Shepherd's Pie

Ingredients

1 pound hamburger
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/3 cup diced onions optional
1 can of corn
2 cups mashed potatoes (my son prefers instant mash potatoes)
1/2 cup cheddar cheese
1/2 teaspoon paprika
salt and pepper

Heat oven to 325
Step 1.  Pour 1 can of corn in a 9x13 glass casserole dish
Step 2. Cook the hamburger, season with the garlic salt, salt and pepper.  Add 1/3 cup diced onions while you cooking the hamburger.  Drain the grease from the hamburger meat.  Pour the cooked hamburger on top of the corn.
Step 3. Make your mashed potatoes.  You will need enough to cover the corn/hamburger, I usually use 2 Cups.  You can use more than that if you love mash potaoes.  sprinkle the paprika on top of the mash potatoes.  Top with the cheddar cheese and bake for about a half hour on 325. 

Pinto beans

 Pinto beans

Ingredients

• 1 lb fresh dry pinto beans, sorted and rinsed
• 3 to 4 tablespoons bacon fat
• 1 (10 oz) can diced tomatoes and green
• 5  chicken bouillon
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 celery rib, chopped
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 1 dash red hot sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder 
• 1 tablespoon red chili
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• 1 teaspoon salt                                           
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 

 Refried bean recipe                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Directions: Put beans in a crockpot, and add water to cover. Add all the other ingredients.  Cook on high for 8 hours or until beans are tender.

*** Wash and sort dried pinto beans.  Discard any bad beans. Put in the crock pot, over with water and soak over night.  Don't turn crock pot on. You are only soaking not cooking.  I just put them in the crockpot for this step because the next step is to cook them. 

All Recipe Creamy Rice Pudding

This is the best Rice Pudding...easy and no cream so less calories. 

My only regret is I didn't double the recipe. 

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Ingredients

                       

3/4 cup uncooked white rice                                                              

2 cups milk, divided               

1/3 cup white sugar      

1/4 teaspoon salt                                                                       

1 egg, beaten

2/3 cup golden raisins                                                    

1 tablespoon butter                                                    

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Bring 1 1/2 cups water to a boil in a saucepan; stir rice into boiling water. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.

In a clean saucepan, combine 1 1/2 cups cooked rice, 1 1/2 cups milk, sugar and salt. Cook over medium heat until thick and creamy, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in remaining 1/2 cup milk, beaten egg, and raisins; cook 2 minutes more, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla.