Ground Beef Casserole
(An Author Sharolyn Wells favorite.This is a recipe my brother received from the diabetic camp he went to when he was 13. Our family loved it. It's a casserole.)
1 lb. ground beef
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can whole kernal corn, drained
1 small onion, diced
1 small red pepper, diced
6 cups egg noodles, cooked and drained
Brown
ground beef, onions and red pepper until no pink shows in the beef.
Drain and add the two soups and corn. Set aside. Cook egg noodles until
tender. Use cooking spray
to coat the sides and bottom of a 6 qt. casserole dish. Add ground beef
mixture and noodles and mix well. Top with Panko bread crumbs. Cook at
375* for 45 minutes or until bread are golden.
Plymouth Colony II – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat and Think With Your Taste Buds - Desserts
...Teris
wiped her fingers across tear-streaked cheeks. “It looks bigger than
our village.” Her fingers tightened on her brother’s arm and her voice
shook. “Do you think they’ll separate us?” Eric leaned over and kissed
his older sister’s forehead. “You worry too much. Just remember, out
of all the billions of people on Earth, the lottery selected very few.”
His brow furrowed. “Although, I can’t help wondering why they chose
us.”
“I don’t think,
for a society this advanced, they would need me as a doctor. I’m sure
they have doctors of their own. And you?” She shrugged. “I’m sure they
have police officers, too.” Her woeful gaze darted to his. “Mother
said they wanted people of breeding age. I don’t know why but this
makes me nervous.” She began crying again as she thought about her
family. Starting from today, Eric would be the only family she had
left. Her children, if she ever had any, would never know the special
people her parents had been. “I wish Mom and Dad had the same chance as
we do.” One of Eric’s shoulders rose and fell. He pushed his raven
hair behind his ear. “Don’t think about Mom and Dad anymore. You know
they wanted this for us. They told us to put our names in the lottery,
even though they knew they would be left behind here on earth.”...
Teris
and Eric Keyes were both chosen by a lottery to be to leave earth
before it’s destruction by meteors. Scientists reported that over one
hundred meteors were traveling toward earth, some as big as the ones
that took out the dinosaurs. After the discovery, a planet that
virtually mirrors earth agreed to take one hundred thousand young
people off Earth and to the safety of their planet Kelkan. The one
condition was that they must be young and of a breeding age. Due to a
plague that had been spread years ago by the reptilian beings from
Novari, many Kelkans died or were became unable to produce children.
Unless outside life was introduced to their world, the Kelkani people
would become extinct.
Imagine
being chosen to leave the world you know to be taken to one you don’t.
As with Teris and Eric, they, as well as the others, want to trust
these strange people who look like Earth people but can you really
believe in them enough to put your life into their hands? How can you
be sure their promises are real and there aren’t other reasons for them
rescuing your people? You know nothing about their cultures. You don’t
even know what they eat. But what if their promises are all true and
they are really helping to save your world and way of life by rescuing
as many as possible.
Plymouth
Colony II will make you realize that disasters are possible and
hopefully rescues are too. This was quite an interesting book that gave
me food for thought.
Both the recipe and the book sound interesting. I'd be willing to try both! Good luck on your sales.
ReplyDeleteJanis Lane
Ummm. The recipe looks tasty. And, great review.
ReplyDeleteKaren Cioffi Writing and Marketing
Food and books! Two of my favorite things. Mmmm, you have me hooked!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteCreepy! This sounds like a Twilight Zone show. I wonder where Sharolyn got her inspiration for this story?
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