BISCUITS
3 cups unbleached white flour (or I use the hard white wheat that I grind into flour)
2 T. sugar
1 1/2 t. sea salt
4 1/2 t. baking powder
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup milk
Mix dry ingredients in Bosch.  Then add butter and allow to mix in with the dry ingredients.  Add milk last and let mix until [...]

4 cups whole wheat flour (I like to use hard white wheat, freshly ground)
1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
7 Tablespoons olive oil
1 1/3 cups warm water
Mix flour and salt in a Bosch, mixer with dough hook, or your food processor.  Add in olive oil slowly until mixture is crumbly.  Slowly add in warm water.  Add additional [...]

I am trying to expand my “dry bean” meals and this one hit the spot!  My family loved it.  One thing I am planning on doing is cooking up a bunch of beans ahead of time and placing in the freezer in 2-cup portions.  That way I can quickly throw this chili together in the [...]

My family loves taco salad and it is an easy meal to fix and have ready for our Sunday noon meal.  I prepare the meat/bean mixture ahead of time, have the veggies chopped up and ready in the refrigerator.  Then all I have to do is heat the meat/beans up when we get home from [...]

Here is another very yummy dish that can be made up with some leftovers.  The night before I had fixed potato bar for dinner.  I bake potatoes and then serve cubed ham, hamburger, and cheddar cheese over top.  (Here is a quick and easy way to fix baked potatoes:  Melt one stick of butter on [...]

Filling:
1/4 cup butter
1 onion, finely chopped (or 2 T. dried minced onion)
1 clove garlic, minced (or 1/4 t. garlic powder)
1/2 cup flour (I use whole wheat)
2 cups chicken broth (or use 1 T. chicken bouillon & 2 cups water)
2 cups milk
2-3 cups chopped, cooked chicken
2-3 cups frozen vegetables (corn, peas, green beans, carrots, etc.)
1/2 t. [...]

I guess I never really thought to steam potatoes. I have started to steam other vegetables such as corn, peas, green beans, etc., but never thought about potatoes. Whenever we want a baked potato, I would use the microwave (I know…I am trying to reduce microwave use as much as I can!). If I wanted [...]

We recently tried Papa Murphy’s stuffed pizza and LOVED it! Well…you know me…I had to try to figure out if I could duplicate this at home! You should have seen me…dissecting the pizza to see how it was put together. I figured out how to do it and we LOVE the results! Here is how [...]

3 cups dry pinto beans (or a combo of pinto and black beans)
1 pound cooked hamburger, drained
1 can sweet corn, drained
1 can olives, drained and sliced
1 can diced tomatoes
2 packets taco seasoning (or 2 T. homemade taco seasoning-see recipe below)
In large soup pot (6-8 qt.) put 3 cups dry [...]

1 to 1 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 tsp. sea salt
1/2 tsp. paprika
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.  Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
Peal the sweet potatoes, then cut them into strips that are about 1/2 inch wide on each side.
Place the sweet potatoes into a resealable [...]