CROCKPOT BEEF TACO BEAN SOUP
2 lbs. rump roast
1 pk taco seasoning
1 can Mexican style diced tomatoes (15 oz.)
1 small can green chiles
1 can tomato sauce (8 oz)
1 onion – chopped
2 beef bouillon cubes
2 cans red kidney beans, (15 oz. each), rinsed, drained
Shredded cheddar cheese
Cut roast into bite sized chunks. Roll in taco seasoning and add to crock pot. Then add the tomatoes, chiles, tomato sauce, onion, and bouillon cubes. Cover and cook on LOW 6 hours or until meat is tender.
Add the drained beans and cook until the beans are heated through; around 30 minutes. Serve topped with cheese, and/or the toppings that you like.
CROCKPOT BEEF FAJITAS
1 1/2 pounds beef flank steak
1 cup chopped onion
1 green sweet pepper, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1 jalapeno pepper, chopped
1 Tbsp. cilantro
2 garlic cloves, minced (or 1/4 tsp. garlic powder)
1 tsp. chili powder
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. ground coriander
1/2 tsp. salt
1 can (8oz) chopped tomatoes
12 8inch flour tortillas
Toppings: sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheddar cheese and salsa
Cut flank steak into 6 portions. In any size crockpot combine meat, onion, green pepper, jalapeno pepper, cilantro, garlic, chili powder, cumin, coriander and salt. Add tomatoes. Cover and cook on low 8-10 hours or high 4-5 hours. Remove meat from crockpot and shred. Return meat to crockpot and stir. To serve, spread meat mixture into flour tortillas and top with toppings. Roll up.
CROCKPOT BEEF AND BEANS
1 1/2 lbs of stewing beef
1 tbsp. prepared mustard
1 tbsp. taco seasoning
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 garlic cloves minced
1 can 16 oz diced tomatoes, undrained
1 med. onion chopped
1 can Kidney beans rinsed and drained
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1 can chili beans
(I also added 1 can of black beans)
-Combine mustard, taco seasonings, salt , pepper and garlic in a large bowl. Add beef and toss to coat!
-Put the beef in your crock pot and add the rest of the ingriedients. Cover and cook for 6 -8 hours on LOW.
-Serve over yummy hot rice!
CROCKED KIELBASA
1/2 pound Lean ground beef
1 pound Kielbasa sausage — sliced
1 Can whole tomatoes — (28 ounces) undrained
9 ounces Frozen French-cut Green beans
1 Can pitted black olives — (6 ounces)(drained and left whole)
1/2 cup Red wine
3 Garlic cloves — minced
1 medium Onion — sliced
1 medium Green pepper — chopped
1 teaspoon Basil — crushed
1 teaspoon Oregano — crushed
1/2 teaspoon Thyme — crushed
1/4 teaspoon Pepper
1 pound Pasta of your choice
4 ounces Parmesan — freshly grated
In a medium skillet, saute ground beef. When browned, transfer to crockpot. Add all other ingredients except pasta and parmesan Simmer on low for 6-8 hours. Cook pasta according to directions. Ladle Crocked Kielbasa over pasta in large bowls. Pass the Parmesan cheese to garnish.
CHILI CON QUESO
* 2 tablespoons butter
* 1 medium onion, chopped
* 1 can jalapeno peppers, chopped
* 1 15 1/2 oz. tomatoes, chopped, undrained
* 1 jar pimiento, chopped, drained
* 3/4 cup cheddar cheese, grated
* salt and pepper, to taste
Saute onion in butter in medium saucepan. Combine next 3 ingredients with onion. Heat to boiling, let simmer for 10 – 15 minutes to meld the flavors. Add cheese, mixing thoroughly until melted. Serve immediately. Note: you can add browned ground beef or sausage if you’d like; and use Velveeta instead of the cheddar cheese.
CHICKEN CACCIATORE IN CROCKPOT
Place cut up chicken in slow cooker/Crock Pot, cover with one large undrained can of cut-up tomatoes, one cut-up onion, one cut-up green pepper, minced garlic (to taste), one Tbs. Italian herbs, red pepper flakes to taste. (I add mushrooms if I have them!) Cook all on low 6-8 hours until falling apart. Serve over hubby’s favorite pasta, sprinkling more pepper flakes (if you dare!) and plenty of Parmesan cheese over it!
BARBEQUE BEEF STEW
* 2 lbs. stew meat
* 3 tbsp. oil
* 1 c. onion, sliced
* 1/2 c. green pepper, chopped
* 1 lg. clove garlic
* 1/2 tsp. salt
* 1/8 tsp. pepper
* 2 c. beef stock
* 1 can (8 oz.) tomatoes
* 1 can (4 oz.) mushrooms
* 1/3 c. barbecue sauce
* 3 tbsp. cornstarch
* 1/4 c. cold water
Saute onion, pepper and garlic in oil. Add salt, pepper, beef stock, tomatoes, mushrooms and barbecue sauce. Cook in slow cooker/Crock Pot on low heat 8-10 hours.
