• Welcome to The SAHM Survival Guide!
  • Disclosure | Privacy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Sponsorship
  • Home

Tips, activities and encouragement for staying at home and joyfully surviving it.

  • Shop
    • Activity Resources
    • Organization
    • Self Help
  • Home
  • Real Motherhood
    • Parenting
    • Encouragement
    • Me time
    • Faith
  • Infants
    • How to Teach an Infant Activity: Free Download
    • Infant Activities
  • Toddlers
    • How to Teach a Toddler Activity: Free Download
    • Toddler Activities
  • Preschool
    • How to Teach a Preschool Activity: Free Download
    • Preschool at Home Curriculum
  • School Age
    • School Age Activities
    • Complete Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms: Homeschooling Resources
  • Homemaking
    • Successful Mom Daily Checklist
    • Cleaning Tips
    • DIYs
    • No-Stress Guide to Planning for the Holidays
    • Organization
    • Quick Tips
    • Recipes
  • Subscriber’s Only
    • Success Tools for Stay-at-Home Moms
    • Subscriber Freebies
Home » homemaking » Easy Dinner: Foil Packet Meal

Easy Dinner: Foil Packet Meal

Easy dinner recipe: foil packet meals that are so easy to make!

Although meal time is not always stress-free in our house (reference the picky eaters posts), it is a time that we are all seated together, facing each other, without any distractions…except for the picky eaters! Make getting to the table together tonight simple with the easy dinner: foil packet meals.

My husband learned this as a Boy Scout and shared it with me. Now make it in our house on nights when we need a good meal in no time. 

The Power of Family Meals emphasizes that the time spent eating together as a family “makes us smarter, stronger, and happier.” Let’s make dinner time happy tonight with this easy to prep, almost-no-clean up meal.

Easy Dinner: Foil Packet Meals

Ingredients:
1 lb. ground or chopped meat
2 russet potatoes, or 4-6 red potatoes, roughly chopped
¼ C chopped onion
1 C vegetables of your choice (I have used baby carrots,
frozen veg medley, and/or chopped celery
Salt and pepper
Foil (to create packets)
Directions:

Prepare 4 pieces of aluminum foil.

Lay them flat on your counter.

Break apart meat with a wooden spoon, and divide into 4 parts.

 

Place one part of meat in the center of each piece of foil.

Sprinkle on about 1 T of onion, 1/3 of a potato, chopped, and ¼ C chopped vegetables, onto each foil sheet.

 

 Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper, to taste, and wrap up packets by placing the two edges of foil together above the meat combination and folding the edges down to create a seal.  Fold up the sides of each foil sheet as well to close the packet.

Place the 4 packets on a cookie sheet and bake in a 350º preheated oven until the meat is cooked through.  This usually takes about 30-45 minutes, but check the meat before serving to be sure
it is well done. I usually open one packet after 30 minutes in the oven and add on cooking time by 5-10 minute intervals if needed.

 
This is such a simple meal with hardly any clean up.

 

Use ground turkey or chopped chicken if that is what you have. I scour the fridge for leftover vegetables and use up the little bits before opening a new package.

 

You can mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and then divide it into 4 parts spooning each part onto a sheet of foil if that works better for you.
For more recipe ideas and meal tips for getting the most out of your meaningful meals each night, check out The Power of Family Meals.

 

We are raising competent children and
emphasizing that family comes first, 
one family meal at a time!

 

Easy dinner recipe: foil packet meals that are so easy to make!

 This post was featured in A Complete Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms: Recipes and Meal Planning Tips.

View all of the recipes shared HERE.

Successful Mom Daily Checklist to help you gain balance between housework and play time with the kids. Get more done, and feel more successful as a mom and homemaker.

Enjoy your time at home!

Your Name

January 4, 2012 by Jaimi Erickson 4 Comments Filed Under: homemaking Tagged With: dinner, easy clean up, packet meal, recipes

Comments

  1. Lindsie says

    November 19, 2012 at 10:26 pm

    Love this idea! So simple, it's genius! 🙂

    Reply
    • Jaimi says

      November 20, 2012 at 5:20 pm

      I am glad, Lindsie, and, thank you!

      Reply
  2. Jamasina says

    August 1, 2012 at 3:20 am

    I made these tonight with baked chicken instead of ground meat (because that's what I had). Delicious! Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
    • Jaimi says

      August 7, 2012 at 1:34 am

      Great! I am so glad it worked out for you.

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Free gifts for email subscribers to The Stay-at-Home Mom Survival Guide.


Over 80 simple learning activities for preschool age kids to explore and play while learning.
Try these for playtime with your baby! These infant activities are perfect for quick moments of interaction that are developmentally appropriate for infants.


Recent Posts

  • Tips to Stay on Budget When You Have Kids
  • How to Mix and Match Different Styles of Furniture
  • 10 Multi-Age Activities to Encourage Your Kids’ Curiosity
  • How to Balance School and Home Repairs: Tips to Manage Both
  • Child’s First Book Report: The Story Rope

Popular Topics

You may find Amazon affiliate links on this page. I can earn a percentage when you make a purchase through these links. This does not imply endorsement from Amazon or its affiliates.

Copyright © 2023 · Magazine Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

©The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide – Jaimi Erickson

HOME | ABOUT | DISCLOSURE/PRIVACY | SPONSORSHIP