Shepherd's Pie

Origin: I belong to a church group in which I get to spend a lot of time with the youth.  One of the mother's of the girls I work with provided this recipe to demonstrate for them.  It is a cheap, easy quick recipe, every college student's dream. 

You will need: (Picture shows for double the recipe)

1 can of beans
1 can of corn
1 can of tomato soup
1-2 lbs of ground beef
2 cups of instant potato pearls (made up with 4 cups of water on the stove top)
Shredded cheese
Spices (Optional: minced onion, garlic powder, Worcester sauce, season salt)

Start by browning the ground beef.  This tool worked great to make the meat small.  It is not necessary because a spatula will work too.  While cooking, we added the spices.

Once the meat is small enough and cooked thoroughly, drain it and then add the tomato soup and stir to blend it in.

Layer the vegetables any order.  We started with the beans.

And then we added the corn.

We added the cheese as seen below, but we added a little too much.  Add as much or little as you like.

We made up the instant potatoes while boiling the 4 cups of water and then added the 2 cups of potato pearls and stirred.  We then added the instant potatoes on top of the cheese and placed it in the oven for about 20 minutes.

Blender Pancakes

Origin: This recipe is a favorite of my husband's family.  It came from his grandmother, years before she died.

Notice: It will be loud and if you make this recipe as much as we do, you'll be needing a new blender sometime soon.

1 cup milk
1 cup wheat
1/2 cup milk (redundant, but I'll explain later)
1 egg
1/4 cup oil
1/2-1 teaspoon of salt (if using red wheat, use 1/2 tsp, if using white wheat, use 1 tsp)
1 Tablespoon baking powder

Blend milk and wheat for a few minutes until the mixture is relatively thick.  Add the additional milk and then the remaining ingredients.  Fry on a skillet about 350 F.

Pumpkin Soup

Origin: My husband created this recipe from another one he found online, but he changed so many things that it eventually became an entirely different recipe and therefore, I can post it.

1 Tablespoon of olive oil
1 Tablespoon of Italian seasonings
1 medium onion -diced really small (my husband uses the blender)
3 Tablespoon of all purpose flour (or cornstarch)
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
4 cubes of chicken bullion
4 cups of water
1 28 oz can cooked pumpkin puree
1 can coconut milk
1 Tablespoon sugar

Add olive oil, Italian seasonings and onions and cook for a few minutes. Add flour and cayenne pepper and cook 1 minute.  Wisk in water and add the bullion cubes.  Wisk in spoonful pumpkin and simmer 10 minutes, then add coconut milk.

Sunday Rolls

Origin: This recipe, like most of mine comes from my amazing mother-in-law.  When my husband and I were first married, he struggled with my cooking and I couldn't figure out why until I experienced hers.

This one is wonderful to make on Sunday because you make it the night before, let it refrigerate overnight and then make them up to rise while you are at church. 

1 cup water or milk
1/2 cup margarine or butter, boil on the stove with the water

3 eggs, beat for 3 minutes and then add the water (I usually use my kitchenaid to beat the eggs and then and add the water to them)

1 heaping tablespoon yeast
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup sugar
4 1/2-5 cup flour (If I want to make it healthy, I will sometimes add 50% whole-grain flour)

Mix all together until dough is still sticky.  Put in the fridge overnight

4 hours before serving, roll out in to a big circle and cut with a pizza cutter and roll big end to small end.

Place on tray to and spray the tops and place plastic over the top to rise.

Bake at 325 for 12 minutes on greased pan. 

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