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Pita Pizza Pockets

This super-easy after-school snack takes just minutes to prepare, and is the perfect delicious holdover for hungry kids before dinner. Get Anne Coleman's easy, yummy recipe at Disney Family.com.

8 Servings - family.go.com

photo Roast Beef and Gravy Recipe | Say Mmm

'This is by far the simplest way to make roast beef and gravy,' assures Abby Metzger of Larchwood, Iowa. 'On busy days, I can put this main dish in the slow cooker and forget about it. My family likes it with mashed potatoes and fruit salad.'

8 Servings - 8 hr 15 min - allrecipes.com

Beef Carnitas Empanada

Empanadas are Mexican-style pastries filled with meat, vegetables, or even dessert. This family-sized version is known as an empanada gallega. It's served in wedges like a stuffed pizza. Pork Carnitas would also be a delicious filling. Leftovers are best reheated in the oven.

8 Servings - myrecipes.com

Apricot-Glazed Cornish Hens

I found this easy recipe for Cornish hens and prepare it often for my family. The glaze keeps the hens tender and moist, and the skin roasts to a golden glow. It's tasty, too. When the children are gone for the weekend, my husband and I enjoy this meal-perfect for two.

2 Servings - 1 hr 20 min - allrecipes.com

Shredded Brussels Sprouts

Not too often do you hear 'fantastic' and 'Brussels sprouts' in the same sentence but this recipe is deserving of that. When I mentioned I was bringing Brussels sprouts to a holiday get together, my mom told me not to bother. After eating this dish, my family now requests I bring it to every get together!

8 Servings - 45 min - allrecipes.com

Tender Barbecued Chicken

'I'm a teacher and work most of the day, so slow-cooked meals are a great help,' relates Jacqueline Blanton from Gaffney, South Carolina. One of her family's favorites is this moist slow-simmered chicken. For an appealing look, choose a darker brown barbecue sauce.

4 Servings - 8 hr 5 min - allrecipes.com

Fudge

I double the recipe and put in a glass baking dish (9x13 inches). Nice for holidays . . . Keep it for a secret and family and friends will think you worked forever on it . . . (smiles). You can also use peanut butter chips and make peanut butter fudge.

8 Servings - allrecipes.com

Pork Lo Mein

This full-flavored stir-fry from Linda Trainer, Phoenix, Arizona, is sure to bring rave reviews from your family. Snappy snow peas, sweet pepper and pork are spiced up with ginger, sesame oil,, red pepper flakes and soy sauce. Consider rices a s an alternative to the pasta.

4 Servings - 20 min - allrecipes.com

Fish with Cucumber-Orange Relish

Heres a great low-fat entree thats quick and easy, promises Amy Bauer of Griffith, Indiana. The relish stars tart cucumbers and mandarin oranges over tasty orange roughy. Its turned my family of fish haters into fish lovers overnight, Amy enthuses.

4 Servings - 25 min - allrecipes.com

Fried Rice

Leftover rice is a great and frugal filler, delicious with gravy, yummy under chili and perfect in my very favorite leftover rice dish: fried rice. Try this quick and easy dinner recipe from Disney Family.com.

4 Servings - family.go.com

Jiffy Ground Pork Skillet

Brigitte Schaller of Flemington, Missouri writes, 'Some people call it dinner hour, but many of us call it rush hour. Slow down the pace with this super-quick mouth-watering meal. The only thing you'll have left over is timet o share with your family at the table.'

6 Servings - 30 min - allrecipes.com

Chicken and Lentils

This recipe is an unusual dish that all the family loves and is requested by all from the smallest to the adults. Don't let the 'lentil' ingredient scare you. It is absolutely delicious and very nutritious. It is the dish most often requested in our home. The recipe directions look complicated, but are very simple.

6 Servings - 1 hr 20 min - allrecipes.com

Baked Cornish Game Hens

Cornish game hens stuffed with a vegetable mixture, then roasted. A Cornish game hen recipe that I found and tweaked a bit for the taste and size of our small family, but it would be very easy to adjust it to fit your needs. It goes well with oven-roasted potatoes.

4 Servings - 30 min - allrecipes.com

Italian Sausage, Peppers, and Onions

My family has been using this very simple and delicious recipe for sausage, peppers, and onions for years and years now. For an extra kick, try using half sweet sausage and half hot sausage!

6 Servings - 40 min - allrecipes.com

Summer Vegetable Salad

THIS SALAD is not only delicious, it helped our family weather the Depression. I still remember lining up with Papa to receive dried beans and a 10-pound sack of yellow cornmeal. We used the cornmeal to make polenta. Mother made this salad with vegetables from the garden, and it really tasted good with the polenta. -Rudy Mancini, Calistoga, California

4 Servings - 15 min - allrecipes.com