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Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes

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Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes
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Recipe Type: Potatoe
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Ingredients
  • 12-15 medium potatoes, peeled and boiled until cooked through
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 1 c sour cream
  • 1 T butter
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. In a large mixing bowl, place cooked potatoes in the bowl and begin to mix/mashing them.
  2. Whip in all remaining ingredients.
  3. Then transfer to a large casserole dish.
  4. Cover and bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until heated.

 

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Citrus Sweet Potatoes

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Citrus Sweet Potatoes
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Ingredients
  • 4-5 large yam sweet potatoes(boil and remove skins)
  • ½ c fresh squeezed orange juice
  • ½ c heavy cream
  • ⅓ c brown sugar
  • ¼ c butter
  • ½ t nutmeg and cinnamon
  • 1½ t salt
  • Topping: Combine in a small bowl.
  • ⅓ c chopped pecans
  • 3 T butter melted
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. In a large mixing bowl mash your cooked yams.
  3. Add all remaining ingredients except topping ingredients.
  4. Mix until blended then pour into a 9×13 casserole dish.
  5. Pour topping over the top and bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes or until hot.

 

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Cilantro Lime Rice

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Cilantro Lime Rice
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Recipe Type: Side
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Ingredients
  • 1 c uncooked rice (long-grain, white rice)
  • 1 t butter or margarine
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 t freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 1 can (15 oz) chicken broth
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 T freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 2 t sugar
  • 3 T fresh chopped cilantro
Instructions
  1. In a saucepan combine rice, butter, garlic, 1 t lime, chicken broth and water.
  2. Bring to a boil.
  3. Cover and cook on low 15-20 minutes, until rice is tender.
  4. Remove from heat.
  5. In a small bowl combine 1 T lime juice, sugar and cilantro.
  6. Pour over hot cooked rice and mix in as you fluff the rice.

 

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Cherry Salad

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Cherry Salad
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Recipe Type: Dessert
 
Ingredients
  • 1 can cherry pie filling
  • 1 sm can crushed pineapple
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 t lemon juice
  • 1 small container cottage cheese
  • ¼ c chopped walnuts
  • 1 12 oz container cool whip
Instructions
  1. In one bowl, mix cherry pie filling and pineapple together.
  2. In another bowl, mix sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice, cottage cheese, and nuts. Then add to cherry mixture.
  3. Fold in Cool Whip. Chill.

 

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Broccoli Salad

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Broccoli Salad
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Recipe Type: Salad
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Ingredients
  • 2-3 bunches broccoli(approx 4 cups)
  • 4-6 green onions, chopped(or red onion)
  • 6-8 slices crumbled bacon
  • 3 + cups red grapes
  • 1 cup peanuts(or favorite nut)
  • 1 cup cheese
  • ½ cup each, mayo & miracle whip
  • ¼ cup each, sugar & vinegar
Instructions
  1. Take a large bowl. Broccoli needs to be broken into small bite size trees. Add onion, grapes and cheese.
  2. Dressing:
  3. Take mayo, miracle whip, sugar, & vinegar and stir until all lumps are gone.
  4. When you’re ready to serve, pour dressing over the salad mixture and add nuts, and bacon bits.

 

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Barbequed Beans

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Barbequed Beans
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Recipe Type: Side Dish
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Ingredients
  • 1 Ib. kielbasa or hot dogs
  • 1 lg can hot chili
  • 1 16 oz can pork & beans
  • 1 16 oz can Lima buttered beans
  • (drained)
  • ½ bottle barbeque sauce
  • 2 T brown sugar
Instructions
  1. Slice kielbasa in ⅜” slices and fry in a fry pan peeling off skin as they soften, if I use hot dogs, I don’t remove the skin.
  2. Place in a crock pot and add all remaining ingredients and simmer for 3-4 hours.

 

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Asparagus With Creamy Mustard Sauce

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Asparagus With Creamy Mustard Sauce
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Cuisine: Vegetarian
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Ingredients
  • 1 c sour cream
  • 2 t sugar
  • 2 T red wine vinegar
  • ¼ c dijon mustard
  • ⅛ t crushed red pepper (optional)
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • steamed asparagus
Instructions
  1. In a bowl, combine all ingredients.
  2. Mix well.
  3. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. Drizzle over chilled steamed asparagus.

