Left over white rice

Take the left over rice and add one cup of milk and ¼ cup of sugar and pinch of cinnamon. This is a great dessert or even breakfast.

Peach crisp

Ingredients:

1 can of peaches

2 cups of oatmeal

½ cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 tablespoons butter

Preheat oven 350

In sauce pan melt butter, add brown sugar and vanilla, once melted slowly add oatmeal (uncooked) 1 cup at a time, mixture should start to appear crumbly. Take can of peaches in small baking dish and pour in, juice and all (should be natural juices or no sugar added). Spread crumb topping on top of peaches and back 20 mins.

This will taste a bit like peaches topped with an oatmeal cookie.

Topping suggesting:

Can be eaten as is or topped with vanilla ice cream

Easy Peanut Butter Cookie

Ingredients:

1 cup of peanut butter

1 egg

½ cup of sugar

Preheat oven to 350

Mix all ingredients together. Take teaspoons of mixture, roll into ball and place on ungreased non-stick cookie sheet. Smash down with fork. Bake in oven 8-10 mins.

Simi- Homemade Chili

Ingredients:

3 cans pinto beans (or kidney, navy or Catalina beans)

2 pounds ground beef

1 large can tomatoes sauce

1 package of chili seasoning packet

Brown ground beef in skillet and drain. Add can tomato sauce and chili seasoning, bring to a boil and let simmer 15 mins.

Variations:

You can also make this in a slow cooker and add additional can of tomato sauce or even a can of stewed tomatoes (this will prevent from drying out) and cook on low all day.

Serving Suggestions:

Cornbread (if you use packet and it does NOT say sweet on it, add ¼ cup of sugar to mixture this will insure it is not so gritty tasting)

Chili Cheese Enchiladas

Ingredients:

Corn tortillas

Cheese

Chili

Red Enchilada sauce

Olives

Oil

The recipe is a bit different since the amounts that you will use will depend on the size of you casserole dish.

Preheat Oven to 350

Fry corn tortillas until soft. Heat Chili until warm. Take cooked tortillas and dip in enchilada sauce and place in casserole dish add 1-2 tablespoons of chili to tortilla along with sprinkle of cheese and roll. Continue the process until pan is full. Add remaining enchilada sauce, sprinkle cheese generously over the top along with chopped or cut olives. Bake in the oven about 20 mins.

Top with Sour Cream

Side Dish Suggestions:

Mexican Rice (see recipe)

Green Salad

Chili Tot Casserole

Ingredients :

1 Large can Chili (or left over chili 2-3 cups)

1 package of tater tots

1 package of hot dogs (we prefer beef dogs)

2 cups cheese

Preheat over per package of tater tots:

Heat chili and add hot dogs cut into bite size pieces. Put heated mixtures in casserole dish, place uncooked tater tots on top. Sprinkle cheese all over top of dish. Cook per tater tots package instructions usually about 20 mins, however cooking times may vary.

Tater Tot Casserole

1 bag of tater tots

Ingredients :

1 large can cream of mushroom soup

2 cups cheese

1-2 pounds sausage

Preheat over per package of tater tots

Cook sausage (1-2 pounds depending on the amount of sausage your family likes in this dish) and drain grease. Add cream of mushroom soup heat until bubbly. Pour sausage/soup mix heated mixture in casserole dish, put uncooked tater tots on top and sprinkle with cheese. Heat in oven per the tater tots package instructions, usually 20 mins however, cooking time may vary.