Go Back-to-School with Bob Evans®

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Back-to-school season can be an exciting yet hectic time of year. For households with kids, the hustle and bustle of shopping for fall clothes, rounding up school supplies and soaking up a last few days of summer can be overwhelming. During this time, it's important for families to find moments to enjoy each other's company. The team at Bob Evans realizes that mealtime is a great opportunity for families to connect and dedicates itself to providing convenient solutions with their impressive line of food products so mom and dad won't have to spend all evening in the kitchen.

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"One of the things I love about Bob Evans Food Products is that they can be served alone, as a side dish or used in convenient and creative recipes," says Bob Evans Executive Development Chef David Eisel, whose own family's go-to quick and easy recipe is Bob Evans Baked Potato Pizza. "Moms and Dads can feel good about serving their families our Food Products because they're wholesome and delicious."

Bob Evans hassle-free and delicious meals include Italian Sausage Pasta Alfredo, Hand Held Hash Brown Casseroles, Bob Evans Shepherd's Pie Skillet, Inside Out Stuffed Peppers and Easy Shrimp & Bratwurst Boil. With many recipes requiring 10 minutes of prep time or less, families can spend less time in the kitchen and more time together. The wide selection of Bob Evans products from breakfast to dinner, proteins to side dishes makes it easy to please everyone in the family.  

Chef David has a few tricks up his chef's coat sleeve on how to optimize family mealtime:

• Make "speed scratch" meals. Take prepared foods, like Bob Evans sausage and mashed potatoes, and dress them up or marry them with other ingredients to create dishes that look (and taste) like they took hours.
• Bring the kids into the kitchen. Recipes like the Mashed Potato Pizza make it easy to get kids involved in the cooking. Plus, they're more likely to eat all of their food – veggies included – if they help to create it.
• Know which equipment encourages convenience. Items like slow cooker crocks and toaster ovens are must-haves for the kitchen when it comes to easy meals. Slow cookers do all the work while you're away and bring flavors to life beautifully while toaster ovens make for quick and easy clean-up.

Bob Evans' commitment to family mealtime means that the company stands behind the quality of the food. By using real ingredients in their products, Bob Evans guarantees a wholesome and delicious dining experience for every family. Bob Evans Sausage is made with only premium cuts of pork, and the Original Mashed Potatoes boast real milk, butter and potatoes which make them tastier.

"We pride ourselves on offering superior farm-fresh taste – not only because it was so important to our founder, but because it's what families have come to expect from us," says Eisel.

For more information about Bob Evans Food Products, visit www.bobevans.com. For more simple and delicious ideas for dinner, visit www.bobevans.com/recipes. The Bob Evans Food Products line can be found in the refrigerated and frozen food sections of most local grocery stores.

About Bob Evans Farms, Inc.

Bob Evans Farms, Inc. owns and operates full-service restaurants under the Bob Evans and Mimi’s Cafe brand names. At the end of the first fiscal quarter (July 29, 2011), Bob Evans owned and operated 563 family restaurants in 18 states, primarily in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the United States, while Mimi’s Cafe owned and operated 145 casual restaurants located in 24 states, primarily in California and other western states. Bob Evans Farms, Inc. is also a leading producer and distributor of pork sausage and a variety of complementary convenience food items under the Bob Evans and Owens brand names. For more information about Bob Evans Farms, Inc., visit www.bobevans.com.

SOURCE Bob Evans Food Products