Beef Stew

1- 4lbs boneless beef cut into 1" cubes
1 tsp paprika
2 1/2 tsp seasoned salt
1 tsp pepper
1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 c. flour
oil to fry meat in

2- 3 large onions chopped
2 1/2 c. celery

3- 28 oz can tomatoes whole or diced
1 tbsp beef bullion
5 c. beef stock (3 cans)
1 tbsp worshishire sauce
1 tbsp dried parsley
5 bay leafs
1 tsp rosemary

4-water
2 1/2 c. carrots sliced
3 lbs potatoes, cubed

In a bag combine #1 ingredients (except beef) In a pot w/lid heat oil. Dredge beef in the ingredients that are in the bag and fry a handful at a time. Remove pieces as they are done. Reduce heat to medium and add #2 ingredients and cover w/lid. Cook 5 minutes and stir. Add #3 ingredients plus 1 quart of water and bring to boil. Once boiling reduce to a simmer, cover and cook 1 1/2 hrs, stir occasionally. While cooking, mix 1/2 c. flour with 1c. cold water and add to pot after the 1 1/2 hrs is up. Stir well and add #4 ingredients and extra water if needed. Cook 30 minutes or until veggies are tender. Remove bay leaves.

Funeral Poatoes

"My Cheesey Potato Recipe"
A family size can of cream of chicken soup
Sour cream
Cheese
Hashbrowns

Mix sour cream with cream of chicken until it's a nice creamy color. Grate your cheese and the more cheese you add to the mix the cheesier you potatos will be. Next add your hashbrowns to the mix and then pour in casserole dish and put in over at 350 until top is brown.

Best peanut butter cookies ever...

SO EASY!!
1 egg
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar

Blend well. Drop by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet and fork with sugar. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet 5 minutes before moving to cooling rack.

These are the BEST cookies you will ever have! :)

PORK ROAST HAWAIIAN

1 (15 1/4 oz.) can pineapple slices4 to 5 lb. pork loin roast (have butcher loosen backbone)1/2 c. honey1/3 c. Kikkoman soy sauce1/4 tsp. garlic powder1/4 tsp. ginger
Drain pineapple slices and blend syrup with rest of ingredients. Roast in 325 degree oven for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. (I use meat thermometer.) Brush pork with marinade every 10 minutes and last 1/2 hour of cooking.
Heat remaining marinade and serve with roast. Serves 8.

Stir-Fry

Stew Meat (I buy the pre-cut packages at the store. Doesn’t matter if it is cubed or in strips, but we like the taste of strips better)
½ TB. Olive Oil
Carrots (I usually use a small bag of baby carrots)
Celery, opt.
Bell Peppers (I use ½ red, ½ yellow, and ½ green), sliced
2 packets of brown gravy, prepared
Worcestershire sauce
Rice (prepare as much as your family will eat- I usually do the minute rice and do 2 c.)

Cook stew meat in oil. Season well (salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, etc) Add carrots and celery. Cook through.

Stir in prepared brown gravy and season with Worcestershire (a few tsp. to taste)
Add sliced bell peppers. Simmer on a lower temperature until the brown gravy starts to thicken. (Do a taste test. We like it when the sauce has a little kick in it. If it doesn’t, add a little more Worcestershire sauce. Be careful: a little sauce goes a LONG way!)

Cook rice per package instructions.

Serve over rice.

Easy Chicken Roll-ups

1 crescent roll package
¼ to ½ c. shredded cheese (more to taste)
2-3 Chicken breast; cooked and shredded or cubed
¼ to ½ package Cream cheese (or light cream cheese)
Bread crumbs and melted butter
Seasoning for chicken: garlic powder, onion powder, season salt, salt & pepper

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Cook and shred chicken. Season well! Put in KitchenAide and add cream cheese and shredded cheese. Mix well.

Roll out crescent rolls and stuff with mixture. Roll up… (doesn’t matter how ugly they are… the bread crumbs help hide the looks)

Dip in melted butter and then cover with bread crumbs. Put on cookie sheet and cook in oven for 12 minutes.

(These refrigerate well and heat up for leftovers. These are pretty easy and quick to do...since all of our stuff is in storage and I don't have the original recipe, I sorta winged it this past week. They turned out pretty well!)

Peanut Butter Rice Krispies

Ok so I'm on a recipe roll. This is a great, very easy and fast treat that makes a lot.

1 C karo syrup
1 C sugar
1 C peanut butter
approx 6 cups rice krispies]

Bring sugar and karo to a boil. Take of burner and stir in peanut butter till it's all melted. Add rice krispies. Pat into a greased cookie sheet. I like them a little more ooey gooey, so I like let the cup of karo overflow a big, maybe a half cup extra. You can also add melted chocolate chips, and butterscotch chips over the top like a frosting.
They seriously take 5 minutes to make, a litte while to set, but are sooooo peanut buttery good.

Wasil

This is the best Wasil recipe I've ever found


2 1/2 C apple cider mix
2 C tang
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp cinnamon
2 1/3 C sugar
1 pkg koolaid lemonade flavor

Mix all ingredients together well. Serve with hot water for a drink to warm you. For more orange flavor add less apple and more tang. My mom also thinks it's better with 2 koolaid packets.

