Bake the potatoes and shred the cheese the day before making the soup. If the soup needs to simmer awhile on the stove, you may need to add more chicken broth.
This dimpled Italian flatbread still has yeast, but only one quick rise time before baking into a heavenly bread sprinkled with crushed rosemary. Eat as is, or use as a crust for innovative pizzas.
'My Ukrainian great-grandmother made something similar to this roast when I was young,' recalls Michelle Nichol of Bedford, Nova Scotia. ' I don't have her recipe, so I adapted one from a Russian cookbook to suit my family's tastes. It's well worth the effort...the velvety gravy is absolutely delicious!'
A methodical approach and patience are required to master croissants, but they are totally worth the extraordinary effort. Butter, flour, milk and yeast never had it so good!
'As the busy parents of two boys, my husband and I are always on the lookout for quick meals,' writes Linda de Beaudrap of Calgary, Alberta. 'You don't have to thaw the frozen meatballs for this satisfying soup, so you can have it on the table in minutes.'
Karen Riordan of Fern Creek, Kentucky dresses up traditional bean salad with a tangy Dijon mustard vinaigrette. 'I'm a busy home-schooling mom, so I love how easy this colorful side dish is to prepare,' Karen says. It's also perfect for picnics or potlucks.
This is the chili recipe the gang eats at Purdue Boilermaker football games. I always prep and cook the chili the night before and then reheat the next day. This is a combination of many different tomato-based chili recipes. Good luck and enjoy.
Small pockets of dough are filled with cabbage and hard-cooked egg before baking. I'm Russian, and this recipe has been handed down from my grandma. They taste delicious, and are a great comfort food (or any other food).
Wonderfully generous with the rosemary, with support from a little black pepper and Italian seasoning, this bread comes out light and fragrant from the bread machine.
'This hearty chili can cook for up to 10 hours on low,' relates Sue Call of Beech Grove, Indiana. 'It's so good to come home to after a long day away.'
Eggs, brown sugar, butter, flour, semi-sweet chocolate and walnuts are stirred together, poured into a pastry shell and baked. This pie 's terrific with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
'I first tried this stuffing a few years ago, and it fast became our family's favorite,' says Kathy Traetow of Waverly, Iowa. Her hearty corn bread mix is flavored with mushrooms and bacon.
