What are your family’s top 3 favorite meals?
These aren’t necessarily my favorite meals, with the exception of that Nacho Salad Dip. But my family are big Green Bay Packer fans, and if we all had the Sundays off, my 2 brothers, their combined wives and children, my mother and I would watch the football games together. My mother was able to buy sliced ham and cheddar cheese from a deli/corner store she worked at part time at a discount price. With soft butter or mustard slathered on the rolls, it’s actually pretty good, and they were easy to make meals.
If my mother was in the mood or it was requested by my brothers, she would make a version of chicken enchiladas that used refried beans and cream of chicken soup. Baked in the oven in a Pyrex platter for roughly an hour, my brothers were bigger fans of that casserole type dish than I was, but my mother liked making it for the family.
During special occasions, including when the Packers made it to the playoffs or Championship game, my mother would make Nacho Salad Dip. Now, that Nacho Dip was actually a favorite of mine, and I keep trying to remember the exact ingredients so I can make my own version. Avocadoes mixed with cream cheese, some chili powder, garlic powder and other seasonings, squeezes of lemon juice, the guacamole mixture spread in a plate, topped with shredded lettuce and Mexican cheeses, chopped onions tomatoes, and olives. Sour cream may also be an ingredient, but I’m not sure. Served with Doritos or another bag of tortilla chips. So fattening, yet so tasty! Sometimes I try to look up online recipes to see if there is a version of that dip. It is one of those foods I’ll remember fondly, even if I don’t know how to make it myself yet.
Otherwise, I like to make various types of Stir Fries, variations of Spaghetti, and chicken fajitas in my own home.
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