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Enchilada Casserole

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Mexican Chicken

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Pistachio Bundt Cake

Pork Roast - Rotisserie

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Shrimp and Crabmeat Fettuccini Alfredo

Sour Cream Enchiladas

Stuffed Grape Leaves

Watermelon Salsa #2

Microwave filling ingredients 3 minutes on high, stir and heat 2 minutes more. Microwave butter in medium-size bowl or 4 cup measure until melted. Stir in oats, brown sugar, flour, and nuts. Microwave on high 3 to 4 minutes stirring frequently during last 2 minutes, until crisp and toasted. Pour filling into 9" microwave safe pie pan. Microwave on High 3 to 4 minutes, until hot. Sprinkle oat mixture over filling. Serve immediately. Top with ice cream.

Grind walnut and blanched almonds coarsely, add sugar and cinnamon and mix thoroughly. Melt butter, drawing salt. Line 2 - 9x13x2 pans with pastry sheet, brush with butter, repeat until 6 sheets line bottom of pan. Brush with butter, sprinkle with nut mixture. Add 2 pastry sheets repeat until nut mix is gone. Ending with 8 sheets of pastry trim and cut in 1" Diamond pieces. Pour remaining butter over pastry. Bake. When browned to desired shade cover with foil to prevent further browning. During last 1/2 hour test by removing the center, so that it is browned and not soggy in the diamond slice. While pastry is baking boil sugar, water, lemon and cinnamon stick to form thin syrup. Stir in honey and cool. Spoon over hot pastry.

Bake 375 - 30 minute, 350 - 30 minute

Fire sauce recipe on site. Separate the wings at joints and save the tips for something else. Marinate at least 4 hours in sauces. In a large re-sealable bag combine flour and remaining spices. Add chicken part at a time and shake to coat. In a large skillet brown chicken in butter. Place on foil-lined baking sheet. Bake in 400 degree oven for about 45 minutes. Turn Often. Can be BBQ for 25 minutes until crispy. If wings are tender, remove from oven but if not, continue to bake until they are done. Serve hot. Can be served with ranch style dressing as a dip.

Burn 1 cup sugar and add boiling water. Stirring until it is syrup, add eggs, flour and milk and remaining sugar. Cook until thick, add cream and enough milk to make 1 gallon. Freeze in ice cream maker, according to freezer directions.

Brown meat and onions all the way through. Drain excess fat and set aside. Cut tortillas into triangle wedges, in a deep frying pan big enough to hold a lot, pour oil and place tortillas into pan and simmer until soft. Stirring frequently. Stir in meat, onion, 1/2 of the olives, reserving 15 slices for the top, and sauce. Put into a 13 x 9 x 2 dish. Top with cheese and top with black olives, so that each square slice will have and olive in the center, cover until melted all the way. Let set before serving.
Serve with Mexican Rice and refried beans.
Enchilada sauce recipes on site.

In a blender put flour, chili powder, salt and water whirl to blend, so there are no lumps. In a small sauce pan add oil, a thin layer, to bottom of pan. Heat oil and then pour mixture into pan and as you begin to see mixture getting thick, heat thoroughly. This should be a thick sauce, not water or thin. Use this for enchilada casserole.

Heat chili, prepare each item in a separate dish. Grate cheese, slice mushrooms you can sauté some, if desired. Dice avocado, slice onions, dice tomato, slice olives, shred lettuce. And Serve!!
Written in order to be served. Just pile it all on. It gets bigger than you think it will. This is great to fix ahead of time and serve for guests. Also picky eaters can take those things they enjoy and bypass the rest.

Cook whole unpeeled potatoes and eggs remove eggs, after 10 minute, continue to cook potatoes 25 minute. Fry bacon and remove and crumble. Add onion to bacon grease and cook until clear. Peel and slice potatoes. Add remaining ingredients. Blend miracle whip and pickle juice. Mix well. Serve hot or cold

Separate the wings at joints and save the tips for something else.. Marinate at least 4 hours in sauce, water and spices. Place on foil-lined baking sheet with sides. Sprinkle salt and pepper over top and bake in 400 degree oven for about 45 minutes. Turning OFTEN! Can also be BBQ'ed for 25 minutes. If wings are tender, remove from oven but if not, brush again with sauce and continue to bake until they are done. Serve hot.

If using thighs or breast pieces, fry lightly in just enough oil to coat skillet and once browned on each side cover and cook on low for approximately 30 minutes.

Layer in bowl in given order. Tear lettuce in small, Don't cook peas. Put in clear, if possible, salad bowl in order. Sealing. Top with Miracle whip. Cover and refrigerate 24 hours. Toss only what will be used. Keeps well.

