At Home My Way

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Keeping Recipes at the top!  My message is now at the bottom. Also - I'm sharing this recipe at Sweet Little Bluebird - Weekend Potluck.  Find me and some other amazing recipes HERE ! Here's how I make Southern Buttered Cheese Grits AT HOME MY WAY: Southern Buttered Cheese Grits 2 cups water 1 cup milk 3/4 cup  Quick  Grits (I used Quaker brand) 1/4 teaspoon salt (or a tad more than that) 2 Tablespoons butter/margarine 1/2 to 3/4 cup of grated SHARP cheddar Instructions: Combine the milk, water and salt in a saucepan and bring to a boil.  Be careful!  Remember, that milk will scorch so stir often and don't cook on complete high. Add grits and stir.  Stir occasionally until back to boiling.  Cover.  Time and cook for 5 minutes while covered, stirring often - lowering the temperature almost off so that they don't boil over or scorch.   After cooking 5 minutes, covered, remove from the hot burner.  T...

RECIPES AT THE TOP - CHIT CHAT AT THE BOTTOM How do you turn frozen hamburger patties into a cozy, meat & potatoes sit-down supper?    Here's how I make EASY CROCKPOT SALISBURY STEAK at home my way: Easy Crockpot Salisbury Steak Hand pattied, FROZEN hamburger patties (I just pat some decent (80/20) ground beef into patties, and store individually in my freezer in baggies.  You could also freeze them and stack with wax paper in between - you do need to be able to get them apart.) 1 package cheap brown gravy mix (mine came from Aldi) 2 cups water  Salt/pepper/onion powder Optional:  Sliced/peeled potatoes (lengthwise), carrots, whatever vegetables you like.  This would be great with some mushrooms as well! Gravy Thickener (for after you get home, but before you eat): 3/4 cup COLD water 3 heaping Tablespoons flour INSTRUCTIONS: Place frozen hamburger patties in your crockpot (however many you want).   Salt & pepper ...

My mom used to make these cookies for my brother and I when we were growing up.  They continue to be our favorite cookie!  Typically she made them during the Christmas holidays but we love them any time.  They are great for summer treats because you don't have to use the oven.  They aren't super healthy, but with ingredients like oatmeal and peanut butter, I have determined (ha!) that they aren't such a bad choice.  Certainly they are a better choice than boxed cookies, right? I have made another recipe for these cookies.  Recipes for this cookie are all over the place.  The last recipe I made was a flop!  They didn't set up.  That was so disappointing!  I decided that, "Mama knows best" and dug out my mom's recipe for these cookies.  I followed her instructions to a T and they worked like a charm.  Definitely do it exactly like it says.  Who wants a flop recipe?  Not me! The only thing that I chang...

My older daughter had a couple of football parties to go to over the weekend, one on Saturday night, and a superbowl party on Sunday.  Her Dad and I were going to the same superbowl party so Rebecca and I decided to make a double batch of oreo balls.  Rebecca had made these for us at Christmas.  But, with so many sweets I didn't really get to enjoy them so I was super happy that we made them again.  I say "we" loosely because really all I was ALLOWED to do was put the oreo cookies and cream cheese in the food processor and push the button.  Probably for good reason though because the food I cook might be delicious but I'm not always so great with the presentation!  Rebecca on the other hand is a perfectionist with making it "look" beautiful!  So she twisted my arm and I "let" her have all the fun!  Here's how we made Oreo Balls AT HOME MY WAY: Oreo Balls Ingredients: One package Oreos (generic is fine) 1 8 oz package of cream chees...

These are the sugar cookies my mom made most often.  We had them EVERY Christmas and just in general when we wanted cookies.  I love these.  They are easy!  They use simple ingredients that I most generally always have in my pantry.  They use oil instead of butter or margarine.  The dough doesn't have to be chilled and they are dropped with a spoon.  Couldn't be any easier!  They can be sprinkled with whatever colored sugar celebrates a certain holiday or birthday and they pretty much taste fantabulous!  They are puffy little crunchy yet moist cookies and I think they're perfect. Here's how we make Mom's Sugar Cookies AT HOME MY WAY: Mom's Sugar Cookies 2 eggs, slightly beaten 2/3 cup oil (I use canola or vegetable) 2 teaspoons vanilla 3/4 cup sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups all purpose flour Colored sugar for sprinkling In a med mixing bowl, slightly beat the eggs.  Add in the sugar and oil. ...

I think I posted this recipe one cool rainy day this past summer, but since I promised to post this recipe which I used in Last Night's Leftovers to create Super Soup & Noodles, I figured it couldn't hurt to post this again.  HANDS DOWN, this is our favorite vegetable soup recipe.  Over the weekend I made it without the macaroni.  I just used more potatoes.  If you do serve with pasta, keep the pasta separate as the pasta breaks down and becomes mushy when you eat this leftover.  This recipe is very garlic-y.  This was the first vegetable soup my kids would eat since it was similar to spaghetti and they could eat the broth/meat & pasta, until they got used to the vegetables.  Sometimes I either buy or make bread bowls to ladle this soup into.  Its really, really good! Don't forget that this soup is great for leftovers - ladled over wide egg noodles or rice! This is how I make Hamburger Soup AT HOME MY WAY: (NOTE: remove the ...

Last night I made a meal in the crockpot that I hadn't made for years!  I think I had forgotten about it.  It was delicious and I need to remember this one.  It would also be great to serve to company.  It was easy to throw in the crockpot before work and everyone loved it!  I remember that this recipe was originally called "David Letterman chicken".  Supposedly, David Letterman's Mom used to make this for him.  I have no idea if that is true or not, but I made it for my family and we all liked it.  That's all I need to know LOL. This is how I made "David Letterman Chicken" AT HOME MY WAY: David Letterman Chicken (crockpot) 4-8 boneless, thawed skinless chicken breasts (or whatever you like to use as far as chicken goes, bone-in, dark meat, whatever..) Bacon (a piece of bacon for each piece of chicken) 1 can cream of mushroom soup 1 cup sour cream Salt/Pepper Egg noodles, mashed potatoes or rice (I prefer wide egg noodles) Directio...

My husband and I are recent "empty nesters" and have been enjoying a little bit of new found freedom the last couple of weeks. We haven't ever been big restaurant eaters but we have a new affinity for Outback Steakhouse. It seems like the other restaurants have raised their prices to the point that we can now eat at Outback as cheaply as we can eat at one of our local diners. If we each have the Outback Special for around $10, and drink the ice water, its a pretty cheap date night. A few times we have splurged and bought a half order of the Cheese Fries. They are divine! And OF COURSE, I had to figure a way to make these AT HOME MY WAY! And boy oh boy did I have success! These are really good. My older daughter wants me to make them over and over in the same week. She just can't get enough of them. I bought a 20 pound bag of potatoes (well... I bought two actually) for $1.98 each so this date-night splurge was really cheap to make at home. We NEVER fry anything any mo...