Taco Soup

Serves: 6-8
Prep Time: 5-10 min.
Cook Time: 20-30 min.

Ingredients:
2 cans tomato soup
1 pd. ground beef (or substitute ground turkey)
2 cans diced tomatoes
2 cans chili beans
1 packet of taco seasoning
grated cheese
sour cream
1 bag tortilla chips

Preparation:
Brown the meat. Drain the meat and pour into large pot. Combine all other ingredients in pot and heat until boiling. Lower the heat and let simmer for 20-30 minutes. Serve over tortilla chips and add sour cream and cheese. (Alter recipe by adding other toppings such as diced tomatoes, black olives, or whatever you like). Enjoy!

Chicken Lasagna Alfredo

Serves: 12
Prep Time: 15-20 min.
Cook Time: 60 min.

Ingredients:
10 uncooked lasagna noodles
1 jar white alfredo sauce
1/4 cup milk
1 & 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
3 cups coarsly chopped cooked chicken
3 cups shredded mozerella cheese
1 can artichoke hearts in water, drained and chopped
4 oz. crumbled feta cheese
1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1 garlic clove, pressed
2 cups packed fresh baby spinach leaves

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cook noodles as directed; drain and set aside. In medium bowl, whisk together Alfredo sauce, milk and oregano until blended. In a large bowl, combine chicken, mozerella cheese, artichokes, feta cheese, bell pepper, onion and garlic; mix well. To assemble lasagna, spread 2/3 cup of the Alfredo sauce mixture over the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan. Top with half of the noodles; top with half of the chicken mixture. Repeat layers, starting with half of the remaining sauce. After layering, pour remaining sauce over top of lasagna. Cover pan with aluminum foil; bake 45 minutes. Remove foil; bake, uncovered, 10-15 minutes or until bubbly. Remove from oven; let stand 15 minutes before serving. Enjoy!

Bubble Pizza

Prep Time: 10-15 min.
Cook Time: 30 min.

Ingredients:
1 tube buttermilk biscuits
16 ounce Pizza sauce
1 & 1/2 pounds ground beef
2 cups mozarella cheese
2 cups cheddar cheese

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Brown ground beef. Quarter biscuits. Mix with meet and pizza sauce. Put in 9 x 13 pan. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and top with cheese. Bake 10 more minutes. Let stand a few minutes before serving.

Serving Notes:
Use pepperoni instead of hamburger meat or fix with only veggies.

Mexican Stuffed Shells

Serves: 4-6
Prep Time: 15 min.
Cook Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:
Jumbo Shells
1 lb. ground beef (or substitute ground turkey)
1 cup shredded cheese (taco blend tastes great!)
1 can whole kernel corn
1 cup salsa
1 8 oz. sour cream
1 tsp. taco seasoning
1/2 onion chopped
1 can black beans

Toppings for completed shells:
1 cup Salsa
1 cup shredded cheese

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Boil the noodles and strain. Brown the meat stirring in the taco seasoning. Once the meat is browned, combine all of the ingredients in a large bowl. Add the meat to the mixture and stir until everything is combined. Pour some salsa into a 9x13 baking pan. Spoon mixture into each shell and place in the pan on the salsa. Pour remaining salsa over the shells and sprinkle the other cup of shredded cheese over the salsa. Place in oven and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Serving Notes:
Let cool and serve. Enjoy!

Corn Souflee

Serves: 6-8
Prep Time: 10 min.
Cook Time: 30 min.

Ingredients:
1 can cream corn
1 can whole kernel corn
1 stick butter
1 box corn meal mix
1 8oz. sour cream

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt the stick of butter. Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Pour melted butter into mixture and stir until all ingredients mix well together. (It will take a little bit for the corn meal to mix in with the other ingredients). Once they are all mixed together, pour mixture into a baking pan. (Any size pan will work; glass works best). Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Serving Notes:
Let cool and serve. Enjoy!

Chicken Balls

Serves: 4
Prep Time: 15 min.
Cook Time: 30 min.

Ingredients:
1 can crescent rolls
4-5 Chicken Breasts cooked

Sauce:
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1.5 cups of shredded cheese (american, cheddar, or colby jack taste best..whichever you prefer)
1/2 cup milk

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine sauce ingredients in a bowl and pour half into a 9x13 glass pan. Then chop chicken into small pieces. Roll out crescent rolls onto a cutting board and press so that they are as large as you can make them. Place some chicken on the open crescent rolls and fold the dough around the chicken so that you seal it. Place each of the chicken balls into the pan on the sauce. Pour the remaining sauce over the chicken balls. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Serving Notes:
Let cool before serving.

Hawaiian Burgers

Thanks to my dear friend, Natalie Blair!

Serves: 4
Prep Time: 15 min.
Cook Time: 20-30 min.

Ingredients:
1 lb. ground beef (or substitute ground turkey)
1 can Pineapple Rings

Hawaiian Sauce:
2 tbsp. cup mustard
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup brown sugar


Preparation:
Divide meat into 8 thin patties. Place pineapple rings on 4 of the patties and place remaining patties over them. Seal edges. Cook slowly on grill.

Sauce: Blend ingredients for sauce in saucepan, simmering slowly for 2-3 minutes. Serve sauce over hamburgers or on hamburger buns.

Homemade Ice Cream

3 eggs, well beaten

2 cups sugar

1 tablespoon flour

1 can evaporated milk (I use sweetened condensed milk and put less sugar)

dash of salt (I've never done this)

3 tablespoons vanilla

enough milk to make gallon

Add sugar, flour and salt to beaten eggs. Add vanilla then add can milk and milk.

Mix thoroughly and pour into freezer canister. Run Ice-cream churn until stiff.

Green Bean Casserole

Prep: 5 minutes; Bake 30 minuets.

Ingredients:
2 cans of green beans (drained)
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1/2 can of fried onions

Preheat oven to 350.
Mix beans and soup, spread in glass or ceramic dish.
Bake 25 minutes.
Add fried onions to top.
Bake for 5-10 minutes.
Allow to cool, serve.