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March 12, 2023 Lee

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Sausage Balls

Favorite Recipes page 8, Sande Seale, St. Clair Shores, MI.

This recipe is from an extensive cookbook titled Favorite Recipes, compiled by the active and retired employees of Michigan Bell in 1981. Links to the Shortcuts are listed in the Notes section.

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 30

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Servings

Equipment

Baking Sheet
Foil
Oven

Ingredients

500 grams pork sausage, (1 lb), Shortcut
500 grams Cheddar cheese, shredded, (1 lb)
3½ cups Bisquick Mix, Shortcut
pinch fresh parsley, chopped fine

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 180° C (350° F), get out a baking, line with foil with the edges turned up, to make cleanup easier.
Add all ingredients to a large mixing bowl, mix together.
Form into even sized balls. Arrange on baking sheet.
Bake for 20-30 minutes or until cooked through.
Serve as appetizers with dipping sauces of your choice. Enjoy.

Notes

Shortcuts: Pork Sausage, Bisquick Mix.

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Chicken Nugget Bake

February 26, 2023 Lee

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Chicken Nugget Bake

Lee

An easy casserole with simple ingredients, this is the slimmed down version of Chicken Nugget Casserole II. And it is delicious!

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 40

Course Main Dish

Cuisine American

Servings servings

Equipment

Baking Pan (9x13 inch)
Oven

Ingredients

1 kilo frozen chicken nuggets, you will not use them all, (2 lb)
2 cups pasta sauce, Shortcut
2 cups Mozzarella Cheese, shredded
hot cooked spaghetti, as desired, for serving

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 180° C (350° F), grease a 9x13 baking dish with butter.
Place frozen chicken nuggets in the prepared dish in a single layer.
Pour the pasta sauce over the nuggets and spread out evenly.
Sprinkle the cheese over the sauce.
Bake for 30-40 minutes or until the cheese is starting to brown on top.
While the casserole is baking, cook spaghetti or pasta of your choice, until tender, drain.
Serve casserole spooned over hot pasta, and a vegetable for a great meal. Enjoy.

Notes

Fair cost per serving.

Variant: 1. Feel free to use more sauce and or cheese as desired.

Shortcut: Pasta Sauce.

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February 4, 2023 Lee

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Egg Salad III

Just a Pinch Recipe Club, Janice Splaha, United States.

This is an excellent egg salad, this is a no mustard egg salad and also includes cream cheese. A delicious change to the typical egg salad. This is great on sandwiches or crackers. This recipe assumes you have hard boiled eggs already - feel free to prepare those your preferred way. Link to the Shortcut is in the Notes section.

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Prep Time 10

Passive Time 2

Course Salad

Cuisine American

Servings servings

Ingredients

6 hard boiled eggs, peeled, Shortcut
85 grams cream cheese, softened, (3 oz)
1 tablespoon celery, heaping, diced fine
1 teaspoon onion, heaping, diced fine
¼ cup mayo
1 teaspoon sugar
½ teaspoon lemon juice
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
salt and pepper, to taste
paprika, to taste

Instructions

Hard boil the eggs your preferred way then peel them.
To a medium size mixing bowl, add the remaining ingredients except the salt, pepper, and paprika.
Mix together until fairly smooth. Taste and season with salt, pepper, and paprika, as desired, to taste.
Chop the eggs and add to the mixing bowl.
Gently mix the eggs into the cream cheese mixture. Cover and place in the fridge to chill for 1-2 hour before serving.
Spread salad generously on sliced bread or buns for delicious sandwiches, I like to spread may on the bread first as well. This is also an excellent salad on crackers of your choice. Enjoy.

Notes

Shortcut: Perfect Hard Boiled Chicken Eggs.

Variant: 1. You can use celery seed and onion powder to replace the fresh items, use ¼ teaspoon each.

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Homemade Brownie Mix

January 2, 2023 Lee

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Homemade Brownie Mix

The Cookie Rookie, Becky Hardin, United States.

