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Taco Soup

Today we are cooking up something nice and warm to compliment the cold weather currently creeping into our households and capturing pictures of adults hiding under the covers.

Now, this recipe can actually be altered according to your personal touch because you’re basically making a Taco Flavored Chili. You’ll need:

• Ground Beef
• Kidney, Black, and Pinto Beans
• Shredded Cheddar Cheese
• Spicy Doritos
• Salsa (or Stewed Tomatoes, Onions, 1 can diced tomato with chilies, 1 can green chilies. If you use the Salsa you really don’t need to add the individual ingredients unless you’re a big time chef and you do that kind of thing. But if you’re not much of a cook, Salsa will knock that right on out lol,)
• Taco Seasoning
• and Corn (opt.)

• Take a skillet and on medium heat brown the Ground Beef, drain. Add the taco seasoning and mix well just as if you were making tacos.

• Scoop the ground beef into a big pot adding the beans

• Add water, salsa mix and more taco seasoning, along with other seasonings of choice (but keep it along the lines of a Taco / Chili like flavor). Also add the corn or anything else you would like to add to the mix.

• Let everything cook and gel together on medium heat. Stir occasionally so that the bottom does not burn.

While that simmers, make a bed of Spicy Doritos in a bowl (You can actually choose your tortilla of choice but Spicy Doritos compliments this dish really well.). Scoop your soup into the bowl, covering the Doritos. Sprinkle the shredded cheese on top along with any other topping of choice like sour cream.

Enjoy!

Chocolate Chip Fudge Brownies

So if you’re a non-chef like me but you’re also married and enjoy serving your hubby delicious recipes, today’s Sunday Sweet Treat is definitely for you, it’s even all natural.

Today we are cooking up Chocolate Fudge Brownies using Marie Callender’s Fudge Brownie Mix.

Directions:

You Will Need:

1/3 cup oil, 2 large eggs, (2 Large eggs for chewy brownies. 3 Large eggs for cakey brownies) 1 Tbsp water, Chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

1. In a bowl combine 2 large eggs, 1 Tbsp water, 1/3 cup oil. Mix well.
2. Add dry mix and mix only until combined (about 30 strokes).

3. Now, this recipe is for extra fudge, chocolate chip brownies. So at this point you are going to take your chocolate chips and place them into a greased baking pan. I like to use the muffin pan (as those of you who are familiar with this blog already know), but you can do the same thing for a regular one sheet baking pan as well. Grease the pan and place the chocolate chips down first. I used Hershey’s Baking Melts, round flat chocolates, and placed them at the bottom of the greased pan.

4. Pour brownie mix from step #2 into greased baking pan, spread evenly. (For chocolate layered brownies, pour some of the mix into the pan first, then the chocolate chips, and then pour the rest of the mix in last.)

5. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes. High Altitude Baking: Add 2 Tbsp of water. Yield: 12 (1.75 x 1.75) bars. To make 8 x 8 pan use (1 lb) of mix and bake for 30- 35 minutes at 325 degrees F. For richer brownies, substitute melted butter or margarine for oil.

Step #6: Enjoy!

Bisquick Chicken Pot Pie

For today’s recipe Sunday, we’re making Chicken Pot Pie! It’s one of my favorite dishes and so easy to make. You won’t get my exact recipe, but here’s the next best thing.

You’ll need:

• Chicken (obviously right). Get the Chicken breast or boneless so it’s easier to cut into pieces.
• Bisquick Pancake Mix
• Frozen Vegetables (or raw vegetables for you fancy chefs out there)
• 1 Egg (more if you’re making a large portion)
• Milk

Preheat oven to 400°F.

First, cook the chicken fully and slice it up into tiny chicken pieces.

Mix chicken pieces, veggies and cream of chicken soup together and spread into bottom of greased pie pan or pan of choice (it tastes better if you use melted butter as a lubricant instead of regular spray oil). Also, when I’m making a large portion, I like to use a roasting pan in replace of a pie pan.

