When cooking hamburger or sausage, smash it up with a potato masher. It smashes them into small pieces with hardly any work. (Mom)

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After rolling cinnamon rolls into a log, use non-flavored dental floss to cut them.  Just slide the floss under the roll about 2", then pull up the ends and criss cross them.  It will cut a beautiful cinnamon roll that is not squished! Continue to cut the rest of the cinnamon rolls. (Mom)

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Fast and Easy Meals:

No-cook meal ideas:

Cottage cheese and peaches 

Crackers and cheese
Granola 
Granola bars 
Peaches and cream 
Popcorn

Salad

Saltines and peanut butter
Sandwiches 
Smoothie 
Strawberries and cream 
 

Microwave Meal Ideas:

Bagel Bites

Baked Potato

Cream of Wheat

Ramen

Soft Boiled Eggs (with toast)
 

Low cooking meal Ideas:
Artichokes
Bagel

Baked potato
Belly Button Soup
Burritoes
Granola (make it to use as cereal)
Grilled cheese
Omelette (add peppers, onions, mushrooms, bacon bits, cheese to make substantial)
Mac and cheese
Pop Tarts - Pop tarts are the most filling thing you can get out of a vending machine, otherwise known as the "yummy machine". (Julie Jones) 
Ramen
Scrambled Eggs - You can make scrambled eggs in the microwave. (Julie Jones)

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Food and Fun:

Baking Cookies brings friends. (Amy Bailey)

Be creative in the kitchen. (Amy Bailey)

Taste Everything …once. (Amy Bailey)

My Mom complimented me one day on how good my cookies were and how I was becoming quite the cook. Then she went on to say, "You know what the secret of a really good cook is, don't  you?"   I asked, "What's that?"  She said,  "It is one who cleans up her mess. She puts away the ingredients, washes the dishes, wipes the counters, and leaves the kitchen clean." That was all it took for me!  (Daffney Blais)

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Cooking Pasta:

Put oil in the water when making noodles to prevent them sticking together. 

When boiling pasta, use cooking spray to spray around the top of the water in the pot prevent the water from boiling over. (Daffney Blais) I have also heard that if you put a wooden spoon across the top of the pot, it will not boil over. 

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Homemade Substitutes:

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