Burger Beef Tiara

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Ingredients

2 cups biscuit mix
1 1/2 pounds ground beef
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 can Chili-Beef Soup
1 package frozen green beans, cooked and drained
Salt and Pepper

Directions

Prepare biscuits using the directions on the package. Brown beef and onions in a skillet, while stirring. Add Chili-Beef soup and green beans. Adjust seasoning and add salt and pepper, if needed. Serve on a platter with biscuits circling the beef.

Serves: 4

Preparation time: 35 minutes

Approximate calories per serving: 500

Suggested Menu

Burger Beef Tiara
Fresh Vegetable Tray
Fresh Fruit in Season

Recipe & Photograph courtesy of Curtin Publications, Inc., New York, NY ©1973

Frankfurter Crown

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Ingredients

3 slices bacon
½ cup chopped onion
1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
¼ cup milk
3 cups sliced cooked potatoes
1 ½ cups cooked cut green beans
1 pound frankfurters

Directions

Heat oven to 350°. Crisply fry bacon slices, crumble and set aside. Drain off excess bacon fat and brown onions in remaining drippings. Stir in soup, milk, potatoes and green beans. Pour into a 1 ½ quart casserole. Cut frankfurters in half, and stand up around the edge of the baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes, top with bacon and serve.

Serves:4

Preparation time: 50 minutes

Approximate calories per serving: 520

Suggested Menu

Frankfurter Crown
Cole Slaw
Rhubarb Pie

Recipe & Photograph courtesy of Curtin Publications, Inc., New York, NY ©1973

Shortly after this post originally appeared on my blog on Open Salon, I challenged a fellow blogger 1_Irritated_Mother and Salon’s food editor, Francis Lam, to try and recreate one of my vintage recipe cards. Here’s my attempt, and self-styled victory.

Emerald Cantalope

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Ingredients

2 cantaloupes, cut in half and peeled
1 envelope lime-flavored low calorie gelatin
1/2 cup unsweetened pineapple tidbits, drained
3/4 cup rye crisp crumbs
Artificial sweetener to equal 2 teaspoons sugar
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Directions

Prepare gelatin according to package directions, using1/4 cup less water than indicated. Chill until partially set; fold in drained pineapple. Arrange cataloupe halves on a shallow tray; fill in cavities with gelatin mixture and chill until set. Roll rye crisp with a rolling pin to make fine crumbs and add sugar substitute and cinnamon.  To serve: cut cantaloupe halves in half again; roll peeled side of wedges in lemon juice, then in crumbs to coat.

Serves: 8

Preparation time: 1 3/4hour

Approximate calories per serving: 50

Suggested Menu

Veal Piccata
Steamed Banana Squash
Emerald Cantaloupe

Recipe & Photograph courtesy of Curtin Publications, Inc., New York, NY ©1973

*For the sake of authenticity I have preserved the misspelling of cantaloupe (cantalope)  from the card in the title.  The front and back of the actual card have it spelled both ways.

 

Cottage Cheese Meatloaf

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Ingredients

2 pounds ground beef
¼ cup bread crumbs
½ cup grated raw potato
½ cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons chopped chives
½ cup shredded raw carrot
1 cup creamed cottage cheese
1 egg
2 teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon pepper

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. Combine the ground beef with all the other ingredients. Mix lightly until well blended. shape into a loaf in a 9x5x3-inch pan. Bake for 1 hour. Allow to stand about 5 minutes before cutting.

Serves:6

Preparation time: 1 hour, 20 minutes

Approximate calories per serving: 350

Suggested Menu

Cottage Cheese Meat Loaf
Cottage Vegetable Scoop
Fruit Salad
Angel Food Cake

Recipe & Photograph courtesy of Curtin Publications, Inc., New York, NY ©1973

Sausage and Spanish Rice

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Ingredients

8 link sausages
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
3 cups cooked rice
1-pound can frozen green peas, cooked
1 teaspoon salt
1/2teaspoon garlic salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper

Directions

Heat oven to 400°. Cook sausages until browned; reserve sausages and pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the drippings. Add onions and green peppper and sauté until onion is tender. Stir in remaining ingredients; pour into a 1 1/2 quart casserole, top with sausages and bake 30 minutes.

Serves 4

Preparation time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Approximate calories per serving: 450

Suggested Menu

Green Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing
Sausage and Spanish Rice
Fried Zucchini
Poached Pears

Recipe & Photograph courtesy of Curtin Publications, Inc., New York, NY ©1973

Green Pepper Round Steak

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Ingredients

1 ½ pounds round steak, cut in ½ inch by 1 inch strips
Salt and Pepper
2 tablespoons oil
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 15 ounce can stewed tomatoes
2 large green peppers, seeded and cut in strips
½ teaspoon oregano
1 tablespoon steak sauce
3 cups cooked rice

Directions

Season meat with salt and pepper. Brown meat in hot oil. Lightly saute onions and green peppers, add to meat; add stewed tomatoes, oregano, and steak sauce and cook slowly on top of range for 1 hour, or until meat is tender. Serve on a bed of rice.

Serves 4

Preparation time: 1 ½ hours

Approximate calories per serving: 395

Suggested Menu

Melon Ball Cocktail
Green Pepper Round Steak with Rice
Peach Pie.

Recipe & Photograph courtesy of Curtin Publications, Inc., New York, NY ©1973