Kids have more energy for active play when their Mommies use WIC wisely and creatively!
Some time ago The Club heard from a young SAHM-stay at home mommy-that she is a WIC recipient and had something wonderful to share. Then life happened, as it is wont to do, and she was unable to share her idea. Today my mail was WAY FUN again and she has sent us a scrump-deedly-upmshus recipe using WIC provisions. We thank Jaime from the bottom of our grateful hearts.
“I promised you a while back that I would send you one of my WIC recipes so today I’m sending it along. This recipe works with WIC items received while pregnant or after a child is one year of age. I have a 9 1/2 month old but look forward to getting these ingredients again. Other than the meat everything is from WIC. The recipe originated from Kraft but I have tweaked it to work with what I have.
I call it COUNTRY PIE:
Heat oven to 350 degrees
1 # ground beef, pork or even cut up chicken cooked
2 cups rice, instant works best in this recipe. You get instant brown rice from WIC
tomato sauce, one can; again a WIC item
cheese, the amount depends on the person’s preference, also a WIC item
Okay; you layer the meat in the bottom of a 9 x 9 pan, pie dish or can be doubled for 13 x 9.
Put some of the sauce in the meat, just enough to moisten, if you have not seasoned the sauce you can put some on top of this layer.
Then put 2 cups of rice mixed with rest of tomato sauce and one can of water. Again, season if sauce has not been seasoned.
Cover with cheese. Cover the dish with foil and cook for about 20 minutes.
My kids love this! Quick, easy, cheap meal using mostly WIC items. Ground beef found on sale or clearance, chicken cooked before hand and chopped finely, all can be used. In fact, my kids actually prefer this with chicken! Thanks for allowing me to contribute!
—Jaime Grimes, Proud Army wife and SAHM to 3″
Oh, Jaime, we are so grateful to you for sharing this easy to make, low cost dish for those we love best!
This dish will also be helpful for people who depend on SNAP or food pantries; food commodities users and procurers of Angel Food Ministries will benefit from knowing about this. If people are using Farmers Market Coupons or just pinching pennies, this idea might be just the ticket for a meal for their table very soon! I think SAHMs and WAHMs or WAHDs will like having this in their recipe collection, too!
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interesting take on the subject, count me as a new subscriber!
Latisha, we hope all the info and recipes will be helpful to you and those in your circle. We also hope you have submitted your name and email address in the box in the upper right hand corner of the blog. That will ensure that you will receive our series of tips and ideas as well as our occasional broadcasts. We never mean to intrude; we only intend to be helpful.
While we cater to those on public assistance we know there are many frugal folk who are perusing our pages and being helped.
Thank you for stopping by and leaving your thumbprint, Latisha.
Warmly,
Mother Connie
I love your take on this, could not agree more.
Well, thank you, Jacquie. We always love to know when we have struck a chord with others!
We are aware that a good number of our Club members are WIC users. While the Feds and Counties provide some help, we hope we are a positive adjunct to the info that’s floating around “out there” and if we are, it’s strictly because of our members contributing to the good of all with their comments, tips, recipes, and ideas.
Jacquie, thank you for popping by.
Warmly,
Mother Connie