Black Bean Soup

 Black Bean Soup

3 cans Black beans

2 small cans chicken broth

3 carrots chopped

2 stalks celery chopped

1 medium onion chopped

1 lb. of sausage. (Italian, kielbasa, Hot sausage)

1 tb. chopped Garlic

Sat

Pepper

1 tb. cumin

Cooked brown rice.

Cook sausage in pot with onions, celery, carrot until meat is cooked through.

add chicken broth. (if using kielbasa, slice and add with the beans)

drain black beans but do not rinse, add 2 cans to pot. reserve 3rd.

add seasonings and cook for 30 min. using a potato masher, mash the beans to thicken soup.  Add third can of beans, heat 5 min.

Serve with Brown rice, either over the top or beside as in the picture above.

may need to add a can of water if the soup is too thick.

**Serve with chopped onion, or Tabasco sauce if desired.

**Some times I will add a can of Rotel Tomatoes.

Great and easy recipe for those cold winter days.

Pizza Pull Apart Bread

This is a recipe I almost always have the ingredients on hand.

It is one of my Go To recipes for entertaining.

It is made frequently on Sundays to eat while watching football.

Pizza pull apart bread

4 cans biscuits
1 jar spaghetti sauce
2 cups mozzarella cheese. Or more if you like

Toppings of choice: what ever you like the best.

Pepperoni, sausage, onions, peppers, olives, mushrooms, pineapple, ham, banana peppers, tomatoes, etc.

Cut biscuits in half with scissors into a bowl with the sauce, 

toss to coat, add toppings and half cheese and mix carefully, 

pour into 9x13 pan coated with Pam, 

bake at 400 degrees for 30 min or until middle of pan is cooked through.  

May need longer time. Check the middle of pan for biscuit donness.

You Can make with Mexican flavor:

Use a jar of salsa, and toppings like onion, green chilies, olives, tomatoes, green onions, jalapeno, and cheddar cheese.

Enjoy!

Cabbage Roll Casserole

A picture of me and the hubby at Christmas time,

 before he shaved off his beard of 26+ years.

Cabbage Roll Casserole

1 Large head of cabbage

1 - 1/2 lbs ground beef (or meat loaf mix)

2 cups cooked rice

2 - 26 oz jars of spaghetti sauce or crushed Tomatoes

butter

salt & pepper

onion powder

garlic powder

Begin by chopping the cabbage into bite size chunks.

In a large frying pan or a dutch oven, add enough

butter to cover the bottom and then some. Fry the

cabbage until it is tender, but not too mushy. When

done, put in a large bowl and hold for later in

recipe. Using the same fry pan or dutch oven, fry

ground beef until cooked!! mix meat and cooked rice

together adding salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic

powder & some of the tomato sauce to moisten the

mixture. In a 13X9 casserole pan, cover the bottom

with tomato sauce (about 1/4"), then layer cabbage,

meat & rice mix, and tomato sauce until pan's full.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes to 1 hour and

VIOLA!!! This feeds about 6  people.

Enjoy