I forgot about Rotel. I use it in almost everything.Try mixing in a can of Rotel, your preference into your mac & cheese.
Rotel and Pace Picante Sauce in pintos.
I forgot about Rotel. I use it in almost everything.Try mixing in a can of Rotel, your preference into your mac & cheese.
Arugula? Why are you putting lettuce in your soup?I make what I call "Dump Soup" in a 9-quart cast iron pot
1 6 ounce boneless chicken breast cubed - I will cut the chicken breast into about 3/8 in square pieces
Sear the cubed chicken in vegetable oil, lard, or in today's instance (I kept the bacon grease from this mornings breakfast) season to taste by adding garlic, black pepper (I prefer coarse ground), and onion, I add a lot cause I like the flavor.
5 teaspoons chicken broth base
2 cans red beans (additional protein)
1 can whole kernel corn
2 cans of sweet peas
(DO NOT DRAIN THE CANNED VEGGIES EVERYTHING GOES IN)
1 hot banana pepper
2 tablespoons fresh arugula
I had homegrown zucchini in the freezer, potatoes (diced) and 1 quart of tomatoes I canned
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This is even better if you add celery and some green pepper or fresh carrots, I just did not have any and I could not justify making that 34 mile round trip drive to go to the grocery store.
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Skip the chicken and use some good pork, pork and beef, or venison sausage. This is tasty also!
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Add anything you want, pintos work in place of the red beans, tomato sauce or diced tomatoes will work, any kind of "green" that you can cut into thinly sliced or chopped as well, such as spinach, mustard even cabbage. If you don't have potatoes use 3/4 cup rice even some pasta, such as elbow macaroni even ramen noodles will work to give the soup some body. If you want spicier add more peppers.
In the coming hard times I foresee, might as well start stretching out the budgets and preps. This will make a very filling "soup" with a pretty good amount of nutrients. If this does not "fill you up" I make cheese quesadillas as a side.
Some of the gourmets on this site may sneer at this, but if you are on a tight budget and want something that is tasty, filling, and fairly quick to make this will work.
You were doing good until you told me you couldn't make gravy.Ground hamburger browned & seasoned to taste, drain grease, throw in some sliced potatoes or cubed potatoes, cook with hamburger to soften a little, then add a can of corn drained. Once it's all mixed together add 1 1/2 cups of water. Bring to slight boil, then mix a brown gravy pack with 1/2 cup of water. Pour gravy mix into pan with hamburger, potatoes & corn. Cook until gravy is to your thickness. Serve with buttered biscuits or bread
You were doing good until you told me you couldn't make gravy.
Gravy after all is a sauce, not everyone is a trained saucier!You were doing good until you told me you couldn't make gravy.
I have done a recipe similar to this, just minus the corn. Also goes good over some smashed potatoes or rice.Ground hamburger browned & seasoned to taste, drain grease, throw in some sliced potatoes or cubed potatoes, cook with hamburger to soften a little, then add a can of corn drained. Once it's all mixed together add 1 1/2 cups of water. Bring to slight boil, then mix a brown gravy pack with 1/2 cup of water. Pour gravy mix into pan with hamburger, potatoes & corn. Cook until gravy is to your thickness. Serve with buttered biscuits or bread
Eyeball it for quantity, it has a distinct spiciness to it. You can add any type of green to a soup, in my instance I slip it into foods as often as possible for its vitamin K contents. I cook for my parents and my mother's doctor is anti-vitamin, and she(mother) will not take supplements because of her doctors' opinions. My mother has been through a stroke and cancer, I have to make an effort to see she gets the micro-nutrients because here medicines hinder the absorption of certain key ones. It pisses me off because you need B vitamins for example for reducing the occurrence of strokes. Other vitamins from foods as well since she suffers from eye-related issues.Arugula? Why are you putting lettuce in your soup?
And how do you measure it by the tablespoon?
I see and now I understand. Hope someone loves me enough to do that sort of thing if become unable.Eyeball it for quantity, it has a distinct spiciness to it. You can add any type of green to a soup, in my instance I slip it into foods as often as possible for its vitamin K contents. I cook for my parents and my mother's doctor is anti-vitamin, and she(mother) will not take supplements because of her doctors' opinions. My mother has been through a stroke and cancer, I have to make an effort to see she gets the micro-nutrients because here medicines hinder the absorption of certain key ones. It pisses me off because you need B vitamins for example for reducing the occurrence of strokes. Other vitamins from foods as well since she suffers from eye-related issues.
Ok. You're off the hook then.Oh I can make gravy, I just choose to take the easy route sometimes.
I even grow the veggies so that they are fresh or preserved by myself. Thus I know the source and what I have amended the soil with.I see and now I understand. Hope someone loves me enough to do that sort of thing if become unable.
You can also use stale bread to make croutons as well.I freeze stale bread & ends. Bread stuffing, bread pudding, casseroles are all great uses for it. Bread crumbs work good in thickening soups & stews, besides extending meat loaves! a blender makes bread crumbs real quick!
Don't eat enough salads to bother with croutonsYou can also use stale bread to make croutons as well.
I do like a good Chef's Salad occasionally. Croutons can keep in the freezer almost forever.Don't eat enough salads to bother with croutons
Don't eat enough salads to bother with croutons