This recipe comes from a social media friend and comes highly recommended. This is the mix and the instructions to make the brownies, so sort of a 2 for 1 recipe. This mix as stated makes the equivalent of 1 store bought boxed mix. Easy to assemble mix, and wonderful brownies, highly recommended!

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Prep Time 5

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings brownies

Equipment

Baking Pan (8x8 inch) , for making the brownies
Oven , for making the brownies

Ingredients

For the Mix

1 cup sugar
⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
½ cup all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon instant espresso powder, optional
¼ teaspoon baking powder
⅛ teaspoon salt
1 cup chocolate chips, optional

To make the Brownies

½ cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

For the Mix

Add the Mix ingredients, except the chocolate chips, to a large mixing bowl and whisk together.
Stir in the chocolate chips.
At this point, the Mix is ready, store in an airtight container or even a ziplock bag until use. Fell free to make several batches, then you have several "boxes" available to use anytime.

To make the Brownies

Preheat your oven to 180° C (350° F), get out an 8x8 inch baking pan, line with parchment paper, overhanging two sides, and lightly grease the exposed sides with butter.
In a mixing bowl, add the oil, eggs, and vanilla. Whisk together.
Add 1 recipe of Brownie Mix and mix together until just combined.
Pour mixture into the prepared baking pan.
Bake for 20-25 or until desired doneness, less for gooier type brownies, a bit more for cakier type brownies. Remove from oven and and cool pan on a rack for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, use a butter knife and cut along the two sides of the pan with no parchment. Use the parchment overhangs and carefully lift out of the pan and place on the wire rack and allow to cool another 10 minutes.
Cut into 9 squares, serve and enjoy.

Notes

Recipe easily doubles, just use two batches of Mix and bake in a 9x13 baking pan.

Variants: 1. Regular size or mini chocolate chips can be semisweet, dark, milk, or even white. 2. Replace the chocolate chips with 1 cup M&M candies or 1 cup chopped Oreo cookies. 3. In addition to the chocolate chips, add ½ cup nuts, such as chopped walnuts, pecans, cashews, almonds, or mixed nuts.

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Hot Chocolate Mix

January 2, 2023 Lee

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Hot Chocolate Mix

Adapted from an internet recipe.

My wife asked me for a hot chocolate mix, I came across this one somewhere, and it is on my make and taste list.

Prep Time 5

Course Drink

Servings servings

Ingredients

3 cups milk powder
¾ cup sugar
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
⅛ teaspoon salt

Instructions

To make the Mix:

Place everything in a large mixing bowl, and whisk to combine fully.
Store mixture in a large airtight container and use as needed

To make a Serving:

Use ¼ mixture for each 1 cup of hot water, stirring well to full mix. Enjoy.

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Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Kielbasa

December 17, 2022 Lee

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Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Kielbasa

Family Fresh Meals, Corey, United States.

Excellent tasting sauce with the sausage. Be careful not to overcook or you have have some sausage that is a little tough. This can be served as an appetizer or over rice, egg noodles, or potatoes for a main dish.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 4

Course Appetizer, Main Dish

Cuisine American

Servings servings

Equipment

Slow Cooker (3½+ quart)

Ingredients

¼ cup brown sugar, packed
⅓ cup honey
½ cup ketchup
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 kilo Kielbasa sausage, sliced ½ to ¾ inch slices, (or Polish sausage, or any precooked smoked sausage)

Instructions

To the slow cooker, add all the ingredients except the Kielbasa. Stir to mix together.
Add the sliced Kielbasa or smoked sausage of your choice. Stir into the sauce to coat the sausage slices.
Cover and set to Low setting, cooking 4 hours, stirring about every 30-40 minutes.
Serve with your choice of sides, and enjoy. We served this with rice and sautéed mushrooms on the side, but so good, no photo.

Notes

Fair cost per serving.

