HOLIDAY MEALS FOR ONE PERSON

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Always make sure your home is your castle. Keep it clean, neat, and smelling nice, even if there is no one else there but yourself. It's very easy to make your own signature home fragrances out of nothing but true essential oils and water mixed together in a clean spray bottle. Mixed Lavender essential oil and water sprayed onto your bed linens helps you sleep sounder and repels pests. If you have any type of pests in your environment and want to repel them so they stay away from your home, use a mixture of peppermint oil or clove oil and water in a spray bottle. Pests do not like any of those three essential oils.

Amazon.com sells Himalayan Salt Lamps that create negative ions in the air to relax you which really does work quite nicely. They also sell General Electric pink night light and other light bulbs which can be used in the salt lamps to make them a pinker color when operated. By using a pink night light bulb in a night light, it won't completely awaken you when you get up to go to the bathroom during the night so when you lay back down you can go back to sleep. You can also buy regular-sized pink light bulbs at Amazon, as well as warm and pink LED light bulbs for all your night lights, emergency power outages, and lamps. Did you know that pink light bulbs complement every skin tone that exists? Use LED warm clear night lights placed all around your home interior so you don't trip or fall when you need to get up for any reason during the night hours. Some of them on Amazon can also be used in emergency power outages that automatically turn on so you never have to be in the dark. I wonder now why it took me so long to put them all over my home because they have made navigating my home life much better as a senior citizen. They are good to use for all age groups. Amazon.com also sells assistance devices that help seniors get up or down easier from bed, chairs, shower, bathtub, or to walk.

Walmart and Amazon sells small electric fireplace heaters that look almost real around seventy dollars each to more expensive ones. I bought three of them for my home because, in the winter months, the cold Arctic air coming from the north makes it hard for my electric heat pump to heat my home adequately. I keep my thermostat set at 70+ degrees year-round. At first, I was afraid it would cause my power bill to increase, but in fact, it caused it to decrease. For the first time, I actually stayed warm inside my home during the winter months using those extra three electric fireplace heaters. I highly recommend them. Two of mine for my bedrooms cost $60. to $65. each, and the one in my living room cost $130. It has a remote control with it and the electrical cord is of much better quality and doesn't get hot as the other two electrical cords do. They are worth every cent they cost for the ambience and extra warmth they create for me, as every year my aging body seems to get colder each winter. The one in my living room can even be used in the warmer months without any heat coming out, just showing the pretty image of a fireplace burning, which can create a lot of ambience to just sit and watch the pretty fireplace burning. It reminds me of a gas fireplace, even though it is electric. You can find video fireplaces to play on your smart TV just for the ambience created.

Buy some dinnerware you like, fabric tablecloths for your dining table for special occasions, silverware, glasses, and mugs, because you are worth every cent you spend on making things look nice for yourself. I found some gorgeous red heart-shaped dinnerware on Amazon.com that can be used for many occasions. Keep some battery-operated candles and extra batteries to make your meals ambient with nice soft, relaxing music you can enjoy in the background on your smartphone. Many of the newest LED light bulbs on Amazon can be dimmed. The ambience is the mood you create in your home, complete with pleasant fragrances. Amazon.com sells Jackie Gleason's instrumental music on instantly downloadable mp3s which is very relaxing to play softly on your smartphone or computer while you eat your meal. Jackie Gleason music relaxes humans. Amazon Music has just about any song you want to download to your electronic devices for a small price.

Alexa Echo Dots 3rd Generation that are sold on Amazon.com can help a senior citizen not feel so alone. You can sign up for a nominal monthly subscription fee, to have each month to be able to say, "Alexa, call for help." She will call anyone you list up to ten emergency phone numbers for her to get help out to you from a main dispatcher who calls you to find out what the problem is, then gets you the help you need to come to help you. Alexa can help you set up regular routines. She will give you the weather report for your area, notify you when your orders have arrived, recommend books to read, tell you jokes, call for help if you fall and cannot get back up, let you know when it is time to reorder products you need each month, she can introduce you to famous people for a nominal fee, plus she can do a lot more you can read about and learn how to do. She is cheerful and my favorite Artificial Intelligence (A1). She only listens when you say her name, which awakens her to whatever your voice command is for her to do for you. She is very beneficial to seniors who have no one in their life. She is like having a new robot friend. You can also select to change her voice from female to a male voice.

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Learn all you can about mug meals and mug cake recipes. It is the easiest way to learn how to cook from scratch foods at home for one person. If you can only afford one cookbook, do research on Amazon with all the mug meals recipes and mug cakes recipes they have to find one that appeals to you. Once you learn the basics, you can easily adapt your own recipes to make single servings, knowing exactly what ingredients you use in your home-cooked meals. You can divide the number of servings a recipe makes into the amount of each ingredient to learn how to use the correct amount for one serving. After you try them a few times, you will find out how easy it is to cook from scratch meals at home so you can eat as healthy foods as you can afford. The healthier your meals at home are, the more nourishment your body receives to heal itself so you can have more energy daily. Organic fresh fruits, berries, and vegetables will always be the best choices. Drink pure filtered water by purchasing a countertop water filter online that you can quickly and easily attach to your kitchen faucet. It will keep you from having to buy bottled water ever again. Aquasana.com, Amazon.com, and Walmart.com are great for this. A good countertop water filter comes with the filter already installed inside it and will last one person approximately four years before a new filter needs to be replaced in it. It is not difficult to do.

To determine how many ounces of pure filtered water you need to drink each day, divide your current weight by 2. The answer is how many ounces of pure filtered water your body needs to stay hydrated and be able to flush out toxins and fat cells. For every 8 ounces of caffeinated beverages you drink, add on another 12 ounces of pure filtered water. If you cannot stand to drink water, you might want to try adding a water enhancer your system can tolerate according to what tastes you prefer and what your body system allows. True Lemon, True Lime, True Orange and True Grapefruit powder packets can be purchased and used, just one packet mixed into every 16 ounces of pure filtered water or adjusted to suit your own taste. One individual packet equals one wedge of fresh citrus. They make great replacements for fresh citrus.

