Fun Family Foods

Potato Flip Flops

Ingredients:

potatoes (choose smooth ones, with a minimum of bumps and ridges)
1/2 cup olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
32 medium-size green beans, lightly steamed but still crunchy

Preparation:

Slice potatoes lengthwise into thick slices that look like the sole of a shoe. Try to get two matching sizes from each potato. Line a cookie sheet with foil, lay out the slices, then sprinkle with oil and seasonings. Cook for 30 minutes in a 400-degree oven until golden brown.

To complete the illusion, set the "flip flops" on sesame-seed sand and add an umbrella.

Ingredients:

1-1/2 lbs. ground turkey (or beef)
1/4 cup bread crumbs
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
6-oz. can evaporated milk
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 white onion
4 cups shredded lettuce

Preparation:

Mix all ingredients together, blending thoroughly. Place meat on a greased pan and form into a football shape. Bake for an hour at 375 degrees. Use raw white onion to make the stitching. Place on a bed of chopped lettuce to simulate a football field.