Rice with ABC soup

Brown hamburger, add 2-3 tbsp flour and stir. Add can of ABC soup (vegetable beef) and 1 can water. Stir until thickened. Serve over rice.

Quick Tuna Dish

1 can refrigerator biscuits
1 can tuna (or chicken)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 c grated cheese

Grease 8" square pan and line bottom with biscuits. Mix together tuna and soup and pour over biscuits. Top with cheese. Bake at 350 deg for 30 min.

Homemade Mac and Cheese with Ham

2 quarts water
2 tsp salt
1 tbsp oil
1 3/4 c macaroni
2 c diced cooked ham
1 1/2 c grated cheddar cheese (divide into 1 c and 1/2 c)
2 tbsp margarine or butter
1/4 c flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 dry mustard
2 1/2 c milk
1/2 c crushed potato chips

Heat oven to 350 deg. Boil water in large deep pot with 2 tsp salt and oil (to prevent boiling over). Add macaroni. Cook uncovered after water returns to a boil for 10-11 min. Stir occasionally. Drain and rinse under hot water. In 2 quart casserole dish, combine cooked macaroni, ham, and 1 c cheese. In medium saucepan, melt margarine. Blend in flour, 1/2 tsp salt and mustard. Add milk all at once. Cook until thickened, stirring constantly, about 1 min. Combine sauce with macaroni mixture. Toss 1/2 c cheddar cheese with potato chips. Sprinkle over top. Bake at 350 deg for 25-30 min.

Tuna Cheese Rolls

2 1/4 c bisquick
2/3 c milk
Mix together until soft dough forms. Turn onto surface sprinkled with flour or Bisquick. Knead 10 times. Roll out with rolling pin until about 1/8 in. thick. Sprinkle drained can of tuna fish over (Dan and I use canned chicken instead). Roll up and then cut with string to slices about 3/4 inch thick. Bake for 8-10 min.

While baking, make cheese sauce:
1/2 cube margarine
1/4 c flour
2 c milk
Melt margarine in mocrowave about 30 seconds. Add flour and stir until smooth. Cook in mocrowave for 45 seconds. Then add milk. Microwave and stir every 2 min. until thick. This takes 8-10 min. Then add grated cheese (about 1 cup, but until it looks good). Make sure cheese is melted.

To serve, put rolls on plate and pour cheese sauce over the top.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Blend:
1 1/2 c sugar
1 1/2 c brown sugar
1 c salad oil
1/2 c shortening
1/2 c butter
Then add:
3 eggs
3 tsp (or 1 tbsp) vanilla
Then Add:
2 tsp soda
2 tsp salt
4 c flour
3 c oats
1 pkg choc. chips
and nuts if desired
Bake at 350 deg about 10 min. or until done

Au Gratin Potatoes

1/2 lb Velveeta, cubed
6-8 potatoes, boiled, peeled, and diced
2 tsp onion flakes
1/4 c butter
3 tbsp flour
2 c milk

Melt butter and onion flakes, then add flour, then add milk. Stir until starts to get thick. (if using microwave, stir every 2 min). Add cheese. Really stir until cheese melts. Pour over potatoes in 9x13 pan or 2 qt casserole dish. Bake at 350 deg for 1 hr.

Whipped Cream Salad

Fruit Cocktail
Mandarin Oranges
Bananas
Marshmallows
Whipped Cream

Drain fruit cocktail, mandarin oranges. Add whipped cream or cool whip, add bananas and marshmallows. Can also add other fruit or nuts.

Lemon Pineapple Cheese Salad

Drain can of crushed pineapple, saving juice. Add water to juice to make 2 cups liquid. Heat to boiling and add to lemon jello. Dissolve. Refrigerate to thicken (about 45 min.) When thick, add cool whip and grated cheese and stir together.

Strawberry-Banana Salad

1 large pkg strawberry jello
1 pkg frozen strawberries
1 carton cool whip
bananas

Mix jello with 2 c hot water. Add frozen strawberries and stir until strawberries melt and jello thickens. Then add Cool Whip (it works best with a whip). Then add bananas. Chill until set up.

Clam Chowder

two 6oz cans minced clams
1 c finely minced onions (if using dry onion flakes, use about 4 tbsp)
1 c finely diced celery
2 c diced potatoes

Drain clams (or don't, I don't) and combine with vegetables. Barely cover with water, simmer 20 min. or until tender. While this is cooking, do next step.
Melt 3/4 c butter (1 1/2 cubes) add 3/4 c flour, stir together and add 4 c milk,1 1/2tsp salt, 1/2 tsp sugar, and dash of pepper. Cook to white sauce, stirring constantly. Add cooked vegetables, don't drain. Heat and serve. (My mom cooks the white sauce in the microwave, stirring every two minutes. It boils over quickly this way, so watch it closely)

Venison with Rice

Cut deer meat into small chunks.
Put into crockpot with one can Beefy Mushroom Soup.
Cook for about 3 hours on high or until meat is cooked through.
Pour over rice and serve.