You are here: Home / Big Food Favorites Preface. When Mr. Big Food says “perfected over many years,” he means many many years. And he’s not kidding, it’s rich and worth the effort. This recipe, perfected over many years, makes a half-gallon of the richest ice cream on the planet. Mr. Big Food, The Big Food Manual and Survivalist Flourishing Guide–an ongoing project
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We have so many great soup recipes it’s impossible to pick a favorite. But this one ranks up there in our top five. Mellowed leftover is even better, and it freezes well. This was one of three soups we did for a tailgate serving about 120 a few years ago, so it multiplies well, too.
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The original post with this recipe is all-time #7 most viewed post, #5 most viewed recipe. It’s a big food Favorite. And we got to cross off the electric skillet from the list of kitchenwares we’re determined to use over the holidays. TACO PEPPERS IN ELECTRIC SKILLET Serves 6 6 bell peppers, each cut in
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This too is a reposted recipe–and an extremely good gumbo. We’ve made it with goose, duck, and turkey. (Not all at once!) This recipe freezes well. Nothin quite like a nice bowl of gumbo on a cold February evening. Goose Gumbo Originally published on December 29, 2014 If you think you’ve seen this gumbo before, you
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Imagine my surprise. There are actually a bunch of recipes here that have similar status. I think it’s because long ago I used to cross-post to pinterest. In any case, here’s the recipe. It’s a Big Food Favorite! Blue Bonnet Café Meatloaf
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When it becomes obvious that winter is upon us, no matter where we are, we make this. This truly is beyond compare. We have four recipes for Cassoulet, but year after yer, this is the one we make. Now– off to get a lamb shank! CASSOULET I 6 servings 1 C dried small white beans
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Last year, this was the top recipe on the Top Ten Post List. Originally posted November, 2015. It’s been in the Top Ten– heck, Top Four!– every year since. And it is one good sweet potato pie! The posts starts to get some traffic each year around October and then really kicks in come November.
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This comes in at #4 for 2019. It was originally posted in 2012. In the event that you are curious, in 2018 it was #1; 2017, #2; 2016, #10. 2016 was the year of its first appearance in the Top Ten. The power of Pinterest! The recipe is here, though SueK, you’ll need to get
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This is a good one! POLISH MEATBALLS WITH SOUR CREAM SAUCE Serves 8 1 ½ lbs ground pork 1 egg ½ C seasoned bread crumbs ½ C milk ½ C chopped onion 1 ½ tsp salt ½ tsp marjoram Pepper 4 Tbsp flour 2 Tbsp oil, maybe more 1 C beef stock ½
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Cannot figure out Little Joe’s current status. I hit the “order” button and it returned “not taking online order now.” Don’t know what that means, as it’s not even 7am in LA. Recipe freezes well, so make the whole batch. LITTLE JOE’S MEATBALLS AND SPAGHETTI SAUCE Serves 6-8 MEATBALLS 1 lb ground beef½ lb ground pork½
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Eight of the top 10 posts here at Big Food, Big Garden, Big Life dot com are Recipes! Last year, Taco Peppers in Electric Skillet was #10. It’s a perennial favorite. Combine chili, ½ C cheese, catsup or chili sauce, and onion, fold mixture into tamale pieces, and stuff pepper halves evenly with chili mixture.
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I cannot believe I have never posted this recipe.
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There were a number of things Mr Big Food and I wanted to accomplish over the Christmas Break: Traveling 1700+ miles without a collision incident; Helping Miss M move; Hanging out with Grandson ‘Phen; passing Kat & Tony’s ship in the night; Not getting in the way of Daughter C and The J-Man’s Move as
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This is a Big Food Favorite. In fact, I posted the recipe four years ago– almost to the day! Here it is.
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