Mimi's Mac and Cheese
Ingredients
- 8 oz macaroni, cooked & drained
- 1 stick butter, cut in chunks
- 3 cups sharp cheese (reserve 1 cup for top)
- ½ cup Velveeta
- 1 egg
- 2 cups milk
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
Spray crock pot. Mix up all ingredients, reserving 1 cup of cheese. Pour into crock pot and sprinkle the reserved cup of cheese on top. Cook on low for 3 hours.
Baked Beans
Ingredients
- 1 big can Bush's baked beans (country style preferred)
- 1 lb sausage
- 1 onion
- Cattleman's BBQ sauce
- Brown sugar
Instructions
Drain the can of beans. Brown the sausage and onion in a skillet. Pour beans into an aluminum pan. Mix in sausage and onion with grease. Pour Cattleman's evenly over the top and spread a thin layer of brown sugar. Stir and taste. Add more Cattleman's or brown sugar if necessary. Cover with foil and bake at 325°F until warm, about 20 minutes.
Brown Rice Casserole
Nannie's original recipe — Celia Wood
Ingredients
- ½ stick butter, melted
- 1 cup long-grain parboiled rice, uncooked
- 1 can French onion soup
- 1 can beef consommé soup
Instructions
Combine all ingredients. Place in a covered casserole dish. Bake at 350°F for 1 hour.
Fried Cabbage
Ingredients
- 1 head cabbage
- 2 strips bacon
- ½ cup water
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
Cut bacon with scissors and fry in a cast iron skillet. While bacon fries, slice cabbage into thin strips. Add cabbage to pan with water, salt, and pepper to taste. Cook covered for 30–40 minutes. It gets sweeter the longer it cooks. Stir occasionally.
Green Bean Casserole
Ingredients
- 2 cans French green beans
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup
- 3–4 T sour cream
- 1⅓–1½ cups French fried onions (one 5–6 oz container)
Instructions
Mix the green beans, soup, sour cream, and half the French fried onions together. Pour into a casserole dish.
Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, spread the remaining onions evenly over the top, and bake for another 5 minutes until the onions are golden and crispy.
Green Beans
Ingredients
- Fresh green beans
- Thick ham slices (country preferred)
- Small potatoes
- Butter
Instructions
Add all ingredients to a pot. Boil until everything is soft, 30–40 minutes.
Home Fries
Ingredients
- ~1 lb yellow potatoes
- 1–2 onions
- Butter
- Dale's seasoning
- Oil for frying
Instructions
Slice the potatoes and onions no more than ½ inch thick. Place in a cast iron skillet with about an inch of oil — enough to coat but not submerge. Cook on medium-high until the oil bubbles, then reduce heat. Cook until the potatoes are soft. Add Dale's and butter at the end for extra flavoring.
Lima Beans
Ingredients
- 2 pieces bacon
- Lima beans
- Water
- Butter
- Salt and lots of pepper
Instructions
Cut bacon with scissors and fry. Add lima beans straight to pan and cover with water. Add a dab of butter, salt, and lots of pepper. Cook uncovered for about 20 minutes.
Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients
- Enough potatoes to fill your saucepan, cut in chunks (skin on)
- ½–1 stick butter
- ~1 cup sour cream
- ½ T seasoned salt
- 1 T pepper
- ½ T rosemary
- ½ T thyme
- 1 clove garlic
- ½–1 cup grated Parmesan
Instructions
Boil potatoes until soft. Drain off water. Add remaining ingredients and mash with a fork or potato masher. I like to serve mashed potatoes thick and lumpy so it's almost a creamy baked potato. If you want them creamier, use some milk and a mixer.
Succotash
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter
- 2 cups frozen lima beans
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 2 cups frozen corn
- Salt and sugar to taste (~2 tsp sugar)
Instructions
Melt butter in saucepan on low. Add lima beans and salt to taste; cook for 20 minutes. Add tomatoes, corn, and sugar; cook until warmed through, about 10 more minutes.