This is a very quick and frugal meal that our family has enjoyed for years.

Ingredients:

One pound ground beef

One small onion, diced

One clove garlic, minced

½ tsp paprika

One can cream of mushroom soup

One can sliced mushrooms, drained

½ cup sour cream

1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

1/3 cup milk

Brown ground beef with onion, Worcestershire sauce and garlic. Fold in all remaining ingredients and heat through. Serve over corn chips or cooked noodles.

This recipe comes from the Jacobi Cookbook, which was assembled and printed using recipes submitted by the extended family. We have enjoyed this bread for over 20 years.

Ingredients

½ C. butter or margarine

1 C. sugar

2 eggs

¼ C. nuts

3 mashed bananas

2 C. flour

1 tsp. soda

Directions

Cream butter, sugar and unbeaten eggs, nuts and bananas. Sift flour and soda and add to mixture. Pour in two greased bread pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes.

This appetizer or side dish never lasts long at get togethers with family and friends. These are simple, delicious and quick to prepare.

Ingredients:

8 ounce package of Button Mushrooms

3 ounces of cream cheese

½ pound of cooked Italian sausage

Mix the sausage and cheese. Remove mushroom stems and stuff mushrooms with the mix. (We usually freeze the stems for later use in a soup or stew) Bake in a greased 8 X 8 pan at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

A for a light, cool summertime meal it is hard to beat the various salads people make here in the Midwest, and tuna salad is one of our favorites. Serve it on a specialty bread such as croissants or ciabatta with fresh lettuce and tomatoes, or use it as a dip served with celery or green peppers.

Ingredients:

Two cans tuna, drained

Small onion, diced

Stalk of celery, diced

Two hard boiled eggs, diced

Four tablespoons of mayo

One tablespoon dill relish

Add the following to taste – mustard, cilantro, basil, black pepper and garlic.

Mix all together and enjoy.

Also check out our recipes for Chicken Salad and Potato Salad.

Yet another delicious keto friendly recipe for this month. When we tried this dish for the first time I don’t think there were many leftovers. This recipe came from Crafty Morning.

Ingredients

Four strips of bacon cooked and diced

Four green onions, diced

One head of cauliflower

Avocado oil

6 ounces of cheddar cheese

Instructions

Cut the cauliflower into florets and boil or steam until tender. Coat a baking sheet with avocado oil then spread on the cauliflower and gently smash it down. Top with bacon, onions and cheese and bake at 425 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

This is the keto friendly recipe my wife came up with for homemade pizza. I was skeptical at first but now it has (mostly) replaced take out and frozen pizza in our home.

Ingredients:

Lavash bread, brushed on both sides with olive oil. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes at 425 degrees until brown and crispy.

Avocado Sauce: One ripe avocado mixed with at least three tablespoons salsa of your choice and a sprinkle of Italian seasoning.

Toppings of your choice (Canadian bacon, cooked Italian sausage or ground beef, onions, green peppers, mushrooms, etc.)

Mozzarella cheese

Directions:

Spread sauce over the crispy bread, add toppings and then sprinkle the cheese on top. Bake at 425 degrees for 7 – 10 minutes.

Here is another Keto recipe my wife found online. (Source: Kirbie’s Cravings) We tried them and thought they were delicious.

Ingredients

• 3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2 oz cream cheese
• 3 large eggs divided (reserve one egg for egg wash)
• 1 ¾ cups superfine almond flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder

Topping Ideas

• sesame seeds, shredded cheese or everything bagel seasoning

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
• In a small bowl, whisk together almond flour and baking powder. Set aside.
• Add mozzarella to the cream cheese and melt slowly.
• Add cheese and two eggs into the almond flour mixture and mix well.
• Lightly coat your hands with oil and divide dough into 8 equal parts. Roll each dough into ropes about 1 inch thick. Form the rope into a circle and pinch the ends shut. Carefully place circle onto lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough. Place 4 bagels on each baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
• Add the final egg to a bowl and whisk. Generously brush surface of bagels with egg wash. If you wish to add bagel toppings, add them at this time.
• Bake one sheet of bagels at a time for about 14-15 minutes in the middle rack of your oven, or until bagels are golden brown.

My wife is on the Keto diet, which puts me on a semi-Keto diet. That means trying lots of new recipes, most of which have been pretty tasty. This one substitutes zucchini for the pasta in lasagna.

Ingredients:

1 pound Italian sausage, cooked and drained

1 jar spaghetti sauce

1 15 ounce container Ricotta cheese

2 eggs

16 ounce bag of shredded cheese

2 medium zucchini, sliced lengthwise with a vegetable peeler

Parmesan cheese

Mix the first five ingredients together. In a greased 13 X 9 baking dish alternate layers of the mix and the strips of zucchini, as you would if using lasagna noodles. Top with a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese. Bake at 375 degrees for 35 to 45 minutes.

With St. Patrick’s Day coming up this is a good time to share our (very simple) recipe for corned beef and cabbage.

Ingredients:

3 to 4 pound corned beef brisket with spice packet

3 carrots, cut in 3 inch pieces

2 medium onions, quartered

4 small red potatoes, quartered

Small head of cabbage, cut in wedges

In a slow cooker cover meat with water, with carrots, onions and potatoes on bottom. Add contents of spice packet. Cook on high for 5 to 6 hours, adding the cabbage wedges for the last two hours.

Ingredients

Two or three chicken breasts, cubed

One package egg noodles or homemade noodles

One package mixed vegetables

One small onion, diced

Boil all together in water until done. Drain and set aside 1 cup of the broth. Put ingredients back in the pot with broth then add:

One can cream of chicken soup

A pinch of parsley, thyme, basil, dill weed, salt and pepper.

Heat through and serve with homemade bread

To make a soup from this dish simply keep more of the broth.