Hamburger Veggie Soup

Simple yummy soup on a cold day... 

 Hamburger Veggie Soup: Tomato juice, diced tomatoes, mushroom broth, cooked hamburger, carrots, potatoes, corn, green beans, cabbage, turnips, mushrooms.

Hamburger Cornbread Casserole

Thought I'd share a simple, hardy family favorite meal... 

Hamburger Cornbread Casserole with mashed potatoes and green beans

"Hamburger-Cornbread Casserole"

(I double this recipe for our family)

1lb. of cooked, drained hamburger

1 med. chopped onion

1 chopped green pepper, sauteed

1 (8 oz) can of tomato sauce  (I use 1 1/2 pints of my canned tomato sauce)

1 (16 oz) can red kidney beans

Handful of shredded cheddar cheese (if ya want)

1 box cornbread (I mix my own from cornmeal and I DO NOT double the cornbread when I double the recipe)

*** Today I also added some garlic powder and chipotle powder

Preheat oven 425

In a large bowl mix together hamburger, onions, peppers, tomatoes, shredded cheese and red kidney beans. Salt/pepper to taste. Add ingredients to a casserole dish. Prepare cornbread and spread over top of hamburger mixture. Bake 20-25 mins.

Hamburger Tater Tot Casserole...

We really like this stuff at our house

Goin in the oven

Sorry didnt get to take a pic. of it comin out of the oven, camera died... but I did get a pic. of what was left of it after dinner.

...RECIPE...

2 lbs. hamburger and 1/2 a onion (brown and drained)
2 lb. bag of thawed tater tots
2 cans cream of chicken
1/2 container sour cream
1-2 handfuls of shredded cheese (I use colby jack cheese)

* Preheat oven to 350.
Mix all ingerdients together in a large bowl, add seasoning (I use salt, pepper & garlic powder), pour into bakin dish (9x13, sprayed with cookin spray), bake for about 45 mins. or crispy on top.

** I usually fix green beans to go with it, some kind of bread/rolls and homegrown beets.

I just call it SLOP...

Threw this together for dinner the other night, turned out pretty good.

I browned up 1 1/2 lbs. of burger (it was lean burger our neighbor gave us from having their cow processed, good stuff), drain. Add 1 bag of frozen mixed veggies. (I let it thaw while browning the meat)

Then I mixed in 2 cans of cream of mushroom, bout 1 cup of sour cream, little bit of milk and bout 2 handfuls of shredded cheese...

Served over rice and a side of homegrown canned beets :)

3 Family Favorite Recipes...

Well...
Not Everyone's Favorites!
(recipes after last picture)

Mexican Rice and Black Bean Casserole

Chicken a' la King w/Cornbread

Make your own sundae...
Dylan's bowl, My bowl, lol

"Hamburger-Cornbread Casserole"

1lb. of cooked, drained hamburger
1 med. chopped onion, 1 chopped green pepper, sauteed
1 sm. (8 oz) can of tomatoes (I use 1 quart of my canned tomatoes)
1 (16 oz) can red kidney beans
handful of shredded cheddar cheese (if ya want)
1 box cornbread (I mix my own from cornmeal)

Preheat oven 425
In a large bowl mix together hamburger, onions, peppers, tomatoes, shredded cheese and red kidney beans. Salt/pepper to taste. Add ingredients to a casserole dish. Prepare cornbread and spread over top of hamburger mixture. Bake 20-25 mins.
(I double this recipe for our family)

"Chicken a' la King"

1 thawed bag of mixed veggies (peas, corn,carrots, g.beans, lima beans)
1 cup of sliced mushrooms (more if ya like)
1 1/4 chicken broth
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/3 cup flour
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup cooking sherry or apple cider
2 cups cooked, chopped chicken
1 tsp. dried tarragon (I use more, I love the taste of it in this recipe)
salt and pepper
6 squares of corn bread

Combine mixed veggies, mushrooms, broth in a med. saucepan. Simmer, covered, until veggies are cooked. Drain, reserving veggies and broth in separate bowls. Melt butter in a large saucepan over med. heat. Add flour. Cook, stirring continually for 1 min. Whisk in reserved broth, milk and sherry or apple cider. Reduce heat. Cook, whisking continually, until thickened, about 2 mins. add chicken, mixed veggies, tarragon, salt, pepper. Heat to serving temperature. Spoon chicken mixture over corn bread square and enjoy :)
(I double this recipe too)

"Mexican Rice and Black Bean Casserole"

Basically the recipe for the Mexican rice and black bean cass. is... Brown and drain 1 lb. sausage, saute some green pepper, cook enough rice to make 2 cups (or use leftover rice). Put all this in a bowl then added 2 cans undrained mexican style tomatoes (I just use 1 quart of my canned tomatoes) about 1/2 shredded cheese, 1 can of black beans (drained and rinsed) and I also added a can of drained corn. Mix all together, put in baking dish and cook at 350 for about 45 mins. We put salsa and sour cream on our own serving . We also ate it with tortilla chips, I think it would taste great rolled up in a flour tortilla....

* Now if ya try these let me know how your family likes em :)