2 Tbls oil
2 large onions chopped
3 stalks chopped celery
2 green peppers, chopped
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp paprika
1-2 cups chopped chicken (depending on what you have and how meaty you want it)
2 tomatoes
1 can green chilis (or 1-2 chopped anaheim peppers)
1/2 cup chopped olives
*Keep in mind that the vegetables and amounts are variable. You can add other peppers, more or less of something and it will likely still be delicious!
1/4 cup water
2 cups grated cheese
20 flour tortillas (homemade option below are delicious)
1/4 cup green onions
1/4 cup fresh parsley
Heat oil in pan. Saute green pepper, onion, and celery. Add chicken & spices and stir fry. Add tomatoes, green chilies and olives. Cook for a few minutes. Add 1/4 cup water and turn heat down to medium low. Cook 3-4 minutes.
Spoon into tortillas, sprinkle with cheese and roll up tortillas. Place in baking dish. Sprinkle with green onions, parsley, and remainder of cheese.
Cover with foil and bake in oven 300 degrees for 15 minutes. Serve with guacamole, sour cream, & salsa.
Crock Pot Option:
**for this option, use 2-4 raw, skinless, boneless chicken breasts**
Add all ingredients from oil to the water in crock pot.
Cook on high for 3-4 hours or low 5-6 hours.
About 30 minutes to an hour before serving, pull out chicken and shred or shred directly into mixture. Stir into mixture to simmer another 15-30 minutes before simmering. You can have people build their own or bake it all in the oven in the tortillas. Both options are yummy.
Homemade Flour Tortillas:
5 cups flour
1 1/2 TBLS baking powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 cup shortening
1 1/2-2 cups HOT water
Mis together dry ingredients. Cut in shortening. Stir in water and do not overmix. Roll out on a floured surface and fry on griddle or fry pan-no oil needed for frying.
Homemade Spaghettios
15 oz can tomato sauce
1/2 can of water (using the tomato sauce can-rinsing out all the tomato while adding the water)
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder (or 2 minced garlic cloves)
1/4 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp chili powder (or red pepper flakes)
2 tsp oregano
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1/4-1/2 tsp pepper
1 TBLS butter
1 can V-8 (totally optional-just to add more nutrition and good flavor-I only did this when I re-heated the leftovers and it was delicious)
1-2 cups cheese (whatever kinds you want to use-I used about 1/4 cup parmesaen (the real kind that you actually grate, you could use the other kind, but it will be grainy), and 1 1/2 cups mozzerella because I had some I needed to use)
1-1 1/2 cups dry pasta (cook while making the sauce)
Mix all the ingredients except cheese and pasta together. If you don't have all the ingredients, you are probably fine-it will likely taste better than the canned stuff no matter what. The sauce should taste strong to you because once you add the pasta it will tone down the flavor quite a bit.
While sauce is heating up, cook dry pasta according to package directions. Bring tomato mixture to a simmer and then slowly add cheese. Add cooked pasta until desired amount (we like a lot of pasta-so if you want it more saucy, probably stick with 1 cup of pasta). Serve and enjoy!
Ed's Hearty Chili
This chili recipe is variable, of course-isn't that partly what chili is (throw in what you have)? I really like the flavors of this chili. My husband hates chili, but he really enjoys this-so that's a big plus! I don't always make it exactly the same, but it always has a good flavor!
2 TBLS oil or butter or bacon or sausage grease (could be a combination of these-the bacon or sausage grease is of course totally optional, but it gives it a more hearty, man loved flavor)
1/2-1 onion, chopped (I like a lot of onion)
3-6 cloves garlic, minced (I like a LOT of garlic too!)
Saute the onion and garlic in the oil.
Add:
up to 1 lb of bacon, hamburger, or chicken or any meat that you would like, if you have it (I often don't have any meat and I love this just with the beans-so I go either way on this quite often though bacon is my favorite-I usually only do half of a package of bacon-just enough to get some good bacon flavor in there-this is the way to get a man that doesn't really care for chili to love it-add bacon).
2 cans kidney beans
If you did not add meat, for sure add more beans, if you added meat, 2 cans is enough, but you can throw in more if you want to: Add 1-2 cans any other beans that you want to add (black, pinto, white, more kidney)
Add 1 can of beef broth or 2 cubes of beef broth and 2 cups of water.