Have you considered making a Charcuterie Platter For One for a special Charcuterie Board Dinner Night? Here are some suggestions that you might want to use to serve on a large platter just for yourself to enjoy. Green Olives and Black Olives marinated with True Lemon Powder sprinkled over them, Green Jay brand makes Lemon Stuffed Olives, if you have never liked olives this will make you love them very much. Cheeses you enjoy! Walmart.com sells Gouda block cheese 8 oz. for $2. each, Bega Australian canned Cheese never spoils as long as it stays inside the can unopened. GV Round Buttery Crackers and Keebler Club Crackers. GV Cheese Wow! canned spray cheese in a variety of flavors at Walmart.com. Jif Natural Peanut Butter in tubes. Jams and Jellies you like. Thinly sliced Roast Beef, Oven-Roasted Thin Sliced Chicken Breast or Turkey Breast, Lil Beef Smokies, Beef Summer Sausage, Sliced Beefsteak Tomatoes or other sliced Vegetables you enjoy, Baby Spinach Leaves, Vlassic Crunchy Dill Pickles, Condiments you enjoy like mayonnaise, mustard, chutneys, Tapas Spreads, dips, and peeled hardboiled eggs. Sliced Sweet Onions, Wholly Classic Guacamole 2 oz. cups, Diced Pimentos and Cream Cheese Spread, Sweet Vidalia Onions Pickles, Vidalia Onion Relishes, Pickled All Colors of Sliced Bell Peppers, Mild Rings of Banana Peppers, Mild Jalapeno Rings, Ready-to-Eat Fruits and Berries, Seedless Red or Green Grapes, and for a couple beverages chilled Red or White Grape Juices. I did this for myself, and thoroughly enjoyed it. You don't have to use everything I suggested, just some of the stuff you know you would enjoy. These suggestions may cause you to be able to creatively think of even more stuff you enjoy that you might prefer to try. It is a lot of fun to think of ways people enjoy doing things then scale them down to one person.

Older senior citizens, homebound, or disabled people do not want to cook a lot anymore. They appreciate knowing what they can order online and keep stocked in their food pantry at home to create quick and easy meals they can microwave living alone. Hormel Compleats has created a large variety of shelf-stable meals reasonably priced for one person. Each one cooks in the microwave in 60 seconds. The seal is tight so be sure to open it about an inch on top so pressure doesn't build up while it is cooking and pops the tight seal, or else you will have a mess to clean up inside your microwave.

Walmart.com and Amazon.com sells them and will deliver them free to your home if you are a Walmart Plus member or an Amazon Prime member.

Here are some quick and easy Holiday Meals or regular meals that are mostly pre-cooked shelf-stable foods that you can quickly heat in your microwave, even if you consider yourself to be cooking challenged.

Hormel Compleats Chicken Breast with Gravy and Dressing meal can be used for any special occasion or holiday meal. It is sold online by Walmart.com and Amazon.com and can sometimes be found in local grocery stores in their shelf-stable foods section. Remove the outer packaging from your meal. Peel back the seal about an inch so the wrapping doesn't make a mess while being microwaved. Heat it in the microwave as directed on the package, then sprinkle some ground sage over the top of the dressing part and press it down into the dressing with a fork or spoon. On a nice dinner plate, place the heated chicken breast then spoon the gravy over it, then the dressing and add a bit of dried sage to it if you like sage in your dressing. Open a can of cranberry sauce in a lidded container, and keep it chilled in your refrigerator until you slice and serve it. Set your table with a fabric tablecloth, a couple of napkins, any dinnerware necessary, glass and/or cup, and silverware, so it will feel special to you. In a bowl, put 2 Tbsp. each of frozen green peas or baby broccoli florets, canned sliced carrots, corn niblets, and diced pimentos or 2 Tbsp. each diced red, green, yellow, and orange bell peppers, making one 4 oz. serving of colorful vegetables that you enjoy and will eat. Add a Tablespoonful of margarine or butter and 4 Tbsp. water, then loosely cover the bowl with plastic wrap with a couple holes poked in the center to avoid pressure build-up. Microwave on high for 4 to 6 minutes. Carefully remove the plastic wrap. Drain off any liquid, and place them on the plate with your other food.

Enjoy your holiday meal with a glass of Luzianne Sweet Iced Tea with an individual packet of True Lemon powder mixed into it, or to suit your taste, and plenty of ice cubes. Buy a pack of four Marketside Butter Croissants online at Walmart.com when you buy your groceries, then freeze each one in a Hefty Freezer Quart bag until needed. Heat one vented for 15 seconds in the microwave on high to reheat it.

Here's a mug cake recipe that God gave me so I can have Fruitcake anytime I want it in 3 minute's time. Use a large 16 oz. butter sprayed mug or 8 oz. ramekin. Put 3 Tbsp. Betty Crocker Angelfood Cake Mix, 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon and ground ginger each in the mug, and mix it well with a spoon. Add 2 Tbsp. mixed diced glazed peel, and 1 Tbsp. each chopped walnuts and chopped pecans and mix again with a spoon. Add 3 Tbsp. water or NFC orange juice, and mix well again with a spoon. Place the mug in the microwave on high for 2 minutes. When done, add 2 Tbsp. Smucker's sugar-free Caramel Sauce over the top of it. Make a hot mug of Folger's Decaf Instant Coffee with added GV Hazelnut Liquid Creamer, and 5 drops of each Sweet Leaf Sweet Drops in Vanilla, Caramel, and Chocolate flavors mixed in it to go with the Fruitcake Mug. It is so delicious and quick to fix, and sure to be two recipes you will keep and make often year-round if you enjoy fruitcake and a special coffee comparable to the best you have ever had. Buy glazed mixed peel from Nuts.com because their products are fresh and delicious and great to buy for special holidays. Buy Sweet Leaf Sweet Drops from Amazon.com. Those added three separate flavors (Vanilla, Caramel, and Chocolate) make any mug of instant, decaf, or ground brewed hot coffee taste so special. Sweet Leaf brand makes a large variety of flavored liquid stevia that are not bitter unless you add too much.

