Cheesy Ham & Potato Frittata

Breakfast, lunch or dinner, this Kraft recipe is always good.

Ingredients

• ½ cup milk


• 1 pkg.  (10.23 oz.) VELVEETA Cheesy Au Gratin Potatoes


• 2 cups chopped ham


• 1 small  onion, chopped (about ½ cup)


• ½ of a medium green pepper, chopped (about ½ cup)


• 5 eggs, lightly beaten

Directions

1. Combine 1¾ cups hot water, milk, Seasoned Potatoes, ham, onion and green pepper in large skillet. Bring to boil on medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 12 to 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender, stirring occasionally.


2. Stir in Cheese Sauce until well blended.


3. Add eggs; mix well. Reduce heat to low; cover. Cook 15 minutes or until set in center. Let stand 5 minutes before cutting into 5 wedges to serve. 

Smoked Sausage in Tomato Sauce

Slightly modified version of a recipe found on allrecipes.com

Ingredients

• 1 pound package smoked sausage, sliced


• 1 cup water


• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour


• 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes


• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce


• 1 cube beef bouillon


• 2 zucchini, sliced

Directions    

1. Place the sausage in a skillet over medium heat. Cook 5 minutes, until evenly brown.


2. Mix the water and flour in a small bowl, until flour is dissolved. Stir into the skillet. Mix in diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, beef bouillon, and zucchini. Cook 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sauce is thickened and zucchini is tender. 


3. Serve over rice or noodles.

Baked Pork Chops

Jack's great grandma DeBruin made this for us when she came to visit us in Phoenix.

Ingredients

• ¼ cup brown sugar


• ½ cup ketchup


• ¾ cup water


• pork chops


• salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Salt and pepper pork chops and place in a shallow baking pan.


2. Combine sugar, ketchup and water. Spoon over pork chops.


3. Bake at 350° 30 minutes covered. Remove cover and bake 30 more minutes. (For thicker chops add 30 minutes to covered time.)

Peachy Ham

Ingredients

• Thick sliced ham


• 1 can sliced peaches


• ½ cup orange juice


• ½ cup Sprite


• ¼ cup lemon juice


• 1 shot Peach Tree peach schnapps


• cornstarch

Directions

1. Brown ham


2. While ham is browning, mix oj, Sprite, lemon juice, schnapps and juice from peaches


3. Remove ham from pan, add juice mix, bring to boil, lower heat, add cornstarch to thicken


4. Return ham and add peaches, cook on low for 10 minutes

Sweet & Tangy Pork BBQ

This is one of Jaime's cousin Jenny's recipes from the family cook book.

Ingredients

• 1.5-2lbs pork steaks


• 1 cup BBQ sauce


• 2T brown sugar


• 1tsp soy sauce


• 1tsp Worcestershire sauce


• ½ tsp liquid smoke


• 1 big squeeze honey


• 1/3 cup chopped sweet onion

Directions

1. Mix BBQ sauce, brown sugar, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, liquid smoke and honey. Stir well.


2. Place pork in crock pot and cover with onion.


3. Spoon BBQ mixture over pork and onions.


4. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or until pork is falling apart.

Gulyás

A Hungarian style goulash recipe that Dave came up with.

Ingredients

• vegetable oil


• 2lbs pork or beef shank, shoulder or shin, cubed


• salt


• pepper


• paprika


• 2tbsp butter


• 1 large onion, sliced


• 5 garlic cloves, pressed


• 2 red bell peppers, seeded and diced


• 1 red jalapeño pepper, diced


• 1 potato, pealed and finely sliced


• 2 cup water


• 1 beef bullion cube


• 1tsp thyme


• 1 bay leaf

Directions

1. In a large pot, brown meat in oil. Season with salt, pepper and paprika to taste.


2. Sauté onion, garlic, bell peppers and jalapeño pepper in butter.


3. Add potato, water and bullion cube to meat, bring to boil.


4. Stir in sautéed veggies and thyme.


5. Add bay leaf, cover and reduce heat to low for 2 hours.