Caramels {in the microwave}

Yes, in the microwave. You know those great homemade caramel { Aunt Stacy makes a wicked batch} and yes I make them all the time and they totally work.

1/2 C butter
1/2 C corn syrup
1/2 C white sugar
1/2 C brown sugar
1/2 C sweetened condensed milk
1/2 C chipped pecans {optional}

In large microwave safe bowl melt butter. Add syrup, sugars, and milk. Stir well and microwave for 6-8 minutes. Now you'll have to figure out time with your own microwave. This may be too long or not long enough. The soft ball method works for this. { get a small cup with a little cold water in it. drop a small amount of caramel into the water. dump the water and check the consistency of the caramel. this is what the caramel will be like when it's set up.}
Pour onto a greased dish and refrigerate for 30 minutes. They can be cut, wrapped in chocolate, and wrapped in wax paper.

Yummy, Chocolate Sheet Cake

Combine in a mixing bowl:

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt

In a saucepan, melt:
2 sticks butter
Add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa. Stir together.
Add 1 cup boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat. Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.

In measuring cup, pour 1/2 cup buttermilk.
Add:
2 beaten eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. Pour into sheet cake pan and bake at 350-degrees for 20 minutes.

While cake is baking, make icing:
Chop 1/2 cup pecans finely. (optional)
Melt 1 3/4 sticks butter in a saucepan.
Add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat.
Add:
6 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 lb minus 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Stir together.
Add pecans, stir together, and pour over warm cake.

Cut into squares, eat, and totally wig out over the fact that you’ve just made the best chocolate sheet cake. Ever.

Orange Rolls

These are the best sugary breakfast ever. And good with dinner

2 pkg buttermilk biscuits
1 cup sugar
1 cup orange juice (made, not concentrate)
1 cube butter

Bring sugar, juice and butter to a boil on stove. Place biscuits into a bunt pan on thier side all the way around. Pour orange mix over the biscuits. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes. Take out of oven, and THE HARDEST PART, flip over onto a pan, or plate whatever is easiest. Note: do this over the sink. I've made a few messes with this one.

Caramel Popcorn

2 cups brown sugar
1 cube butter
1 dash salt
1 cup Karo syrup
1 can sweetened condensed milk

3 bags microwave popcorn, popped. I put this in a bowl and kindof sift it with my hands to another bowl to get the seeds out.

Bring sugar, butter, salt, and karo to a boil, on medium heat stirring constantly. Add milk and bring to a boil again. Pour over popcorn and stir. I use a large cake pan, or cookie sheet greased. After a few minutes I'll stir or transfer to another pan so you can get the caramel off the bottom to more popcorn. Excellent.

Cream Corn

I know this might not sound very good, but this is great corn. I don't like the creamed corn in the can at all!!! But this stuff is so good.


48 oz frozen corn
2 pkg cream cheese
4 tbsp water
3 tbsp milk
2 tbsp sugar
american/or Parmesan cheese
Add all ingredients to crock pot. Cook on low for 4-5 hours. You can use less cream cheese if desired, and any kind of cheese.

The Best Sugar Cookies

4 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. sour cream
Bake @ 425 for 5 to 7 min.
Note: Do Not Brown

Sugar Cookies

I was wondering if anyone had an absolutely amazing sugar cookie recipe that they would like to share? I am looking for moist sugar cookies... not the ones that crumble when you pick them up. HELP please!

6 week muffins

Ingredients:
5 c. flour
5 tsp. baking soda
4 beaten eggs
1 15oz box bran flakes (or raisin bran)
1 c. applesauce
2 c. sugar
2 tsp salt
1 qt buttermilk
1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp cinn.
1/4 c. frozen OJ concentrate

Mix in LARGE bowl. Bake what you want in greased muffin tin at 400 degrees for 18-20 min. Freeze the rest of the batter, when re-using, do not stir, place right into tin.

Pumpkin Seeds

Take as many seeds as you want(Whatever comes out of your pumpkin)
rinse and let dry
spread sparingly with Olive Oil
Shake about 1/4 cup or more Worchestershire sauce all over the top
Shake lot's of Salt all over the top.
Cook @ 325 and stir every 10 minutes until cooked and dried.
You can taste test and add accordingly but this is about how I like them! Yummy!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 15 oz can of Libby's pumpkin
2 cups of sugar
1 cup oil
2 eggs
4 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp cloves
2 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp Salt
2 tsp Baking soda
2 tsp milk
2 cups or 1 package of choc. chips
2 1/4 tsp of vanilla

Southwest Chicken

3 – 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts cut into cubes
1 tsp garlic
2 cans spicy chili beans
2 cans black beans (drained)
1 can of corn
3/4 c. salsa
1 c. chicken broth

Mix all ingredients in a 2 qt dish. Cook at 350 degrees for 45-60 min. Serve in tortillas or over rice. (I usually make ½ this recipe and it still makes a lot!)