Chili

1 pound hamburger
1 medium onion
2 cans tomato soup
1 can water
4 cans Bush chili beans, mild flavor
2 cans water
Chili powder, to taste
Onion powder, to taste
1 can stewed tomatoes
Optional: 1 green pepper
1 red pepper
Any other peppers to taste

Brown hamburger and onion. In crock pot put tomato soup, 1 can water,
Chili beans, 2 cans water, add spices & hamburger & onion. Cook all day on low, 6 - 10 hrs or on high for 4 - 6 hours.
Add more chili powder & onion powder as needed to taste.

Lasagna

12 Lasagna Noodles
1 pound hamburger
1 medium onion
Pepper
12 oz Cottage Cheese
8 oz Sour Cream
2 cans Tomato Sauce
1 pkg (2cups) Mozzerella Cheese, shredded

Brown Hamburger in pan with onion (chopped or sliced), salt & pepper.

Boil water in large kettle. After water comes to boil, add lasagna noodles. Only cook the noodles half way (they will finish cooking in the oven).
When noodles are half way cooked, drain the water off. Put cottage cheese and sour cream in large kettle and mix together. Add noodles and stir until noodles are covered.
Line a lasagna pan or cake pan with 4 noodles, put half of meat sauce on noodles. Re peat with noodles and meat sauce. When you have the third layer of noodles in pan cover with the shredded mozzerella cheese.
Cover pan with foil, poke holes in foil with a fork.

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.

Scalloped Potaotes & Ham

10 pounds potatoes
1 - 2 pounds cooked Ham, diced
white pepper
onion powder
2 Tbsp Flour, per layer
3 Tbsp butter, per layer
4 cups milk
1 1/2 cups heavy cream

Peel & slice potatoes.
Layer in large roaster, potatoes, ham, butter, white pepper, onion powder & flour.
In a large roaster you should get 3 layers.

Scald  milk & cream. Pour over potaotes and ham.

Bake @ 375 for 2 - 3 hours
Stir occassionally.


I will freeze any leftovers, this makes a quick meal in the future.

Baked Spaghetti

1 pound spaghetti noodles
1 pound hamburger
1/2 cup mozzerella cheese
1 jar Spaghetti Sauce (I make homemade)
1 can black olives
1 can mushrooms, sliced
2 cups Colby Jack cheese
Olive oil
Salt
Pepper
1 medium Onion

Cook spaghetti noodles to the point of being half way done. (They will finish cooking in the oven)
Brown hamburger, onion, salt & pepper. Add Spaghetti Sauce. Stir and heat.
Slice mushrooms & black olives.
Drizzle Olive Oil into bottom of casserole dish. Use paper towel to spread on bottom and sides of dish.
In bowl put half cooked spaghetti noodles. Drizze olive oil on noodles and stir. Add hamburger with sauce. Add black olives & mushrooms. Add mozzerella cheese. Stir well.
Pour into Casserole Dish and cover with Colby Jack Cheese.
Bake @ 350 for 20 - 30 minutes or until cheese on top is melted and hot.

You can add meatballs to this recipe if you would like. Just add them before putting Colby Jack Cheese on top. Also cook your meatballs before adding them to the spaghetti to ensure that they are throughly cooked before serving.