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Pink Lemonade Pops
Ingredients:
- 1 c. cranberry juice
- 1/2 c. water
- 1 (6 oz.) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
Directions:
- Pour into large pitcher and mix together.
- Pour mixture into 7 paper cups.
- Freeze about 1 hour or until the mixture is thick and slushy.
- Place a wooden stick in the center of each pop.
- Freeze about 7 hours longer or until pops are solid.
- Peel the paper cups from the frozen pops before eating.
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Pizza Type Fruit Tart
Ingredients:
- 3/4 c. margarine, softened
- 1/2 c. confectioners sugar
- 1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
- Vanilla Filling (recipe follows)
- Fruit Topping (recipe follows)
Directions:
- Heat oven to 300°.
- Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Blend in flour.
- Press mixture onto bottom and sides of 12-inch pizza pan.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Cool completely.
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Crispy Cut-Outs
Ingredients:
- 1 (10 oz.) pkg. marshmallows
- 6 c. Rice Krispies cereal
- 1/4 c. margarine
- vegetable cooking spray
Directions:
- Melt margarine in a large saucepan over low heat.
- Add marshmallows; stir until completely melted.
- Remove from heat.
- Add Rice Krispies.
- (May add mini chocolate chips, M&M's, caramel, ice cream topping, etc.)
- Press mixture into a pan coated with cooking spray.
- Layer about 1/2-inch thick.
- When cool, cut into your favorite shapes with cookie cutter; decorate if you like.
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Barbecue Beef Burger
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. beef (do not brown first!)
- 1/2 c. ketchup
- 1 Tbsp. sugar
- 3/4 Tbsp. mustard
- 1/2 Tbsp. vinegar
- 3/4 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1 Tbsp. butter
- 1/4 c. chopped onions
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- dash of pepper
- small amount of water (enough to moisten)
Directions:
- Cook slowly in thick saucepan 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Makes 6 to 7 sandwiches.
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Instant Hot Chocolate
Ingredients:
- 2 lb. box Nestle Quik or Hershey's
- 1 lb. box powdered sugar, sifted
- 8 qt. box instant dry milk
- 6 oz. jar instant dry coffee cream
Directions:
- Mix in large container (I use a Tupperware bucket with lid on tightly). Put 3 to 4 heaping teaspoonfuls in cup and add hot water. Store dry mix in tightly covered container and use as needed.
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Strawberry Angel Dessert
Ingredients:
- 1 large or 2 small pkg. wild strawberry flavor gelatin
- 2 c. boiling water
- 1 c. cold water
- 1 pt. fresh strawberries or 1 pkg. frozen strawberries
- 3 1/2 c. whipped topping
- 4 c. angel food cake cubes
Directions:
- Dissolve gelatin in boiling water.
- Add cold water and chill until slightly thickened.
- Slice strawberries and sprinkle with a little sugar if using fresh.
- Blend whipped topping into gelatin, then fold in cake cubes and strawberries.
- Spoon into 13 x 9-inch pan.
- Chill until firm.
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Turkey Stuffing
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. sausage
- 1 c. chopped onion
- 1 c. chopped celery
- 3 large apples, peeled and chopped
- 8 c. bread crumbs or stuffing mix
- 2 c. mushrooms, sliced and sauteed
- salt, pepper, poultry seasoning and chopped parsley to taste
Directions:
- Fry sausage until crumbly.
- Add onion and celery.
- Cook until golden and tender, about 10 minutes.
- Add to bread crumbs.
- Season and add remaining ingredients.
- Moisten with chicken stock if too dry.
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Cheerios Nuggets
Ingredients:
- 1 c. brown sugar
- 1/2 c. margarine
- 1/2 c. light corn syrup
- salt
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 6 c. Cheerios
- 1 c. salted peanuts
- 1 c. raisins
Directions:
- Heat oven to 250° and grease 2 cookie sheets.
- Mix cereal and peanuts.
- Heat brown sugar, margarine, corn syrup and salt in pan until bubbly around edges.
- Stir 2 minutes longer.
- Remove from heat and stir in soda.
- Pour over cereal and spread in pans.
- Bake 15 minutes.
- Cool 10 minutes.
- Loosen mixture.
- Let stand until firm, then break into bite size pieces.
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Orange Salad
Ingredients:
- 1 large box orange jello
- 2 c. hot water
- 1 small can crushed pineapple, drained
- 4 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 c. mandarin oranges, drained
- 1 small can frozen orange juice
- 1 box instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 c. cold milk
- Cool Whip
Directions:
- Mix jello and hot water. Add crushed pineapple (drained), sugar, mandarin oranges (drained) and frozen orange juice. Mix all together and let mixture set well. When set, beat together vanilla pudding mix and milk. Add 1 cup Cool Whip and spread on top of congealed salad.
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Outdoor Pizza Burgers
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 lb. ground chuck
- 1/3 c. grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 c. finely chopped onion
- 1/4 c. chopped pitted ripe olives
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. oregano
- 1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste
- 4 slices Mozzarella cheese, cut in strips
- 8 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 8 slices French bread, toasted
Directions:
- Combine
- first 7 ingredients and dash of pepper. Shape into 8 oval
- patties. Broil over medium coals for 10 minutes. Turn. Top each
- with cheese and tomatoes.
- Broil 5 minutes or until desired doneness. Serve on toasted French bread slices.
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The Chewy Brownie Cookie
Ingredients:
- 2/3 c. Crisco shortening
- 1 1/2 c. firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp. water
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
- 1/3 c. unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips (12 oz. pkg.)
Directions:
- Heat oven to 375°.
- Combine Crisco, light brown sugar, water and vanilla in a large mixing bowl.
- Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended.
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Barbecue Sauce For Burgers
Ingredients:
- 1 c. chopped onion
- 1/2 c. chopped celery
- 1/4 c. chopped green pepper
- 3 Tbsp. margarine
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 (16 oz.) can tomato sauce
- 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1 Tbsp. snipped parsley
- 2 tsp. sugar
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- few dashes bottled hot pepper sauce
Directions:
- Use your microwave to saute the vegetables right in the serving dish.
- In one-quart casserole combine first five ingredients listed until vegetables are tender; about 4 minutes.
- Then stir in rest of the ingredients.
- Microwave 3 or 4 minutes, stirring once.
- Then serve over your burgers, pork chops, chicken, etc.
- Makes 3 cups.
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Broccoli Casserole
Ingredients:
- 2 bunches broccoli
- Velveeta cheese
- 1 stick butter, melted
- 1 stick Zesta crackers
Directions:
- Cook broccoli and spread with cheese.
- Crush crackers and mix in with melted butter.
