Family dinner

What are your family’s top 3 favorite meals?

3. Hodge Podge – a crockpot meal

1 can of Rotel tomatoes

2 cans of Ranch beans

2 cans of yellow corn

2 cans of black beans

2 cans of Minestrone soup

Browned ground beef cooked with a half an onion

Dump all ingredients into a large crockpot and cook on High for 4 hours. Serves 10


2. Brinner- Breakfast for dinner

Fry thick cut bacon in a skillet – 2 slices per serving

Drain excess grease save for future cooking endeavors

Scramble 2 eggs per serving. Cook in bacon greased skillet to desired density.

Cook a can of biscuits following instructions on the can

Grits – boil 2 cups of water in a pot. Dump in one cup of grits. Remove from heat allow grits to clump while stirring.

Serves as many as it needs to.


  1. Mom’s spaghetti –

Boil water in a large pot, dump in noodles of choice, cook til tender, drain pot of excess water

In a large skillet, brown ground beef, cook half an onion, season to taste

Pour in tender noodles into ground beef, mix all together. Place a healthy, 2 cup, layer of cheese on top of noodles and beef. Place lid on top and allow cheese to melt.

Serve when wanted

P.S. as a leftover food, it tastes even better when reheated in a microwave.

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