32 oz. GV Hazelnut Liquid Creamer from Walmart.com with a teaspoonful of cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice added to it can be a quick substitute for a glass of Eggnog to keep on hand during the holidays in your refrigerator. Close lid and shake well before each serving is poured and served chilled in a pretty cup or glass.

Another drink I enjoy is Alpine Spiced Cider Powder Mix. You mix it into a mug of hot water and it dissolves easily. It warms your insides nicely and tastes delicious. I use more of the mix than what it says on the individual packages. You can quickly decide how strong you like your spiced apple cider. Sometimes I add caramel sauce or unwrapped caramel candy as well. It's a great holiday treat, one I use all year round to pamper myself.

Another drink mix I like to keep on hand is Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa Mix with Mini Marshmallows, 30 count. I also keep peppermint candy, peppermint extract, and peppermint stevia in case I want Peppermint Hot Cocoa.

Easily create Smores indoors at anytime by placing one full graham cracker centered on a dessert plate. Put milk chocolate candy in a single layer all over it, then put 3 regular-size Jet Puffed Marshmallows spaced evenly over the milk chocolate candy. Place in your microwave on high for 30 seconds. Remove carefully, and put another full graham cracker over the marshmallows, carefully, so you don't burn your fingers or hands, then press the two graham crackers together, and very carefully enjoy your hot Smores without burning your lips or tongue because the filling is very hot. You can let it cool before eating it as well.

Buy Yoplait Yogurt Whips and Yoplait Yogurt cups that come in single servings in assorted flavors, and keep them in your freezer. Take one out at the beginning of preparations for a meal, so it will be thawing out nicely by the end of your meal. It will taste like a healthy version of ice cream when it's frozen. The citrus flavors can be used as a palate cleanser between courses as well.

Here is an easy recipe God inspired me to create for Tiramisu Tarts. Buy 5.5 oz. large cups of Vanilla Pudding in packs of six. Use one to mix up to 1 teaspoon instant coffee powder of your choice in until fully combined, smooth and creamy. Buy some ready-to-eat shortbread tarts at Walmart.com and fill each of the twelve tarts with the coffee-flavored Vanilla Pudding. Keep refrigerated until you serve them. Each tart is one single serving dessert. They are so good it is easy for one person to eat all 12 of them in a day's time. This dessert can be used for any Italian Night Dinner as well.

For a St. Patrick's Day dessert on March 17th every year, buy a box of Instant Pistachio Pudding Mix, and make it according to package directions. Buy a 9 oz. pkg. of Sweet Tarts Watermelon Ropes candy. Buy a pkg. of round gold sixlets candy. In a clear glass dessert dish, put some of the gold sixlets candy in the bottom of the dish, then add the homemade green Pistachio Pudding, and top with one of the Sweet Tarts Watermelon Ropes to make a rainbow by sticking both ends into the pudding. You can trim the ropes easily with kitchen scissors. The rainbow should be sticking up over the pudding in the center area. Then when it is eaten, you find the gold sixlets candy or infamous pot of gold at the end of the rainbow to eat. The leftover candies make a good snack to eat with homemade popcorn while watching comedy movies or sitcoms on your smart television. A quick and easy Irish Dinner Meal would be a Hormel Compleats Beef Pot Roast opened and put into a saucepan with an 8 oz. can of drained green peas and diced carrots, plus add a can of drained sliced mushrooms, then all stirred together. Heat it through over medium heat on your stovetop. Put into a large bowl. Serve it with 4 slices of sandwich bread you spread soft butter evenly over it. Add a large glass of sweet iced tea with lemon for a beverage.

Popcorn is a whole grain. When you make popcorn at home, use 1/3 cup of Orville Redenbacher popcorn kernels and a silicone popcorn maker. Pop the popcorn kernels for 3-1/2 minutes on high in your microwave. If you use salt, buy Flavacol butter-flavored salt to season it with, which is what movie theaters use. Amazon.com and Walmart.com sell Flavacol.

See how easy it is to be completely alone in life and still create a fancy holiday meal nowadays, even if you can't cook or no longer enjoy cooking because you live alone or don't have the energy or desire to cook? There is a lot to be said for being able to do whatever you want, whenever you want, without having to be on someone else's time schedule, or worry about pleasing anyone else, or have to clean up after other people. Most of us would not have chosen to be alone in life, but sometimes we have no choice about it. When life deals you lemons, learn to make lemonade with them. Make the most of whatever God blesses you with in this life, so that you are happy and satisfied with your life just as it is right now. If you live in a noisy environment, buy some Quiet Flents 33-Decible Ear Plugs on Amazon.com, and wear them whenever any of those loud environmental noises bother you. Disturbing other tenants can be easily avoided by purchasing and using a set of wireless Bluetooth stereo earbuds for each person. Each person can listen to their own choice of music as loud as they want without disturbing anyone else. I have found many wonderful sets on Amazon for ten dollars or less. Just about everybody nowadays has a smartphone with their own choice of music downloaded on it. They make a great gift for all occasions.

Gifts for older senior citizens are for when they need help more than anything else. How about giving homemade coupons good for occasions when you don't have money to buy gifts? Suggestions are for free rides to all appointments, to the grocery store when you are going, or even help doing things or chores they find hard to do around their home. For people who no longer have a car to use, those free coupons can be a real blessing if you know them well enough to help them often. Even if you make homemade cards to give them, it still shows them you care about them. Kindness and help when needed means a lot to seniors.

