Green Jello

Ingredients

• 2 small packages Lime Jello
• small bottle of diced pimentos
• 2-3 heaping spoonfuls of cottage cheese
• 8 oz. cool whip
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

1. Make Jello as directed.
2. Let set over night.
3. when jello is chilled and well set, stir in all other ingredients
4. the whip cream, just add till it looks good.

Stuffing

 Ingredients

• 1 loaf white bread
• 1 cup celery, chopped
• 2 eggs
• turkey or chicken broth
• 1 large package cornbread
• 1 large onion, chopped 
• sage to taste ( try 1 T.)
• 1/4 c. butter, melted  

Directions

1. Prepare cornbread as directed
2. Toast bread slices and let dry overnight. 
3. In a large bowl, break bread into small pieces and crumble cornbread. Add celery, onions, sage, salt and pepper to taste. Add leftover egg whites from pies. 
4. Melt butter in 2 cups (or one can) of broth and use to moisten stuffing to desired texture. 
5. Stuff cavity of turkey and pack up around legs or place in 9 x 13 pan and bake at 350 degrees.

*** Make it more dry than moist for stuffing turkey as turkey juices will moisten further.

Cream Pies

Ingredients

• 9 inch baked pie shell
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
•  1 tablespoon flour
• 3 cup milk
• 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. In a large glass bowl, mix sugar, salt, cornstarch and flour; gradually stir in milk.
2. Cook two minutes at a time stirring until mixture thickens and boils. 
3. Add some of the hot custard into the egg yolks and then stir them back into the large bowl.
4. Place back into the microwave for two more two-minute intervals, stir constantly.
5. Remove from heat and blend in butter and vanilla. 
6. Pour into pie shell and chill.

banana cream pie - line pie shell with slices of banana and top with whipped cream.
coconut cream pie - add shredded coconut to mixture before pouring into shell. Top with whipped cream and toasted coconut.

*** Keep close eye on coconut. Often burnt.....

Pie Crust

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoon salt
• 1-3/4 cups Crisco
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 egg slightly beaten
• 1/2 cup water

Directions

1. Cut Crisco into flour, powder, salt and sugar with fork.
2. Set aside.
3. Mix egg, vinegar and water together and add to flour mixture.
4. Mix together with fork, then roll.

*** Pinch the side so it doesn't shrink.

Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients

• 2 cups pumpkin (cooked and mashed)
• we use cans of pumpkin
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon cloves
• 2 cups milk
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon ginger

Directions

1. mix together and heat up but don't let boil.
2. Pour into unbaked pie shell.
3. Bake approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. at 350 degrees.

*** fill pie crusts to almost overflow.

Cranberry Salad

Ingredients

• 1 package cranberries
• 4 tart apples
• 2 oranges
• 6 oz. Cherry Jello
• sugar to taste ( 3/4 to 1 cup)
• 1 cup walnuts

Directions

1. Prepare jello as directed on package.
2. Chill until thick but not jelled.
3. Coarsely chop cranberries by adding a few at a time in blender.
4. coarsely grate apples and oranges.
5. add sugar to cranberries. mix with apples, oranges, walnuts, and thickened jello.

We usually half this recipe.

Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 3 to 4 ripe bananas
• 1 & 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cup flour
• 1 & 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 & 1/3 cup water
• 1/2 cup walnuts
• 1/4 cup miracle whip

Directions 

1. preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix bananas, butter, sugar, eggs, Miracle Whip, and vanilla.
3. Add: flour, soda, salt; mix.
4. Add: water gradually as you mix, then nuts.
5. If batter seems too thin you may want to add some more flour.
6. Bake in greased and floured Bundt cake pan until golden brown and pulling away from edges of pan.

