Simple Basic Meals

• lazy lasagne
• super potatoes
• meatloaf
• freezer-to-crock pot beef stew
• beef and rice casserole
• hamburger enchiladas with tortillas

More Basic Meals

• easy shepherd's pie
• instant pot tomato chicken
• instant pot super easy beef roast

Carol's Favorites

• Carol's untossed salad
• Uncle Ed's spicy pumpkin bread
• easy cornbread

Desserts/Sweets

• apple crisp
• apricot crescents
• Bisquick fruit cobbler
• bread pudding
• Grandma K's cheesecake
• chocolate cake
• chocolate mint pinwheels
• chocolate molasses cups
• easier-than-usual cinnamon rolls (actually: cinnamon pinch-ups!)
• breakfast cookie (halfway between a cookie and a biscuit)
• minty fudge logs
• tres leche (three milk) cake
• Hawaiian pineapple refrigerator cake
• pumpkin oatmeal cookies
• pumpkin pie from fresh pumpkin with homemade crust
• ribbon cookies
• zucchini cake

Miscellaneous

• air fryer bagel chips
• dips
• Meredith Laurence (the Blue Jean Chef) recipes and techniques
• popovers

Other Recipes used in Burns Family Meals

• avocado tuna salad
• beef stroganoff
• black beans with rice
• cauliflower cheese soup
• cheese broccoli soup
• chicken a la king
• chicken and garden vegetables
• chicken tetrazzini
• chicken with rice and tomatoes casserole
• chicken veronique
• (Julia's) chili
• corned beef and cabbage
• cream of garden vegetable soup
• creamy chicken and noodles
• deviled eggs
• fried rice
• green bean casserole with french fried onions
• grilled ham on rye
• holiday baked ham
• Mexican chicken corn chowder
• rolled chicken and asparagus
• scalloped potatoes
• shredded BBQ beef
• soup from whole ham/turkey/chicken leftovers
• Uncle Ed's Spaghetti Sauce
• steak Diane
• stir-fry chicken with feta
• stuffed green peppers
• taco soup with pinto beans
• Thanksgiving Meal Timeline
• tuna noodle casserole
• turkey (whole), stuffing, and gravy
• twice-baked potatoes
• waffles
• white chicken enchiladas
• whole chicken in the instant pot
• zucchini garden chowder

Short Cooking Tip Videos (open in a new window)

• BEEF:
  • selecting and cutting stew beef (youtube, 4:30)
  • browning ground beef (youtube, 3:24)
• CHICKEN:
  
  • butterfly-cutting a chicken breast (youtube, 0:54):
    a chicken breast that is too thick may dry out in the process of getting fully cooked
  • how to slice and cube a chicken breast (youtube, 2:10):
    if I'm not in the mood to handle slimy raw chicken, then I pan-fry the breast first (below) and cut into small pieces after
  • how to pan-fry a whole chicken breast (youtube, 1:53)
  • how to remove the tendon from chicken tenders (youtube, 5:14):
    he shows the technique in the first minute; the rest of the video (if desired) shows how to make pan-fried cutlets
• POTATOES:
  • a standard way to peel a potato (youtube, 0:34)
  • oven-baking a potato (youtube, 2:05):
    if you've got 1-1.5 hours to oven-bake, this has the best flavor and a crispy delicious skin
  • how to ‘bake’ a potato in the microwave:
    if you don't have time to oven-bake
• VEGETABLE/FRUIT PREPARATION:
  • how to cut a mango (youtube, 1:25)
  • how to dice a green pepper (#1) (youtube, 1:14)
    how to dice a pepper (#2) (youtube, 1:58)
  • peeling and chopping carrots (youtube, 2:22)
  • how to peel and chop an onion (youtube, 1:22)
    Note: a sharp knife helps prevent the crushing of the cell structure that releases the gas that makes you cry!
• OTHER:
  • making the perfect pasta (youtube, 2:20)