- Spread over broccoli.
- Bake at 350° for 20 minutes.
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Zucchini Bread
Ingredients:
- 4 eggs
- 1 c. vegetable oil
- 2 c. sugar
- 3 1/2 c. flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 3/4 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 c. unpeeled zucchini, grated
- 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
Directions:
- Beat eggs.
- Add sugar and oil.
- Beat together well. Stir in remaining ingredients.
- Pour into 2 greased loaf pans.
- Bake at 350° for 60 minutes.
- Makes 2 loaves.
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"E-Z Cream Puffs"(No Cooking!)
Ingredients:
- 3 bags Stella D'oro "Anginetti" cookies
- large Cool Whip
- 8 oz. bar cream cheese
- 1 1/2 cans crushed pineapple, well drained
- fresh fruit for garnish
Directions:
- Cut each cookie in half with steak knife.
- Follow directions on back, but use largest Cool Whip, cream cheese and crushed pineapple.
- In an hour, you will have dozens of cream puffs, which will soften as they sit in the refrigerator.
- Arrange on a platter. Add some fresh fruit for garnish/color and sit back and enjoy the rave reviews!
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Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1/3 c. flour
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 c. low-fat margarine
- 4 Tbsp. peanut butter
- 2 tsp. granulated sugar substitute
- 2 tsp. brown sugar substitute
- 1 egg, beaten
Directions:
- Sift dry ingredients together.
- Cream margarine and peanut butter; beat until light and fluffy.
- Add sugar substitutes and egg and beat well.
- Add dry ingredients and mix into creamed mixture and mix well.
- Drop by teaspoons onto lightly greased cookie sheet, flatten with tines of fork dipped in flour.
- Bake in preheated oven at 375° for 8 to 10 minutes.
- Yield: 20 cookies. Carbohydrate 2.7 g, protein 1.3 g, fat 3.0 g, calories 41.
- One cookie = 1/4 bread exchange, 1/2 fat lean meat exchange.
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Golden Nut Crunch(Snack)
Ingredients:
- 1 (12 oz.) can or jar dry roasted nuts
- 1/4 c. butter
- 1/4 c. Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp. oregano
- 1/4 tsp. celery salt
- 4 c. Golden Grahams cereal
Directions:
- Heat oven to 300°.
- Mix nuts and butter in medium bowl until well coated.
- Add rest of ingredients except cereal.
- Spread in ungreased jelly roll pan, 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1-inch.
- Bake, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes. Stir in cereal. Cool. Store in airtight container.
- Yields 6 1/2 cups snack.
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Raspberry Punch
Ingredients:
- 1 (46 oz.) can Hawaiian Punch
- 1 (6 oz.) can frozen lemonade concentrate
- 3 (16 oz.) bottles 7-Up
- 1 qt. raspberry sherbet
Directions:
- Combine punch, concentrated lemonade and 7-Up in bowl; mix well.
- Pour in punch bowl.
- Add sherbet at serving time.
- Yields 30 servings.
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Cereal Mix
Ingredients:
- 1 box Fiber One cereal
- 1 box Kashi Honey Puffed cereal
- 1 box Kashi Medley cereal
- 1 box Kashi Go Lean cereal
- 1 box Protein Plus cereal
- 1 1/2 c. Nestle's semi-sweet mini morsels
- 1 1/2 c. Nestle's butterscotch morsels
Directions:
- Mix together and store in airtight containers. Serving size: 1 cup.
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Popcorn Cake
Ingredients:
- 5 qt. popped corn
- 1 lb. small gumdrops or M&M's
- 2 c. chopped walnuts or pecans
- 1/2 c. oleo
- 1/2 c. oil
- 1 lb. large marshmallows
Directions:
- Heat oleo and oil; add marshmallows and stir until melted. Pour mixture over popcorn, candy and nuts.
- Mix together; pack in buttered angle food pan.
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Creamy Baked Cheesecake
Ingredients:
- 1/3 c. oleo or butter, melted
- 1 1/4 c. graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 c. sugar
- 2 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
- 1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 c. ReaLemon lemon juice from concentrate
- 1 (8 oz.) sour cream
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 300°.
- Combine oleo, cracker crumbs and sugar. Press firmly on bottom of 9-inch spring-form pan.
- In large mixing bowl, beat cheese until fluffy.
- Gradually beat in condensed milk until smooth.
- Add eggs and ReaLemon; mix well. Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until set; top with sour cream.
- Bake 5 minutes longer.
- Cool and chill.
- Garnish with your favorite topping.
- Refrigerate leftovers.
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Easy Chicken Barbecue
Ingredients:
- 1 (2 1/2 to 3 lb.) cut up chicken
- 1 1/3 c. Coca-Cola
- 1/2 c. catsup
- 2 Tbsp. mustard
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
- Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.
- Put in frying pan. Mix Coca-Cola, catsup and mustard; pour over chicken.
- Cover and simmer 45 minutes or 1 hour before removing cover, to let sauce thicken.
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Frozen Pickles
Ingredients:
- 4 c. cucumbers
- 2 c. onions
- 1/2 c. vinegar
- 1 1/2 c. sugar
- 1 tsp. celery seed
- 4 tsp. salt
- 3 3/4 c. vinegar
- 3 c. sugar
- 3 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. celery seed
- 1/2 tsp. turmeric
- 3 1/2 tsp. mustard seed
Directions:
- Pour over cucumbers, put on lids and cold pack for 5 minutes, after water comes to a boil.
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Punch
Ingredients:
- 1 large box lime or cherry Jell-O, dissolved in 2 c. hot water *
- 3 c. sugar
- 1 large can unsweetened pineapple juice
- 1 small bottle lemon or cranberry juice *
- 16 c. water
Directions:
- Mix all together and chill.
- Makes 1 1/2 gallons.
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Fresh Apple Cake No. 2
Ingredients:
- 1 1/3 c. oil
- 2 c. sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 c. flour
- 1 tsp. soda
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. salt
- 3 c. apples (5 small or 3 large), peeled and chopped
- 1 c. nuts (more or less as desired)
Directions:
- Mix all ingredients, adding apples and nuts last.
- Mixture will be thick.
- Pour into Bundt pan.
- Bake 1 hour at 350°.
- Powdered sugar glaze is optional.
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Best-Ever Chicken Soup
Ingredients:
- 1 (3 to 4 lb.) chicken, cooked and cut up
- 3 qt. chicken broth (can use 6 cans chicken broth)
- 1 large onion
- 3 celery stalks
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tsp. pepper
- homemade noodles or similar kind, break into tiny pieces
- 3 carrots
- 1 parsnip
- 1 sprig fresh dill weed
- 1 Tbsp. salt
Directions:
- While chicken is cooking, cut up fresh vegetables into small pieces.
