Chicken Stew - Crock Pot

6 chicken breast/12 tenders cut into bite size pieces
2 TBSP butter
1 onion diced
8 red potatoes diced
2 C baby carrots cut in half
2 C fresh green beans cut/2 cans green beans
1 C celery diced
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 C milk
1 C sour cream
2 packets dry ranch dressing mix
2 tsp Parsley
Salt/Pepper

Melt butter on the bottom of crock pot. Add all veggies on top and stir. Add chicken. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Mix together soup, milk, sour cream and ranch dressing mix. Pour on top of chicken.

Cook on high 3-4 hours. Low 4-6 hours.

Sprinkle with Parsley and serve.

Serves 8-10

Grandma & Papa Fishies Hamburger Soup

In a big pot brown:

2-3 lbs hamburger meat
1 onion chopped

Add and bring to boil:

2+ quarts beef stock
(1) 28 oz can diced tomatoes
3 bay leaves
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp dried basil

Add:

1 1/2 C. celery diced (about 4 stocks)
2 potatoes peeled and diced
2 cans green beans
1 can or 1/2 bag frozen corn
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper

Simmer until potatoes are done. About 30 min.

Add before serving:

2 C. cooked macaroni noodles

Sprinkle with cheddar cheese.

Serves about 10-12

Authentic Irish Stew

4+ cups beef broth or chicken broth
2 tsp marjoram
2 tsp parsley
1 1 /2 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder (or 2 cloves fresh)
3/4 tsp pepper
1 pkg lamb bits
Leeks
Carrots (big pieces)
Green beans
Potatoes
Bag of kale

Stir all together and cook on low 3 hours.  Crockpot.

Ham Green Bean Casserole DELUX!

I looked in the fridge wondering what the heck to make for dinner.  I had fresh green beans that needed to be cooked (I like to bake them but didn't have that much time) a cooked ham steak and some muenster cheese.  Rather than just having boring ham and some green beans on the side as well as being short on time I decided to do the following and it turned out FABULOUS!!!! Not too sure how "healthy" this is but man was it GOOD and FAST!

2lbs fresh green beans
2 cans cream of mushroom soup (optional, use heavy cream as substitute)
1 onion chopped
1 package mushrooms cut them in half
3 cloves garlic
1 tsp rosemary
1 cup cheddar cheese
3-4 cups cooked diced ham
8-10 slices muenster cheese

Pre-heat oven to 400

In a large pot steam green beans (try to keep the beans all in the same direction so it's easier to place them in the dish making it easier to serve, see picture).  In a LARGE baking dish add cooked diced ham, chopped onion, garlic, rosemary, soup and mushrooms. Mix all together and spread evenly to cover the bottom of dish.  Top with cheddar cheese.  Once green beans are slightly tender (about the time you are done adding everything to dish 10-15 min) place them down the center of the dish.  Pile them high, all facing the same direction.  Place muenster cheese on top of green beans layering the cheese.  Bake until cheese is golden.  Everything is already cooked so this should only take about 10-15 min! Total time for this meal I'd say is 30 minutes! Can't beat that! I will have a picture of the beans in the dish the next time I make this... which should be pretty soon wink wink!