Oatmeal Cookies

I’ve been making this recipe for well over 30 years.  It’s the first recipe I learned to make & has always been a favorite in our household.  It’s very easy to make & packs well in a lunch.  Making homemade insures that there are no preservatives, is much less expensive than store bought and always tastes better.

Oatmeal Cookies

1 cup shortening

1 & 1/3 cup sugar

4 eggs (beaten)

½ cup milk

2 cups flour

2 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. nutmeg

1 tsp. salt

2 cups rolled oats

Cream together: shortening and sugar.   Add eggs and milk to sugar and shortening.  Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.  Stir in rolled oats.  Add creamed mixture.  Mix well. Drop by teaspoons on cookie sheet.  Bake 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Makes about 30 depending on how large you make them.

Watch to see how I made it!

I hope you enjoy this recipe.

Happy Creating everyone!

 

Cheese Broccoli Soup Video

Cheese Broccoli Soup

1 qt. water

2 cups diced potatoes

½ cup diced onions

2 – 10 oz. boxes chopped frozen broccoli

2 chicken bouillon cubes

Add:

2 cans cream of chicken soup

1 lb. Velveeta cheese, cubed

¼ lb. sharp cheddar cheese, cubed

 

Combine water, potatoes, onions, broccoli, and bouillon.  Heat to boiling.  Boil for 20 minutes until potatoes and onions are tender.

Add other ingredients.  Simmer on low heat 15 minutes or until cheese is melted stirring occasionally so that the cheese doesn’t burn on the bottom.

Serve & enjoy!

Happy Creating everyone!

Vegetarian Vegetable Soup ~ Pressure Cooker method

This is a Lenten favorite for our family.  It’s easy to make & you can customize it to your liking.

In a 6 quart pressure cooker:

1/2 onion, diced

1 clove garlic, minced

Cook with olive oil until the onion is translucent.

Add:

2 ribs of celery, diced

1/2 bag of petite carrots, diced

2 to 3 cups of diced potatoes

1 small to medium head of cabbage, cut into bite sized pieces

1 large can of diced tomatoes

1 can of creamed corn

1 box of unsalted vegetarian vegetable broth

1# bag of frozen green beans

1# bag of frozen mixed vegetables

You can add any vegetable that you like.  This is for your family.

Close the lid of the pressure cooker, add the pressure valve, turn heat up to high until the pressure valve begins to rock.  Lower the heat to medium low, and cook for 20 minutes.  After the soup has cooked for 20 minutes, cool with cold water.

It’s done!

Optional additions, precooked noodles, barley, or rice.

Click on the video below to see how I made it.

Happy Creating everyone!

 

 

Spaghetti Pie

Spaghetti Pie is one of those recipes that I’ve had in my recipe box for years.  What does it taste like?  Spaghetti pie is a cross between Pizza, Spaghetti & Lasagna all rolled up in one.  It’s an easy meal to make & tastes just as good reheated as it did on the day you made it.  It has become one of my son’s favorites and he asks to have it packed for his lunch to take to work.  I hope you like it… we do.

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Stuffed Green Peppers

Like I said before, I’ve been going through some of my old recipe cards.  I haven’t made a lot of these meals for over 20 years.  The first meal that I made from going through the old cards was my Mama’s Beefaroni.  My son loved it, so I’m making more of the meals.  The next recipe I made was Stuffed Green Peppers.  I hadn’t made those for at least 10 years,  Well, these were a hit with my son & I can’t wait to make some more recipes from that old recipe box.  (and this is the girl who hates to cook)

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Hubby’s Favorite Home Fries

One of my hubby’s favorite meals is breakfast.  Give him a couple of eggs, bacon, toast & a side dish of home fries, and he’s as happy as can be.  Years ago, when he was at the ‘strip’ in Pittsburgh, he had breakfast in a diner.  (you’ve all heard about how good diner food is, I’m sure)  He loved the home fries so much that he asked the cook how to make them.  I make them for him quite often, and he loves them so much that they even get packed in his lunch.

This is the recipe that the cook gave him:

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