The above shelf-stable meal suggestion could be used for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve or New Year's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, your Birthday, Veteran's Day, or Valentine's Day, or any other special occasion you celebrate.

Here is another quick and easy idea you could use on Valentine's Day.

Buy some fresh large whole strawberries. Wash and pat dry carefully using white paper towels. Keep them stored in a single layer in a large Hefty Freezer bag in your freezer until you want to eat them. When you want to eat them, use a bottle of Hard-Shell or Magic-Shell Chocolate shaken well, and squirted onto each one of the whole strawberries as you eat them. This is the absolute best way to have chocolate-covered Strawberries at any time you feel the need to be pampered, even if you are alone in life. Frozen banana chunks and frozen pineapple chunks can also be covered in that same chocolate, but whole fresh or frozen strawberries are the best to use. Buy yourself a large box of Cella or Queen Anne's Milk Chocolate Covered Cherries. Don't wait for someone else to give you the things you want. Buy yourself a vase or bouquet of your favorite faux flowers. Amazon.com and Walmart.com sells them. Need a hug? Buy yourself a cute plush Teddy Bear in the size you want to hug any time you need a hug.

Here's a quick and easy meal for St. Patrick's Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Memorial Day, or any national holiday you want to celebrate.

Buy a 28 oz. can Keystone pre-cooked shredded roast beef. Add it to a container with a lid. Add 40 oz. bottled Kraft Hickory Honey BBQ Sauce to it to suit your taste. Heat it through. Put it on large round buns that you can buy online from Walmart.com. Make a coleslaw out of a bag of Walmart tri-color coleslaw mix and 1/2 cup classic mayonnaise, salt, and black pepper to suit your taste, mixed into it. Serve with the BBQ Beef on a Bun either on it or on the plate next to it as a side dish. Add Lay's Thick-cut Potato Chips or Lay's Lightly Salted Potato Chips or Potato Salad made from a can of drained GV diced potatoes, 1 Tbsp. yellow mustard, 2 Tbsp. classic mayonnaise, 1 Tbsp. Mt. Olive deli pickle cubes, 2 peeled and diced hard-boiled eggs, a 4 oz. jar of drained diced pimentos mixed together with sea salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder added to suit your taste. Eggland's Best Eggs and stores generic brands now sell cooked and pre-shelled hard-boiled eggs in grocery stores in packages of 6 or 12. Look for them just above where the regular eggs are kept in your local grocery stores. Vlassic Oval crispy dill pickle slices go well as a side. Open a can of Bush's Vegetarian Baked Beans, add a Tablespoonful of Pure Maple Syrup, and heat them through. If you want them to have a smokey flavor, add a bit of Liquid Hickory Smoke to suit your taste. Pour your favorite soft drink into a glass, and add ice cubes. Your special holiday meal is ready to eat. Keep your leftovers in lidded containers in your refrigerator to reheat and use for more meals. For desserts or snacks, keep individually wrapped single servings of Little Debbie cakes, brownies, cookies, and pies.

Buy any canned pie fillings that you enjoy, and heat them, then top them with Granola to make a Fruit Crisp or Berry Crisp that you will enjoy. Granola can be made at home by mixing quick oats toasted in a skillet for a few minutes over medium heat while stirring with cinnamon and light brown sugar to suit your taste, and you can add some chopped walnuts or pecans, if desired. If you want to take it to the next level, top it all with one scoop of real vanilla ice cream or one 3 oz. cup of GV vanilla ice cream. Nuts.com sells ready-made Granola, Streusel Topping, and Butterscotch Crunch Topping that you can purchase and keep on hand to top all the fruit or berry crisps you want to create from canned pie fillings. They sell ready-made Bavarian Cream Custard that keeps for a long time in your refrigerator, you can make an easy Creme Brulee by putting the custard in a ramekin and topping it with Smucker's Sugar-Free Caramel Sauce, Torani Caramel Sauce, or Ghiradelli Caramel Sauce. Or create a Flan the same way to go with Mexican or Spanish meals. The perfect beverage for Mexican or Spanish meals is to put a packet of True Watermelon or squirt Crush Liquid Watemelon drink mix into 16 oz. pure filtered water with ice cubes. Jello makes ready-to-eat Strawberry cups in 8 individual cups that you can add canned whipped cream to the top and serve as a quick and easy dessert. They need to be kept in the refrigerator as they are not shelf-stable kept at room temperature..

4-ounce ramekins make ideal one-serving-size dishes. Nordic Ware makes them in plastic with built-on lids. They are especially helpful for portion control if you are trying to lose weight, or to maintain your ideal weight for a lifetime. 10 oz. ramekins are great to use for mug cake recipes. 12 oz. ramekins with lids make excellent casserole dishes for one person. Corning Ware plain white 20 oz. bowls are great to use to beat 2 large eggs with 2 splashes of heavy cream to pour into a butter-sprayed skillet to cook scrambled eggs for breakfast. Toast two slices of bread and mash an avocado with a fork in one of these bowls. Add 1/4 teaspoon True Lemon Pepper Seasoning mix, and stir well. Spread it over your toasted bread. Add a 4 oz. cup of pineapple tidbits, a glass of cold NFC Orange Juice, and a cup of your favorite yogurt. It is a meal fit for a queen or king. Avocadoes and eggs make a terrific match. Wholly Classic Guacamole in 2 oz. cups in packs of 6 are great to buy and keep stored in your freezer to thaw and spread onto toasted bread to make quick and easy Avocado Toast any time you want it. It makes a great spread for GV frozen Beef Taquitos that can be microwaved quickly for a snack or meal. Serve an ice cold Watermelon drink with it for a beverage.