- If using broth from Swanson's canned broth, then you can place veggies and spices in immediately.
- Be sure to have chicken in very small pieces, also.
- Put noodles in and simmer for 1 hour.
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Brownie Cake
Ingredients:
- 2 c. sugar
- 2 c. flour
- 2 sticks oleo
- 1 c. water
- 4 Tbsp. cocoa
- 1/2 c. sour milk (make sour by adding 1 tsp. vinegar to milk)
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 eggs
Directions:
- Sift together sugar and flour.
- Bring to a boil the oleo, cocoa and water.
- Add milk, soda and vanilla.
- Add to flour mixture.
- Add eggs and beat.
- Bake in greased and floured jelly roll pan (16 x 11 x 1 1/2-inch) at 400° for 20 minutes.
- While still hot, spread on icing.
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Cucumbers 'N Sour Cream
Ingredients:
- 2 cucumbers, peeled and sliced
- 1 onion, sliced and separated in rings
- 1/2 c. sour cream
- 1 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. sesame seed
- dash of pepper
Directions:
- Mix together sour cream, sugar, lemon juice, salt, sesame seed and pepper.
- Add cucumbers and onion.
- Chill for 20 minutes before serving.
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Peanut Butter Pie
Ingredients:
- 1 (9-inch) pie shell
- 4 oz. cream cheese
- 1 c. powdered sugar
- 1/3 c. peanut butter
- 1/3 c. milk
- 1 carton Cool Whip
Directions:
- Beat cream cheese until soft.
- Combine milk and Cool Whip, then mix together with peanut butter, powdered sugar and cream cheese.
- Pour into pie shell; freeze.
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Barbecued Trout
Ingredients:
- 6 pan dressed trout
- 2/3 c. soy sauce
- 1/2 c. ketchup
- 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
- 1 tsp. crushed dried rosemary
- lemon wedges (optional)
Directions:
- Place trout in a single layer in a plastic bag or glass baking dish. Combine the soy sauce, ketchup, lemon juice, oil and rosemary.
- Pour into bag or dish.
- Cover (or close bag) and let stand for 1 hour, turning once.
- Remove fish, reserving marinade. Place fish in a single layer in a well-greased hinged wire grill basket. Grill, covered, over medium coals for 8 to 10 minutes or until fish is browned on the bottom. Turn and baste with marinade. Grill 5 to 7 minutes longer or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
- Serve with lemon, if desired.
- Yields 6 servings.
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Guacamole Dip
Ingredients:
- 1 avocado
- 1 small tomato, chopped fine
- 1/2 small onion, chopped fine
Directions:
- Combine ingredients.
- Add to taste salt, garlic, pepper, 1/2 lime or lemon juice, vinegar or oil to give creamier texture.
- Mix everything together, taste and then add a touch of Tabasco sauce if you like it a little hotter.
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Better Than Sex Cake
Ingredients:
- 1 white/yellow cake mix
- 1 large can crushed pineapple
- 1 c. sugar
- 1 large box instant vanilla pudding
- 1 large Cool Whip
- 1 c. chopped pecans
Directions:
- Cook cake according to directions on box.
- Heat pineapple and sugar until boiling.
- Spread pineapple and sugar on cake while still hot.
- Let cool.
- Fix pudding according to directions on box and spread on cake.
- Spread Cool Whip on pudding.
- Sprinkle chopped nuts on cake.
- Keep refrigerated.
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Chicken Enchilada
Ingredients:
- 1 chicken, cooked and cut up
- 8 flour tortillas
- 3 oz. cream cheese
- 1 Tbsp. milk
- 1/4 c. chopped celery
- 1/4 c. chopped onion, sauteed in 2 Tbsp. margarine
- 8 oz. sour cream
- 1 can cream of chicken soup
- 2 (4 oz.) cans chopped green chilies
- 1 c. shredded Cheddar cheese
- 1 c. shredded Monterey cheese
Directions:
- Mix chicken, cream cheese, milk and onion.
- Place 1/3 cup in each flour tortilla and roll.
- Place seam side down in greased baking dish.
- Mix together sour cream, soup and drained chilies and pour over enchiladas.
- Cover with foil.
- Bake 35 minutes at 350°.
- Top with Cheddar and Monterey cheese.
- Bake, uncovered, until melted.
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Lite Reuben Sandwich
Ingredients:
- 1 medium onion
- 4 slices rye bread
- spicy hot mustard
- 1/2 lb. lite ham, shaved
- 1 (16 oz.) can sauerkraut, well drained
- 4 slices Alpine Lace cheese
- nonstick cooking spray
Directions:
- In large skillet sprayed with nonstick spray, brown and saute onion.
- Spread with mustard and place on sprayed cooking sheet. Place ham on each bread slice, then spoon on sauerkraut.
- Top with slice of cheese and spoon on onions.
- Put in 350° oven to get it hot.
- Then run under broiler.
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Salami
Ingredients:
- 2 lb. hamburger
- 2 Tbsp. Morton Quick salt
- 1 Tbsp. liquid smoke
- 1/3 tsp. onion salt
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp. mustard seed
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
- 1 Tbsp. whole peppercorns (optional)
- 1/2 c. water (optional)
Directions:
- Mix and wrap in Saran Wrap.
- Refrigerate 24 hours.
- Remove wrap.
- Form into 2 rolls, about 2 inches in diameter.
- Bake on broiler rack at 300° for 1 hour.
- Freezes well.
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Ice Cream Social
Ingredients:
- 13 gal. ice cream
- 1 large jar marshmallow topping
- 1 large jar butterscotch topping
- 1 jar cherries
- 4 c. crushed nuts
- 3 large squeeze bottles chocolate topping
- 10 qt. strawberries
- 10 lb. bananas
- 1 large jar sprinkles
- 2 large Cool Whip
Directions:
- You will need 250 paper bowls, 250 napkins and 250 plastic spoons.
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Copper Pennies (Carrots)
Ingredients:
- 2 lb. carrots, peeled and sliced
- 2 medium onions, sliced
- 1 medium green pepper in strips
- 1 (10 oz.) can tomato soup
- 1/3 c. vinegar
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 1/3 c. oil
- 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp. mustard
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 c. celery, chopped
Directions:
- Heat vinegar, sugar and oil.
- Cook carrots in salted water 8 to 10 minutes.
- Combine with onions and pepper.
- Stir remaining ingredients into bowl over carrots.
- Marinate overnight.
- Drain as needed.
- Will keep several weeks.
