Chicken and Dumplings Soup

2-3 c cooked and shredded chicken, turkey or other poultry
3 ribs celery chopped
3/4 a large onion chopped
1 tbsp garlic
1-2 tsp seasoning salt
1/2 tsp celery seed
1/2 tsp thyme
2 c buiscut mix
2/3 c milk
celery seed, thyme and celery salt to mix into dumplings
2-4 tbsp butter
2-4 tbsp flour
6 c chicken broth
1/2 c wine

In a large pot melt butter over med high heat. Add onions and celery and sweat do not brown. When they have cooked down and begun to soften add the garlic until aromatic but not brown. stir in the flour. Allow the flour, vegg, butter mix to cook a bit over the heat and get a little bubbly and peanut colored. Add the wine and scrape the bottom of the pot. Slowly add the 6c chicken broth/stock. Bring to a boil adding the seasonings, salt, celery seed and thyme and chicken. Meanwhile mix the buiscut mix and milk with the seasonings until a dough forms. Mine was not wet at all and I just cut it into even portions. I don't remember how many, but it was quite a bit of dumpling goodness. After chicken has boiled for 10 minutes add the dumplings to the boiling mixture and allow to dip under the broth for a minute. Cook for 20 minutes covered, do not peak! Serve immediately! Yummy! I could eat about three bowls of this and the next day adding more broth stretches this into two meals s you can be sure I ate more than my fair share of servings!

Mom's Lemon Cookies

mom's version
One box lemon cake mix
One small bag of semi sweet choc chips or 1/2 bag of large
1 eggs
1/3 cup oil
1/3 water

Add all together except chips, add mire water if dough is too stiff. Add chips

Bake at 350 on slightly greased cookie sheet until done, about 10 min

my sisters version:
I just made them for a bake sale last week 1 box cake mix 1/2 half a bag chips 1/4 cup oil and 2/3 cup or so of water and water as needed to mix w/o getting too sticky , needs to be drop cookie consistency, bake at 350 for 10 min or until the edges are set, lightly grease the cookie sheets first. and two eggs :)

Gonna make me some for a cookie exchange! Yummy!!

Beef and Potatoes Quickie Supper

1 lb ground beef
1 pkg hot italian sausage (caseings removed)
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 cup cooking wine
1 onion chopped
1 tbsp chopped garlic
1/2 tsp thyme
3/4- 1 cup sour cream
sauteed mushrooms (optional)
2 cans sliced potatoes or 2 russet potatoes par boiled and sliced
2 tbsp butter
3tbsp wozzy sauce

Brown beef and sausage over med-high heat. Meanwhile in separate pan saute onions in butter til translucent(if adding mushrooms, they go in now too!). When the onions are softened and the butter is beginning to brown, not the onions the butter, add the garlic and saute but do not allow to brown. In crock pot--you can also do this in a large pot (which is much quicker and I was really busy today so I was using what I had to save time and have a hot meal ready when we all got home!) mix together the 2 cans of mushroom soup, wozzy, wine, thyme, and sauteed onions and garlic. Add the browned meats to the mixture (after draining the oil off of them!) and stir it all up. Put on low and let it simmer for 3-4 hours. then add the sour cream and mix thoroughly. Then add the potatoes and mix. Turn pot up to high and heat for about 20-30 more minutes or until hot throughout. Serve with homemade rolls, and a green vegg.