Semi-homemade meals

I'd never make it as a food blogger.  For one thing, I take so many shortcuts.  Sure, I can feed people here at Camp Rustown.  But not everything has to be homemade, in my opinion, and there are lots of nights I rely on packaged items.  Not gonna lie.  Yes, I love trying new recipes, but I surely cannot do that every night.

 Bubbie asked for chicken fried steak one night recently.  Now, while chicken fried steak is not my forte, I know you can buy the pre-breaded patties and cook them up, so that's what I did...

 

 I put some frozen green beans from my mother's garden in a little saucepan with a smidge of bacon fat, some salt, and a little water.  {Never throw out bacon fat, for goodness sake!}

The patties fried up all professional looking, no?

I strained the oil, added the bits and pieces of fried stuff back to the pan, mixed up a packet of cream gravy and added it into the hot pan to thicken up while I nuked a package of mashed potatoes.  The patties stayed warm in the oven as I baked a tube of cresent rolls...

All of it was so good!

My point is this:  I can feed people here a hot dinner at the end of their day and it doesn't have to be fancy, creative, or even 100% homemade to bless them.  Their tummies will be full, and we will eat something other than take out pizza.  

Dinner shortcuts never hurt anyone.

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