Mexican Casserole

12 Servings

Lay tortillas, may use flour or corn in bottom of large 13x9x2 or two medium sized casserole dishes. Making sure to over lap them so they cover all of the bottom of the dish. Mix 1/2 sour cream with cream of mushroom soup, spread over tortillas. Layer in fried ground beef, chopped onions, and sliced fresh mushrooms. Top with 1/3 mixture of the grated cheeses. Lay in more tortillas. Mix cream of chicken soup with the other half of the sour cream and either a 7 oz or 2 - 4 ounce can of diced green chilies. Spread over tortillas. Layer in chopped, shredded small pieces of chicken, cover with 1/3 more cheese. Add another layer of tortillas and top with remaining cheese and decorate with sliced or chopped olives. Cover with foil and bake until it starts to bubble over.
Bake 350 - 45 minutes to 1 hour. Is great reheated.

Enjoy!

Mexican Chicken

serve 6

Mix flour and spices. Dip chicken in flour and fry lightly. Place in baking dish. Top with any remaining flour mix. Add pat of butter. Mix remaining ingredients for sauce, cover with sauce. Bake 350 - 1 hour. Serve with Rice or noodles.

Enjoy!!!!

This is the only recipe that I use rounded measurements in. In a large measuring cup, mix dry ingredients and then add liquids. Mix adding milk to thick consistency. Let sit a minute to thicken. I use 1/3 cup of batter for each pancake. Fry on griddle. Turning once when bubbles appear. Freezes well. Reheat in microwave for 1 to 1 1/2 minute.

Mix first 6 ingredients, yellow or white cake mix work quite well. Pour 2/3 batter into greased and floured bundt/tub pan. Add chocolate syrup to remaining 1/3 batter and mix well. Spoon over cake in pan. Bake. Let stand 10 minute then put on dish. Needs no icing. But can be sprinkled with powdered sugar or can be iced.
Bake 350 - 1 hour.

This cake is also good with devils food chocolate cake mix and chocolate pudding.

Scald milk with slice of onion, remove most of the onion, put in blender, add flour and whirl, return to heat, add butter and cook to thicken. Remove bone and break up salmon with liquid. Add to milk, add pepper, heat and serve.

Grind tomatoes, peppers and onion. Pour boiling water over and let stand 10 minute drain. Add salt and remaining ingredients except water, flour and miracle whip. Heat to boiling. Make flour and water into a paste and add. Cook 10 minutes, then remove from fire and add, Miracle whip. Seal - ready to use right away

Start to boil water for fettuccini as you start to cook sauce. Cook fettuccini 10 minute, melt butter with garlic in saucepan over medium-low heat. Add wine and half and half; blend in whipping cream and heat until bubbly; stirring constantly. Add 2 cups Parmesan cheese; shrimp; crabmeat; salt and pepper; stir 5 minutes or until completely blended. Toss well with fettuccini. Mix in parsley until wilted. Put in serving bowl . Sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Serve immediately. Excellent leftover.

Sour Cream Enchiladas

12 servings

A good use of leftover meat. Fry lightly tortillas. Dice and sauté onion 5 minute on high in microwave. For sauce combine chicken soup, chilies and sour cream, heat. In a 13x9x2 pan cover bottom of pan with a small amount of sauce. To make enchiladas, spread a spoonful of sauce on tortilla sprinkle with 1 tablespoon cheese and 1 tablespoon onion and 1 tablespoon of your choice of meat and place in casserole dish. Reserve some cheese and sauce to cover enchiladas. Cover with foil and bake. Bake 350 15- 30 minute. Can be frozen.

Pick big, perfect grape leaves in heat of the day. Wash, wrap all leaves in a paper towel, and microwave 30 second to wilt. I use jalapeno chilies, and process garlic, onion and seeded chilies in a food processor. Mix rice, ground chuck, onion mixture, egg, and spices. Fill each leaf with mixture, with about 2 tablespoons of mixture. Put some tomato on bottom of pan, then layer rolled leaves on bed of tomatoes, add remaining tomato and simmer slowly 1 hour. You may need to add a little water to cover rolled leaves during simmering. Yes, I do use both fresh and powdered garlic.

Finely chopped all ingredients, remove membrane from orange and grapefruit. Put seeded jalapeno, onion and garlic in food processor and chop finely. In a large bowl stir together ingredients. We don't use cilantro, but it does taste good if you like it. Chill at least 30 minutes. Can be served in the empty half of the watermelon. We often take and use the whole watermelon and cut a top for it and cover it with plastic wrap to carry it to our destination.

Cook broccoli 10 minute. Drain and put broccoli in a shallow buttered casserole. In a Blender; blend eggs, milk,, cheese and pepper pour over broccoli. Set dish in water, and place in oven to bake.
Bake 350 - 30 minute or until FIRM.

Into a buttered casserole dish, add remaining ingredients. Crush corn flakes. Mix and bake.
Bake 350 - 30 minute

Cream butter, cream cheese, vanilla and milk. Add sugar and beat until smooth. Spread on cooled bars.

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