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Melissa Tate TX

Recipes

  • Nancy’s Bread Pudding

    Nancy’s Bread Pudding

    Nancy’s Bread Pudding Servings: 16 to 20 | Prep time: 20 min. | Bake time: 1 hr. | Total Time: 1 hr. 20 min. Ingredients: Bread Pudding: 1 loaf of brioche style bread, cubed (I used French bread)
| 3 ½ cups milk | 6 eggs | 3 cups sugar | 2 Tbsp. vanilla | 2 Tbsp. cinnamon…

  • No-Tomato Chicken Tortilla Soup

    No-Tomato Chicken Tortilla Soup

    No-Tomato Chicken Tortilla Soup Makes: 6 servings Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 30 minutes Ingredients: 4 Tbsp. butter | 2 medium yellow onions, chopped | 1 Tbsp. minced garlic | 8 cups chicken broth | 2 tsp. chili powder | 1 Tbsp. ground cumin | 2 tsp.salt | 1 tsp. lemon pepper | 2 Tbsp. lime juice | 3 cupsshredded rotisserie chicken | Tortilla chips | Sour cream | Cheese |…

  • Classic Chicken Pot Pie

    Classic Chicken Pot Pie

    It’s Chicken Pot Pie time, y’all!This is a favorite (for lots of people).I don’t love canned chicken or canned VegAll but you know I will use a packaged pie crest all day, every day.So this recipe is a mix of that old school all packaged pot pie and a new school fresh ingredients pot pie.It’s…

  • Homemade Shells & Cheese

    Homemade Shells & Cheese

    My friends! We are making one of my favorite childhood meals… slightly elevated.My mom always made Shake & Bake pork chops, boxed shells & cheese, canned green beans, salad, garlic toast and a dessert.I remember always being excited for this meal! It’s good at all temperatures. It’s not spicy. It kid friendly. Will I still…

  • Short Rib & Black Bean Chili

    Short Rib & Black Bean Chili

    Short Rib & Black Bean Chili Makes: 6 to 8 servings | Prep time: 40 min. | Cook time: 3 ½ hrs.  Ingredients Seasoning mixture1 ¼ Tbsp. salt1 Tbsp. pepper¾ Tbsp. garlic powder½ Tbsp. onion powder¼ tsp. red pepper flakes. Chili2 Tbsp. olive oil2 ½ lbs. beef short ribs on the bone, preferably grass-fed, grass-finished…