grandmas vegtable beef soup

1-  1 1/2 pd stew meat

1 15 oz can diced tomatoes

1 package frozen mixed vegetables for soup (usually a corn, pea, carrot, bean mixture)

3-4 potatoes cubed

cabbage chopped (use however much you like)

1 box beef broth, also having beef paste is good to add with the broth too

celery and onion chopped

couple all spice

salt/pepper

garlic salt

about 3 dashes of Worcestershire sauce

I like barley , so sometimes I add this.

In a pan brown stew meat with salt/pepper/garlic.

put browned stew meat in a large pot, cover with water, and add beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, chopped celery and onion, and all seasonings, cover and cook until meat is tender, add all remaining ingredients except frozen veggies, add those towards the end when your potatoes and cabbage are almost cooked through. cover and let simmer. you could probably do this in a slow cooker too.

Depending on how much broth you want you may have to keep adding more water or beef broth.  taste to see how much salt you like.

Dirt Dessert

COOKIES AND CREAM~ EVERYTIME I SERVE THI...S AT A COOKOUT IT IS DEVOURED AND THEN EVERYONE WANTS THE RECIPE~SO SO GOOOOD~~~Oreo goodness 1 bag Oreos, crushed 8oz cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup butter 1 cup powdered sugar 3 cups milk 2 sm boxes instant vanilla pudding 1/2 tsp vanilla 12 oz Cool Whip, thawed Cream together cream cheese, butter & powered sugar & vanilla. In separate bowl mix milk & pudding chill until set. fold in cool whip after pudding has set. add cream cheese mixture. layer with Oreos... Chill until ready to serve!


My sister-in-law layers this in a flower pot and puts gummy worms on the top

Crock Pot Chicken & Dumplings

Ingredients:

4 skinless, boneless chicken bre...ast halves
2 tablespoons butter
2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup
1 onion, finely diced
2 (10 ounce) packages refrigerated biscuit dough, torn into pieces

Directions:

Place the chicken, butter, soup, and onion in a slow cooker, and fill with enough water to cover.
Cover, and cook for 5 to 6 hours on High. About 30 minutes before serving, place the torn biscuit dough in the slow cooker. Cook until the dough is no longer raw in the center.


I tried this, was very good,,, but I think next time I would make me own dumplings :)

Sweet Amish Macaroni Salad

Sweet Amish Macaroni Salad: "Absolutely the BEST macaroni salad! The mayo mixtur...e is what makes it so delightful — that bit of sweetness

Ingredients:

Servings:
12-15

1 lb salad macaroni
4 hard-boiled eggs (chopped)
1 small onion, finely diced
3 celery ribs, diced small
1 small sweet pepper, seeded and diced small (red or orange)
dressing
2 cups light mayonnaise (do not use Miracle Whip)
1/2 cup sugar
1/8 cup yellow mustard
2 tablespoons dill pickle relish
1 tablespoon white vinegar or 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
3/4 teaspoon celery seed
1/4 teaspoon salt
paprika (to garnish)
Directions:

1
Cook the macaroni according to directions, drain well.
2
While pasta is cooking mix up all the dressing ingredients till well blended and set aside.
3
Chop up all the veggies.
4
When macaroni has cooled and drained well mix in the dressing (add all of it if you like very creamy salad.if you don't like a lot of dressing leave out about 1/2-3/4 c of the dressing. Remember that as it sets it will soak up some of the dressing.
5
Refrigerate for at least one hour, the longer you let it set the better the flavor. Overnight is not to long! Servings are approximately Does not include cook time or the chill time

Princess Pie (Coconut Cream Pie)

Princess Pie (Coconut Cream Pie)
... crust:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 Tbs sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans - optional

Mix and pat in an 8x8 inch pan, bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes, until just beginning to turn golden. Do not over bake.

Layer two:
8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup whipped topping

Beat together sugar and cream cheese. Fold in whipped topping. Spread on cooled crust.

Layer three:
1 small package coconut cream instant pudding
1 1/2 cups whole milk (any milk will do, but whole milk makes pudding so much tastier)

Mix until thickened. Spread over cream cheese mixture.

Top with remaining tub of whipped topping.

Toast 1 cup coconut. Sprinkle evenly on dessert. Refrigerate.


this was gone in a day!

Polish Sausage & Cabbage in the crockpot

Polish Sausage and Cabbage Soup Crock Pot

2 cups potatoes, cubed and peeled
4 c...ups cabbage, shredded it fine
1 carrot, shredded it fine
1 large onion, chopped
2 teaspoons caraway seeds, crushed (optional)
1-1/4 lb Polish sausage, cooked, halved lengthwise and cut into 1/2 inch slices
4 cups fat free chicken broth or you can just use water
black pepper and salt to taste

Directions:
Place potatoes, cabbage, carrot, onion, caraway seeds, sausage, pepper and salt in crock pot. Pour broth over all.
Cover, cook on low for 10 - 12 hours or high for 5 - 6 hours.