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Florida Milk Sherbet(Grandmother Newman'S)
Ingredients:
- 2 c. milk
- 1 c. sugar
- 3/4 c. orange juice (juice of 2 oranges)
- 1/4 c. lemon juice (juice of 1 lemon)
Directions:
- Heat milk and sugar to near boiling.
- Cool and place in freezer until partially frozen.
- Remove from freezer and add juices.
- Stir and place in freezer again until firm.
- Serves 4. Ingredients can be doubled to serve 8.
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Cocktail Sauce
Ingredients:
- 1/2 bottle catsup
- 1/2 bottle chili sauce
- juice from 1/2 lemon
- 1/4 onion, grated very fine
- 1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1 Tbsp. horseradish
- 1/4 tsp. pepper sauce
- salt and pepper
Directions:
- Mix all ingredients together.
- Let stand for 2 to 3 hours. Very good with fresh, cooked crab.
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Never Fail Divinity
Ingredients:
- 2 c. sugar
- 1/2 c. water
- dash of salt
- 1 pt. marshmallow cream
- 1/2 c. nutmeats
Directions:
- Combine sugar, water and salt.
- Bring to a rolling boil.
- Boil for 2 minutes.
- Place marshmallow cream in a large bowl and pour hot syrup all at once into it.
- Stir until candy loses its gloss. Add nuts.
- Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper.
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Fruit Squares
Ingredients:
- 1/2 lb. margarine
- 1 c. sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 can pie filling
- 2 eggs
- 2 c. flour
- 1 c. nuts
Directions:
- Cream margarine, sugar and add vanilla.
- Add eggs.
- Stir in flour and add nuts.
- Mix well.
- Spread 3/4 of batter in a greased 13 x 9-inch pan.
- Cover with pie filling and add rest of batter. Bake at 350° for 50 minutes.
- When cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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Carrot Cake #1
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 c. flour
- 1 1/4 c. sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 2 (4 1/2 oz.) jars strained baby carrots
- 2/3 c. oil
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 2/3 c. coconut
- 1 can (8 oz.) crushed pineapple, drained
- 1/2 c. chopped walnuts
Directions:
- Mix flour, sugar, soda, cinnamon and salt.
- Add carrots, oil, eggs and vanilla.
- Mix well.
- Add pineapple, coconut and walnuts. Makes 9 inch square pan (for 9 x 13, double recipe).
- Bake in preheated oven at 350° for 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool.
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Banana Pudding
Ingredients:
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 2 Tbsp. flour
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 2 c. milk
- 1/4 c. sugar
- 3 eggs, separated
- 1 tsp. vanilla flavoring
- 4 medium ripe bananas
- vanilla wafers
Directions:
- Mix sugar, flour and salt together in a saucepan.
- Slowly add milk, stirring until smooth.
- Heat to a full boil over medium high heat.
- Reduce heat to low and continue.
- Beat egg yolks in bowl. Add a little of the mixture to the yolks; stir.
- Add yolks to milk mixture gradually.
- Continue to cook for 5 minutes more.
- Remove from heat and add vanilla.
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Baked Beans And Pineapple
Ingredients:
- 1 c. onions
- 1 Tbsp. oil
- 19 oz. pork and beans
- 14 oz. red kidney beans
- 1 c. crushed pineapple
- 1/3 c. ketchup
- 1 tsp. prepared mustard
- 1/2 c. brown sugar
- 1 tsp. bacon bits/bacon
- 1/4 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. pepper
Directions:
- Saute onions in oil.
- Mix ingredients according to order given; bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 1/2 hours.
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Apricot-Dijon Mustard Chicken
Ingredients:
- 2 1/4 c. chicken broth
- 1 (10 oz.) pkg. couscous
- 1 (12 oz.) can apricot nectar
- 3 Tbsp. Dijon mustard
- 6 skinned and boned chicken breast halves
- 2 Tbsp. minced fresh basil
- lime wedges and fresh basil sprigs (garnishes)
Directions:
- Bring chicken to a boil in a medium saucepan; stir in couscous.
- Cover; remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.
- Remove couscous to a serving platter; set aside and keep warm.
- Combine apricot nectar and mustard in a large skillet; bring to a boil.
- Add chicken; cover.
- Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes or until done.
- Remove chicken from skillet, reserving liquid from skillet.
- Place chicken on top of reserved couscous; set aside and keep warm.
- Bring liquid to a boil; cook, uncovered, 10 minutes.
- Spoon sauce over chicken; sprinkle with minced basil.
- Garnish if desired.
- Serves 6.
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Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1/2 c. soft butter
- 3/4 c. sifted confectioners sugar
- 1 Tbsp. vanilla
- 1 sq. unsweetened chocolate (1 oz.), melted
- 1 1/2 c. Gold Medal flour
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 20 to 25 maraschino cherries, well drained
- Chocolate Icing (below)
Directions:
- Heat oven to 350° (moderate).
- Mix butter, sugar, vanilla and chocolate thoroughly.
- Measure flour by dipping method or by sifting.
- Blend in flour and salt.
- If dry, add 1 to 2 tablespoons cream.
- Wrap level tablespoonful of dough around well drained maraschino cherry.
- Place 1-inch apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 12 to 15 minutes.
- Cool.
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Candied Garden Carrots
Ingredients:
- 8 or 10 peeled whole carrots
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 2 Tbsp. butter
- 6 Tbsp. brown sugar
Directions:
- Cook carrots in 1/2-inch water with 1/2 teaspoon salt added until just tender.
- Drain.
- In a small skillet, melt butter.
- Add brown sugar and stir until dissolved.
- Add carrots and cook over low heat, turning until well glazed.
- Makes 8 servings.
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Cranberry Salad
Ingredients:
- 2 cups ground cranberries
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 lb. miniature marshmallows
- 1 pint whipped cream
- 1 cup drained crushed pineapple
Directions:
- Combine cranberries with sugar and let stand 2 hours.
- Add marshmallows to whipped cream and let stand 2 hours.
- Combine all and chill.
- Add nuts if desired.
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Braunschweiger Dip
Ingredients:
- 1/2 lb. braunschweiger
- 1 c. sour cream
- 1 tsp. steak sauce
- 1/2 c. minced bread and butter pickles
Directions:
- Mash meat and sour cream together.
- Stir in steak sauce and pickles.
- Beat until smooth and light.
- Chill.
- Serve with assorted crackers.
- Makes 2 cups.
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Pork Chops
Ingredients:
- 1 medium onion
- 1 large pepper
- 1 can stewed tomatoes, chopped
- 2 tsp. sugar
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 c. V-8 tomato juice
- 4 to 5 pork chops
Directions:
- Brown pork chops in deep skillet.
- Chop onion and add to chops in pan, then stewed tomatoes and rest of ingredients.
