Cheese Ball

I went to a party and got the recipe for this...it was so good and super easy!

1 8-oz. package cream cheese
1/2 Tbs. Lemon juice
1/2 Tbs. green onion chopped
1 cup sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 Tbs. green bell pepper chopped
1/2 Tbs. Pimento
pecans finely chopped

Mix with hand mixer in a bowl. Dress with pecans.

Carmel brownies

Does anyone have a recipe for carmel brownies? I am suppose to take some to a bridal shower. Let me know
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Popovers

I went to The Popover Cafe in NYC and fell in love with popovers. I googled a recipe just to try it and surprisingly they turned out just like the restaurant ones.

2 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt

Mix eggs and milk and warm the mixture in the microwave (popovers will rise better if ingredients are warm). Add sifted flour and salt; continue beating until batter is smooth and thick. Bake in hot greased iron muffin cups or greased glass custard cups which are very hot. Do not grease with nonstick spray. Use real butter.

Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake at 450° for 20 minutes, then reduce heat to 350° and bake 15 minutes longer. Serve right away. Make a small slit in each popover to allow steam to escape. Makes about 6 to 8 large popovers.

They're delicious plain but also really good with butter, honey or jam.

Three Layer Pumpkin Pie Squares

This is my husband's favorite dessert this time of year. It's so yummy! The last family event I took it to, all my sisters-in-law wanted the recipe. That's always a good sign!

Crust:
1 yellow caked mix (reserve 1 cup for the topping)
1/2 cup melted butter
1 egg

Grease a 9x13 pan. Combine ingredients for crust and press in bottom of pan.

Filling:
1 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
2 eggs
1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin
1 (12 oz.) can evaporated milk

Mix sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Beat eggs separately. Stir eggs and pumpkin into sugar mixture and combine will. Gradually add evaporated milk. Combine well. Pour over crust.

Topping:
1 cup cake mix
1/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 c. butter

Combine ingredients and cut in butter with a pastry blender or two forks until topping is crumbly. Sprinkle over filling.

Bake in a 350 Degree oven for 45-50 minutes until a knife in the center comes out clean.

Pumpkin Tomato Basil Soup

I had a baking pumpkin to use and didn't want to make a pie so I found this soup recipe to try. It was delicious!

1 Small Pumpkin
1 can tomato puree
4 cups Chicken Broth
6-7 Carrots, peeled and sliced or diced
1 Medium Onion
2-3 cloves Garlic, chopped
1 cup Mushrooms, sliced
2 Tablespoons Basil, chopped
1 Teaspoon Salt
1 pinch Ground Pepper
1/4 cup Cream (optional - I didn't use any but it would make it creamier)
1 Teaspoon sugar

In a large pot, put Chicken Stock, pumpkin and carrot. Bring to a boil, then reduce to simmer for 1/2 hour.
Sautee onions and mushrooms until browned.
Puree all ingredients in a blender. Place pureed soup into the soup pot.
Add spices, sugar and cream at this time.
Simmer for 10 minutes.

It makes a lot - probably 15 servings.

Zucchini Bread

If you send your husband to the store to get these ingredients, make sure he knows the difference between zucchini and cucumbers!

3 c all-purpose flour
1 t salt
1 t baking soda
1 t baking powder
2 1/2 t cinnamon
Sift all this in a bowl

3 eggs
1/2 c canola oil
1/2 c natural applesauce
1 c white sugar
1 c brown sugar
3 t vanilla extract
Beat in large bowl then add dry ingredients and mix

4 c grated zucchini
1 c chopped walnuts
Stir in

Pour batter into two greased and floured bread pans. Bake at 325 for 50-55 min. Cool on rack for 20 min. Remove from pan and cool completely before cutting.

granola

6 cups quick oats
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup nonfat dry milk
2/3 cup honey
2/3 cup vegetable oil or canola oil
2 Tablespoons water
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
optional: raisins, coconut, sesame seeds and nuts (I've never used any of those)
In large bowl combine oats, brown sugar, wheat germ and nonfat dry milk (and coconut, sesame seeds and nuts if desired). Stir that all together. Combine honey, vegetable or canola oil, water and vanilla. Add to oat mixture. Stir to coat ingredients well. (The actual recipe says to do this next part diffferent but when we made it this is how we did it and it turns out well, and this is how the Mechams do it) Place that in one cookie sheet and bake at 300 degrees. Leave it in there for 12 minutes and then take it out and sift it with a fork. Then put it back in the oven for about 12-15 minutes and it should turn out! This makes about 14 cups.


this is great because i use my food storage for a lot of it. enjoy!