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Prep: 15 min
Cook: 15 min
Serves: 4

Ingredients

2 lbs ground beef (drain off fat)
1 large can whole kernel corn (drain)
1 can black eyed peas (15 ounces) (drained and rinsed)
1 large can diced tomatoes (do not drain)
1/2 small jalapeno peppers (diced and seeds removed)
3/4 pkg ranch style dip mix (in packet)
16 ounces water
1 small can ripe olives (sliced)
1-cup onions- (chopped)
1 pkg taco seasoning mix (in packet)

Directions

1. Brown ground beef in a large saucepan and drain.
2. Pour corn, black-eyed peas, tomatoes, jalapeno pepper, onions, ranch style dip, water, and taco seasoning mix into large saucepan with meat; mixing well.
3. Cook covered on low heat for 15 min. Next, add olives, mix well and serve.

Tip: Substitute green olives for black olives.Serve as vegetarian by removing the ground beef.

Optional: Use Turkey or chicken in place of ground beef.

This vegetarian recipe is easy to throw together if you are in a hurry to run out the door. Its one of those dishes that you can add a thing or two and it still has the same good old garden taste.

Prep 20 min

Cook 30 min

Serves 6

Ingredients

5 large tomatoes

2 cups Italian bread crumbs

2 large onions, sliced (yellow, purple, or vidalia onions your choice)

4 tablespoons orange juice

3 tablespoons honey

1 1/2 tablespoons of thyme

1 clove garlic minced

3 1/2 tablespoons olive oil

3/4 cup Parmesan cheese

1 1/2 tsp salt

1-teaspoon pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees, you will need a deep baking dish

2 Use 1 tablespoon of olive oil to coat baking dish, spread evenly.

3. Slice tomatoes, and onions into thick slices. Lay the tomatoes and onions at an angle, starting with tomatoes. Repeat until all tomatoes, and onions are used.

4. Warm up orange juice, honey, thyme, salt and pepper in olive oil on low heat in saucepan for five minutes. Mix constantly and then add breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese to mixture. Cook until mixture is well mixed.

5 Pour breadcrumbs mixture all over the tomatoes and onions. Next sprinkle finely chopped minced garlic all over.

When I was a little girl both of my  Grandmother’s use to make this recipe. They both made the recipe about the same way.

Pulled for upcoming book Ask Ms Recipe: Simple Recipes that Make Cents

Everyone wanted chicken recipes so here you go. I added another great skillet meal for you all to enjoy. The great part about this recipe is it is easy clean up after you enjoy the recipe.

Pulled for upcoming book askmsrecipe: Simple Recipes that Make Cents

Pulled for upcoming book askmsrecipe: Simple Recipes that Make Cents

Prep: 15 minutes

Cook time: 30 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

1 package smoked sausage (16ounces)

2 bell peppers chopped bite size pieces

6 potatoes, cut into, bits size pieces (leave skins on)

1 large onion; diced

4 tablespoons margarine

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1/2 teaspoon salt

1-teaspoon onion powder

1 1/2 garlic powder

1-teaspoon vegetable oil

Directions:

1. Chop up all the ingredients.

2. Heat margarine and oil in a large skillet; potatoes, onions, salt, pepper and, garlic powder. Cook until potatoes are fork tender, maybe 15 minutes, mix occasionally.

3. When potatoes are soft mix in bell peppers, and polish sausage stir well cover and cook additional 10-15 minutes, or until polish, sausage is cooked.

Tip: You can substitute leftover chicken for polish sausage.

Prep 15 minutes
Cook 45 min
Serves 4

Ingredients:

2 lbs round steak (tenderized)
2 bell peppers chopped (any color)
2 medium onions chopped
3/4 cup flour (all-purpose)
2 tablespoons canola oil
2 cans stewed tomatoes (14.5 oz)
2 stalks celery (with leaves)
2 beef bouillon cubes
1/2 tsp garlic
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Place in a ziploc bag flour, garlic, salt and pepper. Next, add the serving size pieces of round steak to the Ziploc bag, mixing well.

2. Brown the coated steak on low heat on both sides. Set steak aside in between two plates to keep warm. Next, place the bell peppers, celery and onion in same skillet and fry until translucent. Last, place the steak back in the pan with the bell pepper mixture and pour the tomatoes over the steak and bell pepper mixture.

3. Sprinkle garlic all over, simmer covered on a low temperature for 45 min .check occasionally and stir.

Tip: I threw in 2 beef bouillon cubes for extra beef flavor.

Optional: Add meat tenderizer to your steak to make your steak tender.

Pulled for upcoming book askmsrecipe: Simple Recipes that Make Cents

Pulled for upcoming book askmsrecipe: Simple Recipes that Make Cents