Sample Menu - Thursday

Meat Loaf
1 pound ground beef 8 saltine crackers, crushed
1 egg, beaten ½ cup tomato sauce
1 package onion soup ½ teaspoon salt
mix ¼ teaspoon pepper
Stir together egg, onion soup mix, crackers, tomato sauce, salt and pepper. Mix in ground beef with hands until well blended. Shape into loaf and place in foil-lined baking dish. Bake at 350 for 1 ½ hours. Remove from pan and let sit for 15 minutes before slicing.

Baked Potatoes
6 potatoes sour cream
butter salt and pepper
Scrub potatoes. Prick with fork. Place in oven and bake at 350 for 1 to 1 ½ hours or until tender when squeezed gently. Cut an X in the top of each potato and gently squeeze from the bottom to force potato open. Serve with butter, sour cream, salt and pepper

Baked Banana Squash
1 ½ lbs banana squash
butter
salt and pepper
Place squash in baking dish with ½-inch water. Seal with foil and bake at 350 for 1 hour or until tender. Remove squash from peel and mash with butter, salt and pepper.

Waldorf Salad
4 apples ½ cup chopped walnuts
½ cup crushed pineapple, ½ cup raisins
drained ¼ cup salad dressing
½ cup chopped celery
Cut apples in fourths. Remove core and seeds. Slice each fourth and place in serving bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients.

Brownie Pudding Pie
3 tablespoons cocoa ½ cup nuts
¼ cup butter, melted 6 oz. package instant
¾ cup sugar chocolate pudding mix
2 eggs 2 ½ cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla whipped topping
½ cup flour 1 small chocolate bar
Stir cocoa and butter until smooth. Beat in sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Mix in flour and nuts. Spread in greased pie pan. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Cool.
Pour milk in mixing bowl. Add pudding mix. Beat for 1 minute. Let stand 2 minutes. Spread over brownie. Top with whipped topping. Sprinkle with grated chocolate bar.