Main Dish

Crock Pot Taco Meatloaf

March 22, 2012

I posted on Facebook last week that I was cooking meatloaf in the crock pot for the first time and many of you mentioned that you cook it in the crock pot all the time. So, I guess I am behind the times, because I really do not remember trying this before. And now I am wondering what [...]

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Ham Salad Sandwich Recipe

March 20, 2012

If you have read my site for long, than you probably know that I am blessed to have a freezer full of ham. We raise hogs and I love having a freezer full of pork, but some years our hogs have been quite large and we have an abundance of ham, which means we often [...]

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Easy Creamy Baked Ziti

March 15, 2012

I have been making baked ziti for years, but this baked ziti recipe came about after the holidays when I was trying to use up some of the food in my refrigerator. I had picked up some cream cheese during the holidays for a really good price and I had a few packages left that were [...]

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Eggs and Soy Sauce Over Rice

March 13, 2012

Eggs and soy sauce over rice is one of the least expensive meals that I have ever fixed. In fact, it may be the cheapest meal that I have served my family, but it is a meal I have never really posted about. It seems too simple, too plain. It is not a fancy meal, [...]

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Learning To Cook With Ground Beef

March 8, 2012

Today instead of sharing a ground beef recipe, I thought we would talk about cooking ground beef. One of the things that I talk about in my Cooking 101 For Kids ebook is the importance of learning to cook ground beef. It seems like such a simple step that you may over look and assume [...]

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Chili Rice Skillet Dinner

March 1, 2012

Today for Ground Beef Thursday I have a really quick and easy skillet rice dinner for you. And I am beginning to sense a theme with Ground Beef Thursdays. Not only have most of them been inexpensive recipes to make, but they have all been pretty quick and easy to make, which makes them even better.

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Southwest Ground Beef Stew

February 27, 2012

Today’s soup for Souper Monday is similar to a taco soup, but it is a richer and heartier soup. It is really more of a ground beef stew with a taco/southwest type flavor. Adapted from Taste Of Home

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Asian Meatball Soup

February 20, 2012

We love my asian noodle soup so well, that I knew I needed to come up with a few more soups that were similar to it, yet with differnt flavors. So today for Souper Monday I have an Asian meatball soup for you. This recipe was inspired by a recipe that I found on the Nakano website. [...]

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Easy Crock Pot Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

February 16, 2012

My family loves spaghetti. It is one of my kid’s favorite meals. I love to make homemade spaghetti sauce and have shared several recipes already including a recipe for a really easy sauce made from scratch. A homemade sauce is usually what I prefer, but I know that sometime life gets busy and even an [...]