- Cover and simmer 30 minutes until done.
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Potato Casserole
Ingredients:
- 2 lb. pkg. hash browns, thawed
- 1 can cream of chicken soup
- 1/4 c. chopped onions
- 2 c. sharp Cheddar cheese
- 16 oz. sour cream
- 1/2 c. melted butter
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
Directions:
- Mix the ingredients and pour into casserole dish.
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Double Layer Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients:
- 1 (3 oz.) cream cheese
- 1 c. plus 1 Tbsp. cold milk
- 1 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 (12 oz.) whipped topping
- 1 baked pie shell
- 2 pkg. vanilla instant pudding (4 serving size)
- 1 can pumpkin (16 oz.)
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. ginger
- 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
Directions:
- Mix cream cheese, sugar and 1 tablespoon milk with wire whisk until smooth.
- Gently stir in whipped topping.
- Spread on bottom of pie shell.
- Pour 1 cup milk in bowl; add pudding mix.
- Beat with wire whisk until well blended, 1 to 2 minutes, then let stand 3 minutes.
- Stir in pumpkin and spices and mix well.
- Spread over cream cheese layer.
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Chill for 2 hours.
- Garnish with whipped topping.
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Christmas Punch
Ingredients:
- 2 pt. cranberry juice
- 2 cans (1 qt.) pineapple juice
- 1 c. lemon juice
- 3 c. sugar
- 3 c. water
- 2 c. ginger ale
Directions:
- Mix together all ingredients, except ginger ale.
- Just before serving, add ginger ale.
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Chocolate Coffee Spoons
Ingredients:
- heavy plastic spoons, color of your choice
- chocolate (or colored) candy melts or chocolate chips
Directions:
- In a small dish, melt chocolate in the microwave.
- Dip spoon into melted chocolate, filling bowl of spoon.
- Place spoon on a cookie sheet lined with plastic wrap.
- Repeat with remaining spoons.
- Chill until set.
- Re-dip spoons to coat underside.
- Stand spoons up in a glass to keep bottom coating from smearing.
- Chill until set.
- Wrap the bowl of the spoon with plastic wrap and tie with a ribbon.
- Used to stir hot coffee or cocoa.
- Makes a great gift with Hot Chocolate recipe (above).
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Peanut Butter Popcorn
Ingredients:
- 1/2 c. white Karo
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 1/2 c. peanut butter
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
Directions:
- Mix together; heat
- until peanut butter is melted.
- Pour over popcorn.
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Coconut Chess Pies(2 Pies)
Ingredients:
- 2 c. coconut
- 3 c. sugar
- 1 c. melted oleo
- 6 eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 6 Tbsp. flour
Directions:
- Beat eggs.
- Add other ingredients.
- Pour into pie shells. Bake at 400° for 10 minutes and at 375° for 25 minutes.
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Caramel Brownies
Ingredients:
- 2 c. brown sugar (light)
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 to 3 drops almond extract
- 1 heaping c. plain flour
- 1 heaping c. pecans
- 1 1/3 sticks melted butter
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 2 eggs
Directions:
- Mix dry ingredients and stir into beaten eggs, melted butter and vanilla. Bake for 30 minutes at 350° in greased 8 x 8 pan. Cool; cut into small squares and roll in powdered sugar.
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Strawberry Salad
Ingredients:
- 1 pkg. strawberry Jell-O
- 1 c. hot water
- 1 c. 7-Up, chilled
- 1 pt. frozen strawberries, drained
- 1 c. crushed pineapple, drained
- 1 c. nuts, chopped (optional)
Directions:
- Dissolve gelatin in hot water; cool.
- Add 7-Up, strawberries, pineapple and nuts.
- Chill until firm.
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Lefsa
Ingredients:
- 9 c. water
- 9 c. instant potatoes
- 3 Tbsp. sugar
- 3 sticks margarine
- 3 c. powdered milk
- 5 tsp. salt
Directions:
- Boil water and margarine.
- Add everything else.
- Spread in a cake pan; cool.
- Take 1/3 of the mixture and mix with 1 1/4 cups of flour.
- Form into a log.
- Cut into 16 pieces; roll out thin. Cook on a hot griddle until lightly brown on both sides.
- Store in a damp towel.
- Refrigerate or freeze.
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Easy Fruit Kuchen
Ingredients:
- 1 can or 1 qt. any kind fruit with juice
- 1 box dry yellow or white cake mix
- chopped nuts
- 1 1/2 sticks melted margarine
Directions:
- Pour fruit with juice in bottom of 9 x 13-inch pan.
- (If fruit is in larger pieces, slice them smaller.)
- Sprinkle cake mix over fruit and juice.
- Put chopped nuts on top of dry cake mix. Drizzle melted margarine on top.
- Bake at 350° until brown and bubbly (20 to 30 minutes).
- Serve hot or cold with ice cream or whipped cream.
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Special "K" Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 c. sugar
- 1 c. white Karo syrup
- 1 c. peanut butter
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 4 c. Special K cereal
Directions:
- Combine sugar and syrup in pan and heat to boiling.
- Add peanut butter, vanilla and cereal.
- Mix thoroughly.
- Drop by teaspoon onto wax paper.
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Mixed Greens
Ingredients:
- 1 (16 oz.) pkg. frozen collard greens, chopped
- 1 (16 oz.) pkg. frozen turnip greens, chopped
- 1 (16 oz.) pkg. frozen mustard greens, chopped
- 2 slices bacon, cut in small pieces
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 chicken bouillon cubes, dissolved in 1 1/2 c. hot water
- 1/2 tsp. pepper flakes
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
Directions:
- Saute bacon and onion in pot.
- Add dissolved bouillon cube, liquid, pepper flakes, salt and pepper.
- Let simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add greens.
- Cook until greens are tender on low heat, from 1/2 hour to 3/4 hour (30 minutes to 45 minutes).
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Baklava (Greek Pastry)
Ingredients:
- 2 large pkg. filo dough
- 3 c. sugar
- 5 Tbsp. cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp. cloves
- 2 sticks butter
- 1/4 c. lemon juice
- 3 c. finely chopped pecans
- 1 c. honey
- 1/2 c. water
Directions:
- In saucepan, melt butter; set aside.
- In bowl, mix sugar, cinnamon, cloves and pecans; set aside.
- In large 13 x 9-inch pan, layer filo (3 or 4 sheets) and brush with butter.
- Sprinkle with pecan mixture.
- Layer more filo brushed with butter, pecan mixture, etc., ending with filo.
- Cut into 4-inch square and cut 4-inch squares into 2-inch triangles.
- Bake at 375° until golden brown.
- Cool.
