Recipes

This was a family favorite in my (Jill’s) family growing up. It’s not the healthiest, but certainly makes for an easy and cheap dish when you’re trying to feed a crowd. Makes two 9×13″ pans or one large industrial pan 2 lbs ground turkey (seasoned with onion powder, salt and pepper when cooking) 3 (2lb) […]

Several years ago, a friend of ours made this for us when we were in Tennessee visiting our friends the Bates (another mega family, lol). We liked it so much we had to get the recipe! We began making this recipe at home in large industrial pans to feed the whole family.   2 heads

Growing up, we’d usually make this in the crockpot on Saturday night and cook it overnight to take to the church potluck the next day. It’s super easy, cheap and yummy! Plus, it makes the whole house smell delicious as it slow-cooks! Fills one 5qt. slow-cooker 1 1/3 C. pinto beans, dry 1 1/3 C.

My mom makes this recipe by the 5lb. bag of green beans you get from Sam’s club, but here is the original, smaller quantity recipe from many years ago in our friend’s, the Voeller sister’s cookbook* 4 cups green beans, ends removed (or long, frozen green beans work too) 1 T. olive oil 2 garlic

Growing up, I remember my mom always serving this dish with baked potatoes on our violin lesson day. Then, after Derick and I were married and we were living in Central America where it was easier to eat most of our veggies cooked (for sanitary reasons), this became a favorite! And who doesn’t want the

This super easy cheese dip is the stuff we’d always have for big get-togethers at my family’s house.   1 (2lb.) block cheese melt 1 (10 oz) can diced tomatoes and green chilies (or half a can depending on your spice tolerance) 1 can evaporated milk Directions: Blend tomatoes and green chilies (unless you prefer

Y’all! This is my favorite cornbread. My mama made this for us growing up and it is a little bit sweeter than normal cornbread. Oh, and you gotta put the melted butter on it at the end to get the entire flavor! I like to eat it for breakfast the next morning. Makes two 9×13″

This is one of the bread recipes my mom, sisters and I would make when I was growing up. Jinger kinda became the official bread baker in the family. We love our Bosch mixers, although I’m sure other mixers with dough hooks would work with this recipe too. Makes 6 regular loaves or 20-24 mini

Growing up, these were the wet wipes I remember my mom using most of the time on all her babies and kiddos. I don’t always make my own wipes, but this certainly is a great way to save money. And if your baby has a rash, make the wipes without alcohol and they’ll be gentler

I came up with this recipe soon after we were married. I just started dumping things in the pot and wa-la! Derick loved it and ate almost the whole pot! LOL   2-3 (15 oz) cans beans (any kind you like) 2 (15 oz) cans diced tomatoes 2 (8oz) cans tomato sauce 1 (4oz) can