oldfella
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Dixie Girl - Please don't do that to me... I hope you live close to Tullahoma, I'd like to adopt you 
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TNDixieGirl
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Do you have any bacon bits around? That would liven up that mac & cheese. 
You know, I love mac & cheese, yet I've never tried to make it from scratch. Anybody have a good, easy recipe for it?
oldfella, I'm at the West end of the state. But you can still adopt me!
You know, I love mac & cheese, yet I've never tried to make it from scratch. Anybody have a good, easy recipe for it?
oldfella, I'm at the West end of the state. But you can still adopt me!
AKA-plinkster
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A simple recipe that we really like, especially when served with a good Chili is Cheezy-cornbread
using 2 boxes of jiffy brand corn muffin mix, follow the instructionas on the box for preparation,
instead of adding water, substitute cream style corn
pour 1/2 of the mixed batter into your pan, then lay in a layer of Mozarella, Oaxaca or Queso Quesadilla cheese (any mild white low oil cheese will do)
Pour the remainder of the batter on top of the cheese layer and bake as per box instructions
We are not big bread eaters in my house, but there's never any leftovers when we make this...
(edit) PS I'll try to get my wife's Mac&Cheese recipe for you (it=YUM)lol
using 2 boxes of jiffy brand corn muffin mix, follow the instructionas on the box for preparation,
instead of adding water, substitute cream style corn
pour 1/2 of the mixed batter into your pan, then lay in a layer of Mozarella, Oaxaca or Queso Quesadilla cheese (any mild white low oil cheese will do)
Pour the remainder of the batter on top of the cheese layer and bake as per box instructions
We are not big bread eaters in my house, but there's never any leftovers when we make this...
(edit) PS I'll try to get my wife's Mac&Cheese recipe for you (it=YUM)lol
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TNDixieGirl
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That sounds like good bread. Will definitely try that tonight with the chili. Thanks!
BarbC
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Dixie, you make something different every night?
Generally, I make something that will last three nights or so.
Charlie, when living as a bachelor all those years, would make a big dinner on Sunday night, and then have it all week long. For weeks. The same thing. A month of meat loaf. A month of lasagna.
When we got married, I took over the cooking. He's generally easy to please. When he was laid off, he did the cooking. He got on a lasagna kick. After the 6th week, I said, "Let's have something else." He said, "What's the matter? You don't like my lasagna??"
Generally, I make something that will last three nights or so.
Charlie, when living as a bachelor all those years, would make a big dinner on Sunday night, and then have it all week long. For weeks. The same thing. A month of meat loaf. A month of lasagna.
When we got married, I took over the cooking. He's generally easy to please. When he was laid off, he did the cooking. He got on a lasagna kick. After the 6th week, I said, "Let's have something else." He said, "What's the matter? You don't like my lasagna??"
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TNDixieGirl
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I make something different for 2 or 3 nights, then the rest of the week we'll eat up the leftovers from those meals. The chili will last us at 2-3 days, but luckily, my guys love chili. Tonight will be chili with that cheesy cornbread recipe. Tomorrow will most likely be chili dogs or chili nachos. But I'll make something new Thursday and Friday so I don't wear them out on chili dishes. Then we'll just clean out the fridge of leftovers over the weekend.
If they do get tired of it before it's gone, I'll freeze what's left and pull it out again at a later date.
When growing up, my Dad was like your husband. Thats why, to this day, I'm not big on spaghetti. He made it so often, I just got tired of it.
If they do get tired of it before it's gone, I'll freeze what's left and pull it out again at a later date.
When growing up, my Dad was like your husband. Thats why, to this day, I'm not big on spaghetti. He made it so often, I just got tired of it.
AKA-plinkster
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Our cooking pattern is the reverse of yours, we cook on week-ends and eat the leftovers in our lunchboxes all week (we both work 2nd shift hours) I have Wednesdays off, so sometimes I'll make something on the grill so she can eat when she gets home.
Jim Shugart
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I know dat's right. (Even if he had to eat off of the MacD's dollar menu.)
Jim Shugart
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Holy Moley, Penny. I'll be trying a bunch of those recipes!
These photos are from the orginal Biscuits 'n Gravy thread, which has long since fallen off the end. . .
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These photos are from the orginal Biscuits 'n Gravy thread, which has long since fallen off the end. . .
Holy Moley, Penny. I'll be trying a bunch of those recipes!
These photos are from the orginal Biscuits 'n Gravy thread, which has long since fallen off the end. . .
LMAO! I hope your dog enjoyed his dinner!
