Tator Tot Casserole

2 lbs hamburger

1/2 onion, chopped

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 bag tator tots

Layer hamburger, then soup and onions, then tator tots in a 9x13 dish. Bake at 350 degrees for an hour.

Mushroom Beef Stew

1 lb beef stew meat

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 can beef and mushroom soup

1 cup fresh mushrooms, sliced

1 pkg dry onion soup mix

2 potatoes chopped

1 1/2 cups frozen mixed veggies

Mix it all up and cook on low in crockpot for 8 hours.

Stuffed Peppers

I made stuffed peppers for the first time ever b/c Jon had mentioned how much he loved them. There is a huge amount of stuffed pepper recipes out there, so I kind of just made up my own out of several. Here it is!

6 bell peppers
1/2 cup uncooked white long rice
1/2 cup water
1 can tomato soup
1 can tomato sauce
1 tbsp Italian salad dressing
1 onion, chopped
1 lb hamburger or ground sausage
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
shredded Italian mix cheese
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 can diced tomatoes

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut off tops and remove seeds from peppers. Boil in salted water for 10 minutes. Place in a 9x13 glass baking dish, open side up. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook rice in water. Brown hamburger and onions. When done, drain fat and return to pan. Add tomato soup, diced tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, rice,and water. Simmer for 10 minutes. Spoon mixture into peppers. Mix can of tomato sauce with Italian dressing and pour over peppers. Bake 25 minutes. Top with cheese and bake another 10 minutes.

One Taco Ring to Rule Them All

I had seen the taco ring everywhere on the internet and wanted to give it a try. I found a few recipes and didn't like what they said, so I went off on my own tangent to make my own version. I wanted a side dish, so I decided to try a mexican rice. Once again, I had seen several recipes, but none that were really what I wanted, so I made up my own. Jon, Josh and I really like both of these dishes.

Taco Ring

1 lb ground beef/turkey

1/4 onion, chopped

2 packages refrigerated crescent rolls

1/2 pack taco seasoning

1/2 cup water

toppings (lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, etc)

Brown meat and onions. Add taco seasoning and water and mix. Lay first packages of rolls out in a circle, with fat ends in the center. It should look like a sun when you are done. Lay the second pack in between two of the previous rolls, still with the fat end in the center. Spoon meat onto rolls and pull skinny/pointy end over meat and seal the ends. Bake until crescent rolls are golden brown.

Mexican Rice

2 cups minute rice

2 cups water

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 cup salsa

1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded

Mix all except cheese and bake at 400 degrees fro 35 minutes. Spread cheese on the top and bake until cheese is melted.