Variant: 1. Use chili sauce in place of ketchup.

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Macaroni Ham Casserole

December 12, 2022 Lee

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Macaroni Ham Casserole

Adapted from an internet recipe.

I made this on 12 Dec 2022 to test out the recipe, and wow, is this good! The Thai family really enjoyed this. Easy to prepare and common ingredients. Tailored to my findings.

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 40

Course Main Dish

Cuisine American

Servings servings

Equipment

Casserole (3 quart)
Oven

Ingredients

250 grams dry macaroni, (8 oz)
1 tablespoon butter
½ cup onion, diced
¼ cup red bell pepper, diced
2 cups ham, diced
1 can condensed creamy chicken mushroom soup
½ cup milk
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped, or 1 teaspoon dried
2 cups Cheddar cheese, shredded

Instructions

Heat a pot of salted water to a boil, then added the macaroni and cook until just tender.
Preheat your oven to 180° C (350° F), grease a 3 quart casserole with butter.
Melt the butter in a non stick pan, when hot, add the onion and bell pepper. Sauté until just softened. Add the diced ham and cook until ham is warmed through. I did not have a bell pepper so I just omitted that.
When the macaroni is just tender, drain and return to the pot, add the ham mixture, soup, milk, and parsley.
Mix together. Pour mixture into the prepared casserole.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Sprinkle with the Cheddar cheese.
Continue to bake until cheese is melted and just starting to brown, about 15 minutes.
Serve and enjoy.

Notes

Low cost per serving.

Updated on 12 December 2022.

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Salmon Scalloped Potatoes

November 9, 2022 Lee

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Salmon Scalloped Potatoes

Lee

I like potatoes, cheese, and salmon, so I came up with this from a mix of recipes. I made this on 8 Nov 2022, and it is delicious! The family enjoyed this as a side dish with ham steaks, I enjoyed this as a main dish with a side of mixed veggies - excellent comfort meal.

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Prep Time 30

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 30

Course Side

Cuisine American

Servings servings

Equipment

Mandoline
Baking Pan (9x13 inch)
Oven

Ingredients

5-6 cups sliced potatoes, thinly sliced, mandoline is perfect for this
4-5 cups Cheddar cheese, shredded
½ cup onion, diced
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 can salmon, drained, flaked, (15 oz / 425 g)
1 can condensed creamy chicken mushroom soup, (10½ oz / 298 g)
½ cup milk
salt and pepper, as desired

Instructions

Use a mandoline to get perfectly thin and even slices. This was from 4 potatoes.
Prep the onion and shred the cheese. Set aside ½ to 1 cup of cheese for the final step in baking. It was a big onion so I diced the whole thing and will store in the fridge for use in another recipe in a few days.
Preheat your oven to 180° C (350° F), grease a 9x13 baking dish with butter or cooking spray.
Whisk together the soup and milk in mixing bowl and set aside.
Layer the bottom of the baking dish with half of the potatoes.
Sprinkle with 1½ tablespoons flour and add salt and black pepper as desired.
Sprinkle on half the onion, half the salmon, and half the cheese.
Add the remaining potatoes in a layer. Then the remaining flour, salt and pepper, then the remaining onion, salmon, and ending with cheese.
Pour the soup mixture over the top
Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes or until potatoes are tender, this may take longer than 45 minutes depending on the thickness of the potato slices. Remove foil.
Sprinkle with the reserved cheese.
Bake uncovered now for another 10 to 15 minutes until cheese is bubbly and starting to brown.
Serve as a side or a main dish, and enjoy .

Notes

Fair cost per serving as a main dish.

Variants: 1. This would be equally as delicious using ham in place of the salmon.

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Kielbasa & Potato Casserole (Slow Cooker)

November 8, 2022 Lee

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Kielbasa & Potato Casserole (Slow Cooker)

The Lazy Slow Cooker, Susan, United States.

