Occasionally when I shop at Sam’s or Costco, I feel like I
really need a big bag of something.
Ordinarily I am a paleo or at least a soaked-grains-a-la-Nourishing-Traditions kinda gal.
But, sometimes I am utterly possessed by a large bag o’ unhealthy. Tonight, after a long afternoon of putting
together quotes for our business, I really, really didn’t want to cook
dinner. I figured I’d call my husband
and ask him to bring home dinner from one of the myriad (like three) of restaurants
in our town of 1200 . Well, it turns out
he is under a house (he’s ok, I promise) and won’t be home until after bedtime. Ok freezer, what can you do for me? Oh yeah, there is that eight pound bag of
tater tots sitting there in my freezer; the big bag of I live nowhere near a
city, but I’m in the city at a Sam’s Club, need to feed my family of five boys, but I know this really
isn’t healthy, purchase.
Voila, a Tater Tot Casserole, recipe from AllRecipes.com:
I doubled everything and threw in a bag of frozen vegetables
(its healthy now, right?) I kept the
condensed soup to one can of cream of mushroom, but I also added a can of
condensed cheddar cheese soup. I also
added some finely diced jalapeno peppers I had in my crisper. I think an excellent New Mexico addition could
be green chili. I might try that in the
future if I find myself with tater tots needing to be eaten and am making this
again. Top with shredded cheddar cheese
during the last five minutes of cooking.
Instead of adding tater tots around “the edges”, I topped the whole
thing with tater tots. Actually, my five
year old topped the whole thing with tater tots because he was looking for a
job at dinner time. And that led to this
exchange:
Sam: “You know, tater tots are not actually healthy”. Me: “Yeah, I know. They are kind of a treat.” Sam: “Like for dogs?” Um, yes. But our dogs eat very well. Bon appetite!
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