Easy Shepherd's Pie

I love comfort foods, this is one of my favorites.  I use the leftover mashed potatoes from Sunday dinner to make this yummy dish, it makes it so easy!

Ingredients:

Leftover mashed potatoes OR 4 large potatoes mashed

1 1/2 lb. ground beef

1 onion, diced

1 can green beans

1 can tomato sauce OR Cream of Mushroom soup (I prefer the tomato sauce)

2 C cheese

Directions:

1- If you don't have leftover mashed potatoes you are going to want to prepare some.

2- Brown ground beef and chopped onion in skillet, rinse and drain.  

3- Add beef and onion mixture to bottom of 9 X 13 pan. Add beans, then potatoes, then top with cheese. 

4- Bake at 400 degrees for 20 min.

Enjoy!

  

Cheese Potato Soup!

I love soup during the WINTER!  Here is one of my newer favorites!  ENJOY!

4 Large Potatoes, Peeled & Diced
1/2 medium Onion, diced
1 Cup carrots, diced
1 Cup celery, diced
2 Cups Water
4 Cup Chicken Broth
2 Cups (18 oz) Velveeta cheese
1 Cup Milk
2 teaspoons dried parsley
1/2 cup of Bacon Bits
salt & pepper
4 tablespoons cornstarch
(mixed in 1/2 COLD water)
Dice Veggies, Simmer until tender.  Add everything else except cornstarch mixture.  Cook over low heat stirring frequently for 15 minutes.  Add cornstarch mixture slowly siring constantly.

Tin Foil Dinners in the Oven

I love tin foil dinners! We keep them pretty simple and decided to cook them in the stove since it's the middle of winter. I took about a 12" inch piece of foil and placed a hamburger patty, some sliced onion, potatoes and carrots with a dash of seasoning and wrapped it up tight. I then cooked it for 45 min on 350 degrees. We add cheese and ketchup to the top when they are done. They were really yummy!

Dinner in a Pumpkin

Ingredients:

1 medium sugar pumpkin

1 lb ground beef sauteed with

onion, celery, mushrooms and green pepper (1 cup of each)

1/4 cup soy sauce

2 T brown sugar

1 can sliced water chestnuts (drained)

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 1/2 cup hot cooked rice

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Wash the outer surface of the pumpkin. Cut a circle of the top just like you would if you were carving a jack-o-lantern. Clean out the seeds and stringy pulp. Clean out the pumpkin and rinse. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, combine the rest of ingredients; spoon mixture in pumpkin. Replace top. Place pumpkin on baking sheet. Bake 1-2 hour in preheated oven until pumpkin is tender. Serve cooked pumpkin along with filling.

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Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta

For those who have been to Firehouse Pizzeria in Bountiful, Logan or Smithfield Utah you know this dish. I have tried a few different recipes and switched around a couple things and this is what I have come up with.

Ingredients:
For the Pasta:
1 box (16 oz) Penne Rigate Noodles
3 Chicken breasts, cooked and shredded (You can either bake or grill)
1 C Real Crumbled Bacon (Or , you can cook your own and shred it)
1 (4 oz) Can mushrooms
For the Sauce:
1/4 C Butter (1/2 Cube)
½ tsp minced garlic (or 1 clove, minced)
2 C Heavy Cream
½ tsp pepper
½ C Fresh Parmesan (Found in refrigerated cheese section of store)
2 C Mozzarella (You will save 1 C cheese to pour over top so don’t mix it all in with the sauce)
1 C Green onion, chopped

Directions:
1- Cook Chicken (and bacon if not using crumbled bacon) and shred ( I usually do this while cooking dinner the night before, I just bake it)
2- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
3- Cook noodles according to package directions
4- While noodles are cooking make sauce
Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium/low heat. Add garlic, cream, and pepper. Bring mixture to a simmer. Stir often. Add the parmesan and simmer for 8 - 10 minutes or until it has thickened and is smooth. Add 1 C mozzarella and stir until smooth.
5- Drain pasta and add the remaining ingredients for pasta
6- Mix sauce and pasta ingredients and pour into a 9 X 13 pan
7- Sprinkle 1 C of mozzarella and1 C green onion over top and bake for 15 minutes or until cheese is melted.
8- Enjoy!

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