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Sunday, June 26, 2011

American Goulash

2# ground beef
1 med. onion, diced
1 32oz can tomato juice or sauce
2 cups elbow macaroni (cook for 1/2 the time on package)
1 16oz diced tomatoes
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese or 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese  (or both!)
salt & pepper
*1 med green pepper diced - optional if you want a bit more flavor.


Brown & drain beef.  Add onion, (pepper), tomato, tomato juice, noodles, salt & pepper to taste. (I like to add my Parmesan cheese here) - Mix together well.

Cook on medium heat for 45 minutes or top with mozzarella cheese and bake for 30 minutes at 350*.

Friday, June 24, 2011

7 layer jello

small packages of jello, one of each: lime, orange, lemon, strawberry

white "sauce":
2 C. Milk                    
1 C. sugar
2 pkg unflavored gelatin
2 C. sour cream
2 tsp. vanilla





1. Dissolve lime jello in 1 cup boiling water.  Add 1/2 cup cold water.  Pour into greased 12 X 9 pan or glass baking dish. Chill.

2. Bring milk to boil in sauce pan.  Add sugar and mix until dissolved.  Add unflavored gelatin (softened in 1/2 cup cold water).  Add sour cream and vanilla.  Beat until blended and cool.  Divide into 3 parts, keep warm until used up.

3. Pour 1/3 sauce over set lime jello.
Chill each layer while preparing the next!

4. Mix strawberry jello, add to pan.
5. Pour 1/3 sauce over set strawberry jello.
6. Mix orange jello, add to pan.
7. Pour 1/3 sauce over set orange jello.
8. Mix lemon jello, add to pan.

Cut into squares and serve (25-30).   Also great topped with whipped cream and crushed pretzels!

** For super quick and easy assembly, bowl a sauce pan of water and mix each jello in separate bowls.