Mix cornstarch, cold water and thicken before serving. Serve over hot cooked rice.
Zero Point Soup
Ingredients
1 each vegetables, frozen, large bag, italian blend
28 oz tomatoes, can, diced, undrained
1/2 each cabbage, head, chopped
1 each broth, chicken, can
2 teaspoon italian seasoning
Directions:
Mix broth, tomatoes, italian seasoning and cabbage together in a large pot. Cook until cabbage is nearly tender. Stir in frozen vegetables and cook an additional 10 minutes.
Note: Can add elbow macaroni if you choose.
Makes 7 cups.
Peninsula Lamb Shanks
6 1-lb each lamb shanks
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons flour
14 ounces canned chicken broth
1 medium onion — sliced
1 clove garlic — minced
4 cups celery — sliced
3 medium tomatoes — cut in wedges
1 tablespoon fresh parsley — chopped
Sprinkle the lamb shanks with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a dutch oven, Add shanks and brown on all sides. Remove shanks and set aside.
Stir flour into oil and brown lightly. Blend in the broth and 1 3/4 cup water gradually and bring to boiling point.
Return shanks and add onion and garlic. Reduce heat and cover. Simmer for 2 hour and 15 min to 2 hour and 30 min or until lamb is tender.
Remove lamb to warm serving platter. Add celery to liquid in dutch oven and cook for 10 minutes. Add tomatoes and parsley and cook for 5 minutes longer. spoon over shanks.
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 848 Calories; 56g Fat (60.9% calories from fat); 71g Protein; 11g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 243mg Cholesterol; 1026mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 10 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 5 Fat.
MOZZARELLA CHICKEN AND SAUCE
4 chicken breast with or without bones
1 jar Ragu spaghetti sauce (tomatoes and herbs)
1/2 green bell pepper, chopped
1 sm. onion, chopped
1/4 c. sliced ham, chopped
1 c. mozzarella cheese
Dales steak sauce
Salt, pepper & garlic powder to taste
Cover bottom of Pyrex dish (for oven) with Dales steak sauce. Layer bottom of dish with chicken (browning optional). Sprinkle chicken with onions, green peppers, salt, pepper, garlic powder and ham. Cover with Ragu sauce. Cover and cook for 50 minutes in preheated oven, 350 degree cooking temperature. Remove cover and
cover with cheese. Remain cooking until cheese melts, about 5 minutes. Serve over spaghetti noodles and with French bread. Yield 4 servings as a complete meal.
CHICKEN SPAGHETTI 1
1 whole chicken, cooked & boned
1 can Rotel tomatoes
1 lb. Velveeta cheese
Spaghetti
1 onion
1 bell pepper
Saute onion and bell pepper in butter. Add cheese (cubed) and let it melt. Add can of Rotel. Cook spaghetti, drain and mix all ingredients.
CHICKEN CASSEROLE
1 can Rotel tomatoes with chilies
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 sm. Velveeta cheese, diced
1 sm. onion, sauteed
1 stick margarine
1 whole chicken
1 c. Cheddar cheese
1 pack spaghetti
Boil chicken and take off bone. In the same water, boil spaghetti and drain, but do not rinse. Mix all ingredients together, except Cheddar cheese. Bake at 350 degrees until Velveeta cheese is melted and hot. Garnish with Cheddar cheese and serve.
MEXICAN CHICKEN CASSEROLE
6 chicken breast or 1 whole chicken
1 can cream of mushroom soup
10 oz. Velveeta cheese
1 can Rotel tomatoes
1 c. milk
1 bag Doritos
Boil chicken. Debone and chop up chicken. Combine milk, Velveeta, soup and tomatoes; bring to a boil. Add meat and simmer 5-10 minutes, stirring often. Put layer of Doritos in long casserole dish, then layer meat mixture.