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Cabbage Patch Stew
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. ground beef, made into balls
- 1 1/2 c. cabbage, cut up
- 1 c. tomatoes
- 1 c. water
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1/2 c. celery, diced
- 2 potatoes, cut up
- 1 can peas
- 1 bouillon cube
Directions:
- In slow cooker, combine all ingredients, except peas.
- Simmer for 7 to 8 hours on medium heat.
- Add peas; simmer for 30 minutes. Makes 6 servings.
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Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Ingredients:
- 2 1/2 c. flour
- 1/2 c. cocoa
- 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp. soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 c. soft oleo
- 2 c. sugar
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 2 c. zucchini, coarsely shredded
- 1/2 c. milk
- 1 c. chopped nuts (optional)
Directions:
- Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda, salt and cinnamon; set aside.
- Beat together oleo, eggs and sugar until blended. (Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each.)
- Stir in vanilla and zucchini.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with milk, including nuts, with last addition.
- Pour into greased and floured 10-inch tube or Bundt pan or 9 x 13-inch pan.
- Bake about 1 hour at 350°.
- Glaze with confectioners icing.
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Depression Casserole
Ingredients:
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 to 2 Tbsp. cooking oil
- 1/2 c. ketchup
- 1/2 c. vinegar
- 1 tsp. dry mustard
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1 pkg. frankfurters, cut into 1-inch chunks
- toast points or cooked rice (optional)
Directions:
- In a saucepan, saute onion in oil until tender.
- Stir in ketchup, water, vinegar, mustard and pepper.
- Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
- Place franks in a 1-quart baking dish. Pour sauce over.
- Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 30 minutes.
- Serve over toast points or rice.
- Yields 5 servings.
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Crunchy Asparagus(Serves 4)
Ingredients:
- 2 c. asparagus or frozen pkg.
- 2 Tbsp. water
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
- 3 or 4 drops Tabasco sauce
- dash of pepper
- 1/4 tsp. salt (optional)
- 1 Tbsp. shelled sunflower seeds
- lemon slices (optional)
Directions:
- Place asparagus and water in 1-quart casserole; cover. Microwave at High 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 minutes, or until asparagus is hot, stirring after half the cooking time to break apart.
- Drain. Cover and set aside.
- In small bowl or 1 cup measure, combine lemon juice, Tabasco sauce and seasonings.
- Pour mixture over asparagus.
- Toss to coat.
- Sprinkle with sunflower seeds.
- Garnish with lemon slices if desired.
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Mexican Chicken
Ingredients:
- 1 whole chicken
- 2 c. milk
- 1 can enchilada sauce
- 1 can cream of chicken soup
Directions:
- Cut up chicken; place in a 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
- Blend milk, enchilada sauce and soup; pour over chicken.
- Bake at 400° for 1 hour.
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Evelyn'S Favorite Watermelon Pickles
Ingredients:
- 3 1/2 qt. prepared watermelon rind
- water (to cover)
- 8 tsp. alum
- 1 qt. vinegar
- 8 c. sugar
- 1 Tbsp. whole cloves
- 2 sticks cinnamon
Directions:
- Trim off the green and pink parts of the rind and cut into cubes.
- When you have 3 1/2 quarts prepared, cover with water and cook until just tender, about 20 minutes.
- Add alum to the water and let stand overnight.
- (If the weather is extremely hot and humid, keep the pan in the refrigerator.)
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Macaroni Salad
Ingredients:
- 1 (8 oz.) box macaroni, cooked, drained and chilled (with cold water)
- 1 small tomato
- 1 small green pepper
- 3 or 4 sweet pickles
- 1 small onion
Directions:
- Add ingredients to chilled macaroni.
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Rum Cake
Ingredients:
- 1 box butter cake mix
- 1 pkg. vanilla pudding (not instant kind)
- 4 eggs
- 2/3 c. light rum
- 1/3 c. water
- 1/2 c. oil
- 1/2 c. finely chopped pecans
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 325°.
- Grease and flour Bundt pan.
- In bottom of pan, sprinkle 1/2 cup of chopped pecans.
- Mix ingredients together and pour into Bundt pan.
- Bake 1 hour.
- Remove from oven and while still hot, pour rum glaze over it.
- Leave cake in pan for at least 30 minutes to allow glaze to soak in.
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Chocolate Chip Pizza
Ingredients:
- 2 sticks margarine
- 1 c. sugar
- 2/3 c. brown sugar
- 1 c. peanut butter
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2 c. all-purpose flour
- 1 c. oatmeal
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 12 oz. Nestle semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions:
- Add together 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 cup oatmeal, 2 teaspoons baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
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Sausage Cheese Muffins
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. sausage
- 1 can Cheddar cheese soup
- 1/2 c. milk
- 1 tsp. sage
- 3 c. biscuit mix
Directions:
- Cook sausage; drain. Combine soup, milk, sage and sausage. Stir in biscuit mix. Fill greased muffin cups. Bake at 400° for 15 to 20 minutes.
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Barbecue Sauce
Ingredients:
- 1 tsp. oil
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 1 c. catsup
- 1/4 c. water
- 3 Tbsp. brown sugar
- 3 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1 Tbsp. vinegar
- salt and pepper
Directions:
- Saute onion and garlic in oil.
- Add remaining ingredients and simmer 20 minutes.
- Yields 1 cup.
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Candied Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients:
- 2 1/2 to 3 lb. sweet potatoes, peeled and boiled
- 1/3 c. brown sugar
- 1/2 c. orange juice
- 1 tsp. orange zest
- marshmallows
Directions:
- Cut potatoes into large chunks and put into greased casserole. Mix rest of ingredients, except marshmallows, and pour over potatoes.
- Bake for 35 minutes at 325°; top with marshmallows to cover and bake for 5 minutes more.
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Quick And Easy Biscuits
Ingredients:
- 2 c. flour
- 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
- 3 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/3 c. oil
- 2/3 c. milk
Directions:
- Combine and mix well flour, cream of tartar, baking powder and salt.
- Combine oil and milk.
- Stir into the flour mixture until it forms a ball and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
- Form into biscuits and place on baking sheet.
- Bake at 425° for about 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
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Banana Split Pie
Ingredients:
- 1 stick margarine
- 2 c. crushed graham crackers
- chopped nuts
- cherries
- 2 sticks margarine, softened
- 1 box powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 large can crushed pineapple (save juice)
- 1 tsp. Fruit Fresh
- 4 or 5 bananas, sliced
- 1 large container whipped topping
Directions:
- Combine one stick of melted margarine and the crushed graham crackers in a 9 x 13-inch pan.
