Recipes

Easy Brunswick Stew

1 chopped onion

1 can of Castleberry’s BBQ Beef

1 can of Castleberry’s BBQ Pork

1 can of white meat chicken (the flat can)

1 can of creamed style corn

1 can of Rotel tomatoes

1 can of diced tomatoes

1 Tbsp. of Worcestershire sauce

Mix all ingredients. Cook and simmer in a crock-pot until onions are well cooked. If you are in a hurry, sauté the onions before adding them and then just heat everything.

This is enough for one average family. To make a full pot, just double everything. Enjoy!

This tastes so good to be so easy.  I used the Rotel tomatoes with chilis. This is really good with some cornbread. Also, I could not find the Castleberry's BBQ so I substituted one bowl of Lloyd's BBQ (It's in the meat section at Wal-mart.).

 

Mexican Stew 

1/2 pound 85% lean ground beef or turkey
1 medium onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 packet taco seasoning
1 canl chicken broth
1 (15-ounce) can black beans
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes 
2 cans corn
1 jar medium salsa

Brown meat in a large pot over medium high heat. Drain, remove and set aside. In the same pot, sauté onion and garlic until onion is translucent. Add meat back to pot and sprinkle mixture with taco seasoning to blend. Add remaining ingredients and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, 15 to 20 minutes.

I modify this pretty much each time depending on what I have in the kitchen. Usually, I bake some chicken breasts and break into bite-size pieces instead of using the ground beef.  I don't use onion because onions give Wade a migraine (weird). You can really add other vegetables if you want, but I just stick with the corn and beans. Also, I'm all about the crockpot.  I dump everything in the crockpot and heat.  Put a few corn chips in the bottom of a bowl, pour stew over, and top with cheese - yummy!

 

Quick Cobbler

1 box butter recipe cake mix

2 large cans peaches, drained (reserve ½ the juice)

2 sticks margarine

Pour ½ of dry cake mix in the bottom of a 9x13” pan. Pour peach slices and ½ can juice on top. Cover with remaining cake mix. Slice margarine and place on top of mix. Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown.

The above is the original recipe, but I’m not a big fan of peaches so I use apples.  The last time I made this, I could not find just canned apples so I used 2 cans of apple pie filling WITHOUT draining.  So, remember if you use fruit that is “pie filling”, do not drain.  Also, I always have trouble getting the margarine to evenly cover the top so after the cobbler has cooked for a few minutes, I check it to see where I might need more margarine.  The best thing is to use some spray butter/margarine to cover those spots.

ENJOY (cheap and easy)

Excellent EggNog Cake

1 package pound cake mix

1 1/4 cups eggnog
2 large eggs
1/2 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Beat all ingredients together until blended. Pour into lightly greased 9x5" loaf pan. Bake at 350 for about 1 hour or until done. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack and cool completely. 

I did not use fresh nutmeg.  Delicious - if we had milk, it would be good with a glass of cold milk.  It would also be good with a cup of coffee in the morning.

Pecan Bars

Crust

6 c. all-purpose flour

1 1/2 c. sugar

1 tsp. salt

2 c. cold butter

Filling

8 eggs

3 c. sugar

3 c. corn syrup

1/2 c. butter, melted

5 c. chopped pecans

Combine flour, sugar and salt. Cut butter until crumbly into flour mixture. Press into the bottom and sides of 2 greased 15"x10" baking pans. Bake at 350 degrees for about 18-22 minutes or until the crust edges are beginning to brown and the bottom is set.

For the filling, combine the eggs, sugar, corn syrup and butter. Stir in pecans. Pour over crust. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until the edges are firm and the center is almost set. Cool. Cut into bars and refrigerate until served.  

This makes A LOT. I halved the recipe. I used a 9x13" pan when I halved the recipe, but I think I needed to use a 9x13" pan and then another smaller pan. My crust was really thick (good, but thick).  A nice lady from my husband's store gave me the recipe.