Add layer of chips, layer of meat mixture, ending with chips on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
CHICKEN WITH RICE
1 med. onion, chopped
2 tbsp. butter
1 tbsp. olive oil
2 lb. chicken breasts, thighs or drumsticks
Salt & pepper
3 tbsp. dry, white wine
1 lb. fresh tomatoes, peeled & chopped
1/2 c. tomato sauce
1 c. rice
1/4 c. butter
Grated Romano or Parmesan cheese
In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter and oil. Add chicken to onion and brown well on all sides; salt and pepper lightly. Add wine and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and tomato sauce diluted in 2 cups of water; simmer 15 minutes or until chicken is tender. Remove chicken to platter; cover and set aside. Measure liquid; add hot water to equal 3 cups. Bring to a boil; add rice and simmer 20 minutes or until rice is tender. Stir occasionally. Adjust seasoning if needed. Gently melt butter and pour over rice. Top with chicken; cover and keep warm. To serve, spoon rice on platter, surround with chicken and sprinkle generously with cheese
Spanish Fricasseed Shrimps
Heat 2 tablespoonfuls of butter; add 1 onion chopped and 2 cups of tomatoes. Let fry; then stir in 1 tablespoonful of flour; add 1/2 cup of water; let boil; add 1 quart of shrimps, salt, pepper and parsley. Let all cook twenty minutes. Stir in the yolk of an egg. Remove from the fire. Put some boiled rice on a platter; add the shrimps and pour over the sauce. Serve very hot.
Smoked Tomatoes
3 1/2 ounces smoked oysters — canned
1 pint cherry tomato, whole
parsley — or salad greens
Spear a smoked oyster with a toothpick; add a cherry tomato. Repeat until all tomatoes and oysters have been used. Serve on a bed of parsley or salad greens such as romaine.
Yield: Serves 10.
SICILIAN CHICKEN
1 tbsp. plus 1 tbsp. saffron ace
1 lg. onion, sliced
1 lg. green pepper, sliced
1/2 c. fresh mushberries, sliced
1 1/2 lbs. boneless chicken cubed
18 oz. can tomato sauce
16 oz. tomatoes, chopped drained
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. basil
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
Lite salt and pepper to taste
Heat oil in large nonstick skillet. Add onions green pepper and mushrooms. Cook until slightly tender. Add chicken. Cook, turning chicken frequently until pinkness is gone. Add remaining ingredients.
Cover and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes until heated through. Serve over rice. Makes 4 servings (1 protein, 2 vegetables per serving).
CHICKEN CACCIATORE
1 pkg. chicken
1/4 c. butter
1/2 c. sherry
15 oz. can stewed tomato bits
1 (6 oz.) can mushrooms
1 pkg. Italian dressing mix
1/4 c. chopped green pepper
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
Garlic powder, to taste
Bayleaf
Boil chicken until done. Save water (use this to boil rice in). Cut chicken into tiny squares. Brown in butter and sherry. Add tomatoes, mushrooms, Italian dressing mix, green pepper and other seasonings. Bring to boil and simmer for one hour. Serve over rice.
NO – PEEK SKILLET CHICKEN
2 tbsp. olive or vegetable oil
2 1/2 to 3 lb. chicken, cut into serving pieces
1 (14 oz.) can whole tomatoes, peeled, undrained
1 (4 1/2 oz.) jar sliced mushrooms, drained
1 garlic clove, minced
1 env. Lipton Recipe Secrets onion soup mix
Hot cooked noodles
In a 12 inch skillet, heat oil and brown the chicken; drain. Stir in tomatoes, mushrooms and garlic combined with soup mix. Simmer covered for 45 minutes or until chicken is tender. Serve, if desired, over hot noodles. *Lipton Recipe Secrets beef mushroom soup mix would be a delicious substitute in this recipe.
LUMBERJACK STEW
3 links of sausage, sliced
1 can whole tomatoes, crush if desired
1/2 bell pepper, sliced
1 sm. onion, sliced
Garlic salt
Black pepper
1/4 stick of butter
In a skillet stir fry sausage slices in butter with the onions and peppers. After 5 minutes add tomatoes, garlic salt and black pepper to taste. Simmer on low heat for 10 minutes. Serve with rice.
LAMB STEW
3 lbs. lamb shanks, cut into thirds
1 medium onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
2 tbsp. sweet paprika
1 lb. fresh or frozen green beans
1 small can tomato sauce
1 medium can peeled tomatoes
Remove as much fat as possible from meat. Wash thoroughly. Braise meat in a large kettle. Add 1/2 cup water, add onion and green pepper and braise until onion and green pepper are transparent. Braise until meat sizzles, but is not burned. Add 2 tablespoons paprika, blend thoroughly. Add can of tomato sauce and peeled tomatoes and boil water to cover mixture. Let simmer 2 hours. Add green beans cut into 1 inch pieces and allow to simmer another 1/2 hour. Serve with rice.
TOMATO SOUP 5
1 peck tomatoes
6 onions
1 bunch celery
1 lg. green pepper
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. flour
1/4 c. salt
Core tomatoes, cut other vegetables in chunks and blend all together. Cream sugar, butter and flour and then add salt and stir. Bring vegetables to a boil. Add creamed mixture and boil for ten minutes. Pour into jars and seal. Makes about 6 quarts.
