Spanish Rice

Here is a dish my dad used to make frequently. My mom's mom (Mary Baynor Whitley) had a recipe for Spanish rice and my guess is that he may have seen this recipe and decided to jazz it up and make it his very own. Another possibility is that his mom (Juliette Otholt Crosson) may have had her own version of it that she made when he was young. Either way, this version is my dad's and it's the yummiest I've ever had.

Spanish Rice

Recipe Source: My Dad


Ingredients:
1 lb. ground hamburger
3-4 c. rice (brown or white)
1 onion, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 small can black olives, diced
1 can tomato pieces
1 can tomato sauce
1 can of corn
1 package (2 cups) shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:
Brown hamburger and drain grease. Add onion and bell pepper. Cook until tender. Reduce heat. Add olives, tomato pieces, and corn. Add cooked rice. Mix well. Add tomato sauce, and mix again until everything is coated. Put in casserole dish and sprinkle top with cheese. Bake at 350 until cheese is melted.

In case you need some step-by-step photos to see the beautiful colors, here you go:






Side Note: I was nervous about adding the olives because my husband told me he doesn't like them, but said that he did used to eat them as a kid. I went ahead and assumed that he just doesn't remember if he likes them or not because it's probably been too long since he's had anything with olives. After dinner, he said he couldn't taste them. I imagine he just doesn't know what they taste like anymore but they were definitely part of the flavor of the meal.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Crockpot Kalua Pig

Image
Kalua (not to be confused with kahlua liqueur) pig is probably one of the most delicious methods of eating pork. Mainly because its flavor is a more pure pork flavor and not masked by barbecue sauces and other flavors commonly used elsewhere. Traditional kalua pig is cooked in an underground oven called an imu . The pit is mostly lined with wood, rocks and banana leaves, the pig rubbed with salt and wrapped in additional vegetation, and covered by sand or dirt and left to cook for 7 hours (or overnight). The pork obtains a smoky flavor and it is extremely tender. Because of this long, difficult process of cooking traditional kalua pig, and the lack of two strong, handsome Hawaiian men (pictured below) to do the heavy lifting of an entire pig, other methods have been created to mimic the flavor of kalua pig. One of those methods is using a crockpot. All you need (in addition to a large crockpot) is: 4 lb. pork butt roast 1 Tbsp. Hawaiian sea salt (or 1 ½ Tbsp. other sea salt) 1 Tbsp. li
Read more

Apple Cream Pennies

Image
Apple Cream Pennies Recipe Source: Mrs. Fields Cookie Book, 1992 Ingredients: Cookies: 2 ½ c. all-purpose flour ½ tsp. baking soda ¼ tsp. salt 1 c. dark brown sugar ½ c. white sugar 1 c. salted butter (I used margarine) 2 eggs 2 tsp. vanilla extract Filling: 8 oz. cream cheese, softened ¼ c. white sugar ¼ c. apple butter Directions: In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix well with a wire whisk and set aside. Blend sugars in a large bowl with an electric mixer. Add butter and mix to form a grainy paste. Add eggs and vanilla, and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the flour mixture and blend at low speed until just combined. Do not overmix. Shape dough into marble sized balls. Place balls on an ungreased cookie sheet, 1 inch apart. Bake 10-11 minutes. Do not brown. Transfer cookies to a cool flat surface. To prepare filling, blend cream cheese and sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add apple butter and beat until smooth and thor
Read more

Blueberry Cream Cheese Dessert

Image
I absolutely love layered desserts. they're fun to make and fun to eat. A few weeks ago, my dad mentioned to me that he wanted something blueberry for his birthday dessert. While we were still on the phone, I began searching for something blueberry that my mom could make for his 60th birthday (60 seems to be the magic number this month... my dad turned 60 on Oct. 8th and my father-in-law turned 60 on Oct. 16th). Unfortunately, my parents live thousands of miles away so I knew I would not be able to make the dessert myself. Anyway, I came across this layered blueberry dessert and my pregnant body said I just HAD to have it. This past weekend, my church had a Pig Pickin' (it's a Southern thing...) but luckily it went by another name this year: Fall Festival. I like that name better because it sounds less carnivorous. Someone else cooked the gigantic pig and everyone else brought a side dish or a dessert, so I took this as my perfect opportunity to satisfy my pregnancy cravin
Read more