** Makes good muffins too.

Fresh Fruit Crisp

Ingredients

• 1 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• fill 2/3 full 9x13 pan of apples, peaches, or pears, etc.
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 

**** Vanilla Ice Cream goes best with this

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Combine oats, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and dash salt.
3. Cut in butter till mixture resembles coarse crumbs; set aside.
4. Peel, core, and slice fruit to make 5 to 6 cups.
5. Place fruit in a baking dish
6. sprinkle with granulated sugar
7. sprinkle crumb mixture over all
8. bake in oven for 40-45 min.
9. serve with ice cream

***  6 servings

Rhubarb Cake

Ingredients

• 1 package yellow cake mix
• 4 cups chopped or frozen rhubarb
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup cream

Directions

1. prepare cake batter according to package directions.
2. pour into a greased pan 13in. x 9in x 2in baking dish.
3. sprinkle with rhubarb and sugar.
4. slowly pour cream over top
5. bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until goldenbrown.
6. cool for 15 minutes before serving.
7. serve with ice cream if desired.
8. refrigerate leftovers

Yield: 12-15 servings

Cereal Candy

Ingredients

• 18oz box Golden Grahams
• 6 cups Rice Chex
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 cups mini marshmallows
• 7oz bag of coconut (I toast mine lightly in the oven)
• 3 sticks butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds (I toast mine lightly in the oven)

if you are alergic to almonds you can substitute it for pecans or walnuts

Directions

1. Mix cereal, nuts, coconut in large bowl.
2. Boil sugar, butter, and marshmallows in saucepan for three minutes.
3. Remove from heat.
4. Add vanilla.
5. Pour mixture over cereal mix.
6. Toss lightly until combined.
7.  Cool on waxed paper.
8.  Store covered tightly.

Corn Salsa

Ingredients

• 1 small onion, chopped
• three large roma tomatoes, diced
• 1 can of white shoepeg corn, drained
• 1 can of regular corn, drained
• 1 can of black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1-2 jalapinos
• avocado (if available)
• fresh cilantro to taste
• 3/4 t. salt
• garlic to taste
• T. lime juice

Directions

1. mix ingredients together.
2. walah!!!

Rice Crispy Treats

Ingredients

• 1 bag of marshmallows
• 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 small bag of rice crispies

Directions

1. heat marshmallows and margarine until melted in large bowl.
2. add the rice crispies.
3. stir until well mixed.
4. spray a cake pan with pam.
5. put mixture in pan.
6. spray your hands with pam, and smoosh the treat to the pan.  

Puppy Chow

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 9 cups chex
• 3/4 cup powder sugar

Directions

1. mix together the first three ingredients in a microwavable bowl.
2. heat for 1 minute.
3. stir, and heat for 30 minutes.
4. stir, and add vanilla
5. put the chex in a 2 gallon bag
6. pour chocolate mixture in the bag
7. mix together in bag
8. add the powder sugar in the bag
9. mix again

Mom's Salad Dressing

Ingredients

• 2 T. cider vinegar
• 1/4 c. sugar
• 2 T. honey
• 1 1/2 t. lemon juice
• 1/2 t. paprika
• 1/2 t. ground mustard
• 1/2 t. grated onion
• 1/4 t. celery seed
• dash salt
• 1/3 c. canola oil

Directions

1. mix all ingredients but canola oil in a large glass measuring cup
2. microwave for 1-2 minutes until sugar is dissolved
3. whisk in oil

This salad works best with a salad topped with chicken and mandarin oranges or strawberries.........

Corn, Tomato & Avocado Salad

Ingredients

• 2c. cooked corn, freshed or frozen 
• 2 avocados cut into 1/2" cubes
• 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1/2 c. finely diced purple onion

Dressing:

• 2 T. olive oil
• 1/2 t. grated lime zest
• 1 T. fresh lime juice
• 1/4 c. chopped cilantro
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Mix the first four ingredients in a large bowl.
2. Mix together the dressing ingredients in another bowl
3. Pour over the salad and gently toss to mix

Breakfast Burritos

Ingredients

• 1 pound sausage
• dozen eggs
• 12-16 oz. hashbrowns
• 1-2 cups cheese
• 12+ tortillas
• chopped green onions (optional)
• chopped green peppers (optional)

Directions

1. brown sausage [with onions and pepper (optional)]
2. scramble eggs (keep moist)
3. brown hashbrowns
4. put sausage, cheese, eggs, and hashbrowns together in bowl, stir
5. wrap filling in tortillas to make burritos

Makes around a dozen burritos.

super-easy fruit dip

Ingredients

• 1 jar of marshmallow cream
• 1 box of cream cheese

Directions

1. Put all ingredients in mixing bowl
2. Mix well until fluffy

Serve with fresh fruit.