TOMATO SOUP 4
14 qts. tomatoes
7 med. onions
1 celery stalk
3 tbsp. parsley
Combine and cook until celery and onions are tender. Run through food mill. Add: 4 tbsp. salt
8 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. pepper
Cook for 15 minutes. Add: 14 tbsp. melted butter
14 tbsp. flour
Add to soup. Pour into prepared jars and process for 30 minutes
TOMATO SOUP 3
1/2 bu. tomatoes (25 lbs.)
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 tbsp. canning salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
4 tsp. onion salt
4 tsp. celery salt
1 lb. butter
2 c. flour
Wash and quarter. Cook until soft. Run through blender. Put through sieve. Combine juice and spices except butter and flour. Heat. Melt butter in pan. Remove and stir flour into butter until paste, no lumps. Add juice to paste, stirring to blend. Keep doing until paste gets thin. Pour back into juice. Bring to full boil. Put in jar. Process in open kettle or pressure cooker.
TOMATO SOUP
1/2 bushel tomatoes, strained
6 green peppers
6 lg. onions
1 lg. bunch celery
1/4 c. salt
2 c. sugar
2 c. flour
3 sq. margarine
1 1/2 c. alphabet soup pasta
Juice tomatoes, then chop and cook other vegetables until tender. Melt margarine and add flour. Combine all vegetables and add salt and sugar. Bring to boil and add combined flour and butter (blend with little soup). Combine all and boil 10 minutes. Pressure 10 minutes.
GERMAN BORSCHT SOUP
3 1/2 qt. water
1 lb. soup meat and bone
2 bay leaves
1 lg. onion, sliced
3 lg. carrots, diced
2 tsp. salt
1 c. celery and some leaves
1 sm. heat cabbage shredded
1/4 c. rice
2 lg. potatoes, sliced
1 c. cream
Boil soup meat and bone for 2 hours onion and bay leaves add vegetables and tomatoes. Simmer about 1 hour. Add cream when you are ready to eat. May add 1/4 cup barley if desired.
HAMBURGER SOUP
1 lb. hamburger
5 c. water
1 (16 oz.) can tomatoes
1 med. onion, chopped
2 carrots, sliced (1 c.)
2 stalks celery, sliced (1 c.)
1/3 c. barley
1/4 c. catsup
1 tbsp. (2 cubes) beef bouillon
2 tsp. seasoned salt
1 tsp. basil
1 bay leaf
Brown beef, drain fat. Add rest of ingredients. Simmer 1 hour until barley and vegetables are tender.
HAMBURGER RICE SKILLET
1 lb. ground beef
1 med. onion, sliced into rings
1 med. green pepper, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 c. med. grain rice
1 (16 oz.) can tomatoes, cut up
1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
1 tsp. Worcestershire
1/2 tsp. dry basil, crushed
In skillet cook beef, onion, pepper, garlic until browned; drain. Add rice; cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Add undrained tomatoes, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, basil, 1 1/2 cups water and 1 teaspoon salt. Bring to boiling. Reduce heat. Cover; simmer 25-30 minutes or until rice is tender. Stir occasionally.
International Chicken
1 3 pound fryer — cut in servings
1/4 cup flour
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons curry powder
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 large onion — chopped
1 large green bell pepper — sliced into rings
2 cloves garlic — minced
1/2 cup raisins
1 16 oz can whole tomatoes — mashed
3 tablespoons flour
3 tablespoons water
Rinse chicken and pat dry. Combine 1/4 cup flour, the salt, curry powder and pepper. Dust chicken well with flour mixture. Place coated chicken in Crock-Po t and mix in chopped vegetables, garlic and raisins. Pour tomatoes over all. cover and cook on Low for 8 to 10 hours or on High for 3 to 4 hours.
Remover chicken pieces to warm platter. Thicken sauce before serving by stirring a smooth paste of the 3 tablespoons flour and water into the sauce in Crock- Pot. Cover and cook on High until sauce is thickened. This is good served on rice—especially saffron rice. Spon sauce over top. Serves 4
Avocado Stuffed with Shrimp
2 cloves garlic, mashed
½ cup olive oil
3 ripe avocados
1 ½ pounds of cooked, cold shrimp
Russian dressing:
1 cup mayonnaise
1 tbs. minced onion
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
1 ounce jar of caviar
1. Combine the garlic and oil.
2. Peel and halve the avocados, removing the pits.
3. Spoon the garlic and oil mixture into each center and fill with the cooked shrimp.
4. Combine the ingredients for the Dressing and spoon a dollop on each shrimp-stuffed avocado.
Additions: For a lovely lunch you can add hard cooked eggs and sliced tomatoes, all on a bed of lettuce on the same plate.
Serves 6