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Nuggets, Mashed Potatoes, Red Beans |No Rice, No Noodle Dinner | Creative Kitchen

Ready-to-Cook Nuggets We found really affordable ready-to-cook nuggets from a grocery store nearby (a new one we've not tried visiting before) and decided ' Yeah, why not? One night of rice-less and noodle-less dinner sounds good ). Most nights, we make simple stews and soups and partner them up with rice.  Tonight, we just wanted home-made fast-food. We've laid off KFC, McDonalds, and Burger King for months on end.  These nuggets just needed to be pan-fried each side about a minute or two and you're about done. Cooking dinner was a little tedious but I'll explain that later because of the other stuff that needed our consistent attention.  Creamy Mashed Potatoes The mashed potatoes we usually get from restaurants are often layered with some sort of mushroom sauce. We've making this at home a few times and we figured out that we don't need the sauce. We like the buttery and creamy version of The Mash.  The potatoes we had in the kitchen si...