Author: jim

Aunt Gina’s Lasagna

Serves: 6

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound of Lasagna (oven ready)
  • 3 pounds of Ricotta
  • 1 pound of Mozzarella (cut in cubes)
  • 3 eggs
  • sauce
  • grated cheese
  • fresh parsley

Instructions:

In large bowl mix ricotta, mozzerella, eggs, parsley and grated cheese by hand.

In Lasagna Baking disk or tin put a layer of sauce, then a layer of lasagna.  Top noodles with cheese mixture and a layer of sauce, then place another layer of Lasagna and repeat.  Be sure top layer ends with Lasagna noodles covered with sauce.  Add additional grated cheese to each layer.  (The key is a lot of cheese)

Aunt Lori’s Spanish Rice

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound hamburger
  • 1 green pepper (chopped)
  • 1 large onion (chopped)
  • 1/2 clove garlic (chopped)
  • 1 18oz can tomatoes
  • 1 8oz can Hunt’s tomato sauce
  • 1 tablespoon paparika
  • 1 cup long grain rice
  • breadcrumbs
  • salt
  • Pepper
  • Parsley

Instructions:

Brown hamburger.  Add onion, pepper, and garlic and cook until tender.  Add the can of tomatoes plus one can of water, the tomato sauce, paparika.  Pepper and parsley to taste.  Cook 20 minutes.

Add 1 cup rice and cook until tender.  Add water as needed.  Salt to taste.  Put in buttered casserole and top with breadcrumbs.  Cook until top is golden brown at 350° – 400°.

Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients:

  • 5 peppers
  • 1 lb chop meat
  • 1 cup Carolina rice
  • garlic
  • 1 can tomato puree
  • salt
  • black pepper

Instructions:

Clean and empty middle of peppers.  Mix chop meat, rice, salt and black pepper.  Stuff peppers and rub with oil.  Roast in oven at 350°.  Take out a little oil from peppers to make gravy.  In sauce pot add more oil if needed.  Brown garlic, salt and black pepper.  Add tomatoes and cook 1/2 hour.  Then add peppers in gravy and let it simmer for 1/2 hour.

Grandma’s Banana Cake

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup of butter
  • 1 1/2 cups of sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 cup of mashed bananas (about 3-4 bananas)

Instructions:

Add butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla to a bowl.  Beat well.  Add the rest of the ingredients.  Bake at 350 for 1 hour in a tube pan (with the hole in the middle)

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Beer Cheese Soup

Serves: 10

Ready In: 30-60 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 6 cups milk, divided
  • 1/2 Tabasco Sauce, PLUS
  • 3/4 teaspoon Tabasco Sauce
  • 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 1/2 strips bacon, coarsely chopped
  • 1/3 cup onion, coarsely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons chicken bouillon granules
  • 4 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 jar (16 oz. size) Cheez Whiz
  • 1 can (12 oz. size) beer

Instructions:

Combine 5 2/3 cups milk, Tabasco and Worcestershire sauces in a large pot. Stir to combine well.

In a heavy skillet, saute bacon until crisp; pour off half the fat. Add onion; stir and cook until wilted. Add chicken bouillon and cook, stirring 3 or 4 minutes.

Add bacon mixture to milk mixture and heat over medium heat. When milk begins to steam (at about 180) combine cornstarch and reserved 1/3 cup milk, stirring until smooth. Stir mixture into hot milk mixture and cook, stirring frequently, until soup thickens.

Add Cheez Whiz, stirring almost constantly. Stir in beer, including the foam. Strain through a metal mesh strainer into a large bowl. If necessary, reheat.