Let simmer for a bit to soak into beans a little more and dissolve the beef broths cubes.
Add 2 cans diced tomatoes-fire-roasted are really good (or do 1 diced and 1 tomato sauce-which is what I often do because my hubby prefers no chunks of tomatoes-I have also added a fresh garden tomato or two to get that great fresh garden tomato flavor.
Add to taste, but approximately for mild flavor follow below-for a more spicy flavor 1 1/2 to 2 x's the spices:
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp chipolte powder (I often haven't had this, but it does add a nice flavor if you have it)
2 TBLS chili powder
1 TBLS cocoa powder
1 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
3 TBLS brown sugar
I sometimes add 1 cup of frozen corn, depending on if I have it, and my mood.
Stir together and let the spices soak in while simmering. You can pretty much eat it at any time or let it simmer for a long time. I like to stir in some greek yogurt, spinach, and nacho chips when I eat it and it is delicious!! You can sprinkle cheese, sour cream, or whatever you like on it top.
Breakfast Casserole
There are probably hundreds, if not thousands of recipes for a breakfast casserole. I love breakfast, I love bacon, I love sausage; basically, I love a lumberjack style breakfast. So here is a pretty good breakfast casserole and you can change things around if you like too! It really doesn't matter that much-you can't really hurt it! Oh, and we have this as a dinner too!
6 slices bread, cubed (could also do hash browns either mixed in or substituted)
8-16 oz. bacon or sausage, cooked (depending how much you want, have, whatever)
2 cups cheese
6 eggs, beaten
2 cups milk
1 tsp dry mustard (or since I never remember to buy dry mustard, I use 1 TBS mustard-hotdog type (or whatever kind of mustard you want would probably be just fine))
2-4 drops tabasco sauce
a few shakes of pepper
several shakes of salt
Grease a 9x13 casserole dish. Spread the cubed bread/hash browns on the bottom. Sprinkle with chopped up cooked bacon or sausage. Sprinkle with cheese.
Mix together the rest of the ingredients and pour over the bread/meat/cheese.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes.
YUM! YUM! YUM!
Honey Mustard Chicken Curry:
1/4 Cup Melted Butter (can use oil or margarine as well)
1/2 Cup Honey
1/4 Cup Mustard (any type--you will get a different flavor with different types of mustard-I use the regular bright yellow hotdog kind, my sister-in-law uses dijon)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp curry powder
2 lbs raw chicken, cut into chunks (whatever size you want to have them in)
Mix all ingredients except chicken. Put chicken in casserole dish and then pour ingredients over it.
Bake uncovered at 375 degrees for 30-45 minutes (depending on thickness of chicken chunks--cook until chicken is cooked through). Stir periodically while chicken cooks (I usually forget and only stir it once).
Serve over rice.
Sabbath Stew
1 pkg dried onion soup mix
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of celery soup
1 8-oz can tomato sauce
2 lbs beef cubes
4-6 potatoes, cut in chunks
6-10 carrots, cut into chunks
2 bay leaves
salt & pepper to taste
Combine soup mix, soups, and tomato sauce and mix well. In large casserole dish (9x13 might be big enough, depending on amounts of carrots and potatoes--you may need something bigger as it might boil over a little if you overfill the pan) add meat and vegetables. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Pour sauce mix over it. Top with bay leaves. Cover tightly with aluminum foil (or if you have a pan that can go in the oven with a lid, or cook in a crock pot all day-lots of options, this is pretty easy and pretty hard to ruin).
Bake for 5-6 hours at 275 degrees or
Bake for 3 hours at 325 degrees
Hootenanny
This is great for breakfast or a Sunday lunch (our tradition before church when we have afternoon church).
Melt 1/3 cup butter in 9x13 pan
(can do in the oven as the oven is pre-heating)-pre-heat oven to 425 degrees.
Mix in blender:
6-7 eggs
1 cup milk
3/4 tsp salt
Add:
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup flour
Bake at 425 degrees for 25 minutes.
Homemade Syrup:
Mix together equal parts of brown sugar, granulated (white/regular) sugar, water.
Example:
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup water
Bring just to a boil, stirring periodically.
Remove from heat and if desired, add maple flavoring, or vanilla, or some butter, or some butter flavoring.
I often make mine in the microwave, in 30 second intervals. It will boil up high though if you don't watch it and will make a huge mess in your microwave.
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