Dole Pineapple Juice in 8.4 oz. cans can be purchased on Amazon.com or Walmart.com in a case of 24 cans and put in your refrigerator to keep cold as needed to serve with breakfast or snacks. Pineapple Juice is good for your heart health and for your digestive system processing what you eat.

Here's a nice way to celebrate your birthday alone. Be sure to buy yourself something for a gift that you have wanted for a while on Amazon or Walmart. At your favorite grocery store in the frozen desserts aisle, buy a container of Private Selection Bavarian Custard Mini Eclairs. Get as many of them out of your freezer to defrost as you intend on eating at one time. Return the remaining mini eclairs to your freezer, making sure the lid is secure. The opening is where the front of the container is when it's facing you, in the right-hand corner. You pull the one-inch tab down and the lid can come off then. When you replace the lid be sure to place it so you have it facing you, so the next time it will be easy to locate. Make yourself a large mug of your favorite instant coffee and add Half and Half mixed into it for the creamer. You can also add Sweet Leaf liquid cinnamon stevia if you want to create a Cinnamon Latte. Cake Bites are wonderful shelf-stable petite cake bites to keep in stock at home. They come in a variety of flavors on Amazon and in local grocery stores. Enjoy your birthday! You are not getting older, you are getting better and better with each passing year! Helps others by passing on your wisdom that is acquired with age by easily creating a free website of your own on Angelfire.com. Your legacy can be passed on for others all over the world to use freely.

Here are some quick-to-fix foods you can buy and create a Meals Plan for yourself. Your Meals Plan should only consist of foods you enjoy and know you will eat.

For your Lunches, purchase canned soups or soups in shelf-stable tetra quarts, open and heat them through. Store any leftover soup in the refrigerator in a covered container. Add GV or Keebler Buttery Crackers in round or rectangular shapes, Townhouse Original, Aldi Savoritz Butter Crackers, Mission Tortilla Strips, GV Saltines, Millville Rice Krispies from Aldi, or Original or Lightly Salted Fritos to top your hot bowl of soup. Make yourself a sandwich. Add a beverage you enjoy, and a 4 oz. Fruit Cup, a yogurt cup, or a piece of fresh fruit for a complete meal.

Another quick meal I enjoy is a chilled can of low sodium V-8 and a quick grilled cheese sandwich I make with two slices of toasted bread with a slice of my favorite GV cheese in between them and pressed together, then cut the sandwich into 4 or 5 long slices to dip into the V-8 or to eat along with it.

Some great soups to keep on hand in your food pantry are Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup or Tomato Soup, Progresso Lentil Soup, Cream of Chicken Soup, Cream of Potatoes Soup, Cream of Mushroom Soup, Chunky Vegetables Soup, Hormel Compleats Chicken and Dumplings, Dinty Moore Beef Stew, Hormel Compleats Chili with Beans, GV canned Chili Beans, Hormel Compleats Beef Pot Roast, GV Lentil Soup, Chicken Broth, Beef Broth, and Minute Maid Instant 60 Seconds Brown Rice you can microwave with garlic powder and onion powder added to suit your taste to make quick Chicken and Rice Soup.

Make an absolutely delicious quick and easy Salmon Chowder by opening one individual pouch of Starkist cooked boneless, skinless Salmon into a saucepan. Use a fork to break the salmon up. Open, drain, then add one can GV Diced Potatoes. Add 1/2 teaspoon True Lemon Pepper Seasoning or to suit your taste, and 1 cup Heavy Cream, stirring to combine. Heat through over medium heat. Serve in a bowl with GV Oyster Crackers. You can change the salmon to tuna or Cole's canned rainbow trout filets which you can also buy already cooked, on Walmart.com to have a variety of seafoods for this recipe.

Create Mother's Magic Potatoes if you don't feel well to get your strength back again and feel better fast. Wash, peel, and cut into chunks eight Russet potatoes. Put them in a large pot with a lid. Barely cover the potatoes with cold water, and place the lid on the pot. Turn on medium heat, and cook for 20 minutes or until tender. Add one-half stick margarine, and salt and black pepper to suit your taste. Add 2 cups GV Half and Half or GV Heavy Cream, and enjoy! Keep any leftovers in a covered dish in your refrigerator to reheat in your microwave, as they will only get better.

When you don't feel well, make yourself a mugful of instant Chicken and Rice soup using 1 Wyler's Chicken Bouillon Cube dissolved in 1 cup hot water to make the chicken broth. Crush the cube with the back of a spoon. Add to it to suit your taste 1/2 teaspoon each of GV garlic powder and GV onion powder, and one cup Minute 60 Seconds Instant Brown and Wild Rice to give yourself some needed nourishment quickly. You can use a Wyler's Beef Bouillon Cube to make a Beef and Rice soup.

Make an instant mugful of Vegetable soup using 2 Wyler's Beef Bouillon Cubes dissolved in 2 cups hot water to make beef broth, and add to suit your taste garlic powder, onion powder, and drained canned mixed vegetables. I also recommend you buy a jar of Bragg's 24 Seasonings to keep on hand to use for an all purpose seasoning. You can buy it at Amazon.com or Walmart.com.

Use Bragg's Liquid Aminos instead of soy sauce in your recipes. Keep a bottle of toasted sesame oil in your refrigerator, cans of chicken broth, jars of True Lemon Pepper Seasoning, and a jar of shelf-stable GV ginger powder to use when you make any Chinese recipes. They are necessary to make your homemade Chinese recipes taste authentic.

Here is another tip concerning weight loss. If you eat three apples every day, one before each meal and drink a glass of pure filtered water, you will lose weight. You can also use apples as snacks if you get hungry between meals. The pectin in them helps control your weight, and the water flushes out toxins and fat cells in the body. If you find it hard to keep fresh fruit at home because of fruit flies and gnats in the environment, try using three different supplements of Apple Pectin, White Kidney Bean Extract, and Bromelain tablets to lose weight and help digest the foods you eat.

