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Baked Macaroni & Cheese

Yummy Pizza

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Crock-pot Recipe: German Potato Soup

Recipe: Chicken and Dumplings (Buttermilk Dumplings)

1. Place all of the above ingredients in a large pot.
2. Bring to a boil, turn down to medium-low heat and cover.  Simmer about 45 minutes or until chicken is cooked and tender.
3. Remove chicken to a cutting board, and allow to cool enough to handle.
4. In the meantime, make dumplings (below)
5. Bring the broth in the pot up to a rolling boil.  Tear off chunks of dough, about the size of a hickory nut, and carefully drop into the boiling broth.
   
6. Give the soup a stir, lower the heat to a simmer and cover.
   
7. While the dumplings are cooking, tear up the chicken, discarding any bones or fat.  When all the chicken is done, carefully drop it back into the pot.  Let cook for a few more minutes to heat the chicken back up. Dumplings cook fairly quickly, so by the time you are done tearing up the chicken, they will be cooked.
   

1. In a bowl, mix dry ingredients.
   
2. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or fork, until crumbly.
3. Add butter/soured milk, stir to blend.
4. Knead dough with your hands about 12 times.

Hearty Split-Pea Soup

The first time I made this, my hubby ate 5, yes, *5* bowls of it! 

In the making.....

The finished product:



Hearty Split-Pea Soup

1 - 1 lb bag of dry split peas (soaked in cold water overnight.)
3 Tb butter
4 slices of bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 lb bulk pork sausage, uncooked
1 medium onion, chopped
3 carrots, grated
4 stalks of celery (with tops) chopped
2 quarts chicken broth (I used some well-seasoned seasoned broth left over from cooking chicken the day before)
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp onion powder
a few pinches of salt
several "grinds" of fresh black pepper

1. In a large pot/dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat. 
   
2. Add bacon, and cook until browned.
3. Add onion, carrots, celery and sausage.  Cook about 2 minutes, breaking up sausage.
4. Add broth, peas (drained) and seasoning, stir.
5. Bring up to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for about 2 hours on low heat, covered and with lid slightly ajar.
6. Give it a final stir, and enjoy!

We ate this with some fresh home-made bread.

Stir-Fried Beef

1. Whisk first set (8) of ingredients together in a bowl and set aside.
2. In a large skillet or wok, heat oil, then add in meat, onion and garlic if using fresh. Sir-fry 3-5 minutes
   
3. As broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots, cook and stir 1 minute.
4. Give the liquid mixture a quick whisk and add to skillet/wok.
5. Cook around 7-8 minutes, until veggies are just done, but not mushy
6. When the veggies are almost done, add in the water chestnuts.

Scallops L'Orange

Scallops L'Orange