Ever start to make a meal & realize that you don't have an important item to complete the meal? Well, for a lot of us moms, it happens all the time. Here's a couple of quick, easy ideas for substitutions...
When we have Spaghetti (or any Italian food), my family always has to have garlic bread with it. Whether it's like Texas toast or garlic breadsticks or whatever, my family of carbohydrate junkies just has to have it. In a pinch, I've actually used hotdog buns by splitting them in half, putting butter & garlic salt on them (& sometime Parmesan cheese) & sticking them under the broiler for a few minutes. I would have been insulted at the very idea before kids but, it's actually pretty good & kids love it. If you have meat-eaters who have to have some kind of meat at every meal (like my husband) that can be a problem at times. If we make a frozen or homemade cheese pizza, my husband will sometimes microwave a couple of frozen breakfast sausage links & chop them up & add it to his part of the pizza. This is not my thing but, my DH really likes it. You can also make veggie tacos or fajitas & if one person wants meat, the breakfast sausage is a quick & easy add-in. Well, amyway, get creative because there really are so many things you can subsitute when you have no choice!
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