A good breakfast choice is a bowl of fresh fruits of your choice, or mixed fruits cups with a yogurt cup for the dressing. You can find many varieties of fruit cups or buy canned fruit cocktail. Add a Granola Bar, a glass of NFC Orange Juice, a warm butter croissant with jam, jelly, or preserves, and mug of your favorite coffee, or a warm Little Debbie Honey Bun topped with Caramel Sauce and chopped pecans, a slice of Marketside Banana Walnut Bread, or a Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pie or Cherry Cordial Cake. A French breakfast consists of pastries and hot coffee with cream and sugar.

If you want to lose weight buy Carnation Instant Breakfast in French Vanilla. Then purchase DaVinci sugar-free syrups in flavors you want to create drinks or smoothies. Mix to suit your own taste.

Perfect hard-boiled eggs can be made by putting half a dozen eggs in a pot with a lid, and covering the eggs with water. Bring it to a full boil over medium heat. Turn off the heat, and let them sit with the lid on the pot for 20 minutes. Pour off the water after the 20 minutes are up. Drain the eggs on a white paper towel. When cooled, store them in a labeled Hefty Freezer bag and keep in the refrigerator to use as needed. For your energy breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner, peel one or two to eat, add 10 almonds, a glass of NFC Orange Juice, and a sliced Avocado.

You can make an Egg Salad by mashing 6 hard-boiled peeled eggs in a bowl using a fork, add 1 Tbsp. yellow mustard, 2 Tbsp. mayonnaise, 1 Tbsp. pickle relish, a small 2 oz. jar of drained diced pimentos, sea salt and black pepper to suit your taste, mixing well. Keep it stored in the refrigerator in a covered dish. Add a pouch of drained cooked chicken breast chunks to make Chicken Salad. Add a drained pouch of Starkist Tuna Salad or drained Boneless Skinless Salmon to make Seafood Salad. To stop fishy odors, add an individual packet of True Lemon powder to your seafood salad mixing it well. Use toasted bread to make your sandwiches.

Use a can of GV cooked sliced drained potatoes and heavy cream, salt, and pepper to suit your taste to make Scalloped Potatoes. Add shredded cheese of your choice to make Potatoes au Gratin. Heat both through, then serve. Refrigerate leftovers in a lidded container.

Make quick oatmeal or barley flakes from Nuts.com in your microwave in a bowl covering them with water for 4 to 5 minutes, then add butter, salt, and pepper to suit your taste. Add a chilled glass of low sodium V-8 Vegetable Juice as your beverage.

Nuts.com sells Barley Flakes that can be cooked with either broth or water. They can serve as a whole grain breakfast or as a side dish to any meal. Be sure to browse all their products and read their reviews to see how much their customers love their company and products they sell. They ship orders promptly and well packaged so that your order reaches you quickly.

Cook a package of Turkey Bacon slices, six slices at a time laid side-by-side, covered with a clean white paper towel for five minutes on high in the microwave on a microwave bacon cooker. When done and cooled, separate the slices and store them in a quart-sized Hefty Freezer bag, and keep it closed and stored in your refrigerator to have whenever needed. They make a great sandwich using cooked Turkey Bacon slices, Baby Spinach Leaves, and Sliced Tomatoes with mayonnaise spread onto two slices of toasted bread with sea salt and black pepper added to the sliced tomatoes. They also go well with scrambled eggs for breakfast or any meal. They stay crunchy until you eat them, once you cook them. For me, I also eat them for protein for energy, just like most people might eat homemade beef jerky. To make homemade Beef Jerky, I purchase 2 pounds of extra lean ground sirloin beef, and put it in a large mixing bowl, adding 2 Tbsp. salt, 2 Tbsp. garlic powder, 2 Tbsp. onion powder, and 2 Tbsp. Liquid Hickory Smoke, mixing it well to combine all ingredients. Then I spread it out into one thin layer onto a large silpat-lined baking pan with a lip all around it. Bake at 300 degrees Fahrenheit in an oven for three hours, checking often to carefully soak up any liquid that comes out with white paper towels. Discard the used paper towels in the trash, always using clean white paper towels each time you carefully soak up the hot liquid. I recommend you wear silicone or rubber gloves to do that part each time, as it will need to be done often. When the meat is done, it will be a dark brown color all over. Do NOT turn off the heat until ALL the pink is gone from the meat, and the liquid has stopped leaking out of the meat. Use a sharp pair of kitchen scissors to cut it into strips. Keep the cooked jerky stored in quart-sized Hefty Freezer bags in your refrigerator or freezer to eat as desired.

You can make a quick Toasted Cheese Sandwich by toasting two slices of bread in your toaster and when toasted, add a slice of Kraft White American Cheese or Velveeta Cheese between the two slices of toast, and press it together with the palm of one hand. Add a can of Tomato Soup that is heated through, a beverage, and a 4 oz. Fruit Cup for a meal.

Make a Peanut Butter and Your Favorite Jelly Sandwich and serve it with a glass of cold milk. Or make a Nutella and Fig Jam Sandwich and serve it with a glass of cold milk. Or slice a banana onto a slice of bread spread with peanut butter and/or Nutella, then add another slice of bread on top to make a sandwich.

Serve a Cantaloupe Half as a side dish with a meal. Clean out the seeds, and discard them in the trash. Eat it with a spoon. A cantaloupe half can also be filled with a scoop of real vanilla ice cream and served as dessert eaten with a spoon.

Fry an egg in a butter-sprayed skillet and add a slice of cheese, a few clean baby spinach leaves, and a slice of tomato to make another sandwich on a hamburger bun.

Buy a can of Spam Turkey, and slice it to use as a Sandwich between two slices of bread spread with mustard and mayonnaise. Keep any leftover Spam Turkey in your refrigerator in a Hefty bag, and use it cubed in a tossed salad. You can buy a bag of ready-made tossed salad for just one person nowadays in the produce section of most grocery stores.

