Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Enchilada Casserole
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Labels: beef, freezer friendly, internet find, main dish
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Apple Dumplings
- 2 Granny Smith apples
- 2 cans crescent rolls
- 2 sticks butter
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoons vanilla
- cinnamon
- 1 12 oz can Mountain Dew
- Preheat oven to 350
- Peel and core apples.
- Cut apples into 8 slices each.
- Roll each apple slice in a crescent roll.
- Place in a 9 x 13 buttered pan.
- Melt butter, then add sugar and barely stir.
- Add vanilla, stir, and pour over apples.
- Pour Mountain Dew around the edges of the pan.
- Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake or 40 minutes.
- Serve with ice cream, and spoon some of the sweet sauces from the pan over the top
Found On: Pioneer Woman Cooks!
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Labels: dessert, internet find, quick and easy
Friday, February 22, 2008
Grape Salad
- 2 pounds red seedless grapes
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 8 ounces sour cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- Wash grapes and let dry.
- Mix sugar, sour cream, vanilla, and cream cheese together.
- Fold in the grapes.
- Pour mixture into casserole dish.
- Mix brown sugar and pecans, and sprinkle over the top.
- Refrigerate overnight.
Found On: Kaci's Life
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Labels: dessert, internet find, salad
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Sherried Tomato Soup
- 6 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1 46-ounce bottle or can tomato juice
- 2 14 ounce cans diced tomatoes
- 3 to 6 tablespoons sugar
- Pinch of salt
- Black Pepper
- 1 cup cooking sherry
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- chopped fresh parsley
- chopped fresh basil
- Saute diced onions in butter until transluscent.
- Add canned tomatoes.
- Add tomato juice, sugar, pinch of salt, and black pepper and stir.
- Bring to a near boil, then turn off heat.
- Add in sherry and cream and stir.
- Add in parsley and basil to taste, adjust other seasoning, and serve with yummy, crusty bread on a cold, blustery, dreary, depressing, rainy, snowy day.
- Then close your eyes. And give thanks for soups like this.
Found On: Pioneer Woman Cooks!
Posted by IdleMindOfBeth at 5:45 AM 0 comments
Labels: freezer friendly, internet find, soups and stews
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Spanish Corn Cake (Like Chi-Chi's)
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/3 cup masa harina (a type of corn flour available in specialty food stores and many supermarkets)
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 package (10 oz.) frozen corn, thawed
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3 tbsp. yellow cornmeal
- 2 tbsp. whipping cream
- 1/4 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- sliced chili peppers (optional)
- chopped parsley (optional)
- Preheat oven to 350
- With an electric mixer, beat butter or margarine until fluffy.
- Gradually beat in masa harina.
- On low speed, beat in water.
- Place corn in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until chopped coarse. Stir in masa mixture.
- In a small bowl, stir together sugar, cornmeal, cream, baking powder, and salt. Stir into corn mixture.
- Spread in a greased, 8-inch-square baking pan. Cover with foil.
- Place in a larger pan and pour boiling water half way up the side of the smaller pan.
- Bake for 50 minutes or until set.
- Remove smaller pan from water, uncover, and let stand 15 minutes.
- Sprinkle with chilies and parsley, if desired
Found On: RecipeLink
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Labels: internet find, side dish
Monday, February 18, 2008
Jiffy Corn Souffle
- 1 box Jiffy corn muffin mix
- 1 can cream corn
- 1 can regular corn, drained
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 c. sour cream
- 1 stick butter
- Preheat oven to 350
- Melt butter.
- Add slightly beaten eggs and sour cream.
- Add corn; stir.
- Add mix; stir again.
- Bake uncovered for 45 minutes.
Found On: Cooks.com
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Labels: favorites, internet find, side dish
Friday, February 8, 2008
Sweet Cream Pound Cake
- 1/2 lb butter (2 sticks)
- 3 cups sugar
- 6 eggs
- 3 cups cake flour
- 1/2 pint whipping cream (small carton)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Preheat oven to 300*.
- Cream butter and sugar together.
- Add eggs, one at a time; beat well after each addition.
- Fold in whipping cream (do not whip the cream first).
- Add flour and mix well.
- Add vanilla.
- Bake for 1 to 1-1/2 hours. (The baking time really depends on the oven & pan - I use a nonstick cake pan but grease it anyway and bake for 1 hr 15 min.)
Found On: Kaci's Site
Posted by IdleMindOfBeth at 8:45 AM 0 comments
Labels: dessert, internet find