******See More

By: Mamaw June's Recipes

 

 

I used fresh smoked kielbasa from Frank's, and added garlic powder/onion powder and a bay leaf.   very tasty!

Bean Dip

BEAN DIP ~ 1 family size can of bean w/bacon soup, 8 oz sour cream, 1 small onion & 1-2 jalapeno peppers chopped fine, 8oz grated cheddar cheese. Stir together & heat @ 350 for 30 min.

If you have left over chicken taco meat, or left over buffalo chicken dip,, I have added this also,,, yummmmyy!!!

Deep Fried Pickles

FRIED DILL PICKLE CHIPS!

***CLICK PHOTO TO SHARE OR SAVE, THEN CLICK SHARE. WIL...L SAVE TO YOUR TIMELINE!

HOLY STINKIN' MOLY!!! Ok, I love dill pickles so I made this last night. One word Folks..... AWESOME!
Ingredients:
3/4 to 1 cup of beer
2 eggs
1 -2 cups of flour
Cholesterol free oil

Directions:
Pour oil in a large skillet until the oil is about 1-2 inches up the side of the pan. Heat oil to 350 degrees.
Strain pickles in a small colander.
In a mixing bowl, whisk the yolks and 3/4 cup of the beer. Season the mixture with salt and pepper. Whisk in enough flour to form a batter. If the batter is too thick add the remaining beer to thin the batter.
Dip pickles one at a time using tongs into the batter and then place in the heated oil
Fry pickles for about 2 minutes flipping the pickle after about 1 minute
Place pickles on a plate lined with paper towel and then season with salt. Serve with Ranch Dressing.

Chop Suey

Chop Suey (Grandma Jewell and Mom's,,, tweeked some by me!)

1 1/2 pounds chop suey meat
1 can diced tomatoes or if you have canned tomatoes use those
1 can water chesnuts (optional)
1 can bamboo shoots
1 can bean sprouts
1 can baby corn
chopped celery
chopped onion
few all spices
salt/pepper/garlic powder
kitchen bouquet
soy sauce
worcestershire sauce
vegetable broth or beef or chicken,, whatever you have on hand
rice or mashed potatoes

Brown chop suey meat, then put in slow cooker or pressure cooker, or a pot if you are not comfortable using a pressure cooker. Cover meat w/broth and water, add chopped onion and celery, salt, pepper, garlic, cook until meat is tender and done. Add the rest of the vegetables, drained, including tomatoes, undrained, add more chopped celery (cut a little larger), all spice, few drops of kitchen bouquet, some shakes of worcestershire, and more shakes of soy sauce (sorry i don't measure), salt and pepper it good, add a little garlic powder, stir it up. NOW, if you want it thickened, mix some flour and hot water in a bowl and whisk, like your making gravy and add it to your chop suey, and stir,, if it is not thick enough, you need to keep making more flour mixture. cook until veggies are somewhat tender.

Grandma Jewell's Cabbage Casserole

1lb ground beef
1 small onion
1 small head of cabbage, chopped
1/2 cup raw rice
1 can tomato sauce (big can)
soup can size of water
salt/pepper/garlic powder to taste

Brown ground beef and onion in a small amount of shortening. Layer cabbage, ground beef and rice, ending with chopped cabbage in a sprayed 9x13 pan.

ok, the recipe just ended,, what about the tomato sauce grandma!! lol!!! pour tomato sauce over layers. I baked this at 350,, she doesn't have written down for how long,i would think until the cabbage is cooked through. You can always play around w/the sauce,, add your own touch,, I think I would add some worcestershire sauce to it. I have made this,, it's yummy

Cheese Cracker Spread

Cheese Cracker Spread

2 jars of Kraft Old English Cheese
1 - 2 bricks cream cheese (depending how cheesy you want it)
crumbled blue cheese (as little or as much as you want)

Mix all ingredients well and let sit in fridge until ready to serve.

Skillet Lasagna

1 jar marinara sauce
3 cups water
8 oz. lasagna noodles
1 lb hamburg or italian sausage
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 oz. parmesan cheese
2 tbsp parsley
1 cup ricotta cheese
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 tsp ground black pepper

Combine sauce and water in skillet and cover, bring to a boil. Meanwhile wrap noodles in a kitchen towel and break them crosswise into quarters. Stir noodles into sauce. Cover; reduce heat and simmer for 16 to 18 minutes or until noodles are tender, stirring occasionally. As noodles are cooking, brown your meat (add a little onion), garlic, cook until done and add to noodles and sauce. Combine parsley and cheeses and pepper in bowl. (could also add some italian seasoning). Scoop this mixture over the noodles, cover and simmer 3 to 5 minutes or until cheese is melted and ricotta mixture is heated through. I added more mozzarella cheese on the top. Sprinkle with Parmesan when serving.

