Nachos

I love making this from a burrito mixture leftover. I make a big batch of burrito mix and freeze the leftover. Weeks later I pull out the burrito mix and make nachos.

**Warm burrito leftover in microwave
**Layer tortilla chips on a plate.
**Spoon burrito mixture on plate and top with cheese
**Microwave until cheese is all melted
**Add your toppings: sliced olives, shredded lettuce, sour cream...

Chicken and Dumplings

4-5 chicken thighs
4 celery stalks with tops
1 mdm carrot sliced
1 small onion
2 sprigs parsley
1 tsp salt
1\8 tsp pepper
5 cups of water ( I add more water. I almost fill the pot, leaving room for dumplings )
2 1\2 cups bisquick
2\3 cup milk

**Place chicken, celery, carrot, onion, parsely, salt, pepper and water in pot or crockpot. Bring to boil and let simmer for 2 hours. ( If in a crockpot, put on low for 6-8 hours)
**Remove chicken and let cool
**Heat 1\2 cup of broth or so, more like 1 cup and add 1\2 of bisquick. Pour back into pot ( it thickens the soup up)
**Shredd chicken and add to soup
**Make the dumplings ( 2 cups of bisquick and 2\3 cup of milk. Mix until dough forms).
**Drop spoonfuls of dumplings into the broth. If you like big dumplings, then drop big spoonfuls of dumplings
**Cook 10 minutes uncovered, cook 10 minutes covered.
**Note: I make my chicken and dumplings more like a stew, that is why I add more water. Also to have lots of dumplings, I put in half of the dumpling dough and let it cook for a bit. I them gently stir the dumpling so they drop and add more dumplings.

Betty Crocker with a little altering from me

Baked Meatball Penne Pasta

1 lb of cooked pasta ( penne, rotini...)
1\2 lb ground beef ( I do less and add more veggies)
1 can olives sliced
1 can mushrooms or even fresh
1 cup of zucchini or yellow squash or spinach....
1 jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce
1\4 cup of parmesan cheese
lots of shredded mozarella

**Brown the beef. Add veggie(s), olives and mushrooms
**Add Spaghetti sauce
**Turn heat off and add parmesan cheese
**Preheat oven to 350
**Layer a small spoonful of sauce on ungreased baking dish
**Layer pasta, then sauce, then cheese. Keep adding and top with cheese
**Bake at 350 for 30 minutes covered and 5 minutes uncovered.

Found in a magazine