#620 - Western Skillet Rice

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 lb. ground chuck
1 envelope Lipton onion soup mix
1 1/2 cups water
3/4 cup uncooked Carolina white rice
2 cups chopped tomatoes
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1/4 cup chopped red pepper
1 cup cooked peas
1 cup shredded sharp cheese

Brown the ground chuck in a skillet and in a separate pot cook the peas. Turn heat to medium on the ground chuck and stir in soup mix, water, rice, tomatoes and pepper--bring mixture to a boil. Add a lid, turn heat back to low (simmer) for 25 minutes, stirring once every few minutes. After 25 minutes drain the cooked peas, add them to the skillet and stir. When peas are warm, scoop mixture into your serving bowl and top with the shredded cheese.

#551 - Spanish Rice

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 cup uncooked Carolina Rice (brand)
1/4 cup canola oil
1 chopped medium onion
1/2 of a green pepper (chopped)
2 cups stewed tomatoes with juice
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 cup water
1/2 lb. ground chuck (optional)

In a saucepan add canola oil, chopped onion, chopped pepper and uncooked rice--cook and stir over medium heat until everything is lightly browned. Add stewed tomatoes, water, salt, pepper--stir until mixed and bring to a boil while stirring. Once boiling turn heat back to low, put a lid on the saucepan and simmer for 30 minutes or until rice is done. If you want beef Spanish rice, add ground chuck when you add the rice, chopped onion and chopped pepper.

#7 - Rice Pudding

(by Shirley McNevich)

3/4 cup Carolina River rice
Put in 3 qt. saucepan. Add one tsp. salt. Add one qt. water. Boil until all of the water is soaked up into the rice (you must continually stir while cooking). Takes about 20 minutes.

Pour rice into a 4 qt. baking dish (granite pan works the best) sprayed with Pam cooking spray. Add:
3/4 cup of white sugar
1 TBSP imitation vanilla
1 tsp McCormick cinnamon
5 cups of 2% milk

Stir by hand until mixed. Bake in oven at 375 degrees for exactly 1 hour. Remove from oven. Use a spoon and take the scum off the top using a spoon (throw scum away). Stir pudding and then let cool. After cool, refrigerate.