Toppings Galore & Food Bars

With a large family it can be difficult meeting the diverse and unique tastes of each individual person. 

I am not one of those mama’s that will make different items for each child…  sorry, it is not going to happen…

If I did, I knew it would start a habit that would never end and to be quite honest, I do not enjoy cooking that much.

So, I came up with a solution that helps us…  When we have certain meals, I will have a variety of toppings.
  because who doesn’t like putting toppings on their food…

We will also have a least one meal a week that caters to having toppings or what I call “Food Bars.”
Some of the Food Bars we have are”

Taco Bar 

Nacho Bar

Burrito Bar

Enchilada Bar 

Pizza Bar 

Baked Potato Bar 

Salad Bar

Here are a few that do not really need it lots of toppings…     but we enjoy having choices… 

                Hot Dog Bar
                Hamburger Bar
                Black Bean Burger Bar
                Chicken Burger Bar
                 
Last week we had a pizza bar for my special guys birthday and hubby made this awesome salad from all the toppings… 
Some of the toppings we like to have are: 

yellow onions

red onions

grilled onions

pickles

relish

red, green, orange, yellow peppers

tomatoes

black olives

mushrooms

beans (canned or homemade)

shredded cheese

nacho cheese

salsa

pepperoni

bacon bits

taco meat mix

sloppy joe meat mix

mexican meat mix

shredded chicken mix

sour cream

guacamole

ranch dressing

shredded lettuce

slice veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, zucchini) 

now of course we do not have all these toppings at one time…   we pick ones that go with the main course and we  have 5- 10 different topping choices.

With the leftovers we will either save them for another meal that week, for salad toppings or mix them together to add to soup or omelets during the weekend.

I will make the meat mixes ahead of time and have them in a freezer.  Here are some of our recipes: 

Seasoning Mixes

Sloppy Joes Mix

Mexican Meat Mix or (shredded beef or chicken with salsa or taco sauce)

Bean Burrito Mix

Baked Potato Bar

Enchiladas Sauce  

Saturday nights I have started to have “bar” nights.  This is one of those nights I do not feel like cooking after a busy week of school.

Enjoy~

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