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Fast Easy Dinners

Have you ever been so busy you didn't have time for fast food? Relax, there are certain recipes that take less time to fix and prepare and your family can have a home-cooked meal. These fast easy dinners have to be ready in 15-20 minutes. They have to be easy to fix, fast to prepare and your family has to love them. Having recipes faster than fast food can be your go to meal when you are tired or when you can't think.

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Recipes Faster than Fast Food

Tuna Noodle Casserole

I got this old recipe for Tuna Noodle Casserole from my mother in the 1950's. I used to fix dinner for my parents so that when they got home from work, it was sitting on the table. This was so easy!

1 12 oz pkg of noodles
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1 can of tuna ( I use water packed tuna)
milk to taste

Boil water for noodles. Cook noodles 8-10 minutes. Add mushroom soup and tuna. You may eat this this way. My children do not like it baked. But the original recipe calls for baking 20 minutes at 350 degrees and adding potato chips on the top.

One can add cheese, mushrooms or peas as you wish. This meal can be ready in 15-35 minutes depending on whether you bake it or not.

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Spaghetti Red

Recipes Faster than Fast FoodThis is a quick recipe that my mom handed down to me and taught me to make it. We would have this as an alternative to Spaghetti almost every week. We used Ketchup instead of Spaghetti sauce!

1lb hamburger (seasoned to taste)
1 cup macaroni
One can any kind spaghetti sauce.

Boil the macaroni about 9 minutes. Meanwhile, brown hamburger and season with any steak or hamburger seasoning. Add the macaroni to the hamburger in the skillet and add the sauce til warm. One might add mushrooms or cheese or anything your family likes. This can be ready in about 15-20 minutes.

Recipes Faster than Fast Food

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Easy Hot Dogs

This Hot dog recipe was a favorite with my kids. This takes less than 10 minutes.

1 pkg hot dogs
Instant Mashed Potatoes
3 slices American Cheese

Boil hot dogs about 10 minutes. While hot dogs are boiling. Make 1 cup of Instant Mashed potatoes. When hot dogs are done, slice them lengthwise. Add a spoonful of mashed potatoes into each hot dog and top with 1/3 of a slice of American Cheese. Microwave for 1 minute or less until cheese is melted.

Recipes Faster than Fast Food

Hot Dog Recipes

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  • pinkrenegade May 25, 2012 @ 9:44 pm | delete
    I like eating food prepared at home. Thanks for the recipes.
  • elizabethknows Feb 28, 2012 @ 9:56 am | delete
    fast food is better made at home no doubt about it.
  • pyngthyngs Feb 23, 2012 @ 2:11 am | delete
    Time is so valuable these days, so having a few quick standbys is very necessary if you want to spend any time with your family. You have some great "faster food" ideas here.
  • Tipi Feb 20, 2012 @ 8:39 pm | delete
    I love fast food recipes because I live alone and don't spend much time cooking just for myself. Thanks for sharing some yummy ideas. :)
  • BusinessSarah Feb 17, 2012 @ 2:39 pm | delete
    What a great resource -- and just what I need today, since I literally just learned that overnight company is coming a half hour after I get home from work! Thanks!
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