put your family favs here. It can be easy it can be hard as long as its food we will enjoy it LOL

15 Bean Soup- cooking;  half way thru cooking;   (salt to taste)

add Keilbasa Sausage cut into bite size chuncks
when beans are almost done, add

one med. potato diced in small pieces
One onion, your size, diced
3 beef bullion cubes
fresh garlic or powder to taste
2-14oz. canned diced tomatoes
tsp. lemon juice-optional
as much chili powder as you can stand
let cook until beans are tender

serve with Cornbread 
you can add different things if you like, carrots, celery, etc.

1.  1 Can refried beans
green chili peppers drained or grd. hot red peppers, or
some kind of mild pepper, your choice

2.   1 small sour cream
1 pkg. of Taco seasoning mix                         &nb sp;    sharp cheddar cheese

mix #1 in a larger bowl,  #2 mix well in smaller bowl, then
mix them well together in the larger bowl

Put in a shallow 9x9 container w/ a lid, sprinkle a good layer
of cheese over top, let set about an hr. then refrigerate, gives
the cheese alittle time to melt.
Serve with your favorite tortilla chips.
Great for a party, and with beer.

1 1/2 lb. lean grd. beef, cooked and drained
add in a large pot with

lg can of tomato juice or V-8, your choice
lg. onion diced
2 celery stalks, cut and diced fairly small
mushrooms-optional, canned or fresh

2 beef bullion cubes, 1/2 c. water, dissolve in microwave
1 can of mixed veggies, (2 only if you need more filler)
1 can of corn
1 can of peas

spices that can be used to 'your liking':
garlic, sage, thyme, oregano, celery seed, rosemary, curry powder, cay. pepper, etc. and of course black pepper and salt. Mix and match.

Doesn't have to cook long if you need something quick to fix.
Not bad with cornbread either! (I like cornbread, if you cant already tell.)