Poetnw's Chili Pot Pie in a Paragraph

Make chili. Make pie crust. Thicken chili with flour. Plop chili into pie crust with cheese and extra green beans if you like. Roll out pie crust top and figure how to plop that onto the top of pie. Bake at 425.

Nutrition facts for 6 if you use the linked recipes above (using half of the chili recipe).

Poetnw's Puppy Pancakes

From Poetnw who messed with a recipe from Betty Crocker and made it hers… well made it for her pups.

Sally

Sally's Puppy Pancakes

Ingredients:

1 egg

1 cup buttermilk- can be sweet milk or milk with yogurt or vinegar or lemon in it to sour it.

2 t. fat, melted or salad oil

1 cup flour- whatever you like- wheat, oat, rye, almond meal, skies the limit

2 T wheat germ

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 half teaspoon soda

No salt- dogs and humans really don't need it.

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350. 

Add wet ingredients to the dry and make a nice slurry. 

Heat skillet or griddle or fry pan and add a little grease or oil to it and get it hot.  I tend to make fat pancakes and this recipe made three large pancakes.

When the pancakes have bubbles on the top side, carefully flip it over and let it cook a minute or so on the other side. 

Put your round pancakes on a baking sheet and place into the preheated oven. Bake for around 20 minutes- keep an eye on them- the goal is get them toasted and harder for the pups.  Not burned, just toasted harder. 

Take them out of the oven and let them cool.

Cut into strips. I found the easiest way to make strips was to use my kitchen scissors.  I cut long strips then cut those in half. How large or small you make the strips depends on the size of your dog.  For sure put the dog treats in the fridge because, unlike store bought processed pet treats, these have no preservatives.

Have your pup sit pretty and reward with a nice slice of puppy pancake.

Poetnw’s Beef Yam Kidney Bean Stew

You don't have to go shopping to make a one-pot stew. Poetnw just took advantage of the things she happened to have on hand and the result was pure deliciousness. Included in the directions are the optional just because she had it on hand ingredients. The nutrition facts were created at Calorie Count.

Poetnw’s Beef Yam Kidney Bean Stew

Ingredients:

1 pound cubed stew beef 

1 onion, sliced

1 yam, cubed

2 cups sliced cabbage

Left over hot pickle juice from a recently emptied jar

3 cubes beef bullion

other seasonings of your choice

1 recipe of Betty Crocker's dumplings (white flour changed to wheat)

Directions:

Cube the beef and put it in a pot with a little water - just a couple cups will do to start. Simmer covered for about an hour. Add the onions, and yam. Cover and allow to simmer a little more until the veggies are tender. Add the cabbage, a good slurp of pickle juice, beef bullion cubes. Add a little water if the concoction is getting too dry. Simmer covered about 15 minutes. Taste, and season as you wish - black pepper or thyme are good choices.

Mix the dumpling mixture and plop by large spoonfuls on top of the simmering stew. Cook 10 minutes with the lid off. Then cover and cook another 10 minutes or until the dumplings are done - touch the top and if they feel firm, call the kids in for dinner and enjoy.

Options:

Add any veggies you have that need to be used up soon!