Taco Soup: brown a pound of meat, drain. add a medium onion and saute one min...add 1 tbsp taco seasoning, 16 oz can corn (don't drain), 16 oz kidney bean (drain and rinse), 28 oz can stewed tomatoes (don't drain), 8 oz tomato sauce. sim...mer 20-30 min. top with cheese, cornchips, freetos, sour cream, or anything else. we do a side of corn bread or mini corn muffins.

Chicken/Rice Burritos: large skillet cook 2 1/2 c chicken (or one can chicken) and shred. add 3/4 c rice (uncooked), 1/4 c taco seasoning, 1 3/4 c water, 8oz tomato sauce. boil, cover, simmer 20 min. add large tomato (or can of tomato) and 1/3 green onion (or some dried onion to taste). serve on tortilla. I add refried beans, sour cream and salsa but anything is fine.

Taco soup

Taco Soup
1 lb ground beef
½ cup onion, chopped
1 cup water
1 quart tomatoes, cut up
16 ounces kidney beans, undrained
16 ounces chili beans, undrained
8 ounces tomato sauce
16 ounces can corn, undrained
1 envelope taco seasoning mix


Brown ground beef with onion, drain fat. Add remaining ingredients and simmer 1 hour. Serve over corn chips, sour cream and grated cheese.

Chili

Ingredients

* 1 pound ground beef
* 1 onion, chopped
* 1 (14.5 ounce) can stewed tomatoes
* 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
* 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans
* 1 1/2 cups water
* 1 pinch chili powder
* 1 pinch garlic powder
* salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine the beef and onion and saute until meat is browned and onion is tender. Add the stewed tomatoes with juice, tomato sauce, beans and water.
2. Season with the chili powder, garlic powder, salt and ground black pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and let simmer for 15 minutes.

Suggestions

This is the quickest thing I have made for dinner in a long time. However, I like my chili on the thicker side, and this chili was a little too watery. To solve this problem, I added half a can of tomato paste, and this made it perfect. I also added just a little extra chili powder because I wanted it to be a little spicier. Because I didn't have stewed tomatoes, I used canned diced tomatoes instead. They were just as good and gave the chili a nice flavor. I have already made this for dinner twice, and I plan on making it a staple in my recipe collection. It's great served with a portion of baguette.



It has snowed 5 feet here in Denver and I really wanted chili tonight. I can't believe how easy this was!!! It was sooooooooooooo good. I can't believe it. I tastes like I worked all day on it. I did make a few changes, I only put 1c. of water, and put about 1TB of chili powder. When I browned the meat I put 2 cloves of garlic in with onion. This was the tastiest dinner I've had! Thanks!

chicken enchiladas

For my chicken enchiladas, I mix up a cup of sour cream, 1 can diced green chilis, and 2 cans cream of chicken, then spread half of the mixture on the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Then I roll shredded chicken and cheese (sometimes I mix green oni...ons in with the cheese, gives it more of a Mexicany taste) in tortillas (between 8-10, depending on how much you smash them together), and layer those on top of the sour cream mixture. Then spread the rest of the sour cream mixture on top of the tortillas, sprinkle a little cheese and bake at 350 for 40 minutes. A staple at our house...

Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole

3 chicken breast, cooked and shredded
1 cup diced fully cooked ham
1 large family size cream of chicken
1 cup of milk
1 ½ cup grated Swiss cheese
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
3 cups rice cooked

Put rice in bottom of 9/13 pan . Spread chicken and ha over rice. Mix soup. 1 cup cheese, milk, salt and pepper. Pour over casserole. Top with remaining cheese. Bake at 375 until warm and cheese on top is melted.

Frosting

1/2 c shortening
1/2 c butter/margarine
4 c (1 lb) powdered sugar
2 T milk
1 t vanilla

Cream shortening and butter until smooth. Add vanilla. Gradually add sugar, 1 cup at a time. When all sugar has been mixed in icing might appear dry. Add milk until light and fluffy. To thin for icing cake, add a small amount of light corn syrup.
yields 3 cups