This recipe is from a social media friend who specializes in slow cooker dishes. I made this on 24 Nov 2022 and I will say, this is an easy, and exceptionally good casserole! Highly recommended.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 4

Course Main Dish

Cuisine American

Servings servings

Equipment

Slow Cooker (3½+ quart)

Ingredients

1 kilo potatoes, diced into about ½ inch cubes, (2 lb)
500 grams kielbasa, or any smoked sausage, sliced ½ - ¾ inch rounds, (1 lb)
3 cups Cheddar cheese, shredded, divided
1 can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 cup onion, diced
1 teaspoon garlic powder
½ cup sour cream

Instructions

For the potatoes, if using frozen, thaw first. If using fresh, peel, then dice to about ½ inch cubes. Add potatoes to the slow cooker. In Thailand, Makro has frozen cubed potatoes 15x15mm. I dice fresh by cutting first with a French fry cutter then use a knife to cut the cubes.
Add sausage, onion, garlic powder, and 2 cups of the cheese to your slow cooker. In Thailand I use what is called Sausage Scraps from Makro, excellent sausage, 4 types in one package, one type is very much like kielbasa.
Mix together.
Add the soup to the slow cooker and mix into the potato mixture.
Cover and set to Low and cook for 3 to 4 hours. Check at 3 hours for fork tender potatoes. If not tender, check again at 3½ hours to 4 hours.
When potatoes are tender, add the sour cream and stir in.
Top with the remaining 1 cup of cheese, cover and continue cooking. If you like cheese, feel free to add more on the top.
When the cheese is melted, the casserole is ready.
Serve and enjoy.

Notes

Low cost per serving.

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Lazy Sunday Chicken Casserole

October 28, 2022 Lee

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Lazy Sunday Chicken Casserole

Just a Pinch Recipe Club, Chef Andy Anderson, United States.

This recipe comes from a good friend, and Chef. I made this on 26 Oct 2022, and it is absolutely delicious! Easy to put together. Link to the Shortcut is listed in the Notes section.

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 35

Course Main Dish

Cuisine American

Servings servings

Equipment

Baking Pan (7x11 inch)
Oven

Ingredients

4 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless, cooked, shredded, (650 g / 1½ lb), Shortcut
1½ cups cooked white rice
5 slices bacon, diced
½ medium onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups chicken broth, Shortcut
1 can artichoke hearts, I use Fiamma brand, imported from Italy, (14 oz / 400 g)
½ cup Cheddar cheese, shredded
salt and black pepper, as desired, to taste

For the Topping

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
¼ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
½ cup panko breadcrumbs

Instructions

Cook the chicken your preferred way, boil, bake, or use leftover chicken if you have a lot. I prefer to use my pressure cooker and I can make broth at the same time. My preferred way to shred chick is to cut into large cubes the use my hands to pull the cubes apart, result is shredded chicken without the long pieces of chicken. Set the chicken aside.
Heat a large pan on medium to medium low heat, add the diced bacon and cook until crispy, stirring often. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon to a plate lined with paper towels. My preferred pan is wok pan.
Drain from the pan all but 3 tablespoons of bacon fat, then add the onion. Sauté until softened and just starting to brown. Then add the garlic and sauté until frgrant.
Add the flour and stir for 2 minutes.
Add the broth and stir in. Now preheat your oven to 190° C (375° F) and get out a 7x11 inch backing dish.
Simmer for 6-8 minutes until mixture thickens and bubbles. Taste and season with salt and pepper as desired.
Now add the shredded chicken, drained bacon, artichokes, and rice.
Mix together and let simmer for a few minutes.
Pour mixture into the baking dish and spread out evenly.
Top with the Cheddar cheese.
In a small bowl, mix together the Topping ingredients, sprinkle on the top.
Bake for 35 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the casserole is bubbly.
Serve with your sides of choice, enjoy.

Notes

Fair cost per serving as the artichoke is imported.

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