- Mix margarine and sugar with electric mixer for 15 minutes until fluffed and spread over graham cracker crust.
- Chill for 30 minutes.
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Cheesy Oven Fried Fish
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. fresh white fish fillets (cod, whiting, sole)
- 1 egg
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil or salad oil
- 5 Tbsp. grated parmesan cheese
- 6 Tbsp. Italian seasoned bread crumbs
- Paprika
- salt and pepper
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 450°.
- Cut fish in serving size pieces. Spray a nonstick cookie pan with cooking spray.
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Tuna Casserole
Ingredients:
- 1/4 lb. medium noodles (2 c.)
- 2 medium onions, minced
- 2 Tbsp. butter or oleo
- 1 (20 oz.) can tomatoes
- 1/4 tsp. garlic salt
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1/4 c. snipped parsley
- 1 (7 oz.) can chunk-style tuna
- 1/2 lb. cheese slices
Directions:
- About 1 hour before dinner, cook the noodles according to the package directions, adding the minced onions. Drain.
- Add the butter.
- In a bowl, combine the tomatoes, garlic salt, salt, pepper and parsley.
- In an 8-inch square baking dish, place half of the noodles, half of the tuna, half of the cheese and pour half of the tomato mixture over the layers.
- Repeat the layers, ending with the tomato mixture.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40 minutes. Serves 4.
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Tuna Casserole
Ingredients:
- 7 1/4 oz. box macaroni and cheese dinner
- 1/2 c. onion, chopped
- 1/4 c. green pepper, chopped
- 2 Tbsp. margarine
- 1 can cream of celery soup
- 1 small can tuna
- 1/4 c. pimento, chopped
- 1 (3 oz.) can mushrooms
- 3/4 c. milk
Directions:
- Prepare dinner as directed, using 3/4 cup milk.
- Saute onion and green pepper in margarine. Add to prepared dinner with remaining ingredients.
- Pour in 1 1/2-quart casserole.
- Cover top with bread crumbs (optional).
- Bake at 350° for 30 minutes.
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Edible Dirt
Ingredients:
- 16 oz. Oreo cookies
- 1/4 c. butter
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- 1 c. powdered sugar
- 2 pkg. instant vanilla pudding
- 3 1/2 c. milk
- 12 oz. Cool Whip
Directions:
- Crush Oreo cookies in blender.
- Cream together butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar.
- In a separate bowl, combine pudding mix, milk and Cool Whip.
- Blend two mixtures.
- Layer the crushed cookies, then creamed mixture, ending with cookies.
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Beef Casserole
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. hamburger meat
- 1 c. grated cheese
- 1/2 c. chopped onion
- 1 can corn (optional)
- 1 pkg. spaghetti, cooked
- 1 c. mushroom soup
- 2 Tbsp. salt
Directions:
- Brown hamburger meat and drain.
- Mix other ingredients; put in oblong dish.
- Bake at 325° for 40 minutes.
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Apple Cake
Ingredients:
- 3 eggs
- 1 3/4 c. sugar
- 1/2 c. oil
- 2 c. flour
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 c. raisins
- 5 large apples, peeled and sliced as for pie
Directions:
- Cream sugar and eggs.
- Add oil and sifted dry ingredients. Blend in sliced apples and raisins.
- Pour into greased and floured 10 x 15-inch pan.
- Bake at 350° for approximately 50 minutes.
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Sesame Green Beans
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. fresh green beans, trimmed
- 1 Tbsp. sesame seeds
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 Tbsp. canola or vegetable oil
- salt, to taste
Directions:
- Place beans in a saucepan and cover with water; bring to a boil.
- Cook, uncovered, for 8 to 10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Meanwhile, in a skillet, saute the sesame seeds and garlic in oil.
- Drain beans; stir into garlic mixture.
- Season with salt. Makes 6 servings.
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Creamy Baked Chicken Breasts
Ingredients:
- 8 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 8 slices Swiss cheese
- 1 can cream of chicken soup
- 1/4 c. dry white wine
- 1 c. herb stuffing mix
- 1/4 c. margarine, melted
Directions:
- Arrange chicken in a greased 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Top with cheese slices. Combine soup and wine. Spoon evenly over chicken. Sprinkle with stuffing mix. Drizzle with margarine. Bake at 350° for 45 to 55 minutes.
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Angel Food Cake And Jello
Ingredients:
- 1 (3 oz.) pkg. lemon Jell-O
- 1 c. cold water
- 1/2 lb. miniature marshmallows
- 1/2 c. chopped nuts
- 1 angel food cake
- 1 c. hot water
- 1 pt. heavy cream, whipped
- 1 c. drained, crushed pineapple
- 1/2 bottle maraschino cherries
Directions:
- Dissolve Jell-O in hot water and stir in cold water.
- Chill until almost firm.
- Stir until fluffy.
- Blend in cream, marshmallows, pineapple, nuts and cherries.
- Break 1/2 an angel food cake into bite size pieces.
- Arrange in a 9 x 4-inch cake pan.
- Cover with part of Jell-O.
- Break up remainder of cake and repeat layers.
- Chill overnight and cut into squares.
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Grated Corn Bread
Ingredients:
- 5 ears corn (almost hard)
- 1 tsp. salt
- 3 tsp. bacon drippings
- 1 1/2 c. flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 c. milk
Directions:
- Cut corn from cob and scrape cob or grate corn.
- Mix flour, salt and baking powder.
- Add grated corn and bacon drippings.
- Add enough milk to make a good batter.
- Mix well and pour into a greased iron skillet (hot).
- Bake at 425° until golden brown. Good with cow butter.
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Diabetic Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients:
- 2 c. butter
- 4 eggs
- 4 tsp. sweetener
- 1 c. milk
- 4 c. flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. soda
- 4 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 tsp. nutmeg
- 1 tsp. salt
- 4 tsp. vanilla
- 2 c. raisins
- 4 c. rolled oats
Directions:
- Cream the butter.
- Add beaten eggs, sweetener and milk.
- Sift and mix dry ingredients and add to first mixture.
- Beat in vanilla, raisins and oats.
- Drop by teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 375° for 15 minutes.
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Zippy Buttered Potatoes(Microwave)
Ingredients:
- 4 medium potatoes
- 3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
- 1/2 tsp. garlic salt
- 1/2 tsp. paprika
- 2 Tbsp. Parmesan cheese
Directions:
- Scrub potatoes.
- Microwave butter in dish 1/2 to 1 minute on High or until melted.
- Blend garlic salt, paprika and cheese. Quarter potatoes lengthwise; dip cut edges in butter mixture. Arrange cut side down in dish.
- Cover with paper towels. Microwave 10 to 12 minutes on High or until potatoes are tender, rearranging once or twice.
