Today, I went shopping for the food to be prepared for this weekend's competition. The competition will be held at Gilroy High School, in Gilroy. We are having "taco night", or "burrito night". It's about the same. The best meals to serve this large a group of kids, are the ones that they can customize to their own tastes. They can start with a tortilla or tortilla chips. The main portion is seasoned ground turkey, refried beans (vegetarian, of course), lettuce, cheese and tomatoes. I always use ground turkey instead of beef. Some kids don't like to eat red meat, but all will eat the turkey. We have a few vegetarians, so making the refried beans all veg., there is no question. The toppings on the meal will be sour cream, guacamole, olives, green onions, salsa. Watermelon and bananas will be on the menu and baby carrots with ranch dressing. I will be making rice cereal treats tomorrow for the dessert.
Some people ask about recipes. This meal is pretty simple to prepare: cook the turkey with taco season, heat the beans, chop just about everything else, and get toppings from a bag or plastic container.
The recipe I will include today is for the rice cereal treats.
Rice Cereal Treats -- Makes 24 treats
1 Cube Margarine
1 16oz. Bags Marshmallows
6 cups crisp rice cereal
Melt margarine in large pot. Add marshmallows, stir and melt together. Add cereal; only half at first, or it is difficult to stir and mix. Add and stir; add and stir until completely coated. Pour into 9 x 13 pan that has been sprayed with Pam. Let stand to cool and firm up. Cut into 24 pieces.
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