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Unstuffed Bell Pepper Casserole

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If you like stuffed bell peppers, how about turning your favorite recipe into a one dish casserole. Here is mine:

Unstuffed Bell Pepper Casserole

Ingredients:
1 lb. ground beef, turkey, or ground sausage
3 bell peppers, chopped (I used 1 green, 1 orange, and 1 yellow for a pretty Fall look)
1 medium onion, chopped
1-2 garlic cloves, minced (or 1/2 garlic powder)
1/2 cup instant rice (or 2 cups cold cooked rice)
1/2 cup water (if using instant rice. omit if using cooked rice)
14.5 oz. can Italian stewed tomatoes
1/2 bottle of Heinz chili sauce (or 8 oz. can Italian tomato sauce)
1 tsp. Italian Seasoning
1/2 tsp. Sea Salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
8 oz. pkg. shredded cheddar cheese (Italian blend or Colby/Monterey Jack would work too)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a pot full of boiling water put in the chopped bell peppers. Let them blanch for 5 minutes then remove them from the water to a strainer. Run cold water over them to stop the cooking. In a skillet brown your meat with the chopped onion and garlic until no longer pink. Drain. In a 2qt. casserole dish sprayed with cooking spray. Put in your meat with veggies, tomatoes, and bell peppers. If you are using instant rice now is the time to stir that in with the water. If you are using cold cooked rice just put that in. Add in the chili sauce with the rest of the seasonings and 1/2 of the cheese and stir. Cover with foil and cook for 30-40 minutes. Uncover, stir, then sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top. Pop back in the oven for 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted. Let sit for 5 minutes before serving.

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Be careful what you believe.

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Colossians 2:8

“See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.”

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Chicken Corn Chowder

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Chicken Corn Chowder

Ingredients:
6 strips of bacon
1 medium onion, diced
1 stalk celery, diced
2 carrots, diced
2-4 cloves garlic, minced
2-3 chicken breasts cut into bite-size pieces
4 medium potatoes (2 cups), peeled and diced (sometimes I sub with 2 sweet potatoes)
10.5 oz. low sodium cream of chicken soup
14.5 oz. can creamed corn
1/2 of 16 oz. bag of frozen corn (or 1 can of corn, drained)
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. dried thyme
1 Bay leaf
2 Tbsp. butter
2 cups of chicken broth (or water but it won’t be as flavorful)
1 c. milk or 12 oz. can of evaporated milk (see note)
2-4 Tbsp. cornstarch (start with a little and add more if needed)

Directions:
Sauté bacon in a skillet until crisp. Drain on paper towels but keep 2 Tbsp. of the grease in the skillet. Cool bacon off, crumble and put in a covered container to use later. In the same skillet add onions, celery, carrots, and cook until soft. Can cook the potatoes for a few minutes as well. In crockpot add potatoes, cooked veggies, cut up chicken breasts, cream of chicken soup, corn (s), seasonings, butter, and broth.  Cook on low 6 hours or until potatoes are done. Stir cornstarch and milk together in a bowl. Stir this mixture in the last 30 minutes of cooking to help thicken the soup. Remove Bay leaf. Sprinkle cooked bacon on top of chowder when serving.

Serve with a side salad and buttered crusty bread.

Serves 4-6

Note: You can sub any milk you prefer like almond or coconut milk. You can make this without the chicken for it to be a regular corn chowder with bacon. You can also sub out and use precooked shredded chicken.

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Patiently endure the race to the end.

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Hebrews 12:1

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,”

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Salvation is a gift from God

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Ephesians 2:8-9

“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”

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The Christian Homemaker

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Have you been asked by well meaning ladies (even Christian), “what do you do all day”? The side eyed looks, and shaking of the head as if you’ve done a horrible sin is truly disrespectful to your freedom to choose what’s best for your own life and family. No where in the bible is it condemned or forbidden for a woman to not work outside her home. Throughout scripture you see the opposite yet many try to pull the old Proverbs 31 woman card (and any other scripture to justify their thinking) to make you think otherwise. Many have taken scriptures out of context to come up with unbiblical thinking on this issue. It’s really sad how we as homemakers are questioned and judged (instead of respected and encouraged) for our choice to make being a keeper at home our fulltime career. We’ve all heard the “what ifs” and all the exceptions but we have our convictions and we live this life by faith. Listen to the wisdom in this young lady. She’s wise beyond her years.

Here is another one that encourages even those of us who do not or no longer are raising young children:

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