Spanish Rice Casserole

Ronda gave me this recipe for my leftover roast. You can also use chicken or pork.

1 pkg Rice A Roni Spanish Rice. Follow recipe on back, and when you add the diced canned tomatoes, also add a can of rinsed black beans and 1-2 cups of shredded or cubed meat.

Warm up 10 inch burrito sized tortillas in a skillet and place same of the filling with a bit of shredded cheddar jack cheese.

Roll up and enjoy! Add salsa if you like!

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Mexican Corn Chowder

1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
1/2 c chopped onion
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 Tbs margarine
2 chicken bouillon cubes
1 c hot water
1 tsp ground cumin
2 c half an dhalf
2 c shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1 (16 oz) can creamed corn
1 (4 oz) can chopped green chilies, undrained
1/2 tsp hot pepper sauce
1 tomato, chopped

Cut chicken into bite-size pieces. In a dutch oven - pan not the actual outdoor cooking mechanism ;) - brown chicken, onion and garlic in butter until chicken is no longer pink. Dissolve the bouillon in hot water. Add to pan along with cumin; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Add cream, cheese, corn, chilies, and hot pepper sauce. Cook and stir over low heat until the cheese is melted. Stir in tomato. Serve immediately.

This is one of our favorite soups. Our other favorite is Taco Soup but I figure you all know that recipe since the first time I had it was at Carrie's when Jessica was blessed.

Pulled Pork with Root Beer Sauce

1 2-1/2- to 3-pound pork sirloin roast
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon cooking oil
2 medium onions, cut into thin wedges
1 cup root beer*
6 cloves garlic, minced
3 cups root beer (two 12-ounce cans or bottles)*
1 cup bottled chili sauce
1/4 teaspoon root beer concentrate (optional)
Several dashes bottled hot pepper sauce (optional)
8 to 10 hamburger buns, split (and toasted, if desired)
Lettuce leaves (optional)
Tomato slices (optional)

Directions
1. Trim fat from meat. If necessary, cut roast to fit into a 3-1/2- to 5-quart crockery cooker. Sprinkle meat with the salt and pepper. In a large skillet brown meat on all sides in hot oil. Drain off fat. Transfer meat to cooker. Add onions, the 1 cup root beer, and garlic.

2. Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 8 to 10 hours or on high-heat setting for 4 to 5 hours.

3. Meanwhile, for sauce, in a medium saucepan combine the 3 cups of root beer and the chili sauce. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Boil gently, uncovered, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes or until mixture is reduced to 2 cups. Add root beer concentrate and bottled hot pepper sauce, if desired.

4. Transfer roast to a cutting board or serving platter. Using a slotted spoon, remove onions from cooking juices and place on serving platter. Discard juices. Using 2 forks, pull meat apart into shreds. To serve, line buns with lettuce leaves and tomato slices, if desired. Add meat and onions; spoon on sauce. Makes 8 to 10 servings.

*Note: Do not substitute with diet root beer.

Veggie Pizza

This is SO good, we like it better than the pepperoni pizza we used to have every weekend, but I still make half and half for Nate's sake!

CRUST
3 C water
1 T olive oil
1 T honey or sugar
2 T yeast
Mix until yeast is dissolved (I use my bread mixer)

While mixing add
3 1/2 C flour
2 t salt
about 4 more cups four until dough is stiff, and beat for 5 min. After topping pizza, bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.

This makes two jellyroll pans of pizza dough. I usually only make one for dinner and keep the rest for breadsticks w/ soup.

Toppings
Top with pizza sauce, feta cheese, any veggies you have (this one has swiss chard, tomatoes, summer squash, olives, and onions), and other must is crush a few cloves of garlic on top. ENJOY!

Apple Bars

Apple Bars

4 cups flour
2 cups butter
1cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

Use a pastry blender and mix well. Stir in 2 beaten eggs. Use half of mixture
and put in a greased 9 x 13 pan.

Slice and core about 7 granny smith apples
Mix apples in:
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
2 tsp cinnamon

Pour apples over the bottom crust.
Sprinkle rest of dough over top of apples.
Cook @ 350 for 1 hour.

Frost while warm with cream cheese frosting.