Lunch/Dinner

Lunch is diners choice of leftovers or chili over angel hair pasta with shredded cheddar cheese.

Dinner will be Ham and Scalloped Potatoes, peas, and cabbage salad.

Chili

Rachael Ray's recipe

1# ground beef (I use ground turkey)
1 lg onion, diced
3-4 cloves garlic, minced
2 T chili powder
2 tsp cumin
salt and pepper to taste
3 T tomato paste
2 T worchestershire sauce
1 1/2 cup chicken stock (I use 2 cups and reduce down for more flavor)

Brown meat and onion, drain
Add garlic, spices, and tomato paste; cook 1 minute
Stir in stock and worchestershire. Bring to a boil, reduce to simmer 10-30 minutes

We like this served over cooked anger hair pasta or a baked potato, topped with cheese.

Scalloped Potatoes

This recipe is from The Better Homes and Gardens cookbook circa 1994.(aka wedding gift) ;-)

I also double the recipe for my family.

1/4 cup chopped onion
2 T butter
2 T AP flour
1 1/4 cups milk
3 medium potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
1/4 t salt
3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
2 cups cubed ham (opt)

For sauce, cook onion in butter till tender. Stir in flour, salt, and 1/8 t pepper.
Add milk. Stir until thickened. stir in cheese until melted.
In a greased casserole dish, layer half the potatoes. Cover with half the sauce. repeat. top with additional cheese is desired.
Bake at 350 covered 35 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 30 minutes.

I like to add the ham cubes over the potatoes but before the sauce in the layers.