Another hearty meal from my sister’s kitchen!
Ingredients:
2 lb ground beef
1 green pepper, diced
2-4 small onions, diced
4 garlic cloves, diced
4 stalks celery, diced
2 cans chili beans (OR 2 cans red kidney beans + 2 packets chili/taco seasoning)
1 can dried tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
1 can water
Directions:
- Brown ground beef.
- Mix pepper, onions, garlic and celery; sauté.
- Add beef and remaining ingredients to sautéed vegetables and simmer ’til done, ~1 hour.
*Hint: Can also simmer in crockpot on LOW for 2-3 hours.
December 10th, 2008
No more dry beef with this killer meat loaf recipe!
Ingredients: Meat Loaf
1 lb. ground beef
1½ pieces of bread (broken into bits)
1 egg
¼ cup milk
1 small onion (finely chopped) OR 1 TBLS onion (minced)
Garlic salt, marjorum, salt & pepper to taste
Ingredients: Meat Loaf Topping #1 (My favorite!)
1 can tomato soup
“Some” chili sauce or ketchup
“Shake” of Worcestershire sauce
“Some” sweet basil
Parsley flakes
Ingredients: Meat Loaf Topping #2
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 small can of mushrooms (drained)
“A little” dry sherry
Lipton onion soup mix
Directions: Meat Loaf Topping #1
- Mix tomato soup, a little chili sauce (or ketchup), shake of Worcestershire sauce and a little sweet basil
- Pour mixture over meat loaf (before baking) and sprinkle parsley flakes on top
Directions: Meat Loaf Topping #2
- Pour cream of mushroom soup over meat loaf
- Put drained mushrooms on top of that, and add a little sherry
- Sprinkle a little Lipton onion soup mix on top
Directions: Meat Loaf
- Mix all ingredients together and put in loaf pan (or smaller casserole dish)
- Bake at 350° about 1½ hours
November 28th, 2008