Category Archives: 5 Ingredient or Less

Mar23

Dixie’s House Dressing

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Dixie’s House Dressing

My family just loves this dressing. I make double batches of it and it is gone in no time. Because they all love it so much, we eat salad just about every day. This is also delicious on coleslaw.

  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed

Whisk together all ingredients until combined. Let sit for a few minutes before serving so the sugar can melt. Then store any leftovers in the refrigerator.

Makes almost 2 cups.

“Jesus took our sin that we might have salvation.”

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Mar2

Tomato Mac

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Tomato Mac

This is so easy, simple and so delicious! I love it!

  • 2 cups elbow or shell macaroni, cooked according to package directions
  • 3 cups tomato juice (or any tomatoes you prefer)*
  • 2 tablespoons salted butter
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Grated Parmesan cheese

*If you don’t have tomato juice, you can easily make it with 1/2 cup tomato sauce plus 1/2 cup water = 1 cup.

Drain macaroni. Add tomato juice, butter, sugar, salt and pepper. Stir to melt the butter. Ladle up into the bowls and serve with Parmesan cheese and additional salt and pepper.

Serves 4.

“Salvation from sin means moving from spiritual darkness to God’s light.”

Feb21

Milk Toast

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Milk Toast

Milk toast is a very old recipe, probably from the early 1900’s. It is comfort food at the highest. Try it if you are not feeling good or if you need a good nights sleep. This is what I eat if I need good nights sleep. I have been eating it for a very long time and just love it.

You can make it various ways, but this is the way I like it.

  • 1 slice of bread, toasted and buttered (I love oatmeal bread and I generously butter it)
  • 1/2 cup milk, warmed (I like whole milk)
  • Cinnamon sugar, opt.

Warm your milk in a low bowl (wide enough to fit your slice of toast), put your toast into it after warmed.

Toast your bread and butter and then put as much cinnamon sugar on it as desired. Add it to your bowl of warmed milk, cut up in bite size pieces. And enjoy!!!

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Feb11

Easy Orange Rolls

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Easy Orange Rolls

These are my husband’s very favorite. He likes anything with orange and these really hit the spot. They are made with frozen Rhodes rolls and topped with a sauce made with a fresh orange juice glaze. Super easy to make also.

  • 12 frozen Rhodes dinner rolls
  • 1/3 cup melted unsalted butter
  • Zest of 1 orange
  • 1/2 cup sugar

Place frozen rolls in a greased 9 x 13-inch baking pan. (I have tripled this recipe and put 36 rolls on a baking sheet.)

Cover with greased plastic wrap and let thaw according to package directions. This usually takes 4 to 5 hours depending on the temperature in your kitchen.

When ready, preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix your melted butter, sugar and zest together in small bowl and pour evenly over the tops of the rolls.

Bake, uncovered, 18 to 20 minutes.

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Jul30

Orange Monkey Rolls

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Orange Monkey Rolls

These rolls are sooo delicious!  My husband loves anything orange and this just made his day.  They are so quick and easy also.

You can layer them in your bundt pan any way you want.  Or you may want to separate the biscuits in half so you have exactly 30 biscuits.  I could only buy the tubes with 5 biscuits so I actually used more than I should have and it was too many.  If you can find the tubes with 10 biscuits, they are the best.

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 stick butter, cubed
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 2 tablespoons grated orange zest
  • 3 tubes (10-oz. each) refrigerated biscuits

In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, butter, orange juice and zest.  Heat until sugar is dissolved and butter is melted.  Pour into a greased 10-inch fluted tube pan.

Place 12 biscuits on their sides along the perimeter of the pan, overlapping slightly.  Arrange remaining biscuits in the same manner, creating two concentric rings, using 10 biscuits for the middle ring and eight biscuits for the inside ring.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.  Immediately turn upside down onto serving platter.  Serve warm.

“Christ sends us out to bring others in.”

Jul20

Easy Italian Wedding Soup

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Easy Italian Wedding Soup

For me, soup is the ultimate comfort food.  And with the Covid-19 pandemic going on right now, we need some comfort.  Very easy to make and delicious!

