Homeade Vegetable Soup - Like Grandma and Mom!

Anytime we would have leftover pot roast this was always a favorite to make another dish,
I always wanted to help out in the kitchen and

even If I couldn't I observed as much as I could!!

here is how to make homeade vegetable soup or stew like Grandma and Mom did!

(you can also just cook up some of the stew meat covered with water for a few hours (with onion soup mix) til tender if you don't have leftovers to work with )

These are the ingredients I like to use in my soup but you can add or takeaway depending on the vegetables you like best.

Roast or Stew Meat
Chopped Carrots
Chopped Potatoes
1 pkg of small shell macaroni
1 bag frozen corn
1 bag frozen chopped okra (no batter on it) or whole baby okra
1 large can diced tomatos
2 large cans Tomato Sauce
salt and pepper to taste


Take chunks of your leftover roast beef and toss in a pan add water and bring to a boil, if you have extra stock from the roast use that too and just fill a big dutch oven about halfway full of water and boil away,

Chop up raw carrots and add to the boiling pot stir occasionally
to let them get a head start on the other since they take longer to cook
cook about 15 minutes then

Peel Potatoes and cut into chunks and add to the boiling
mixture, add the can of diced tomatos and add the frozen corn and okra
make sure pot is pretty full of liquid maybe 3/4 full in your pan.

Boil about 10 minutes then add the package of shell macaroni,
stir occasionally
cook about 6 to 8 minutes until pasta is tender

then when that is done add the 2 large cans of tomato sauce
turn heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes and
and let stand until serving

add salt and pepper to taste.

All of our children love this and its a great to get them to eat their vegetables

Potato Salad - Grandma's Best!

Many times I would help my grandma make a huge Tupperware bowl of Potato salad to take to church dinners or family dinners, she made THE BEST Potato salad and everyone would rave and clean out her dish!

Here is what we did
you will need
approx 5lb potatos
miracle whip or Mayo
dill pickles
sweet yellow onion
mustard
pickle juice
salt
pepper

Use about 5lbs of potatos
peel potatos and cut up in chunks and place in a big pan
just cover with water and bring to a boil, then boil until tender and ready to mash

Drain and mash, add salt and pepper to taste

let cool a little then add
1 1/2 cups miracle whip or mayo
1 tablespoon of mustard
1/3 to 1/2 cup pickle juice from the jar of dill pickles
1 cup finely chopped onion
1 1/2 cup finely chopped pickles

Mix well and chill to serve
you can also add boiled chopped up eggs if you desire
and on the mayo you can add more or less depending on your taste

the one problem with cooking from scratch it is so hard to duplicate
recipes, since we tend to add a little of this or that without measuring
I hope if you try it you enjoy!
This is one of my favorites for holiday meals, with barbeque beef sandwiches,
fried chicken etc. Always get many raves on this recipe and like my grandma always said the secret to our tasty potato salad is the pickle juice :)

Upside Down Peach Cobbler - So Easy to make!

This is a super easy recipe that the whole family enjoys, even good with a little a'la mode too!
this was one of my mother in laws favorite cobblers I would make for her.
I love how quick and easy it is and the taste of course is YUMMY YUMMY!
and it is fascinating how the crust raises to the top & the Sugary crust!

1 stick butter
1 large can sliced peaches (sometimes if I want more peaches I will add an extra can that is drained)
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

BATTER:
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup milk

Heat oven to 350degrees
in 9x13 pan melt stick of butter in the pan

then mix your batter ingredients well, pour in the pan on top of the melted butter
then open your peaches and pour over the batter mixture into the baking pan
sprinkle the top of the peaches with 1/2 cup of sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon

place in the oven and bake for 1 hour

then serve after baking or cooled off, its good either way!


***You can also substitue with other fruits,
I have used this recipe with cherry pie filling and left the cinnamon out and tasted wonderful too!

Mexican Meatloaf - Great for Potlucks-Crowds-Sunday Dinners

This is a recipe passed down from My Grandmother, she was always a hit at the church potlucks and family dinners and remember my Mom made this on many Sunday's at home becuase of the simple process and the tasty results! Great tasting ~ people were always anxiously awaiting her Sunday Dinners!
I remember sneaking a taste early in the morning if she was preparing this before we were off to church before she finished layering the ingredients and Yum Yum!


Ingredients

2 lbs ground beef with
1 small chopped onion (brown together in LARGE PAN and drain then add other ingredients)

1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can diced green chilis (if you don't have this you can add a can of rotel or 1 cup Salsa)
1 small can tomato sauce
2 cups cooked rice (instant and cooked)

Mix together and heat thoroughly.

Then add a small layer in a 9x13 baking pan
then add Flour tortillas to cover the space or crushed tortilla chips

repeat layering one or two more times and then
finish up with the meat mixture on top


Cover with Shredded Cheddar or Colby Jack Cheese and
bake in the oven
at 350degrees for 15 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Bread Machine Basic White Bread Recipe-Revised from my Grandma's Homeade Bread!

This is a recipe I created to taste like my Grandma's homeade bread recipe, after trying alot of different bread machine recipes ~ I wasn't happy with the taste so played around a bit and created this one of my own and tastes like Grandma and Mom's Homeade Bread!
This is a sweet white bread.

You can let it bake or stop after it rises and make it into rolls and bake in the oven if you want to do rolls.

This is a 1 1/2lb loaf

1 cup warm water
1 Tablespoon Oil
3 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons or 1 packet of yeast

add to machine in order of ingredients

you can also replace 1/2 to 1 cup flour with wheat flour to vary the recipe