Cooked big this morning
 

This morning we filled our oven with ham balls, scalloped potatoes, oven pork chops. Green pepper soup simmering on a burner. This is going to have to hold DH and me for the week because I’m going to the sewing room !!!

Oh my, all of this sounds so good. I wish DH liked ham because it's one of my favorites. How do you make the green pepper soup? I think that's something he would love. We are waiting for a new air fryer to be delivered this week so we are looking forward to some new recipes in our home. I hope I like the air fryer.

While I like to cook, I only like to cook every couple of days and am a fan of the large batch!

I would also like more info on the green pepper soup -- is that like sort of like stuffed peppers but chopped up??

Osewme, most of my friends with air fryers love them and set them up as a counter appliance to be used often. Only one person I know didn't like it and got rid of it.

It sounds like your DH will eat like a king while you are in the sewing room. Will you take time out to join him?? :). Everything sounds so yummy. We are having ham for dinner tonight with homemade perogies. Yummy! The only problem is I have to leave my sewing studio to get dressed before the guest arrive.

Green Pepper Soup

2# browned hamburger (or ground Turkey) with diced onion. Drain & set aside
2 cups precooked brown rice - add later

In soup kettle combine following:
Diced celery (about 1 stalk)
Diced tomato - 28 oz can
Tomato soup - 1 can
Ketchup - 4 oz or 1/2 cup
2 green peppers - seeded & diced about 1/2”
Black pepper, Paprika and Cumin (1/4 tsp each)
Brown sugar - 2 Tblsp
Soy sauce - 1 Tblsp
Garlic granules or powder (1/8 tsp)
Beef broth or stock (28 oz) or make with dry boullion & water to make 3 - 4 cups

Add meat to soup and simmer. Add cooked rice towards end of cooking. Rice is precooked or it absorbs the liquid. Soup is thick and I want it thinned out so I add up to 1 quart tomato juice or V8 juice.

I love one pot meals. Beans, soup, dumplings, stews, casseroles, and I call a cobbler a one pot meal. I use the air fryer instead of frying in a skillet. It makes the best porkchops and crispy fried chicken. I wrap meat sandwiches in foil and air fry those, melty cheese and toasty bread. Meatballs are cooked to perfection in an air fryer. I use the Faberware one. I like it so much I bought another for a spare. The basket and tub go in the dishwasher so easy cleaning.

yes, DH takes care of any reheating and clean up and we certainly eat together. He says he didn’t get married to eat alone……

Tranum, my husband just made a pot of soup that could feed 100 people lol!
He cooks like we have a house full and we don't.
He's also been on a bread baking kick. Yummy!

Homemade soup & fresh bread, it doesn’t get any better, does it ?