Sweet Chili

1 lb lean ground beef

1/2 large onion, diced

15 oz can kidney beans, drained and rinsed

15 oz can black beans, drained and rinsed

15 oz can pinto beans, drained and rinsed

15 oz can chili beans, UNDRAINED (make sure to get chili beans, and not a can of canned chili)

1 Sweet Potato, peeled, diced and steamed.

15 oz can petite diced tomatoes

8 oz can tomato sauce

1 package McCormick Mild Chili Mix

1/4 cup sugar

1/3 cup ketchup

Saute the onion in a large dutch oven until just softened. Add ground beef and brown (and cruble) it. Add all the other ingredients and bring to a simmer. Enjoy!

Taco Salad

Ingredients:

1 lb. Hamburger

1 can Pork and Beans (I use Van Kamps)

1 can Kidney beans (optional)

1 can Tomato Soup (I use Campbell's)

1/2 Cup Brown Sugar

2 Tbsp. Yellow Mustard

Directions:

BROWN the hamburger. You can add onion if you want, I use onion powder to season since I have an onion allergy.

COMBINE beans, soup, brown sugar and mustard in a casserole dish and mix together. Add hamburger.

STIR well.

MICROWAVE for 6 minutes or until heated through. You can also bake in the oven at 350 F for 15 minutes.

CRUSH tortilla chips onto your dinner plate. ADD meat mixture. TOP with your favorites: tomato, lettuce, cheese, olives, sour cream, etc.

ENJOY!

Note: You can double the recipe for the meat mixture and let it sit in your crockpot on low throughout the day.

Beef Stroganoff

2 lbs steak sirloin, cut into strips, bite size
1/4 cup butter
6 oz mushrooms (fresh)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
2 cans beef stock
2 onions, chopped finely
1 1/2 cups burgandy (this is optional- may substitute more beef stock)
1 clove mince garlic
1/3 cup flour
2 cups sour cream

combine flour, garlic with salt and pepper to taste . Dredge beef in flour mixture. Melt butter in dutch oven then brown beef in the butter. Set aside. Saute onions and mushrooms. Add beef back to pan, then add cream of mushroom soup and beef stock. Simmer for 1 hour on medium heat, stirring occassionally. Add sour cream and serve over noodles or rice.

Leftover sauce freezes nicely.

Beef Jerky

My brother-in-law, Michael, makes this beef jerky and I LOVE it.

Ingredients:
one London broil cut of meat (semi-frozen)
Worcestershire sauce
liquid smoke
powdered onion
powdered garlic
pepper
Old Hickory smoked salt (Spice Island or Schilling)

slice the meat into thin slices (this is much easier if it is partially frozen). Marinate overnight in Worcestershire sauce and liquid smoke. Lay the slices of meat out on a tray and sprinkle them with the powdered onion, powdered garlic, pepper and smoked salt. Put in a food dehydrator and deydrate until done.

Sweet Meatballs

Sweet Meatballs

1 lg can diced tomatoes
1 cup brown sugar
1 medium onion diced
18-20 ginger snap cookies crushed
1/2 package prepared meatballs

Place in crockpot and cook on low for 4 hours. Serve over rice.

Supercalifragilistic

(sorry about the name...it's what my cousin calls it!)

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef
1 16 oz can tomatoes
1 8 oz can tomato sauce
2 t salt
2 t sugar
1 c grated cheese
2 cloves garlic
1-8oz pkg noodles
1 c sour cream
1-3 oz cream cheese
6 green onion tops

Cook meat. Drain off fat. Add tomato sauce, sugar, salt, garlic and simmer 5 to 10 min. Cook noodles and drain. While still hot add sour cream, cream cheese and green onions. Blend with fork into greased casserole dish. Layer meat sauce, noodles sprinkle cheese and repeat.

350°/35 min.