Mom's Apple Crisp

1 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup soft butter
1 cup Oatmeal
3 cups apples (chopped in bite size pieces or slices, remove peelings)
3/4 cup sugar
Cinnamon


Mix together the first six ingredients and press half the mixture of the bottom of a 8" sprayed pan.

In separate bowl combine apples, sugar and dashes of cinnamon and mix.  Pour on top of oatmeal mixture and then top with the remaining Oatmeal mixture you have left.

Bake at 350 for 30 mins.

(double for a 9x13 pan)

Baked Spaghetti

• 1 (16 ounce) package spaghetti
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 (26 ounce) jar meatless spaghetti sauce (sometimes I use a jar and a half)
• salt/pepper/garlic and italian seasoning
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 5 tablespoons butter, melted
• 2 cups ricotta cheese
• 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 package pepperoni

Directions

1. Cook spaghetti, meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the spaghetti sauce and seasonings ; set aside.
2. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, Parmesan cheese and butter. Drain spaghetti; add to egg mixture and toss to coat.
3. Place some of the spaghetti mixture in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking dish. Top with half of the ricotta cheese, meat sauce and mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers, after the last layer of meat sauce, top with pepperoni and cover with mozzarella cheese. Cover and bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes. Uncover; bake 20-25 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. (usually does not take that long, just watch it)

Chef Mommy: Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Chef Mommy: Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup: "Last week we had 2 days with the temperature in the high 60's. Then this week starts out with the temperture in the 30's and a small amoun..."

Busia's Meatloaf & Meatballs

2 lbs hamburg
2 lbs pork sausage
1 1/2 cups of Pepperidge Farms Herb Seasoned bread crumbs
2 onions chopped
4 eggs
4 tsp salt and pepper
1 small can evaporated milk

Pour bread crumbs in a separate bowl and pour milk over them, so it soaks in, set aside.

Mix the rest of your ingredients, and add the bread crumbs, mix well.  Pour into bread pans, this could probably be poured into two bread pans, makes alot, or reduce for just one loaf.  Bake at 350 for 1 1/2 hours or less if using a smaller portion.

Meatballs:

Follow instructions for making meatloaf. Roll into balls, and place oil in a pan, fry until brown and transfer to a roaster pan or deep baking dish.

1 can of French Onion soup + one can of water, puree this in your blender and pour over meatballs. May need to add more water or even beef broth if it looks like there isn't enough soup mixture.  Cover at bake at 350 for 1 1/2 hr, keep checking and turning while cooking, depending on the size of the meatballs, they may get done earlier.

Wednesday's Chili

2 tbsp oil (optional)
1 1/2 to 2lbs ground beef
10 oz. can french onion soup (not creamy)
1 tbsp chili powder
2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp black pepper
few drops of tabasco sauce
21 oz. can red kidney beans, not drained
6 oz can tomato paste
8 oz. can tomato sauce

In medium skillet, heat oil and brown beef over medium heat until no longer pink. Set aside; puree' onion soup in a blender and pour over beef, stirring over medium heat until it has the consistency of rice, breaking it up with a fork as it heats.  Stir in spices and add beans, tomato paste, and tomato sauce, stirring until well combined.  Heat over low heat at least 20 minutes until piping hot and flavors have blended.

Rainbow Bran Muffins

Melt 1 cup crisco in 2 cups boiling water, and set aside

Mix the following ingredients in order:

4 eggs
3 cups sugar
3 tsp. salt
shortening mixture
5 cups flour
1 box Bran Buds (Kelloggs)
1 quart buttermilk, and add 5 tsp. soda

Mix, but do not "over mix"
Store in refrigerator a day before baking

Bake at 350 for 15-20 mins.

Chicken Bean Dip

1 large jar of Great Northern Beans
4 boneless/skinless chicken breasts
1 large jar of your favorite salsa
1 package dry taco mix

Simmer in crock pot for 2 hours

Add 10 ounce package of Monterey Jack Cheese (chunk size/brick),, cube this

Cook another hour, then stir, chicken should fall apart, shredd if needed.  Serve with tortilla chips!

Italian Barbecue's

1 lb ground beef
1 lb Italian sausage
1 onion, chopped
1 green pepper chopped
1 red pepper chopped
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
3/4 cup Italian salad dressing

12 sandwich rolls or hamburg buns if you want larger sandwiches. (sandwich rolls are good for parties)
12 slices of provolone or mozzarella cheese

Brown meat together and set aside

Place 1/3 of the onions and peppers in crockpot, top with 1/2 the meat mixture, repeat layers with remaining veggies and meat.  Sprinkle with salt and pepper and red pepper flakes.  Pour dressing over the top, cover and cook on low for 6 hours.