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Tasty Thursday: Easy Stew

This is a recipe that doesn’t take any time at all to get started in the morning when you do not want to take much time out of your daily schedule. And it’s tasty in the evening when you get home from work so I thought it would be perfect for this week’s Tasty Thursday post.  While it does cook for quite a while (6 to 8 hours), it is fast to fix before you head out for work in the mornings and fast to put in bowls for dinner when you arrive home.  It’s one of my favorite winter meals.  Hope you enjoy.

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb. boneless stew meat (cut up)
  • 1 Can Cream of Mushroom Soup (10 3/4 oz)
  • 3 Potatoes (Cut up and Cubed)
  • 2 Carrots (Diced – I just chunk some baby carrots in there)
  • 1 Chopped Onion (Optional, we don’t put this on ours)
  • 2 Cups Water

Directions:

  1. Brown the stew meat on all sides.
  2. Place meat in the slow cooker.
  3. Add all the remaining ingredients.
  4. Stir well.
  5. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
  6. Stir Occasionally (I don’t do usually get to do this since I’m at work and it turns out fine.)

This is one of my favorites because it’s so easy. I usually brown the meat the night before and just store it in the refrigerator overnight so that all I have to do in the morning (they are always hectic at our house) is throw it in the crock pot and go.  We tend to eat ours with crackers.
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Tasty Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by MomDot, a site for mom bloggers. Head over to find more amazing recipes.

Tasty Thursday: Sausage Appetizers

Can you believe it’s already time to join in the Mommy Blogging site MomDot’s Tasty Thursday again. After last week’s complicated recipe, I decided to follow up with an easy on – Sausage Appetizers.

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb. mild sausage
  • 1 cup of shredded cheese ( I like Monterrey Jack)
  • 1/2 cup of Ranch dressing mix
  • 1 package of wonton wrappers.
Directions:
  1. Brown sausage and drain.  In large bowl, mix sausage, cheese, and dressing.
  2. Separate wrappers and place one each in miniature muffin pan. Bake 10 minutes @ 350.
  3. Spoon mixture into wraps and reheat until 5-6 minutes until cheese is melted.

Serve warm. Makes about 80.

Tasty Thursday: Chicken and Dumplings

Here it is, Tasty Thursday again.  I’ve been posting the easier recipes in my collection, but this week I decided to post one that is a little more complicated  - a true Southern recipe – You gotta love Chicken and Dumplings.

Dumplings

Ingredients:

  • 2 Cups All Purpose Flour
  • 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1 Teaspoon Salt
  • 1/3 cup Shortening
  • 1/2 cup milk

Instructions:

  1. Combine flour, baking soda and salt.
  2. Cut in shortening and add milk to make a stiff dough.
  3. Roll out to about 1/8 inch thickness and cut into 1 to 1/2 inch strips.

Other alternatives: frozen dumplings can be purchased at your local grocery store. My grandmother uses biscuits, and I have used tortillas on many occasions.

Chicken and Dumplings

Ingredients:

  • 6 boneless chicken thighs (or breasts)
  • 1 Can Cream of Chicken Soup (26 ounce/family size)
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • Salt and Pepper To Taste
  • Dumplings
  • Jalepenos (optional)

Directions:

  1. In a large pot over high heat, combine chicken with enough water to cover, and boil for 30 to 45 minutes.
  2. Remove the chicken, cool and pull apart into bite size pieces.
  3. Drain some of the water from the pot, reserving 3 cups in the pot.
  4. Return chicken to pot; reduce heat to medium, and add the soup and butter.
  5. Season with salt and pepper.
  6. Allow to boil again until chicken reaches desired tenderness (10-30 minutes).
  7. Add dumplings one layer at a time and stir into soup.
  8. Stir regularly to prevent sticking.
  9. Simmer over medium heat approximately 20 minutes ofter last dumplings have been placed (until dough is cooked)

Note: If you wish to make yours spicy, add jalepenos during the last 20 minutes or serve as a side dish for individuals to add on their own.

Looking for some other recipes, check out MomDot’s Tasty Thursday cookie recipes.

Tasty Thursday: French Toast

Here’s our third post in the Tasty Thursday meme from MomDot. This week I’m sharing my recipe for French Toast.  There’s nothing special about it, but in case there are some of you out there like I was when I first moved out on my own (CLUELESS), soemtimes it’s nice to have those recipes that everyone assumes you know.

Ingredients:

  • 1 egg
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 pinch salt
  • Bread

Instructions:

  1. Beat together egg, milk, cinnaomn, vanilla, and salt.
  2. Apply a thin layer of oil (I just use Pam) to a skillet or griddle.
  3. Heat skillet or griddle over medium heat.
  4. Soak bread slickes in egg mixture for 20 seconds on each side Cook bread until both sides are lightly browned and crisp.

Tasty Thursday: Rotel Skillet Chicken

In the spirit of one of my favorite new mommy blog sites (MomDot) and my new found love of memes, I’m joining in Tasty Thursdays this week and sharing my recipe for Rotel Skillet Chicken. 

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 1 cup uncooked rice
  • 2 cans Rotel tomatoes
  • 1 Small Chopped Onion (I leave this out)
  • 1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Instructions:

  1. Brown chicken in skillet
  2. Add 1/2 cup ater, rice, tomatoes (in their sauce), and onion. Bring to a boil.
  3. Reduce heat and cook on low heat with cover on skillet for approximately 20 minutes.
  4. Add cheese.
  5. Cook 5 more minutes, until cheese melts and rice is tender.