6 week bran muffins

 

These are the bran muffins I grew up eating. My grandma made them and they are amazing!!! There was several years that they stopped making All Bran cereal and no other bran cereal tasted the same! My kids still love them and this recipe is supposed to make 6 DOZEN!!! I think that’s where they get the 6-week name, although they don’t last anywhere close to that long at my house! I hope your family loves them as much as mine!

3 ingredient beef pasta bake

So I’m sure y’all have seen the recipes where you don’t have to cook the pasta first, right? So I finally decided to try it and I have to say, this was so easy and delish! I’ve been fighting some health issues the last few years that have made it hard for me to stand. I actually managed to make this whole thing by myself in just a few minutes! While the hamburger was browning I threw everything else in the baking dish so it took 10 minutes it less to get in the oven! Try it out and let me know what you think! 

3 Ingredient Beef Pasta Bake

Ingredients:

1 pound 93/7 ground beef

16 oz dry elbow noodles (small)

24 oz can/jar pasta sauce

Roasted garlic and herb seasoning

Salt and pepper

Spaghetti shaker cheese (parmesan) - optional

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425°

2. Brown hamburger.

3. Put DRY pasta in a 9x13 baking dish.

4. Pour sauce over noodles.

5. Fill sauce jar with water and add some beef bullion powder, stir. Or you can use the same amount of beef broth if you have it.

6. Dump in cooked hamburger (I didn’t drain because there was very little fat).

7. Add seasonings and stir.

8 Cover tightly with aluminum foil.

9. Bake for 35 minutes.

10. Uncover and serve.

Serves 4-6

Two Ingredient Lasagna Soup

 

I saw this food hack back in the day so I decided to try it and it was delish! Easy to double in a large crock pot. Let me know what you think!

Two Ingredient Lasagne Soup

Ingredients:

2 pound 6 ounce box of family size classic Stauffers Lasagne, THAWED

6 cups chicken broth or equivalent chicken bullion cubes or powder

Directions:

1. With a sharp knife, cut thawed lasagne into bite size squares while it’s still in its container. Make sure you cut thru the bottom layer of noodles! (Checkered pattern)

2. Dump lasagne in a large crock pot. 

3. Add 6 cups chicken broth. I used 6 cups of water with chicken bullion powder.

4. Cook on high 2-3 hours until hot.

5. Taste and add Italian seasoning, salt and pepper as needed.

NOTES:

1. Easy to use 2 frozen lasagne to serve more people or leftovers for another day. Add more broth as needed.

2. Add less broth if you want a thicker soup.

Boursin Noodles and Sausage Bake

 

I made a variation of a video I saw. Super easy because you don’t have to cook the noodles first! The hardest part was slicing the sausage. LOL You could do a lot versions of this using different meats and adding veggies. Let me know if you try it! It’s delish! 😋😋😋

Boursin Noodles and Sausage Bake

Ingredients:

• 16 oz elbow macaroni

• 12 oz kielbasa or beef smoked sausage, sliced

• 1 package Garlic & Herb Boursin cheese

• 3 1/2 cups chicken broth (or enough to fully cover noodles)

• Roasted Garlic and Herbs seasoning (Aldi)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425°.

2. Add dry noodles to 9x13 baking dish.

3. Pour in chicken broth (I use water mixed with chicken bullion powder).

4. Add Boursin block of cheese in the middle of the noodles.

5. Add sliced sausages on top of the noodles.

6. Sprinkle the top with seasonings. DO NOT MIX!!!

7. Cover with tin foil and bake for 35 min until noodles are cooked thru.

Serves 4-6

Shredded chicken sandwiches

 I don’t have a picture, as I came across this 14 years ago from my Facebook memories. My friend Rhonda at the Time had relatives that owned a restaurant in Ohio and they would serve these shredded chicken sandwiches and they were very popular. They are delicious!

Until this last weekend, I had never had a shredded chicken sandwich!  Here is an awesome and easy recipe if you want to try it (I made a lot because I am freezing some for another time):  Add 4lbs of boneless, skinless chicken breasts to crock pot, add 4lbs bonesless, skinless chicken thighs to crock pot, cover chicken with just enough water, add 2 packs of onion soup mix, salt and pepper, stir.  Heat on low all night or all day.  Stir to shred chicken.  Use slotted spoon or pinchers to drain chicken as needed, add to rolls..eat!  YUMMO!!! 

Sausage Beans and Rice

 

Sausage Beans and Rice

Sausage, beans and rice. Another easy recipe to use up the leftover rice! 

I sliced a pack of chicken sausage, drained and rinsed 4 cans of red beans, 6 cups of water mixed with 2 heaping spoons of Creole seasoning and chicken bullion powder, a bay leaf, a decent amount of dried minced onion and about a tablespoon or so of Worcestershire sauce. 

Cook in the crock pot on high for about 2 hours. 

It was very watery but mixed well with the rice so I’m not sure if I’ll reduce it next time or not. I’ll see how the leftover go but will definitely do 2 packs of sausage next time. 

Jackson was scared of it but he ended up having some and said it was really good. Jason wasn’t sure either but ended up having two bowls of it and said it was really good. I thought it was really good too, so I’ll probably make it again. Amry didn’t have any. I’m trying to be a little more frugal and trying to save some money in our food costs. I normally don’t cook anything with beans and don’t eat a lot of rice, but I’m gonna start looking at more recipes I could possibly do. So I’ll probably end up putting this on my food blog for future reference. 😋😋😋

Sausage Cabbage and Carrots

 

Sausage Cabbage and Carrots

Dinner was delish tonight! 😋 Sausage, cabbage and carrots in the crockpot. Add 1 chopped head of cabbage, 1 bag of baby carrots and 2 thinly sliced Italian sausages to the crock pot. Season heavily with Aldi’s Roasted Garlic and Herbs seasoning and add 2 cups of chicken broth (I used water with heavy handed chicken bullion powder). Cook on high 3 hours. Serve as is or over rice.  You could also add more liquid and make it into a soup which would be delicious with some grilled onions added and anything else you’d like. 🙂