I’ve expressed my love for Mexican/Tex-Mex foods before, so it’s no surprise that we really liked this dish. I altered a recipe that I cut off a box many years ago. I think it came from Uncle Ben’s instant brown rice, but I’m not positive. I adjusted the amounts, altered a few things and instead of cooking the instant rice with the other ingredients, I served it over regular brown rice. Yum! [Read more…] about Southwest Chicken and Brown Rice
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Italian Sausage and Bean Soup
At the end of January I posted 19 Soup Recipes to Warm You Up. I asked for your favorite recipes and several of you passed on good ones. This recipe was shared by Connie. It caught my eye for two reasons. 1) It uses Italian sausage and I have a freezer full of the stuff from my niece’s 4-H project. 2) It’s fast and easy.
The soup was delicious. I admit to being skeptical when I poured in the can of butter beans. I wasn’t too sure it looked good and I didn’t think my kids would eat it. I was wrong. The soup was wonderful and the kids loved it (except my child who hates all things sausage). My youngest, very picky son even loved the butter beans. The wonders never cease. [Read more…] about Italian Sausage and Bean Soup
Slow Cooker Beef Vegetable Soup
So, I made up a new soup recipe. I wanted a beef vegetable soup that I could just throw the ingredients in the crockpot and let it all cook together. Most of the beef vegetable soups I’ve seen involve cooking the beef first and then adding it to the soup. I was feeling too lazy for that. Here’s what I came up with. Substitute as needed. [Read more…] about Slow Cooker Beef Vegetable Soup
Pesto Tomato Ravioli
This is one of those embarrassingly easy meals. But it’s also good, so I’ll share it with you. All my kids love pesto sauce and pasta, so we ate this up. You only need 3 ingredients and long enough to boil the ravioli and you’ll have dinner on the table. [Read more…] about Pesto Tomato Ravioli
Chicken Posole Stew in the Slow Cooker
I don’t think I’d ever eaten hominy until I made this stew. It was a nice compliment to the tomatoes. I adapted the recipe from Cooking During Stolen Moments. The stew comes together quickly and it’s wonderful to put it all in the crockpot and come home later to a warm, filing meal. [Read more…] about Chicken Posole Stew in the Slow Cooker