Southern Chicken & Dumplings

Just thinking about chicken & dumplings takes me back to my mother’s kitchen.  This is comfort food at its finest, and is extremely cheap to make. Now this Southern girl doesn’t like NOODLES with her chicken when it’s supposed to be dumplings.  They are totally different critters. True Southern dumplings are like puffy pillows of [...]

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Taco/Enchilada Sauce – canning a whole batch

Well, I finally ran out of the enchilada sauce I canned in October, and after paying $1.79 for one teeny tiny can at the store, I decided it was time for another batch. I made spaghetti sauce yesterday and canned it today.  While I have the canner out,  it was now or never on the [...]

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Taco Soup Recipe

This makes a bunch and can be frozen.  Very versatile – use whatever you have in your pantry! 2 pounds ground hamburger meat, browned and drained 1 large onion, chopped and sauteed with the meat 1 envelope taco seasoning 1 envelope dry Ranch Dressing mix 2 cans tomatoes 1 can Rotel 1 can whole kernel [...]

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Easy Beef Stew

Stew meat or roast, cut into cubes carrots, sliced potatoes, cubed onion, chopped (or use dehydrated or onion powder) 2 cans Campbell’s Beefy Mushroom Soup (don’t dilute) 1 jar beef gravy (we like Heinz) couple jars full of water salt and pepper to taste Brown beef in a heavy pot or Dutch oven. (I use [...]

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Frito Pie

Excellent on a cold winter’s night!  I like to serve this with coleslaw just to cool it a bit (buy the packaged slaw from the store and add salt, pepper, a little sugar, and mayo or Miracle Whip – about 1/4 cup or so.  Be sure not to overdress the slaw.  The salt will pull [...]

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