Quick summer recipe ideas straight from a 1969 kitchen shortcut guide
Today, the ingredients might raise some eyebrows (like browning hot dogs in butter or stirring condensed soup into just about everything), but the creativity behind these retro meals still makes them fun to flip through. They give a snapshot of what weeknight dinners looked like at the time, with a mix of charm and a few ideas you could even adapt for your own summer menu.
The Daylight Time-Savers are here!
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Daylight Time-Savers #1
V-8 Cocktail Vegetable Juice… from dawn… ’til dusk
Eye opener / V-8 perfection salad / Pizza punch / Sunset cocktail
Daylight Time-Savers #2
Take a minute – make a meal: O so good, O so easy… with Franco-American
Chicken Oriental O Salad / Ring O Salad / FrankettiOs / Meatballs BravO
Daylight Time-Savers #3
Short-notice suppers made with soup
Hamburger stacks / Lamb chop skillet/ Luncheon meat kabobs / Shrimp sauce for fish
MORE: 20 recipes from Campbell’s emergency dinner cookbook (1968)
Daylight Time-Savers #3
Short-notice suppers made with soup (part II)
Deviled egg skillet / Quick party chicken / Ham and potato salad / Springtime meatballs
Daylight time savers #4: Easy shortcuts to the heart of a meal
Keep cool and cook up a hearty main dish — quick and easy with Bounty
Chili Pizza / Peppy Hash / Chicken Stew a la Roma / Wayfarer’s Inn Beef Stew
Daylight time savers #5: Soups are a breeze
Hot soups, cold soups, main dish soups — keep your cool when you make them in minutes with Campbell’s
Lamb curry soup / Seafood soup bowl / Chicken cucumber soup / Stroganoff soup
Daylight time savers #6: Short & sweet
Lickety-Thick Milk Shake / Lemon Tree Salad Dressing / Rice Ambrosia / Tiger Twist