Potato Patties

Instructions:

-Rinse, peel, and grate potatoes

-Mix potatoes with chopped ham, and eggs

-Form into patties*

-Grill in butter

For amounts, use these ratios:

1 potato for every 2 people

1 cup chopped ham for every 2 potatoes

1 egg for every 2 potatoes

*Also, you can spread the mixture out thinly on the griddle, and grill like hash browns. (See picture below.)

~Carilyn

Spaghetti Sauce

Here is a spaghetti sauce that I made by adding two recipes we like into one we have, so far, like more. If you try it tell me what you think. Also this is a double batch for our family so it is really big.

1 1/2 cup tomato past
3 2/3 cup tomato sauce
7 cups diced tomato's
3 onions
3 LB Hamburger
12 tsp garlic powder
4 Tbsp Basil
2 Tbsp Rosemary(powdered)
2 1/2 Tbsp Marjoram
2 1/2 Tbsp Oregano
2 Tbsp Thyme
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
1/2 cup finely chopped celery (optional)
2 tsp sugar
4 Tbsp salt
1 1/2 Tbsp pepper
2 Tbsp Sage

Get the hamburger cooking. Mix Tomato past with all the spices,onions and celery. When the meat is about half way done, add the the past mixture. Finish cooking meat then pour in to a large sauce pan. Add tomato sauce and diced tomato's. Cook until is as hot as you want.

As a side note, I don't really us the tomato sauce, I get the really big cans of diced tomato's, measure out how much sauce I need the put it in a blender and it works just fine.

Samantha

Salmon Cassarole

Ingredients:

• 2 Tbsp butter
• 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
• 6 Tbsp ketchup
• 1 cup milk
• 2 cans (14 3/4 ounces) salmon*
  
• 6 cups mashed potatoes**
  
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Directions: In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in flour and ketchup until smooth. Gradually stir in milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Add salmon. Prepare mashed potatoes. Spoon half into a greased 9" by 13" baking dish. Top w/salmon mixture, remaining potatoes, and cheese. Bake, uncovered at 375 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until heated through and cheese is melted.

*I use 4 cans Kirkland Signiture salmon (from Costco), which are about 7 oz. each, and are already deboned.

**I usually start the potatoes before starting the salmon mixture so that they are ready at about the same time.

Enjoy!

Note: I got this recipe from Taste of Home, and my family loves this dish.

~Stephanie

P.S. A good website to get recipes from is http://www.allrecipes.com/

Chinese Pepper Steak

Hello Everyone! Here is a wonderful recipe that has been handed down from generation to generation.

I hope you like it!

Chinese Pepper steak

2 pounds of Steak cut into thin strips
2 packages of onion Soup with
4 CUPS of water
1/2-3/4 C of water
2 T of cornstarch
3 Medium sized cans of Chopped Tomatoes
4 t of Soy Sauce
2 Large Green Peppers cut into strips

Brown steak in pan (with oil if necessary). Drain fat. Add soup, water, tomatoes, soy sauce, and green pepper. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cook over low heat 30 min or until meat is tender. Stir occasionally. Mix cornstarch and 2 T of water until smooth, gradually stir into sauce. Cook until thickened. serve over rice.

Makes 8 servings.

Sauce can be cooked in a slow cooker.

ENJOY!

-Sarah H.

Spaghetti Sauce

This is probably the only spaghetti sauce I have ever made from scratch, and it is very good. Also, you do not have to let it simmer for hours. :)

Spaghetti Sauce

2 lbs. hamburger
2 (16 oz.) cans tomato sauce
1 TBS olive oil
3 TBS brown sugar
2 TBS dried minced onions
½ tsp. dried oregano
¼ tsp. garlic powder

Cook the hamburger first, then add the rest of the ingredients.
~Carilyn