Hamburger Taco Pie

Ingredients:
1 lb hamburger or ground turkey
onions --diced (however many you want)
1 pkg taco seasoning
1 can diced or stewed tomatoes
1 can kidney beans, drained
1 can sliced black olives
1 can corn, drained
1 small can of green chiles
Grated cheese (your choice)
Cornmeal mix (make cornmeal bread recipe according to directions on box)

Directions
- In a large skillet, cook hamburger and onions then add taco seasoning and tomatoes and mix well.
- Simmer a few minutes and then stir in the rest of ingredients, one at a time.
- Put in a large casserole dish.
- Top with cornmeal mix. Bake at 400 for 30-40 minutes.

Submitted by Terry

Easy BBQ

Ingredients
5-8 lbs of meat
2 large bottles BBQ sauce

Directions
- Put the meat in your crock pot.
- Cover with 1 entire bottle BBQ sauce.
- Cook on low for 6-10 hours.
- Pull meat out of cooking juices. Shred with fork and add additional BBQ sauce.

Hints
- This works well with chicken, pork and beef (I use a pot roast when making BBQ beef).
- My favorite BBQ sauce is Sweet Baby Ray's. I always get great compliments when I use it and have never heard a complaint.
- If you'd like to take a little more time you can cook down the juices with some BBQ sauce and add them back into the meat for a more flavorful sauce.
- Check out your crock pot times less for chicken, more for beef, pork is kind of in the middle.
- This makes a great shredded BBQ for sandwiches, on salads, in wraps and on tacos.

Easy Pot Pie

Ingredients
1 package pre-made pie crust (two pieces)
2-3 cups cooked and cubed chicken
1 bag frozen mixed veggies
1 can cream of chicken soup
Salt and pepper

Directions
- Thaw pie crust according to package directions.
- Put one pie crust round in the bottom of your pie pan.
- In a bowl combine veggies, chicken, soup and salt and pepper (to taste)
- Pour veggie/chicken mix into pie crust.
- Top with second pie crust and pinch edges to seal.
- Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until top is golden brown.

Submitted by Amy

Egg Salad

This is a "to taste" recipe. The ingredients vary depending on how spicy and how wet you like your egg salad. Check out the Hints at the bottom for low fat suggestions.

Ingredients
6 hard boiled eggs
Mayonnaise
Old Bay

Directions
- Peel and rinse the eggs.
- Separate the egg whites from the yolks.
- In one bowl use a pastry cutter to chop the egg whites. Set aside.
- In another bowl mash the egg yolks and blend with mayonnaise until smooth. Use approximately 3/4 cup of mayo with six egg yolks. More or less depending on how wet you like your egg salad.
- Add 1-2 tablespoons of Old Bay. More or less depending on how spicy you like your egg salad.
- Stir the egg yolk mixture into the chopped egg whites.
- Enjoy!

Hints
- For lower fat egg salad try using only three egg yolks with six egg whites.
- Low fat mayo can also be used.

Christopher's Corn Dog Muffins

Ingredients
2 Boxes Jiffy Muffin Mix
2 eggs
2/3 cup milk
1/3 cup melted margarine
6 hot dogs - cut in thirds

Directions
- Make the muffin mix according to the package directions
- Add 1/4 cup melted margarine to the mix
- Spray muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray
- Spoon muffin mix into the bottom of each muffin cup
- Press one hot dog piece into the muffin mix
- Spoon remaining muffin mix over hot dog making sure each hot dog piece is covered in mix
- Cook at 400 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown
- Remove from oven and immediately brush tops of muffins with remaining melted margerine
- Serve to happy children

Yield: 18 muffins

Submitted by Amy

Chicken, Ham & Rice Casserole

Ingredients
2 c. cooked white or brown* rice
1 c. cubed ham, cooked
2 c. cubed chicken, cooked
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup sour cream
Worcestershire sauce
1/2 c. grated cheddar cheese
1 c. bread crumbs

Directions
- Combine all ingredients except bread crumbs and cheese.
- Top with bread crumbs then cheese and bake at 350° for 30 min. (closer to 45 min. for brown rice).

Submitted by Terry

Cream Cheese Pie

This no-bake pie has been a family favorite for as long as I can remember.  When you tell someone the recipe you HAVE to say "the juice of one lemon" like you're cooking it in a big kettle over a fire in the woods.  It's tradition.

Ingredients
1 pre-made graham cracker crust
8-oz cream cheese
14-oz sweetened condensed milk
the juice of one lemon
1 can cherry pie filling (optional)

Directions
- Let cream cheese come to room temperature
- With electric mixer blend cream cheese, milk and lemon juice until smooth
- Pour into graham cracker crust
- Chill until set (about four hours)
- Top each slice with a spoon of cherry pie filling (optional)

Submitted by Amy