What better time than now to try a new recipe for your family? Tacos and spaghetti pizza are both popular dishes with the younger generation as well. These dishes go together quite easily. These recipes can have substitutions, for example, using turkey instead of hamburger. Also, cover the top of your dish with light sour cream and sprinkle such things as cilantros or chilies.

What better time than now to try a new recipe for your family? Tacos and spaghetti pizza are both popular dishes with the younger generation as well. These dishes go together quite easily. These recipes can have substitutions, for example, using turkey instead of hamburger. Also, cover the top of your dish with light sour cream and sprinkle such things as cilantros or chilies.

Taco Hot Dish

Ingredients:

2 tubes Pillsbury biscuits

1 1/2 pounds hamburger

1/4 cup onion

1 can refried beans

1 package taco seasoning

1 medium size can tomato sauce

2 cups grated cheddar cheese

1/2 head lettuce

2 fresh tomatoes

Directions:

Press biscuits into a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Brown meat and onion and drain grease off. Stir in refried beans. Next add taco seasoning and tomato sauce. Heat thoroughly and pour over rolls. Top with cheese. Bake for 15-20 minutes at 350 degrees. Top with lettuce and tomatoes. Add more sauce, if desired.

Tip: I usually drain the grease whenever I include ground beef in a recipe. Everyone loves tacos and this is a faster method of having them all in one dish.

Spaghetti Pizza

Ingredients:

1 pound spaghetti, cooked

1 cup milk

2 eggs, beaten

1 (32 ounce) spaghetti sauce

1 pound hamburger, browned

Sliced pepperoni, if desired

1 (4 ounces) can mushrooms

Onion and green pepper

Garlic salt

2 cups grated mozzarella cheese

1 cup grated cheddar cheese

Directions:

Spread cooked spaghetti in a greased 9-by-13-inch pan. Combine milk and eggs and pour over spaghetti. Combine spaghetti sauce and hamburger. Pour over the spaghetti layer. Layer pepperoni, mushrooms, onion and green pepper. Add garlic salt to taste. Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Top with cheese and bake 10 minutes longer. Cool slightly before slicing.

Ramen Coleslaw Salad

This Ramen Coleslaw Salad is considered on the healthy side and would go quite nicely with these two dishes. I hope you give this recipe a try and enjoy it.

Ingredients:

1 package coleslaw

4-5 green onions

1 package beef Ramen noodles

Seasoning packet from noodles

3 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons vinegar

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup vegetable oil

3 tablespooons sunflower seeds

1/2 cup toasted almonds

Directions:

Mix together all ingredients, except noodles. Just before serving, crunch up noodles into the salad. This recipe would work nicely for an Easter gathering or even a summer time barbecue. Enjoy!

5 Ingredient Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Living in Iowa and with it being March, you never know what the weather will bring. Soon the weather will be warm and nice enough to sit outside and enjoy a beverage and a sweet treat. Here is an easy to make recipe that could be the answer for those times when we don’t have a lot of extra time to bake.

Ingredients:

1 yellow cake mix

1 stick butter

2 large eggs

1 package chocolate chips

1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9-by-13-inch baking pan. Melt a stick of butter in the microwave. In a large bowl, stir together the cake mix, butter, eggs, and vanilla. Add chocolate chips last. Stir until combined well. Spread mixture evenly in bottom of baking pan. Bake approximately 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Let cool, cut into bars and serve.

Loretta Krahling is a columnist with over 30 years of newspaper experience. If you have any recipes or other favorites you would like to share, email her with your recipes and why they are your favorite to krahling93@gmail.com.