Want to make a special dinner night just for yourself? Here's how to do it the quick and easy way. For Chinese Dinner Night, buy a pack of Chung Vegetable Egg Rolls and heat them separately wrapped in white paper towels for two minutes in your microwave on high. Remove and eat them spread with the included sauce, or use Apricot-Peach Jam as your sauce. Make a Fried Rice out of one container of Minute Brown and Wild Rice you can cook in 60 seconds in the microwave. Add a cooked scrambled egg cut into bite-sized pieces when done, and 1 cup cooked and drained green peas, diced carrots, diced pimentos, and diced bell peppers for colorful vegetables. Season it with 2 Tbsp. Bragg's Liquid Aminos, 1 tsp. toasted sesame oil, 1/2 tsp. ginger powder, 1/2 tsp. garlic powder, and 1/2 tsp. onion powder or to suit your taste. For your beverage, add either hot or iced green tea. For your dessert, eat 4 Tyling Fortune Cookies.

For Italian Dinner Night, make yourself either cooked Spaghetti and a can of Hunt's Traditional Marinara Sauce or cooked Fettuccine and a jar of Alfredo Sauce. You cook the noodles in hot water until done to suit your taste for about eleven minutes. Drain off the water. Add some butter, salt, and black pepper to suit your taste, and the Marinara Sauce or Alfredo Sauce and heat it through, then add it to the cooked noodles. Serve a bagged ready-made tossed salad, using some plain yogurt and some powdered Ranch Dressing from Nuts.com to suit your taste to make your salad dressing, and add a warm dinner roll. Serve a glass of Welch's cold Concord grape juice, Red Grape Juice, or White Grape Juice as your beverage. For your dessert, serve 2 Tiramisu Tarts (see the recipe on this website,) eat a Nonni's Biscotti as she makes many flavors you can find in grocery stores online, or make yourself a mug cake, then make yourself a cup of your favorite coffee latte with your favorite creamer.

How about French Dinner Night with Chicken Breast ala Orange by using a cooked chicken breast covered in an orange gravy made with a can of Cream of Chicken Soup and half an empty soup can of NFC Orange Juice heated through. Open a can of drained whole green beans, adding to suit your taste, garlic powder, onion powder, lemon, and dillweed heated through, then sprinkled with sliced almonds to make Haricot Vers Almondine. Use a box of Betty Crocker Potatoes au Gratin made according to package directions on the stovetop. Serve a Kroger Butter Croissant heated in the microwave for 15 seconds. For dessert, use a ready-made cup of Bavarian Cream Pudding from Nuts.com, and top it with Smucker's Sugar-Free Caramel Sauce to make an instant Crème Brulee. Serve a glass of chilled Welch's Passion Fruit Juice, Welch's Cherry Pomegranate Juice, or Luzianne Sweet Iced Tea with an individual packet of True Lemon Powder as your beverage.

How about making Beef Manhatten using a 12 oz. can of Kroger Roast Beef and Gravy heated through on your stovetop in a pot, then poured over bread slices. Make a pouch of Idahoan Instant Buttery Mashed Potatoes according to package directions. I don't use water in mine. I use heated heavy cream. Cook some Baby Broccoli Florets in water until done in your microwave. Add some butter to them to suit your taste. Serve a glass of sweet iced tea as your beverage. Make a dessert of Strawberry Shortcake out of a slice of Angelfood Cake, fresh strawberry slices, and canned whipped cream.

On an electric indoor covered grill pan or in a butter-sprayed skillet on your stovetop, grill a lean beef top sirloin steak or a steak of your choice sprinkled with garlic powder and onion powder on both sides, until done to suit your taste. Serve it cut up into bite-sized pieces with Heinz 57 Steak Sauce over it. Bake a clean large Russet Potato in your microwave on high for 8 minutes wrapped in a wet white paper towel. Slice it in half lengthwise, and add butter, salt, and black pepper to suit your taste when it's done. Make a fruit salad of a can of tropical fruit salad and top it with a yogurt cup of your choice. It helps your system digest the steak, as well as serving as a salad and dessert. Serve whatever beverage you choose. My favorite dinner beverage is 2 Luzianne Sweet Teabags with 2 Bigelow I Love Lemon Teabags steeped together in a pot of heated water, then poured in a large glass filled with ice cubes.

Fry one turkey breast cutlet until done in a skillet on the stovetop. Buy a jar of gravy and pour over it, and heat it through. Use a box of Stovetop Sage Dressing prepared according to the directions on the box. The secret to making boxed dressing taste delicious is to use a fork and barely mix it to wet all the ingredients, just before you serve it. One box makes me two servings. I heat a cup of hot water and use 1/2 a stick of margarine, just barely mixing half a box of it to combine it with a fork. NEVER make it ahead of time. Serve it with half a can of cold sliced gelled Cranberry Sauce. Open a can of drained Sweet Potatoes and a can of drained Pineapple Chunks, sprinkled with cinnamon and light brown sugar and heated through in a skillet with a Tablespoon of butter added to the skillet. Make a side dish of cooked frozen green peas, diced carrots, corn niblets, and diced pimentos, with a Tablespoon of butter added. Serve with a glass of Luzianne Sweet Iced Tea with an individual packet of True Lemon Powder. If you want dessert, eat an individual container of any Yoplait Yogurt Whip you choose, or make a mug cake of your choice.