Mix remaining ingredients (Bisquick, milk and egg) and pour on top of chicken mixture.

Bake in oven for 30 minutes or until top turns golden brown.

Enjoy!

*Note: The pictures used in this post are not mine. I did not have time to take pictures of the one I made but these use the same ingredients and look just as good! 🙂

Cheddar Bay Biscuits

Ok, it’s recipe Sunday again on the PBS Blog, so what are we making today? Yall know those ridiculously delicious biscuits at Red Lobster? Off the chain right? Well, did you know they are also ridiculously easy to mimic?

Now, some of yall are chefs so you can actually purchase the flour and literally make your biscuits from scratch. But, I am not a Chef so this is going to be a lot easier than you thought.

First, let’s go to the Grocery Store, you’re going to need:

Bisquick Pancake Mix, Shredded Cheddar Cheese, Butter, Garlic, Eggs, and Cold Water.

Mix in the biscuit batter (the measuring is up to you depending on how many you’re making. Now I pretty much just estimated, let’s just say like 2 cups of batter), ½ Cup Cheese, and ¾ Cup Cold Water. Go ahead and mix this up but don’t make it too thick. The idea is to make these soft and fluffy so add more water to thin them out and throw a couple eggs in there too. Bake on greased baking sheet at 425 degrees until browned. (They come out better on the individual baking sheet you use for cupcakes as seen in my picture).

Now, here’s the secret that actually makes them taste like Red Lobster: Butter and Garlic Sauce.

While your biscuits are baking, take your butter and garlic and make a sauce. The recipe can be as tasty and creative as you want. After your biscuits are ready, smear the tops of them all with the butter and garlic sauce. Throw them back in the oven for about 10 seconds.

Take them out and eat them immediately. And there you have it, your very own version of Red Lobster’s Cheddar Bay Biscuits. If you don’t like this particular recipe, you can also just Google Cheddar bay Biscuits, but this is the easiest and most tasty way if I must say so myself (aside from the actual Cheddar Bay mixture Red Lobster sells in stores).

*Let me know how they come out! Mine were the bomb!*

Save those Soap Scraps!

Yall know the feeling, you get down to those tiny pieces of soap you can no longer use and you throw them away. After all, they can become unsightly to the eyes after while, not enough to cover your body anyway right? Wrong! Save those soap scraps!

Today, we’re going to learn how to make new bars of soap from recycled soap scraps. It’s super easy and can save money on those rainy days (I suggest storing them away until you really need them). You will need:

Soap Scraps
Small Pan
Water
Olive Oil
Soap Mold
Knife

The first thing you’ll want to do is to start saving those tiny scraps in some kind of dish or container. Save them until you have at least enough to fill one cup.

When you’re ready, take your scraps and put them in the small pan, add water.

You’re going to let this soak for one complete day, stirring occasionally. Don’t panic when the soap melts down, that’s what it’s supposed to do.

After your soap has had its bath, bring the soap soup to a boil, watch and stir occasionally so that it does not burn.

When it comes to a boil remove from heat and stir in about a tablespoon of olive oil ( if there are any additional ingredients you want to add, such as food coloring or essential oil, do it now).

Pour this mixture into a greased (so it doesn’t stick) soap mold of choice, let harden. (If you’re using the soap mold pictured at the top, which I also happen to use, let it sit under a bowl or small pot for spills. I suggest securing a more secure soap mold otherwise. I intend to upgrade myself).

Cut into any size

Mine aren’t exactly pretty, but so far I have accumulated 4 bars of soap from our old soap scraps. I would have had more but I was just being lazy. Don’t sleep on this because you have it right now, but soap and toilet paper are key necessities people never seem to have available during emergency’s. While Water and Food are the most important, wouldn’t it be great to pull out a new bar of soap too? Even if you don’t need it, it can be useful to trade for what you do need. I think I have enough to make at least two more bars today. Six bars of soap without spending a dime, imagine that. 🙂

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