Pork Chops In Gravy

Here is a simple recipe I experimented with last night with wonderful results.

Ingredients:
sliced onions
chopped garlic
pork chops
seasoning
1pack Lipton dry soup mix - beefy onion



Brown pork chops in a small bit of olive oil in large frying pan with onions and garlic. Sprinkle with seasoning - salt and pepper, accent, etc.. Put dry soup mix and about 2 cups of water in pan and mix with pork chops. Cover and simmer about 45 minutes. Pork chops will be nice and tender with a delicious gravy.

Ham and Hash Brown Casserole

Here is a fast and easy delicious casserole!

Ingredients:
1 bag frozen hash browns with peppers and onions (potatoes O'Brien)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup sour cream
2 T butter
onions
cheddar cheese
ham

Thaw hash browns. Saute onions in butter. Mix soup and sour cream, add onions and hash browns. Chop ham into bite size pieces and add. Sprinkle cheddar cheese on top and bake at 350 about 40 minutes or until bubbly, brown and hash browns are tender.

Mexican Hamburger Bake

Here is an easy main dish with tons of flavor!

1 to 2 cups cooked rice
1 lb. hamburger
onion
1 - 10 oz. can Rotel tomatoes
8 oz. tomato sauce
1 can pinto beans
salt or seasoning to taste
1 cup mexican cheese

Brown hamburger and onion until brown. Add rice, rotel tomatoes and tomato sauce, pinto beans and seasoning. ( I added some chili powder also). Simmer everything for about 5 minutes. Put into baking pan - put one half, sprinkle cheese over, add the rest of hamburger mixture and top with remaining cheese. Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes until bubbly.

Blueberry Crumb Cake

This recipe came from Heritage Schoolhouse and I will have to say, this is a hit!
It is a Blueberry Crumb Cake and it is perfect for summer. Great for breakfast or a snack. You have got to try this!!

Here is the recipe:

Streusel
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ cup butter, melted
1 1/3 cups flour

Cake
6 tablespoons butter
¾ cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon lemon zest
2/3 cup sour cream
1 ¼ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup fresh blueberries
powdered sugar

Butter and flour two, 9 inch round baking pans. Combine sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Stir in melted butter and then flour. Mix well and set aside. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla, zest, and sour cream. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add to butter mixture; mix well. Fold in blueberries. Spoon batter into pans and top with streusel. Bake 40 minutes at 350°. Cool completely. Serve sprinkled with powdered sugar and enjoy!

Sausage Casserole

This is an easy dish which my family loves. It is easy to adapt if you don't have all the right ingredients.

Brown 1 lb. pan sausage
add chopped garlic, onions and green peppers in with sausage.
drain and set aside
in baking pan add:
1 can cream of mushroom, chicken or celery soup
1 soup can water
1 chicken bouillon cube
1 cup rice
small jar red peppers
1 small can water chestnuts
cheddar cheese optional to sprinkle in
mix together and then add sausage mixture
Bake covered at 350 for 1 hour.

Spinach Garlic Bread

I saw this bread at another blog - see above link, and since it had spinach and garlic, I knew it had to be delicious - I was right! I made this in the bread maker:

1 cup water

2.5 cup flour

1/4 cup oil (or margarine or butter)

*I had some roasted garlic in olive oil in my refrigerator, I used that and 1 Tablespoon of butter*

1 T of sugar

1 tsp salt

2 tsp yeast

1/2 bag of fresh spinach - chopped or torn

2 Tablespoons of garlic

This complimented a spaghetti dinner beautifully!

Blueberry Yum-Yum

This is a light and fluffy dessert, perfect for summer.

Ingredients:
2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
2 cups sugar - divided
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup cornstarch
3 T water
1 cup flour
1/2 cp butter softened
1 cup chopped pecans
1 8 oz package cream cheese
1 8 oz container Cool Whip

Directions:
Combine blueberries, 1 cup sugar adn 1/4 cup water in saucepan. Cook over low heat until berries are soft about 15 minutes. Combine cornstarch and 3 tablespoons water and stir into blueberries. Stir until thickened. Set aside to cool.
Heat oven to 350. Combine flour, pecans and butter in bowl. Mix well and press evenly in a 13X9 inch pan. Bake for 20 minutes. Cool.
Combine cream cheese and 1 cup sugar, beat until smooth, fold in Cool Whip. Spread evenly over crust and spread blueberry mixture over the top. Refridgerate several hours before serving. Cut into squares.