25 Forgotten "Ten Minutes to Table" Dinners Every 1970s Working Mom Knew by Heart

25 Forgotten "Ten Minutes to Table" Dinners Every 1970s Working Mom Knew by Heart In 1975, for the first time in American history, more than half of all mothers with school-age children worked outside the home — and they still came home to a table full of hungry faces asking what's for supper. These are 35 forgotten ten-minute dinners every 1970s working mom knew by heart: grilled cheese and tomato soup, sloppy joes, Kraft mac and cheese with hot dogs, box-kit tacos, spaghetti with jarred sauce, scrambled eggs and toast, tuna melts, BLTs, chili dogs, English muffin pizzas, Top Ramen with an egg, French toast for supper, beans and franks, chili mac, and pancakes for supper. If you're looking for easy dinner recipes and quick and easy meals with real American nostalgia behind them, this is the real history of 1970s home cooking — pizza burgers, Spam and eggs, salmon patties, fried bologna sandwiches, Stove Top stuffing suppers, creamed chipped beef on toast, the Denver sandwich, chicken à la King, corned beef hash, Welsh rarebit, cheese dreams, milk toast, egg in a basket, and goldenrod eggs, the forgotten dish that closes this countdown. Every one of these easy dinner ideas came from a mother working two full jobs who refused to let either one fall. Subscribe — because every week we bring back the meals America forgot. #10minutesrecipe #dinner #yesteryear #nostalgia #forgotten #1970s #EasyDinnerRecipes #EasyDinnerIdeas #QuickAndEasyMeals #1970sRecipes #ForgottenRecipes #AmericanNostalgia #BabyBoomers #VintageRecipes #10MinuteMeals #ComfortFood