  • 2 (14 1/2-oz.) cans chicken broth
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup medium shell pasta, uncooked
  • 16 frozen meatballs, cooked
  • 2 cups spinach leaves, finely shredded
  • 1 cup pizza sauce

Bring broth and water to boil in a large saucepan; add pasta and meatballs.  Return to a boil; cook 7 to 9 minutes or until pasta is done. Do not drain.  Reduce heat; stir in spinach and pizza sauce.  Cook one to 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

Serves 4.

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Jul20

Blueberry Delight

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Blueberry Delight 

This is absolutely delicious!  And so easy to make!  The crust is to die for!

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Crust (1st layer)

  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 stick butter, melted

Mix all together well and press into a 9 x 13 casserole dish.  A smaller dish may work as well.  (I halved the recipe and put it into an 8 x 8 dish.)  Bake for 25 to 35 minutes.  (I baked mine until it was starting to brown on top about 30 minutes.)  Cool completely.

Filling (2nd layer)

  • 2 (8-oz.) packages cream cheese, softened
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 (8-oz.) cartons Cool Whip

Whip cream cheese and sugar until sugar is dissolved and very creamy.  Add Cool Whip and mix well.  Put on top of cooled crust.

(3rd layer)

  • 2 (21-oz) cans Blueberry pie filling (strawberry or peach would be really good also)

Carefully spoon pie filling on top of cream cheese filling without getting the two mixed together.

(4th layer)

  • 1 (8-oz. carton) Cool Whip

Carefully spoon Cool Whip on top of the blueberry pie filling without getting the two mixed together.  Top with a few chopped nuts, if desired.

Serves 12 to 15 (depending on how you cut it)

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Jul6

Bacon & Cheddar Chicken

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Bacon & Cheddar Chicken

This is so delicious and so easy to make.  Start to finish: 30 minutes.

  • 4 bacon strips, chopped
  • 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (6 oz. each)
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 2/3 cup barbecue sauce, divided (We like Bull’s Eye)
  • 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In an ovenproof skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, stirring occasionally.  Using slotted spoon, remove bacon to paper towels; reserve drippings.

Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.  In same pan, brown chicken in drippings over medium heat, 3-4 minutes per side.

Put chicken into a 11 x 7 casserole dish and brush with 1/3 cup of barbecue sauce.  Transfer dish to oven and bake 8 minutes.  Take out of oven and spoon the remaining sauce over the chicken; sprinkle with cheese and bacon.  Bake until the cheese is melted and a thermometer reads 165 degrees, 4-6 minutes.

Makes 4 servings.

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Jul6

Bacon-Tomato Salad

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Bacon- Tomato Salad

I served this salad with our steak, and oven fried potatoes for our 4th of July celebration.  It is absolutely wonderful!  So easy and you can make it ahead of time and keep it in the fridge until serving time.

  • 12-oz. pkg. iceberg lettuce blend (or use anything you like)
  • 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
  • 3/4 cup coleslaw salad dressing
  • 3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 12 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled

In a large bowl, combine lettuce blend and tomatoes. Drizzle with dressing; sprinkle with cheese and bacon.

Makes 6 servings.

“God’s grace is infinite love expressing itself through infinite goodness.”

Jun11

Tortilla Personal Pizzas

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Tortilla Personal Pizzas

This is a recipe I just put together at the last minute.  Not really a recipe, though.  You can make it with whatever ingredients you like on a pizza.

  • Flour tortillas (any size)
  • Pizza sauce (I like Pastorelli)
  • Mozzarella cheese (or any kind you like) (shredded)
  • Olive oil
  • Toppings:  pepperoni, sausage, olives, etc.

Heat oven to 400 degrees.

Place a piece of foil (shiny side down) on a cookie sheet.  Add a small amount of olive oil on foil or spray it with cooking spray.

Lay tortilla on foil, add pizza sauce, cheese, and then any toppings you want.

Bake in oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until it starts to bubble on top.

Take out of oven and let rest for 5.  It will be very hot, so don’t burn your mouth when you can’t wait to take a bite.

“God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.”