Florida Lobster Alfredo

A mouth watering comfort food.

4 Florida Lobster Tails uncooked
2 Tbsp garlic butter
2 boxes of Fettuccine Noodles
1 to 2 pkgs of Knorr brand Alfredo Sauce mix
Milk (amount determined by number of packages prepared)
Butter

Carefully remove meat from shells. Cut up lobster meat into bite size pieces. Melt garlic butter in saute pan on low heat. Add lobster meat to melted butter. Saute lobster slowly and only until meat is opaque. Do not over cook. Remove pan from heat and cover to keep lobster warm.

Prepare noodles per directions on box. Toss with a little regular butter to keep from sticking, cover and set aside.

Prepare sauce mix as directed on package. Each package makes approximately 1 3/4 cups sauce. The amount you make depends on how creamy you like your alfredo. Once sauce is finished, combine with cooked noodles and mix well.

Serve noodle mixture onto individual plates. Top with cooked lobster meat.

This can be served with a nice Caesar or garden salad.

Crock Pot Beef Stew

A very tasty stew, and so easy to throw together in the morning, and forget about til dinner time.

2 lbs cubed stew beef
6 celery heart stalks sliced
8 carrots peeled and sliced
6 medium red potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 tbsp onion powder (For those of you that like onions you can add 2 sliced medium onions)
2 12 oz jars of Beef Gravy (I use Boston Market brand)
2 tbsp minute tapioca
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp dried sweet basil
1 garlic clove pressed
1 small pkg frozen peas

Put beef, celery, carrots, potatoes, and onion powder or onions if used, into crock pot. In a separate bowl combine gravy, tapioca, salt, pepper, basil and garlic. Stir well to mix and pour over vegetables and meat in crock pot. Cover and cook on low 8 to 9 hours. Approximately one hour before done, add frozen peas and cook through.

Butler's Macaroni and Creamy Tomato Soup

This is a simple, cheap and delicious recipe that is great on cold nights. My husband's mother used to make a very similar version for her children years ago.

1 16 oz box of elbow macaroni
2 tbsp butter
4 cans cream of tomato soup
Half and Half (you can use milk but the half and half makes it much creamier)
Pepper to taste
Shredded cheddar cheese

Cook the macaroni per the directions on the box. After draining macaroni, return to pan and toss with butter to keep from sticking. Cover, and set aside. Pour four cans of tomato soup into another pan. Measure out half and half equaling four cans of soup and pour into tomato soup. Heat thoroughly on low to medium temperature while stirring constantly to keep mixture from burning on. Sprinkle in pepper to taste. When soup is heated through, stir in cooked macaroni. Serve in soup bowls and sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese on top. Enjoy!

Hearty Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Simple and delicious for those cold nights at home.

4 cups water
4 cups chicken broth
4 Boneless and Skinless chicken Breasts
1 cup diced celery
2 cups sliced carrots
1 small package sliced Portobello mushrooms
1 small onion chopped OR 1/2 tbsp onion powder
2 - 4.5 ounce packages Mahatma Long Grain Wild Rice with Seasonings (uncooked)
Pepper to taste
1 small bag frozen peas
2 cans cream of chicken soup

Bring broth and water to slight boil. Add chicken and cook slowly about 10 - 12 minutes. Remove chicken and cut into bite size pieces and set aside. Add raw vegetables into broth mixture and cook slowly 10 minutes. Add rice, peas, cream of chicken soup and pepper. Stir well. Cook 10 - 12 minutes slowly. Add cooked chicken, mix well, adding water if necessary. Heat through.

Christmas Brunch

Merry Christmas Everyone! I just want to share with you some ideas for Christmas morning brunch. This is what we will be having here at our house.
All the recipes can be found on my blog.

Banana Nut Bread (it's in the oven right now)
Orange Marmalade French Toast
Deb's Down Home Potatoes
Scrambled Eggs (not on blog but use Half n Half in the mix)
Bacon
A variety of juices such as orange juice and Kiwi-Strawberry

Enjoy your day with family and/or friends!

Grammie's Chili Con Carne

Even though this recipe is chock full of onions, it is one of my favorites from my childhood. Mom always made this on Halloween night so we would have something hot to eat before going out trick or treating. It became a tradition even though, through the years, our Octobers in Florida became warmer and warmer.

2 cans dark red kidney beans, drained
1 large onion chopped
1 green pepper chopped
1 lb lean ground beef
1 can diced tomatoes
1 1/2 tsp salt
Dash of pepper
Dash of cayenne pepper
Powdered cloves enough to equal 3 whole cloves
(you can use 3 whole cloves but they need to be removed before serving)
1 bay leaf
2 tbsp chili powder
2 tbsp oil

Brown onion, green pepper and meat in hot oil. Add tomatoes and seasonings. Simmer 2 hours, adding water if necessary. Add beans and heat thoroughly.