Recipe - Meat Loaf (tomato-based)

Meat Loaf w/Tomato

1 1/2 lb ground beef
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 teaspoon fine ground black pepper
1 c fresh breadcrumbs
2 8 oz cans hunt's tomato sauce
1/2 c water
3 tbsp vinegar
3 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp mustard
3 tbsp worcestershire sauce

Preheat oven to 350. Mix meat, breadcrumbs, onion, egg, salt and pepper and 1/2 can tomato sauce. Put into greased loaf pan. Combine remaining ingredients, pour over meatloaf. Cook 1 hour at 350, basting at 30 and 45 minutes.

Recipe - Banana Bread

Banana Bread

3 overripe bananas
1 c white sugar
1 1/2 cup flour
4 tbsp olive oil
2 eggs
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 c raisins (optional)
1/2 c walnuts or pecans (optional)

Preheat oven to 350. Mash bananas. Add sugar, eggs, oil. Mix well. Add flour, soda, and salt. Mix well. Add raisins and nuts if desired. Stir until evenly mixed. Put in greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 1 hour or until done. Stick in toothpick. If dough doesn't stick to toothpick, it's done.

Recipe - Chicken and Dumplings

Chicken and Dumplings

chicken:
6 chicken thighs, bone in
1 1/2 qt water
1 tsp salt

dumplings:
2 eggs
1 tsp salt
1/2 stick butter
1 1/2 c flour

Put salt, chicken, and water in pot. Slow boil chicken until tender, 30-45 minutes. While boiling, mix well eggs, salt and butter. Mix in flour slowly until ready to roll, doughy consistency. Sprinkle flour on rolling surface. Take 2 tbsp of dough, roll into a ball covered with flour. Flatten thin with rolling pin, cut into 2 inch squares. Repeat until dough used. Remove chicken from pot, de-bone and set aside. Bring broth to a rolling boil. Drop in dumplings one at a time, avoiding dumpling collisions. Turn heat down to low, let cook for 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Add chicken back to pot, turn off heat, let stand for 3 hours.

Potato Soup Recipe

Potato Soup

4 large potatoes, cubed
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 tsp garlic
1/2 cup celery, chopped fine
1 can chicken broth
1 can cream of chicken soup
1c milk
1 tbsp butter
(optional) 2 strips of bacon and olive oil or cooking spray.

(optional) Mash some of the potatoes to thicken soup. (optional) Fry bacon in olive oil or cooking spray, drain grease and set aside. Sautee onions and celery and garlic in butter until the onions are translucent. Add broth and potatoes. Boil until potatoes tender. Add cream of chicken soup and milk and (optional) bacon. Simmer on medium heat 5 minutes or until hot. Serve.

Lemon Icebox Pie Recipe

Lemon Icebox Pie

1 can eagle brand sweetened condensed milk
1 6oz can frozen lemonade or 1/3 c lemon juice
1 8oz bowl of cool whip
1 9 inch graham cracker crust
(optional) graham cracker crumbs
(optional) fruit pie filling (blueberry, strawberry, cherry, etc)

Add milk and juice to bowl, stir. Fold in cool whip. Pour into graham cracker pie crust. Freeze for three hours. Serve frozen.

You can optionally top the pie with graham cracker crumbs or fruit pie filling.

Shrimp Gumbo Recipe

Shrimp gumbo

3 lb raw shrimp
1/2 lb okra
1 small onion
1/3 to 1/2 large bell pepper
2 tbsp parsley
3 tbsp flour
1/2 8oz can diced tomatoes
2 bay leaves
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp salt
olive oil or cooking spray

Preferably use small shrimp, already peeled. Otherwise you'll have to peel them yourself. Fry okra in pan with olive oil or cooking spray for a couple of minutes. Add pepper, add onion, saute until onions are translucent. Add flour, and brown the mixture. Add tomatoes. Fry until dry and brown. Put shrimp in a pot with parsley and bay leaves and just enough water to cover them. Simmer shrimp five minutes. Add okra mix to shrimp and simmer until shrimp cooked and most of the liquid has evaporated.