Easy Recipes for National Men Make Dinner Day

It is National Men Make Dinner Day. You game? Can you handle this assignment, guys?

 

We are posting some easy recipes for the man who doesn’t typically cook. I mean, it’s reading a recipe. Who can’t do that?

 

Beef and Noodle Bake 

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 2 cups elbow macaroni
•  4 cups spaghetti sauce
• 12 ounces processed cheese food (eg. Velveeta), sliced

Directions

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F
2. Brown the ground beef in a large skillet over medium high heat; set aside. Cook macaroni according to package directions, drain and set aside.
3. In a 9×13 inch baking dish, layer the macaroni, ground beef, tomato sauce and cheese, repeating two times.
4.  Bake for 30 minutes, or until top layer of cheese is bubbly.

 

Cheesy Chicken and Potato Casserole 

Ingredients

• 3 teaspoons vegetable oil
•  3 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
• 1 (5.5 ounce) package scalloped potato mix
• 4 potatoes, thinly sliced
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken breasts and sauté until tender. Meanwhile, prepare potatoes according to package directions, adding 1 cup (instead of 2/3 cup) of milk and sliced potatoes. When chicken is tender, remove from heat, let cool and shred. Add shredded chicken to potato mixture.
3. Fold chicken/potato mixture into a 9×13 inch baking dish. Cover and bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 35 minutes. Add cheese and bake for another 10 minutes.

 

Chocolate Banana Cake 

Ingredients

• 1 (18.25 ounce) package devil’s food cake mix
• 1 cup mashed bananas
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour one 13×9 inch pan.
2. Beat cake mix, mashed bananas, oil and eggs with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium and beat for 2 more minutes. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
3. Bake for 33 to 36 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Let cake cool then frost with your choice of frosting, if desired.

 

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