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Pheasant
Ingredients:
- flour
- 1 bird, cut into pieces (as for frying chicken)
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 stick butter
- onions, thinly sliced
Directions:
- Flour bird lightly.
- Salt and pepper.
- Slice 1/2 stick butter. Cover with thin layer of onions.
- Arrange pheasant on onions, then cover pheasant with a thin layer of onions and remaining butter.
- Add 1/2 cup water.
- Bake at 250° for 4 hours.
- Recipe may be used for quail or other small birds.
- Makes 6 to 8 servings.
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California Stew
Ingredients:
- 1 head cabbage
- 1 white onion
- 1 green pepper
- 2 small carrots
- 1/2 c. cider vinegar
- 3 Tbsp. sugar
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- pinch of pepper
- 1/2 c. salad oil
Directions:
- Chop and mix cabbage, onion, pepper and carrots.
- Mix in remaining ingredients together and pour over the slaw mixture. Refrigerate and stir occasionally, until time to serve.
- The longer the slaw is in the fridge, the better it tastes!
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Easy Spaghetti Bake
Ingredients:
- 1 (7 oz.) or 1/2 (1 lb.) pkg. vermicelli (thin spaghetti), cooked as pkg. directs and drained
- 1 lb. lean ground beef
- 1/2 c. chopped onion
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 (32 oz.) jar spaghetti sauce
- 1 (4 oz.) can mushroom stems and pieces, drained
- 1 tsp. basil leaves
- 1 c. (4 oz.) shredded Cheddar cheese
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- In large skillet, brown meat; pour off fat.
- Add onion, cook and stir until tender.
- Stir in remaining ingredients, except spaghetti and cheese.
- Simmer 10 minutes. Stir in cooked spaghetti.
- Turn into greased 2-quart shallow baking dish, 12 x 7-inches.
- Bake 20 minutes and top with cheese. Bake 5 minutes longer.
- Refrigerate leftovers.
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Cornish Hens With Duck Sauce
Ingredients:
- 4 whole Cornish hens
- 3/4 c. brown sugar
- 1 jar (18 oz.) apricot preserves
- 1 jar (18 oz.) peach preserves
- 3/4 c. vinegar
- 1/8 tsp. red pepper
- 1/2 tsp. ginger
- 1/2 tsp. garlic cloves, chopped
- Rice-A-Roni for stuffing (optional)
Directions:
- Bake hens at 350° for 45 minutes.
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Parsley, Ham And Pasta Salad
Ingredients:
- 1 (7 oz.) pkg. elbow macaroni (2 c. uncooked)
- 2 1/2 c. ham strips
- 1 c. celery slices
- 1/2 c. green onion, chopped
- 1 c. mayonnaise
- 1/4 c. white wine vinegar
- 1 c. firmly packed parsley, finely chopped
- 1/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 small clove garlic, minced
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. white pepper
Directions:
- Prepare macaroni according to package directions.
- Drain.
- Add ham strips, celery and green onion.
- Blend together mayonnaise and vinegar; stir in parsley, cheese, garlic, salt and pepper.
- Toss dressing with macaroni mixture.
- Cover; refrigerate 1 to 2 hours to blend flavors.
- Makes 6 to 8 servings.
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Sinful Salad
Ingredients:
- 1 large pkg. strawberry gelatin
- 1 c. boiling water
- 3 medium bananas, mashed
- 1 c. chopped pecans
- 2 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen strawberries, thawed
- 1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple, drained
- 1 pt. sour cream
Directions:
- Combine gelatin and boiling water, stirring until completely dissolved.
- Cool.
- Add fruits and nuts; stir to combine.
- Pour half of the gelatin mixture into an 8 x 12-inch pan. Refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.
- Keep remaining gelatin at room temperature. Spread sour cream evenly over set gelatin.
- Pour remaining gelatin over this.
- Cover and refrigerate until set, about 1 1/2 hours or overnight.
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Raspberry Jello Salad
Ingredients:
- 2 (3 oz.) pkg. raspberry or strawberry jello
- 2 c. boiling water
- 2 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen raspberries or strawberries
- 2 large bananas, mashed
- 1 c. crushed pineapple, drained
- 1 c. sour cream
Directions:
- Dissolve jello in boiling water.
- Stir in frozen fruit, bananas and pineapple.
- Take half the mixture and place in mold or 8 x 11-inch pan and let set.
- Spread sour cream over set mixture. Pour remaining mixture over that and let set again.
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Baby Food Spice Pound Cake
Ingredients:
- 2 c. flour
- 1 c. chopped nuts
- 2 c. sugar
- 2 tsp. each salt, soda, ground cloves and cinnamon
- 1 c. salad oil
- 3 eggs
- 2 cans strained baby fruit (plums and prunes)
Directions:
- Mix together the flour, nuts, sugar, salt, soda, ground cloves and cinnamon. Stir in the oil, eggs and baby fruit.
- Do not beat. Bake in greased Bundt pan at 325° for about 1 hour.
- Let cool in pan 10 minutes. Invert on plate.
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No-Peek Stew
Ingredients:
- 2 lb. stew meat (pork, beef or lamb)
- 1 can French onion soup (undiluted)
- 1 can tomato soup (undiluted)
- 2 beef bouillon cubes or 2 tsp. granules
- 1 pkg. frozen stew vegetables
- 1/2 c. red wine
Directions:
- Place all ingredients in a Dutch oven and cover. Bake at 250° for 5 hours or use a crock-pot. Do not peek! Makes 6 servings.
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Tacorino Dip
Ingredients:
- 1 can bean with bacon soup (Campbell's)
- 1 small can mild, chopped chilies
- 1 chopped tomato
- 1 chopped onion or to taste
- 1 (3 oz.) pkg. Philadelphia cream cheese (you may use the light for less calories and less fat)
- chopped ripe olives (optional)
- broken pieces crisp bacon (optional)
- shredded Cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese (optional)
- salsa sauce (optional)
Directions:
- Blend all ingredients by hand.
- Chill and serve with snack crackers, tortilla chips or Fritos.
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Black Walnut Cake
Ingredients:
- 1 c. shortening
- 2 c. sugar
- 4 eggs, separated
- 3 c. sifted flour
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 3 tsp. baking powder
- 1 c. milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 c. ground black walnuts
Directions:
- Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add egg yolks one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
- Sift dry ingredients together.
- Add alternately with milk and vanilla, beating after each addition.
- Fold in nuts, then stiffly beaten egg whites.
- Pour into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan or Bundt pan.
- Bake at 350° for 60 minutes or until done.
- Remove from pan to wire rack and drizzle glaze over hot cake.
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