Sam's Homemade Taco Salad Recipe

One of our favorite types of salads to eat is a delicious homemade Taco Salad. With that being said, we don't top ours with salad dressing...we like to top ours with some homemade chili or with some homemade salsa.

Sam's Taco Salad Dinner Recipe

1 head of lettuce
2-3 tomatoes
1 onion
1 lb. browned ground beef
1 can chili beans
8 oz. shredded cheddar cheese
l bag of taco chips

You will want to chop up your lettuce, tomatoes and onions and combine them all together. Brown and drain your ground beef and stir in the can of chili beans and heat over medium heat until hot. Remove from heat. Let cool and then pour beef mixture over top of the lettuce mixture. Sprinkle cheddar cheese and taco chips on top.

Now you can top the salad with what-ever it is that you like.

How To Make Homemade Pot Pie Dough - Recipe

Here is my nanny Frances recipe on how to make homemade pot pie dough. Making your own dough is a lot easier than what most people think. You can use this pot pie dough recipe to make chicken pot pie, beef pot pie or ham pot pie.

Homemade Pot Pie Dough

2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 tbsp. shortening
3 1/2 tbsp. cold tap water
2 large eggs

In a large bowl, sift together the all purpose flour with the salt. Stir in the 2 eggs and vegetable shortening using a pastry blender/cutter. Add in the cold tap water and move the dough mixture around with a fork until its moistened. Use your hands and form it into a large ball.

Lightly dust a dough board with flour and roll out your dough until its an 1/8" thick. Cut it into squares and drop your dough squares into boiling broth (chiken, beef or ham). You will want to cook your dough squares for approximately 10 minutes and then proceed with whatever pot pie recipe you are making.

Sausage and Green Peppers Stir Fry Recipe

Another fabulous recipe from my great auntie Helen. You see...my auntie Helen and Uncle Alvin always planted a very large garden every summer season...so my auntie was always in the kitchen baking, cooking and canning their harvest. This recipe is one that she liked to make because it uses fresh green peppers that grew in an abundance in their garden each and every year.

Stir Fry - Sausage and Green Peppers Recipe

1 1/2 to 2 lb. Italian sausage
2-3 green peppers
1 onion
1 (8 ounce) can Del Monte tomato sauce
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
salt & pepper to taste

Brown your Italian sausage in a very large pan. Once it has been browned, remove from pan & let cool and then cut it into bite-sized pieces. Chop green peppers and onions. Place vegetable oil in pan and saute your green peppers and onions until they are softened. Return the Italian sausage to the same pan and season with salt & pepper if desired. Stir in the tomato sauce and cook over low heat for 30-35 minutes.

Helen's Corn Beef and Noodles Casserole Recipe

My great auntie is 100% Italian...with that being said, she makes a delicious corn beef and noodles casserole! This recipe will feed 4-5 people and you can serve it with some corn bread or homemade dinner rolls.

Great auntie has been making this recipe for at least 25-30 years now!

Corn Beef and Noodles Casserole

3 c. uncooked egg noodles
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can corn beef, broken into pieces
3/4 cup of milk
1/4 c. green peppers, chopped
1 c. grated sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 c. buttered bread crumbs
3 tbsp. finely chopped onions

Cook noodles in boiling water until tender. Drain out water and stir in the soup until blended. Combine corn beef, milk, cheese, peppers and cooked noodles together. Salt & Pepper to taste. Pour into a well greased 3 quart casserole dish. Sprinkle the top with buttered bread crumbs. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 35 minutes or until done.

Delicious Shrimp Jambalaya Recipe

My aunt who lives down south makes the most delicious Shrimp Jambalaya recipe that I have ever tasted! You have got to try her recipe. Now...I will be honest with you, it will take some time to prepare but your efforts will be well rewarded with a delicious meal.

Shrimp Jambalaya Recipe

1 lg. onion, chopped
1/2 med. green pepper, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
3 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 lb. of raw shrimp (medium to large size)
1 cup uncooked rice
2 cups chicken broth
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. black pepper
1/8 tsp. thyme
1/8 tsp. red pepper
1 (16 ounce) can whole tomatoes
1/2 lb. sausage (cooked and chopped up)

Cook and stir onion, green pepper, garlic and 2 tbsp. of oil in a large Dutch Oven pan, over low heat for 3 minutes. Stir in the shrimp. Cook and stir frequently until shrimp turns pink (about 5 minutes). Remove shrimp mixture and set aside.

Cook remaining 1 tbsp. oil and the rice in the Dutch Oven over medium heat, stirring frequently until rice is light brown in color. Stir in the chicken broth, salt, pepper, thyme, red pepper and tomatoes. Bring this mixture to a boil and then reduce the heat.

Cover and simmer until rice is tender (about 15 minutes). Stir in the shrimp mixture and the sausage. Cover and cook until mixture is bubbling hot. Remove from heat & serve.