Simple Cooking

One these pages I share with you some of my personal simple cooking recipes. I am not a fancy cook. Healthy, nutritious, delicious and filling are my goals. Of course home canned foods are a part of most meals in our kitchen.

Lunch and Dinner Ideas

Crock pot ham and beans recipe ~ Great for cooking on a budget it uses only a small amount of meat or no meat at all. Save your ham bone from a ham dinner. Get a second meal.

Sloppy Joe Recipe ~ This homemade sloppy joe recipe makes a quick and simple meal.

Tuna Casserole Recipe ~ Can a tuna casserole recipe really be a family favorite? This family recipe comes from my Mother in Law.

Pizza Sauce Recipe ~ Make this homemade pizza sauce recipe with home canned tomatoes. Delicious and healthy. You will know exactly what is in it!

Homemade whole wheat pizza crust recipe ~ Here's how I make pizza crust.

Chicken Salad Sandwich Recipe ~ Combine home canned chicken, oranges, and cream cheese and you get a quick, easy and healthy lunch.

Green Beans with Bacon ~ This is so simple I hate to even call it a recipe. The bacon gives the green beans a wonderful flavor.

Stuffed Green Peppers Recipe ~ Stuffed bell peppers make a great freezer meal. Use bell peppers stuffed with a mix of elk or beef, tomato soup and rice. Easy convenient, and delicious.

Snack and Dessert Ideas

Cherry Cobbler Recipe ~ Simple and easy recipe from one of my readers... and you know how much I love simple!

Oatmeal Bar Cookie Recipe ~ Use Cherry Jam or other jam or jelly flavors.

Orange Muffins ~ Add a sprinkle of brown sugar on top or add a dollop of orange marmalade in the center.

Cherry Rhubarb Crisp Recipe ~ Take a Rhubarb Crisp recipe, substitute cherries for half the rhubarb... Mmmm Mmmm Good!

Rhubarb Recipe ~ Several recipes to use up that rhubarb.... after you've made the jam.

~ Pressure Cooker StewPressure Cookers not canners.

~ Whole Wheat RecipesA collection of my whole wheat recipes