Hearty Tomato-Bean Soup

1 can tomato soup
1 can bean with bacon soup
2 soup cans water
2-3 hot dogs, cut in pennies
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 Tbsp margarine
1-2 tsp chili powder (depending on your liking)
salt and pepper to taste

Saute chopped onions in margarine until soft.  Add hot dog pennies and saute for 2 minutes.  Add soups and water and blend gently to get lumps out.  Add seasonings.  Enjoy!

Hamburger Soup (RaNae Jackson)

1 -1 1/2 lb lean hamburger
potatoes
carrots
onion
bay leaf
homemade noodles
1 qt tomatoes or tomato juice

Boil hamburger; skim off fat.  Add potatoes, carrots, onion, bay leaf, and noodles.  When vegetables are done, add tomatoes or juice.

Noodles:
1 egg, beaten
1 cup flour
1 tsp salt
2 Tbsp cream or milk

I add a drop or two of yellow food coloring.  Roll our very thin and slice in "noodle" strips.

Fresh Tomato Soup (Mindy Dalton)

8 or 9 ripe tomatoes, skinned and coursely chopped
1/4 cup butter
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp sugar
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
2 tsp salt
2 qt. milk or part half and half
1/8 tsp pepper or to taste

Simmer tomatoes in large saucepan for 10 minutes.  Remove from heat and add 1/4 cup butter, soda, 1 tsp salt and sugar.  Let cool during preparation of next step.  Melt the remaining 1/4 cup butter in large kettle.  Add flour and 2 tspn salt.  Add milk; heat and stir to boiling point.  Combine the two mixtures and heat slowly.  Add salt, if needed, and pepper to taste.  Serve immediately. 

Grandma Green's Dumplings (Debbie Jensen)

Soup:
1 large potato
1/2 large onion
1 tbsp shortening
pinch of salt
2 sticks margarine
1/2 can evaporated milk

Dumplings:
2 cups bisquick
1 cup milk

In a 6-qt pot, fill 3/4 full of water.  Cut potatoes in pieces and put in.  Dice onion and put in.  Put in shortening so won't boil over.   Bring to boil.  When potato and onion are tender, put in margarine, milk and pinch of salt.  Bring back to boil and put dumplings in one at a time.  Spread with spoon so won't stick together.  Cook for about 3 minutes.  They should be done and taste great. 

Dumpling preparation: Put bisquick in bowl; pour a little milk at a time (not all at once).  Dough should be sticky.  Break off fist size of dough and roll out paper thin.  Cut 1 1/2 inch wide strips and drop in pot.

Crock Pot Stew (Lisa Johnson)

6 to 9 carrots, cut up
4 to 6 potatoes, cut up
1 1/2 lb stew meat
1 cup water
1 tsp worcestershire sauce
1 clove garlic, minced
1 bay leaf
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp paprika
1 onion, quartered
1 stalk celery with tops, cut up

Put ingredients in crock-pot in the order given.  Stir just enough to mix spices.  Cook 10-12 hours on low (5 to 6 hrs on high), stirring every hour or two.  Remove bay leaf.  Serve