Chili

I love soup and now that fall is setting in we're eating one kind of soup or stew weekly if not more often.
Here is my Chili recipe. I kind of made it up so I don't have exact measurements and I didn't write it down so I'm hoping that my horrible memory will remember it...

1 lb. Ground beef cooked and drained
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
1 can diced green chilies
2 cans of beans (I used black and white kidney, any work.)
1 T. Chili powder
2 T. Worcestershire sauce
2 t. Cumin
1 t. Onion powder
1 t. Salt
1 t. Pepper

Mix all ingredients in a pot and heat through. This is great served with corn bread.
The spices are not exact measurements. I just guessed, so you'll have to do it all to taste.
You can also add about 2 T. liquid smoke to your chili if you want a smokey taste. It's found with the condiments.
You can use any meat you want, ground Turkey, chicken, beef chunks, whatever your preference.
Like I said I used a couple of different beans in my chili, but you can use any kind you like.
Enjoy!

Autumn Pork Chops

1 TBS vegetable oil
4-5 pork chops ( cut 3/4" thick)
1 CAN of cream of celery soup
1/2 CUP apple juice or water (I use apple juice)
2 TBS spicy brown mustard
1 TBS honey
generous DASH of pepper

1. In a medium skillet over medium-high heat, heat the oil. Add chops and cook 10 minutes or until browned. Set aside, pour off fat.

2. Add soup, juice, mustard, honey and pepper. Bring to a boil and return the chops to the pan. Reduce heat to low. Cover and cook 10-15 minutes or until chops are no longer pink.

We serve this over rice with some kind of veggie and salad on the side. Super good!

Gravy

I'm sure everyone in the world knows how to make gravy ... except for me. But in the odd chance someone else might also benefit from gravy recipes/instructions, if you are skilled in this area will you post something? THANKS!

Almond Chicken

I love this recipe. It is my husband's favorite and whenever we make it for anyone, they always ask for the recipe. Its much better than restaurant chinese food.

Almond Chicken

1. Cut chicken breast into bite size pieces (one big chicken breast will easily feed two people) and coat pieces in egg and then cornstarch mixed with a little garlic salt.

2. Pan fry in a small amount of vegetable oil until barely brown. Put pieces in casserole dish.

3. Mix the following sauce and put in the casserole dish with chicken. This amount of sauce will work for one chicken breast. You will likely have to double it for two.

1/2 c sugar

1/4 c chicken broth (I generally put 1/4 c water and a bullion cube undissolved and it will dissolve as it cooks)

1/2 c vinegar

4 Tbs Ketchup

1 Tbs Soy Sauce

4. Cover with sliced almonds.

5. Cover casserole dish with lid or aluminum foil. Cook in 350 degree oven for about 25 minutes. Serve over rice.

Peach Custard Pie

This is a very yummy pie if you like fruit, and custard.(sorry this isn't the best picture. But I promise that it tastes really good.)


1 unbaked Pie crust

3/4 c. White sugar
2 T. flour
1/3 t. Salt
1 c. Sour cream
1 Egg
1 t. Vanilla
2 c. Sliced Peaches (I haven't tried it, but I'm sure that any fruit could work.)
-Topping-
1/3 c. Flour
1/3 c. Brown sugar
1 t. Cinnamon
1/4 c. Butter softened

-Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
-Prepare pie crust in pie dish, set aside.
-Whisk together sugar flour and salt. Beat in sour cream, eggs and vanilla
-Stir in peach/fruit mix together and pour into pie dish.
-Bake pie for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees, continue baking until filling is set, approx. 30 minutes.
- Mix together ingredients for crumb topping until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle evenly over pie.
- Return oven temperate to 400 degrees. Place pie back in oven and continue cooking for 10 minutes.
-Remove and cool for 10 minutes before serving.

Grammy's Chocolate Chip Cookies!

This is my grandmother's cookie recipe. She is much better at making them then I, but they are the best in the world.
This recipe makes I don't know how many cookies, around 5 dozen or so.
2 c. Shortening
2 C. Brown sugar
1 C. Sugar
4 Eggs
1 T. Vanilla
1 T. Milk
1 t. Baking soda
1 t. Salt
5 C. Flour
1 12 oz. Bag Chocolate Chips

Cream together shortening and sugars. Mix in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla and milk. Mix dry ingredients together, then add gradually to sugar mixture. Stir in chocolate chips.
Bake in oven @ 350 degrees for 8 min.

Spaghetti Salad

1 lb. thin spaghetti
2 lg. tomatoes, diced
2 lg. cucumbers, diced
1 can black pitted olives, sliced
1 (18 oz.) bottle Italian dressing
1 jar McCormick salad supreme seasoning (do not substitute this seasoning)

Cook spaghetti; drain well and rinse with cold water. Mix spaghetti and vegetables. Add olives and salad dressing.