The Crocheting Chemistry Professor

Ingredients: 1 lb ground turkey 12-16 oz fully cooked sausage (for this I used 16 oz Jalapeno Slovacek sausage) 16-oz package of frozen stew vegetables 6 cups of water 1 packet of french onion soup mix 1/4 cup of flour (or packet of gluten-free brown gravy mix if avoiding wheat/gluten) 1. Brown the ground turkey in a skillet. Slice the sausage, then add it to the ground turkey just after the pink color has gone away. Brown both for 5-10 minutes. 2. Remove the meat from the skillet with a slotted spoon and add to the crock pot. Add the vegetables, french onion soup mix, and water to the crock pot. 3. Set the crock pot to Low and cook for 8 hours. 4. Add the flour one hour before cooking time ends. Stir thoroughly until all lumps are gone. 5. Serve what you'll eat; freeze what you don't ;) Note: I just recently found out that I'm allergic to wheat and gluten, so now I substitute gluten-free brown gravy mix for the flour.

Today wasn't the greatest of days -- cold, icky, a bit wet. Time for some comfort food -- what could be more comforting than mac 'n' cheese? Below is my basic recipe for mac 'n' cheese, and I'll post variations on it later. 1 lb medium shells or macaroni (regular or gluten-free) 8 oz natural cheese (cheddar, Monterey Jack, Colby/Jack, etc) or plant-based versions 8 oz Velveeta (or other processed cheese product -- you can also use cream cheese, but it doesn't melt as well as Velveeta) or plant-based cream cheese 6-8 oz light sour cream or plain nonfat Greek yogurt or plant-based sour cream Non-fat cooking spray (or butter if you don't care about calories ;) 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. 2. Boil the shells or macaroni as directed on the package. Drain most of the water, but leave some for the cheese. 3. Add the cheese and Velveeta to the pasta, stirring until all the cheese melts. 4. Spray a 2-qt casserole dish with cooking spray, then dump the past...

I forgot to mention this yesterday! If I find a great crock-pot (or stove-top) recipe that I think is absolutely delish, I'll post a review along with the link. Some things just cannot be improved upon :D Lisa

I'll be posting some of my own recipes, as well as some of my late mother's specialties. My mother didn't believe in cookbooks, yet she could cook up some of the best food on the planet :) Thus, I'll be scrambling to quantify the amounts since Mom just threw in whatever she wanted to taste. Some of the dishes are definitely crock pot dishes; some are not. I may actually throw a little chemistry in just for kicks (the blog, not the recipes) ;) I may not have a lot of time to post regularly, but I'll try to post something. I apologize in advance if some of my recipes are similar to your recipes; I try them out in my own kitchen. If you try them out and find that I've left something out or made a mistake, I would appreciate constructive criticism so that I can correct the problem. Update 12/6/2018: I'm importing my other blogs into The Crocheting Chemistry Professor blog so that everything's in one place.