Create Mexican Dinner Night using two or more corn tortillas spread with GV Cheese Wow! Cheddar Cheese Spray then each rolled up firmly and heated through in the microwave for a couple minutes on high on a plate. Spread some of the Cheese Sauce or Marinara Sauce over them when done, adding some diced pimentos, sliced green olives, sliced black olives, and mild diced green chilies. Add a side dish of cooked and heated-through canned Luck's Fat-Free Pinto Beans. Add a box of Spanish Rice prepared according to the directions on the package. Serve a beverage of chilled seedless watermelon chunks liquified in a blender with some water added to thin it if needed. Make a dessert called Fried Ice Cream with a large rounded scoop of real vanilla ice cream, rolled in crushed graham cracker crumbs all over. As a second choice for a Mexican Dinner Night, use two large flour Mission tortillas to wrap refried beans, diced sweet onions, shredded cheese, and salsa in it to suit your taste. Or purchase a box of Great Value frozen 20 beef taquitos and serve 10 heated in the microwave for 3 minutes on high. Serve two 2 oz. cups of Wholly Classic Guacamole spread over each beef taquito once they are done. Another Mexican Dinner Night suggestion is a shelf-stable meal of Hormel Compleats Chili With Beans topped with Original Fritos instead of crackers. If you want more chili, open a can of Great Value Chili Beans, mix the meal and the chili beans with its liquid in a saucepan, and heat through. Serve in a bowl, and top with your favorite shredded cheese and Original Fritos. Make a delicious cold Watermelon drink using Crush Liquid Watermelon Water Enhancer and cold water mixed together to suit your taste in a glass with ice cubes. For a dessert top a Vanilla Pudding cup with Caramel Sauce to create a Flan. Enjoy your meal.

Create German Dinner Night. Buy a package of pre-cooked Oscar Mayer Beef Weiners, and use two of them reheated and cut into slices and topped with a dab of mustard on each slice on a plate. Serve a can of heated sauerkraut. Serve a can of heated baked beans to which you add 2 Tbsp. Maple Syrup. If you want a smokey taste add 1 Tbsp. Liquid Hickory Smoke to them. Serve cold Ginger Beer for a beverage. For dessert, serve a slice of ready-made Black Forest Cake.

Create Seafood Dinner Night. Buy a bag of individually wrapped frozen fish filets of your choice, and keep them in your freezer. Prepare one of them according to the directions on the bag. It takes six minutes to poach one serving of fish filet covered in water in a lidded pan to which 2 individual packets of True Lemon Powder have been added. Buy a container of True Lemon Pepper Seasoning to keep to use as an all purpose seasoning when you serve the cooked fish filet. Make Scalloped Potatoes using a can of GV drained diced potatoes, 1/2 cup heavy cream, and 1/2 cup shredded cheese on the stovetop stirred together in a saucepan over medium heat until the cheese has fully melted combined with the heavy cream to create a sauce for the sliced potatoes. Serve with steamed CA Blend Vegetables cooked in the microwave for 6 minutes, then drained, and add one Tablespoon of butter, salt, and black pepper to suit your taste. Serve with an ice cold glass of True Lemonade which comes in a lot of flavors. For dessert, serve an individual slice of ready-made Lemon Meringue Pie or Key Lime Pie.

Create Italian Pizza Night at home, using one 8-inch round ready-made Boboli Pizza Crust on a dinner plate per person eating. Top each crust with GV Pizza Sauce, and GV Shredded Provolone and Mozzarella Cheeses. Heat each pizza separately for 3-1/2 minutes in your microwave on high or until the cheeses are fully melted. You can add up to 5 total added toppings, if desired, such as sliced black olives, sliced white mushrooms, diced bell peppers, drained diced green chilies, or diced sweet onions. Serve your favorite cold soft drink or a glass of sweet iced tea with lemon for a beverage. Serve your favorite Little Debbie cake for dessert. Walmart sells frozen 8-inch DiGourno Hand-Tossed Cheese Pizzas you can cook in your microwave for 3-1/2 minutes on high.

Here is another dessert you can make quickly. Take one slice of Angelfood Cake with 4 oz. cup of diced peaches and a handful of fresh raspberries poured over it in a dessert bowl, and top with raspberry syrup to make a quick Peach Melba. Or make a mug cake of your choice.

Make a quick Banana Pudding, using a 5.5 oz. cup of ready-made vanilla pudding or Bavarian Cream Pudding layered with Kinnickinnick Vanilla Wafers or Keebler Pecan Sandies and sliced bananas in a dessert bowl, and top with canned Whipped Cream.

Here are some sandwiches you can make quickly by spreading the filling between two slices of bread. Old English Pimento Cheese Spread; Chicken Salad; Tuna Salad; Egg Salad; Sliced Vine Tomatoes on Whole Wheat Bread Slices with Mayonnaise, Salt, and Black Pepper; American Cheese slice and cooked Turkey Bacon slices on toasted bread; American Cheese Slice with Apple Jelly; Peanut Butter and Grape Jelly or Strawberry Jelly; Nutella and Fig Jam; drained Crushed Pineapple, Chopped Pecans, and Mayonnaise mixed together; Sliced Bananas and Mayonnaise; Tomato Jam and Mayonnaise; Pineapple Slices sprinkled with cayenne pepper and grilled then added to toasted bread spread with mayonnaise; Slice a Sweet Onion and spread mustard and mayonnaise on two slices of bread to make a sweet onion sandwich.

You can heat-through ready-made frozen bean and cheese burritos wrapped in white paper towels in a microwave; or heat a GV frozen Cheeseburger in the microwave for a minute, then add mustard and mayonnaise to it, and serve with Lay's Thick-cut Potato Chips and Vlassic crunchy oval dill pickle slices. Add a cold soft drink of your choice. Keep State Fair Beef Corn Dogs to heat each, one minute in the microwave, then add mustard to it, to eat for lunch or a snack.

No matter what you cook and eat, always remember to be thankful to God for providing it for you to enjoy. When a person is truly grateful and thankful to God for His blessings He gives you, it opens the doors for you to receive even more blessings in your life. Saying a prayer over your food makes it taste better as well.

Once you learn all these tips, you can create new meals of your own to make quick holiday meals and everyday meals based on your own taste preferences.

Happy Holidays and Blessings to all of you!