stick to your shop
ping list when you go to the store.
Above all, don't go shopping for
groceries when you are hungry, it
really makes difference in your
judgment.
MENU FOR TWO WEEKS.
| Sunday: Dreaded veal outlet or chuck
roast, potatoes au gratin, broccoli pine
apple salad, homemade Ice cream or
Sherbet. coffee.
Monday: Corp fritters. sausage cakes,
warm slaw. fruit cobbler, coffee.
Tuesday: Ham slice traisin sauce), sweet
potatoes, stewed tomatoes and corn,
pickles, chocolate pudding, coffee.
Wednesday: Pork, roast or chops; lima
beans or sauerkraut. creamed spinach,
apple pie, coffee.
Johnny Moussetti Irecipe follows, green
salad. sherbet. coffee.
Friday: Tuna or salmon loaf. sliced
tomatoes, hot biscuits, peach pie, coffee.
Saturday; ((Picnic indoors. Fried
chicken, potato salad, deviled eggs, picked
beets, ctk Ike druit optionaD.
| Second week-Sunday: Meat Loaf,
mashed potatoes scalloped tomatoes. cole
Monday: Creamed chip beef in squash,
| IT
Tuesday, Roast chicken. wafies carrots
w Wednesday,: swiss steak, creamed onions,
kals, beet salad, fruit. coffee.
THURSDAY clesn out Fef,serat9pI9
Sscait9 e PIE q 'o noodle rinF A peffectlon ion
salad ,(mold leftover vegetables and greens
so or geatn tnnd Fss frsd
toes, Harvard beets. egg salad, cherry
Die. coffee.
Taxed Beans. tossed green salad fruit,
Here is the recipe for Johnny
Moussetti, a meal-in-one dish which
is economical and also a means OF
using little leftovers.
Melt 2 tablespoons fat in skillet
Add l large onion and cook until
transparent. Add l pound ground
: beef and Il pound ground pork
az pounds hamburger" will do)
and cook, stirring until brown.
Cook one 8-ounce package wide
noodles in boiling salted water until
tender. Drain, rinse and mix with
l can cream-style corn, can con-
densed tomato soup, / can tomato
sauce (catsup will do). Combine all
ingredients and season to>taste with
salt and pepper. Turn into casse-
role and top with cheese. Bake in
moderate oven fors1 hour.
This quantity yields 8-19 servings
/ use the idea as a basis for a
main dish and don't usually adhere
to the ingredients specified, as I like
to use my imagination with the
ground meat, noodles and whatever
vegetables that happen to be or
hand.
/ X **
| PLANTS AND SHRUBS?
From NJ. NJ, SHper Spring.l
May I ask any one having plants
and shrubs to get rid of this fall
share them with me as I have a
lawn that is in need of same. I will
be glad to call for them. Write to
me in care of RCH.
/ CnptrjhaIfjnps and ron,,oefs |