Hobo Meal

Welcome!

Now that the weather is getting cooler, I'd like to share with you a favorite recipe of mine.  It is an easy-to-prepare, hardy dish which is called the Hobo Meal.  It was given to me by an older friend of our family who was a very good cook.  She said that she learned of the recipe when she was a Girl Scout leader.  (But, you don't have to be a part of the Scouts to prepare and enjoy this delicious dish!)

Hobo Meal

   ground beef patties
   tiny whole potatoes or regular potatoes, peeled and cubed
   tiny whole carrots or regular carrots, peeled and sliced
   sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
   celery, chopped
   onion, chopped
   salt, pepper, and /or other herbs

(Use as many or as few of the above ingredients as you would like, according to preference.  I vary them from time to time, according to what I have on hand.)

Wash all vegetables thoroughly before working with them.  Loosely place a piece of aluminum foil into a 13x9x2 inch metal pan.  Place the meat patties on the foil in the pan.  Put the onion on top of the patties.  Arrange the rest of the raw vegetables around the patties.  Add any spices and /or herbs.  Cover everything in the pan with another piece of aluminum foil. Crimp the edges of both pieces of foil with your fingers which will enclose all ingredients in the foil.  (This makes it all look somewhat like a turtle in its shell which is why some people refer to these meals as  turtles.)  Place the pan on the middle rack of the oven.  Bake at 400 degrees for 45 minutes.  (When done, be careful opening the foil as the steam coming out of the opened foil can be very hot.)

You may serve this dish alone or with a salad and/or bread or whatever else you might like.

Positive thought: Enjoy your meal!

Thanks for visiting!  Until next time (Sunday, October 9), Becky