Main Dish

Copycat Chicken Enchilada Soup

February 6, 2012

I recently realized that I do not have very many chicken recipes on my site. I love chicken and I really need to share more of them with you. So, in an effort to fix my lack of chicken recipes, I decided that for Souper Monday this week I would share a chicken soup recipe. My copycat [...]

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Oven Fried Pork Chops

February 3, 2012

My husband loves pork chops. They are one of his favorite cuts of meat to eat. Over the years I have cooked pork chops many different ways and these oven fried pork chops are one of our favorites. We love these! And our favorite way to eat them is with buttermilk mashed potatoes. The gravy that [...]

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Crock Pot Beef Stew with Red Wine

January 30, 2012

Today for Souper Monday we are talking stew. Stew is one of those perfect wintertime comfort food type meals that my family loves. I love how easy it is to put in the crock pot in the morning and have it ready and waiting at dinner time. One of the ways I like to change [...]

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Mexican Tortilla Pie

January 26, 2012

Today for ground beef Thursday I have a very good, yet very inexpensive and family friendly meal for you. Over the years I have made quite a few layered tortilla casseroles or Mexican lasagna type meals, but this recipe today is one of my favorites. I often do not follow an exact recipe when making [...]

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Easy Crock Pot Chili Recipe

January 23, 2012

Today for Souper Monday we are talking chili. You may have noticed that my family loves chili and I have quite a few versions on my site, but this recipe today is one of my favorites. I have been making this chili for close to fifteen years and it is the chili I make the [...]

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Fiesta Macaroni

January 19, 2012

Today for Ground Beef Thursday I have another quick, easy, and inexpensive dinner idea for you. This is one of my family’s favorite quick and easy meals. It is similar to my taco pasta, but has a different flavor. And we love this just as much as we do the taco pasta. This is one [...]

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Porcupine Meatballs

January 12, 2012

Porcupine meatballs are not exactly gourmet food. They are more of a down home everyday type meal. And they are not a very pretty meal, or a very photogenic one as you can tell from the picture above, but they are so good. And not only are they good, they are an inexpensive and kid [...]

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Frito Pie

January 5, 2012

Today for ground beef Thursday we are talking pie, Frito pie that is. Frito Pie is something that I had never heard of until moving to Oklahoma, seventeen years ago. It is definitely not something that we grew up eating in Oregon. I remember mentioning to someone that I had never had my chili served [...]

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A Year In Review: Main Dish Recipes

December 29, 2011

This year I started Ground Beef Thursdays and have loved the response that I have received from you all. Ground beef is usually a frugal and family friendly meal to serve and I have enjoyed bringing you ground beef recipes over the last couple of months like Oven Tacos and Tater Tot Nachos and I [...]