I was introduced to Krusteaz cinnamon crumb cake a few months ago, I believe I went through 7 or 8 of them in as many weeks... mmm mmm goodCinnamon Crumb Cake
Seriously, this is the best boxed mix I've ever tasted. Tastes very much like my husband's grandmother's recipe she made from scratch.
35Rem
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Cooked the Chicken and Dumplins this week. They were really good. I will caution that is takes a while to flatten out 4 cans of biscuits.
Had the Tater Tot Casserole tonight (with ham), It, too, was good, and easy.
Had the Tater Tot Casserole tonight (with ham), It, too, was good, and easy.
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TNDixieGirl
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Thanks for the report. Glad to hear it.
If you don't mind fatter dumplins, you can use a pair of scissors and cut the biscuits into 4 pieces, without flattening them first. When I do it that way, I only use 3 cans of biscuits.
Strawberry Cake
Cake:
1 box white cake mix
1 box strawberry Jello
1/2 cup lukewarm water
3/4 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1/2 cup strawberries, pureed
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 13x9 baking pan.
Mix all ingredients well, for at least two minutes; bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes.
Icing:
1 box powdered sugar
1/2 cup softened butter
Enough pureed strawberries to make the icing spreadable.
Spread over lukewarm cake.
Glad to hear it.If you don't mind fatter dumplins, you can use a pair of scissors and cut the biscuits into 4 pieces, without flattening them first. When I do it that way, I only use 3 cans of biscuits.
Strawberry Cake
Cake:
1 box white cake mix
1 box strawberry Jello
1/2 cup lukewarm water
3/4 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1/2 cup strawberries, pureed
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 13x9 baking pan.
Mix all ingredients well, for at least two minutes; bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes.
Icing:
1 box powdered sugar
1/2 cup softened butter
Enough pureed strawberries to make the icing spreadable.
Spread over lukewarm cake.
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Breakfast this morning:
Fried deer tenderloin, potato pancakes, eggs, scratch gravy, coffee.
The obligitory Smith and a couple of knives and a grownup beverage.
Fried deer tenderloin, potato pancakes, eggs, scratch gravy, coffee.
The obligitory Smith and a couple of knives and a grownup beverage.
neiljrosen
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I made the Corn Casserole tonight and it was terrific.
Thanks for the recipe TNDixieGirl.
njr
Thanks for the recipe TNDixieGirl.
njr
Now you're talking.......Breakfast this morning:
Fried deer tenderloin, potato pancakes, eggs, scratch gravy, coffee.
The obligitory Smith and a couple of knives and a grownup beverage.
First, FANTASTIC recipes! I've copied nearly all of them and added them to my recipe list; giving you credit for them of course.
Second (tongue in cheek), though not a Texan myself, I am a chili head and a bit of a purist - West Texas and New Mexico styles.
"And for you Texans that are going to tell me that real chili doesn't have beans, I have to disagree. Without beans, it's simply hamburger soup. "
I would agree, if you use hambuger, but why would any self respecting chili aficionado use hamburger in chili con carne? It calls for real meat, cubes of real meat. And beans are a side dish. What you do with the beans and the chili in your bowl is up to you.
I've heard rumors of folks using lima beans in their "imitation" chili - yuck!
Peace,
Second (tongue in cheek), though not a Texan myself, I am a chili head and a bit of a purist - West Texas and New Mexico styles.
"And for you Texans that are going to tell me that real chili doesn't have beans, I have to disagree. Without beans, it's simply hamburger soup.
"I would agree, if you use hambuger, but why would any self respecting chili aficionado use hamburger in chili con carne? It calls for real meat, cubes of real meat.
And beans are a side dish. What you do with the beans and the chili in your bowl is up to you.I've heard rumors of folks using lima beans in their "imitation" chili - yuck!
Peace,
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TNDixieGirl
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Hey plinkster, I made your cheesey cornbread recipe, twice now. It was very good, both times. The first time I made it, I used mozzarella cheese. I don't think I used enough cheese in it though, but it still came out very good.
Here's the second version I made. I followed your recipe, threw in a handful of freshly made bacon bits and the cheese I used was Hot Pepper White American. It was delicious!
It was very good, both times. The first time I made it, I used mozzarella cheese. I don't think I used enough cheese in it though, but it still came out very good.Here's the second version I made. I followed your recipe, threw in a handful of freshly made bacon bits and the cheese I used was Hot Pepper White American. It was delicious!
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AKA-plinkster
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ok, now that I've wiped up all the drool, I'm gonna have to make some SOON!!
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