Family Recipe Friday - Mom's Tuna Noodle Casserole

In honor of my mother's birthday, I am sharing her recipe for Tuna Noodle Casserole.  This dish is a family favorite and she always has to make more than one casserole for my boys. It's delicious!

Ingredients

2 - 16 oz. packages Extra Wide Noodles

3- 6 oz. cans Tuna Fish

2- 10.5 oz cans Cream of Mushroom Soup

1 or 2- 15 oz cans peas

1 c. + 1/2 c shredded cheese

Cooking Instructions

1.  Boil water in large pan.

2. Drop noodles into boiling water and cook for 8-11 minutes

3.  Drain noodles and rinse

4. Add tuna, soup, peas, and 1 c. of cheese to the noodles

5.  Add a little water if mixture seems too dry

6.  Sprinkle remaining cheese on top

7.  Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes



Family Recipe Friday - Elizabeth's Broccoli Salad

When my brother was married in 1974, I gained a new sister, but our family received  a wonderful new cook!  Elizabeth loves to cook and she has discovered some recipes that have quickly become family traditions.  One of those recipes is the one I am sharing in today's Family Recipe Friday. It is Broccoli Salad, and since Thanksgiving of 1976, it has been a staple at just about all our gatherings.

Broccoli Salad
4 10 oz. Boxes chopped Broccoli
2 cans Cream of Mushroom Soup
2 Eggs
1 c. Mayonnaise
2 Packages Cheddar Cheese

Cooking Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Combine broccoli, soup, eggs, mayonnaise and 1 cup of cheese.  Bake 45 minutes. The last 15 minutes sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.

Rick and Elizabeth, shortly after their marriage in 1974

This recipe is very simple, but looks and tastes incredible!

Family Recipe Friday - Mom's Sloppy Joe's

For today's Family Recipe Friday post, I am sharing my mom's recipes for Sloppy Joes.  I will always remember my mom cooking supper in the kitchen, waiting for the hour when my dad would walk through the door.  I was lucky enough to grow up in a house where we were able to sit down at the dinner table together just about every night.  To this day, whenever my brothers and I need some comfort food these sloppy joes are what we ask for!

*Please note: June Cleaver had nothing on my mom! She always looked this great when she was cooking dinner!

Mom's Sloppy Joes

2 lbs. Hamburger

2 cans Chicken Gumbo Soup

Onion

2 T.  Catsup

1 T. Mustard

1. Brown Hamburger

2. Add soup, onion, catsup, mustard, and simmer for at least 20 minutes.