Crockpot Spaghetti

This makes a great sauce! For my smaller family I half the recipe.

1 lb. hamburger
1 lb. Italian sausage
1 cup onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 (15 oz.) cans tomato sauce
2 to 3 tsp. Italian seasoning
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 (4 oz.) cans mushrooms
6 cups (48 oz. can) tomato juice

Brown meat with onion and garlic. Drain. Combine with all other ingredients in the crockpot. Cover and cook on low 6 to 8 hours.

Serve with your choice of pasta!

Cindy's Taco Soup

I love taco soup especially when it's cold outside! This soup taste even better the next day! Recipe comes from a ward cookbook.

1 to 1 1/2 lb. ground beef
1/2 onion, chopped
1 tsp. diced garlic
1 pkg. taco seasoning mix
1 pkg. Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing
1 can S & W Chili with zesty sauce
1 can chile-style beans
1 (14.5 oz.) can stewed tomatoes, Mexican recipe
1 (10 oz.) can Ro-Tel milder diced tomatoes with green chiles
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 small can Ortega diced chilies
2 cups corn
2 cups water

In large stockpot saute onion and garlic in olive oil until transparent. Add meat and cook until done. Drain fat. Stir in all seasoning mixes until well blended. Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil stirring so meat doesn't burn. Reduce heat and simmer 2 hours or more.

Serve with condiments: corn chips, tortilla chips, grated cheese, avacado, sliced olives, green onions and sour cream.

Breadsticks

These are delicious! They're also pretty quick. This recipe also comes from my mother-in-law, Mary.

1 1/2 cups hot water
1 tablespoon yeast
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons honey
3 cups flour (1/2 cup at a time)
1/2 cube butter (melted in oven on cookie sheet)
Salad Supreme

Mix yeast in water. Add salt, honey, and flour-1/2 cup at a time. If dough is too sticky add a little bit more flour. Roll dough on floured surface. Cut into strips and twist. Coat strips in the melted butter on cookie sheet. Sprinkle with Salad Supreme. Let raise 20 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Pretzel Salad

Great salad! It comes from my SIL, Stacey.

2 cups crushed pretzels
1/2 cup melted butter
1/2 cup sugar

Mix together pretzels, sugar, and butter. Press into bottom of 9 x 13 pan. Bake for 7 minutes at 400 degrees. Cool completely.

1 cup sugar
1 (12 oz) cool whip
1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese (softened)

Beat sugar, cool whip, and cream cheese. Spread over pretzel crust making sure to seal off any access to bottom of pan. (If Jell-O seeps down the crust will be soggy.)

1 (6 oz.) pkg strawberry Jell-O
2 cups boiling water
2 (10 oz.) pkg frozen sliced strawberries (partially defrosted)

Mix Jell-O with water. Stir in partially defrosted strawberries. Pour over top of cool whip layer. Chill.

Teriyaki Burgers

Good recipe for a different kind of burger!

1 lbs. ground beef, put in patties and grill
1 can Pineapple Slices
1 head Lettuce
1 small Red onion, sliced thinly
2 tomatoes, sliced thinly
¼ c. Teriyaki sauce
1 Tbsp. Montreal Steak Seasoning
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce

Mix ground beef with Worcestershire sauce and
Montreal steak seasoning together. Place pineapple
slices in teriyaki sauce to soak only 5 minutes. Warm
sauce and pineapple together. Layer hamburgers as
desired.

Spinach Salad

I love the dressing for this salad. It has the best flavor! The recipe comes from the Food Storage Newsletter.

1 bag spinach, washed & broken
1 lb. bacon, cooked and broken
4 eggs, boiled and sliced
1 pkg. button mushrooms, sliced
½ c. mozzarella or swiss cheese, shredded

Combine ingredients in large bowl and then toss with dressing.

Dressing:
1 ½ T. poppy seed
¾ c. white vinegar
¾ c. salad oil
1 ½ T. grated yellow onion (dried or fresh)
1 ½ t. salt
1 T. dry mustard
¾ c. sugar

Blend in blender well. Pour over salad when ready to
serve.

Broccoli Salad

This salad has a wonderful blend of flavors! The recipe comes from The Essential Mormon Cookbook but I've modified it a little.

2 bunches fresh broccoli cut in small flowerets
1/2 medium onion, finely chopped
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
6 strips back, cooked until crisp and crumbled
1/2 cup Craisins
1 recipe Broccoli Salad Dressing

In a large bowl combine broccoli, onion, and cheese. Refrigerate. Just before serving, stir in bacon. Add Craisins in you wish. Pour desired amount of dressing over salad. Stir briefly. Serve the same day.

Broccoli Salad Dressing

1 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons red or white wine vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt

Mix ingredients. Chill at least one hour before tossing with salad.