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spaghetti pie

July 21

This is one of our family favorites and absolutely yummy. Not exactly frugal or low cal, but a definite celebration meal. We actually make a huge pan of this, but I will narrow it down here for  reasonable amount. This would probably serve 4-6.

 

sauce ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 small onion diced
  • 1/2 bell pepper diced
  • 1 clove garlic, diced small
  • 1 t.. Italian spice or fresh
  • large can tomato sauce

filling

  • 8 oz mozzarella cheese shredded
  • 2 C cottage cheese

crust

  • small box of spaghetti, cooked and drained
  • 2 T. butter
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 2 oz parmesan cheese, shredded or grated

topping

  • 2 oz parmesan cheese shredded or grated
  • sliced peppers, mushrooms, pepperoni or anything you like

Start by making your sauce, brown meat and vegetables in a skillet and when well cooked add tomato sauce and let simmer. While that is simmering, make your crust, cook your pasta and drain and then add the butter and beaten eggs and 2 oz of parmesan cheese. Mix well and spread in a buttered baking dish. Then spoon in half of your filling ingredients, spreading well. Then add half of your sauce, spreading well. Repeat filling, repeat sauce. Then top with 2 oz of parmesan cheese and whatever toppings you might like. Bake at 350 until bubbly.

Great with garlic bread and salad.

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southern fried okra

July 20

Fried okra is a southern favorite! It is very simple to prepare.

  • approximately 2 dozen pieces of okra
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1 cup corn meal mix ( if you can’t buy it, make your own with equal parts flour and corn meal)
  • vegetable oil about 2 T
  • couple shakes of Cajun spice

Cut the ends off the okra and cut the okra into thick slices or chunks about 1 inch thick. Add to beaten egg in mixing bowl. Mix well. Then add Cajun spice and corn meal mix. stir well until evenly coated. Heat a skillet to med hot and add oil, then add okra, let cook for a minute or two then turn with spatula. Turn occasionally until evenly browned.  It cooks pretty fast. Serve and enjoy!

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incredible chicken salad sandwiches

July 17

These are so tasty we have even served them at showers and luncheons.

  • 4 chicken leg quarters, baked or boiled then deboned and meat diced
  • 1 bunch green onions, diced, use all but the very ends
  • 1/2 bunch celery diced, including the leaves
  • 1/2 sweet red pepper, diced small
  • 2 cups mayo
  • 1 t. Cajun seasoning, or more to taste

 

  • homemade bread or rolls
  • sliced tomatoes
  • lettuce

Mix all of the top ingredients together and serve on roll with lettuce and tomato. Enough to serve a crowd.

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feasting on the Word Wed

July 15

Genesis 28:20-22 (New International Version)

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear  so that I return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God2 and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth."

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meatloaf for a crowd

July 14

My Georgia makes incredible meatloaf. It is one of those things of mine that she has taken and greatly improved upon. We like it best with thickly sliced homemade bread. preheat your oven to 350

you will need

  • 2 pounds ground beef
  • 1 diced bell pepper
  • 1 diced onion
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 2 Cups uncooked oatmeal, we use thick sliced non- instant
  • 1 T Cajun seasoning
  • 1 large 1 lb can tomatoes sauce

Add everything except the tomato sauce to a large mixing bowl and get your hands in it and mix well. Then put it all in a baking dish and pat down smooth like a loaf. pour the tomato sauce on top and bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes. It will be done when bubbly and you can insert a knife into center and it comes out clean like when you test a cake, leaving a slice in the top. We like to serve ours as sandwiches, but it is also great alongside cooked pasta.

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stir fry squash and rice

July 12

This is one of those throw it in the pan recipes so there are no amounts. It is more a recipe idea. Don’t be afraid to get creative.

  • diced yellow squash or zucchini
  • diced red peppers
  • sliced mushrooms
  • diced fresh garlic
  • chopped green onions
  • about 2 T. olive oil
  • cooked rice
  • optional ~ pita pockets
  • salt and pepper to taste or a little Cajun seasoning

Sauté all of the vegetables in the olive oil in a med hot skillet until the veggies are soft but not mushy. Serve over a bed of rice, or with rice in pita pocket. Really easy and very yummy.

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feasting on the Word Wed

July 8
Genesis 27:31 (New International Version)

He too prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Then he said to him, "My father, sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing."

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Italian Pasta bake

July 5

This is like a budget version of Spaghetti Pie, I will post that recipe soon. But this is a good one too and lots less expensive. It is very simple and you can just use the amounts for your family size.

  • Cooked pasta, cooked and drained
  • chunky spaghetti sauce
  • grated Italian blend cheese 8 oz or so

Mix your pasta and sauce in a bowl then add to a buttered casserole dish, then place cheese on top and bake until cheese is bubbly. That is all. Super simple but a little better than plain spaghetti.

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feasting on the Word Wed

July 1
Genesis 27:17 (New International Version)

Then she handed to her son Jacob the tasty food and the bread she had made.

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My name is Penny Raine, you can read more about myself and my family at my everyday blog PennyRaine.com . When I was a young girl growing up I loved to cook and was determined that if  I had daughters I would teach them to cook. Well the Lord blessed us with 5 daughters and they can now cook better than I do!  They have a gift for taking a recipe and making it better than it was intended to be. We have several old cookbooks that were handwritten the way the homemakers of yesteryear used to do them. They include not only recipes but scriptures and bits of wit and wisdom. This site is on online version of just that, an old-fashioned cookbook. You will find recipes we have created and some we have improved upon. You will also find scriptures and notes here and there.

I pray that you are blessed here  and that you don’t forget to Bless the Cook!

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