I've been on a soup jag lately. Must be the end of winter here in Texas that brought it on. I love soup and make it through the summer months but it is so much more delicious in the wintertime! This soup is one I make once or twice a month for a little variation… Continue reading Chicken Cacciatore Soup
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Recipes for Down Home Granny Cooking with real food nutrition firmly in mind.
Easy Beef Vegetable and Rice Soup
This soup is an easy to make wintertime favorite. If you keep both broth and cooked beef in the freezer you can whip up a batch of this rich satisfying soup in no time flat! I save the bits of meat from soup bones in the freezer just for this dish. Sometimes I have some… Continue reading Easy Beef Vegetable and Rice Soup
Easy to Make Sauerkraut
I live in the Sausage Capital of Texas. Little Elgin, now basically a suburb of Austin with a strong rural feel, is a railroad town in a part of Texas heavy with German immigrants. With the immigrants came the sausage Elgin is famous for and of course, sauerkraut. Now, I can safely say I'd never… Continue reading Easy to Make Sauerkraut
Mashed Potatoes Like Grandma Made ’em
This recipe is really, really easy! I know you've heard that mashed potatoes from scratch, with the peeling and the boiling and the mashing is hard and takes forever. Probably the source of this wacky rumor was the instant potato industry ;-). Truth is mashed potatoes are super easy and pretty fail safe. That's why… Continue reading Mashed Potatoes Like Grandma Made ’em
Stovetop Beef Tallow French Fries
Do you love french fries? To not love french fries is almost downright un-american. But I bet you feel pretty guilty about an occasional indulgence. With this recipe you can put that to rest. The only thing unhealthy about fries is the oil that they are almost universally cooked in. That is a hydrogenated vegetable… Continue reading Stovetop Beef Tallow French Fries