 

Posted in Appetizer, Side Dish, Vegetables, Vegetarian

Thanksgiving Jello Salad

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Thanksgiving Jello Salad
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Recipe Type: Salad
Serves: 8-10
 
Ingredients
  • 6 oz. box raspberry Jello
  • 1 c. boiling water
  • 1 c. Sprite
  • 16 oz. can jellied cranberries
  • 1 pkg. frozen raspberries
  • 1 lg. bowl Cool Whip
  • 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese
  • 1 c. powdered sugar
Instructions
  1. Beat together the jello mix, water, sprite and cranberry sauce.
  2. Add raspberries and gently mix in.
  3. Pour mixture in a large casserole dish and refrigerate mixture for at least 2 hours.
  4. In a separate bowl, mix remaining ingredients and pour over the top of the first mixture.
  5. Serve cold.

 

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Fruit Knapsacks

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Fruit Knapsacks
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Recipe Type: Dessert
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 2 bananas
  • 2 plumbs
  • 2 peaches
  • 1 can pineapple chunks, drained
  • 4 tbsp. brown sugar
  • 4 tbsp. butter
  • 4 tsp. lemon juice
Instructions
  1. Cut all fruit into small pieces.
  2. On four large pieces of tin foil, divide the fruit evenly.
  3. Divide the sugar, butter and lemon juice in each knapsack.
  4. Fold up the edges of the foil and wrap around a stick or skewer.
  5. Hold knapsack over medium coals of a grill or campfire for 8-10 minutes.

 

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Lemon Rice Pilaf

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Lemon Rice Pilaf
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Recipe Type: Side
 
Ingredients
  • 1 c. diced celery
  • 1 c. chopped green onions
  • 2 tbsp. butter
  • 3 c. cooked rice
  • 1 tbsp. grated lemon rind
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp. pepper
Instructions
  1. Saute celery and onions in butter.
  2. Add rice, lemon rind and seasonings and mix together.
  3. Continue to cook over low heat for about 2 minutes.

 

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Strawberry Salad Supreme

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Strawberry Salad Supreme
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Recipe Type: Salad
 
Ingredients
  • 1½ pt. strawberries, sliced
  • 1½ C. sugar
  • 8 oz. cream cheese
  • 8 oz. can crushed pineapple, drained
  • 2 bananas, sliced
  • 1 C. pecans, chopped
  • 1 small carton cool whip
Instructions
  1. Mix strawberries and 1 cup sugar and let sit.
  2. Mix remaining ingredients except cool whip.
  3. Add strawberries to the mix.
  4. Fold in the cool whip and refrigerate.

 

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Mom’s Jello Salad

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Mom's Jello Salad
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Recipe Type: Salad
 
Ingredients
  • 2 large packages of strawberry jello
  • 1 pt. heavy whipping cream
  • Frozen berries to taste
Instructions
  1. Mix jello and let set hard.
  2. Beat real cream separately.
  3. Beat jello with a beater.
  4. Add thawed berries
  5. Fold in whipped cream.

 

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Cranberry Relish

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Cranberry Relish
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Recipe Type: Sauce
 
Ingredients
  • 1 pkg. fresh cranberries, ground coarsely
  • 1 orange, peeled and ground
  • 1 lemon, peeled and ground
  • 1 can crushed pineapple
  • 1 C. chopped nuts
Instructions
  1. Mix all ingredients and sweeten to the taste with sugar.
  2. Make at least 1 day before serving.

 

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Macaroni salad

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Macaroni salad
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Recipe Type: Salad
 
Ingredients
  • 3 C. cooked chicken
  • 1 C. salad macaroni, cooked
  • 2 C. frozen peas
  • 1 C. carrots, shredded
  • ½ C. slivered almonds
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ¼ C. green olives, chopped
  • ¼ C. sweet relish
  • 1 C. onions, chopped
  • 2 eggs, hard boiled and chopped
  • ¼ tsp. pepper
  • ¾ C. pineapple tidbits, drained
  • 3 C. mayonnaise
  • ½ C. sour cream.
Instructions
  1. Mix all ingredients except the noodles together.
  2. Chill well in the refrigerator.
  3. Add noodles just before serving.

 

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