Combine above and put in 9×13 pan.  Lay chicken pieces or pork chops over rice.  Sprinkle package of cream of onion soup over the top. Cover tightly with foil.  Bake at 35o for 2 1/2 hours.

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This is my favorite comfort food recipe of all time.  Yes, me, who complains about cream of __________ soup all the time.  I have tried to recreate this by being fancy, but I just can’t do it.  This is creamy, ricey, dreamy.  I let myself have it once a year.  mmmmm.

• 1 lb round steak, 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick
• 2/3 c. water
• 1 (4 ounce) can sliced mushrooms
• 1 envelope onion soup mix
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 T. flour
• Buttered noodles

Trim fat from meat. Cut in small pieces. Heat fat in skillet or chafing dish. When you have about 3 T. melted fat, remove trimmings. (If fat coating is thin, add butter to make 3T.) Brown meat quickly. Add water and mushrooms (including liquid); stir in soup mix and heat to boiling. Blend sour cream and flour; add mixture. Cook and stir until mixture thickens. (If using a chafing dish, keep over hot water.)  Serve over hot noodles.

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What???  No condensed soup?

Cook onion in butter in large saucepan until tender.  Add water and contents of rice and seasoning packets.  Bring to a boil.  Reduce heat, cover and simmer 20 mins.  Combine flour and dry mustard in a small bowl.  Gradually add about 1/2 c. of the broth, stirring until smooth.  Stir remaining broth, flour mixture and milk into rice mixture.  Heat to a simmer, stirring occasionally.  Continue simmering until slightly thickened.  Stir in cheese.  Sprinkle with green onion.  Makes four to six servings.

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Trashtastic!

Mix, place in 9 in pie crust and seal.  Cut slits in top crust.  Bake at 375 for 50 minutes

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Every  time  a recipe has the word “surprise” in it, I try and figure out what is so surprising about it.  Jell-O?  Not so surprising.  Meh.  Perhaps they could not afford strawberries.  Not so surprising these days.

In pan, combine 1 1/4 c. ok, cran sauce, and Jell-O.  Cook on medium heat until Jell-O dissolves.  Stir in remaining oj.  Transfer to mixing bowl.  Chill until partially set.  Meanwhile, beat whipping cream.  Fold into Jell-O  mixture.  Pour into Jell-O mold.  Chill 4-6 hours.  To unmold, dip mold in warm water 20-30 seconds.

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Not a fan of the Jell-O or the Jell-O molds, but I am always tempted to try one.  I wonder what my East Coast friends would say to the total Midwesterness of a Jell-O salad.  hmm.

40 tater tots, slightly thawed.
20 slices of bacon, any sort. (I use my husband’s homemade bacon, which is really lean.)

Cut the bacon in half and wrap each piece around a tater tot. Overlap the bacon a bit and skewer with a toothpick.

Bake at 425 for about 15-20 minutes, or until the bacon is crispy. The bacon I use is very thick and tends to take longer.

Yum!

Heat oven to 375.  Beat egg slightly; set aside 2 T. of the egg.  Stir tuna, onion, cheese, parsley, celery salt and pepper into remaining egg.  Stir baking mix and water to a soft dough; knead five times on floured cloth-covered board.  Roll into rectangle, 15×10 inches.  Spread with tuna mixture.

Roll up, beginning at long side.  With sealed edge down, shape into ring on greased baking sheet; pinch ends together.   With scissors, make cuts 2/3 of the way through ring at one inch intervals.  Turn each section on its side to show filling.  Brush top with reserved egg.  Bake 25 to 30 minutes.  Serve with hot cheese sauce.

Cheese Sauce

• 1/2 c. butter or margarine
• 1/4 c. Bisquick baking mix
• 1/4 tsp each salt and pepper
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese or 1/2 c. crumbled blue cheese

Melt butter over low heat.  Blend in baking mix, salt and pepper.  Cook over low heat, stirring until smooth and bubbly.  Remove from heat; stir in milk.  Heat to boiling, stirring constantly.  Boil and stir one minute.  Stir in cheese until melted.

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Obviously a Bisquick recipe.  It sounds horrifying.  Why would you go to all the trouble to make a ring, if you are just going to chop it up?  Where is the fun in that?  I bet it is a lot messier than they make it sound.

Heat oven to 400. Empty potato slices and packet of seasoned sauce mix into ungreased 2 qt casserole. Heat tomatoes, water and oregano to boiling; stir into potatoes. Arrange pepperoni on top and sprinkle with cheese. Bake uncovered 30 to 35 minutes.

Hamburger Pizza Potatoes: Substitute 1/2 lb. browned and drained ground beef for pepperoni; stir into potato mixture.

Sausage Pizza Potatoes: Substitute 1/2 lb. bulk pork sausage, browned and drained, for pepperoni; stir into potato mixture.

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This is the kind of food I used to make in college after a night at the bar.  So perhaps before you make this for dinner you should down a six pack and a couple of shots of whiskey.  That wouldn’t make it very economical though, would it?

Melt shortening in large skillet. Cook and stir meat and onion in shortening untill meat is brown and onion is tender. Add water; heat to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 50 minutes.

Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Pour meat mixture into ungreased baking dish, 13x9x2 inches; arrange potato slices on meat. Stir together soup, sour cream, milk, salt and pepper. Bake uncovered 1 1/2 hours or until potatoes and meat are tender.

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I don’t know why this is called Connecticut Beef Supper.  I have never met a person from Connecticut that would eat this.

Your handy dandy cost saving tip from Betty Crocker?  “Non-fat dry milk is nutritious and a good bargain. Mix a quart of it according to package directions and use it in all your cooking-especially in sauces and in casseroles like this one. ”

This actually sounds pretty good for a casserole.  But then again, it is the time of year where all I want to eat is food that involves meat and a cream sauce.  You know, so I can fit into that swimsuit.

• 8 oz. uncooked medium noodles
• 1 1/2 c. creamed cottage cheese
• 1 1/2 c. dairy sour cream (is there un-dairy sour cream?)
• 1/2 c. finely chopped onion
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 to 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• Dash red pepper sauce or cayenne red pepper
• 1 can salmon (16 oz.) drained, or 2 cans (6 1/2 oz. each) tuna, drained
• 1/2 c. shredded sharp cheese

Heat oven to 325.  Cook noodles as directed on package; drain.

Mix noodles, cottage cheese, sour cream, onion and garlic, Worcestershire sauce, red pepper sauce, salt and salmon.  Place about one cup in each of 5 or 6 greased baking shells or individual casseroles.  Sprinkle with cheese.  Bake uncovered 20-25 mins.

Can also be baked in a 2 qt greased casserole if you are conserving water and don’t want all those dishes.  Bake 40 mins.

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When I first started dating my husband, we came home after a late night out and I made some sort of horrid canned salmon concoction in his cast iron skillet.  Canned salmon is not tasty.  Ten year old canned salmon is even less tasty.  We ended up not eating it and I just left it in the skillet until the next day.  Don’t ever do that.  I spent the next two weeks scrubbing the pan with baking soda and vinegar.  To this day if I am cooking something in that pan, I swear I smell canned salmon.