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TRY OUT THESE RECIPES WITH YOUR LIL' SPUDS!

Cranberry Salad Supreme
 
1 - 16 oz. Can Jellied Cranberry Sauce
1 - 16 oz. Can Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
1 - 15 oz. Can Mandarin Oranged (cut in pieces)
1/2 Cup Crushed Pineapple
1 Cup Raisins
1 Tsp. Vanilla Extract
1 Tsp. Living Foods 100% Organic Hawaiian Lehua Honey (regular honey can be substituted but you just don't get the same zip this salad is known for)
 
Mix all the ingredients together and refrigerate.  This cranberry salad has been a treat in my home for years and it's my most requested holiday dish. It takes less than 5 minutes to throw together and is the perfect side dish for your own holiday dinners or to take to the office or church dinners.

You can purchase the Living Foods Hawaiian Lehua Honey at Garden of Life

Download Cranberry Salad Supreme Recipe

AWESOME SORBET PIE RECIPE

"Here's one of my favorite easy recipes that's a sensory sensation, can be prepared in 5 minutes, and tastes like you worked for hours on it -- special enough to serve the preacher on Sunday!"

 

 

  • 2 pints of fruit sorbet (I like to use peach and strawberry)
  • 1 graham cracker pie crust
  • 2 bananas
  • 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts or your favorite nut
  • Caramel ice cream topping
  • Chocolate ice cream topping
  • Reese’s Pieces ice cream topping

Let the sorbet thaw out slightly so you can spread it in the pie crust. If some of the graham cracker starts to crumble, don't sweat it, just go with it. Smooth the sorbet in together swirling both flavors together in the crust. Smooth it down with a spatula or large spoon until. Sprinkle the nuts and Reese’s Pieces topping all over the top of the sorbet. Drizzle the caramel and chocolate toppings all over, crisscrossing back and forth. Slice the bananas and arrange them all over the top of the pie. Put back in the freezer until it firms back up and serve. Talk about refreshing and so-o-o easy; the kids will love it, and it's just the perfect mix of tangy and sweet. This dessert is a wonderful alternative to milk-based ice cream, plus it's so pretty and colorful.

Download recipe for Awesome Sorbet Pie

TURKEY CORN CASSEROLE
National Firefighters Recipe BookFrom the National Firefighters
Recipe Book

by:  Firefighter Olin L. Greene
U.S. Fire Administration
Emmitsburg, Maryland
 
CASSEROLE:
 
3 cups cooked corkscrew pasta
1 cup monterey jack cheese with jalapeno, shredded
1 can (10 3/4 oz) condensed cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup sourcream
1 tsp. chili powder
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1 can (8 oz) whole kernel corn, drained
1 cup green onions, chopped
 1 - 1/2 cups cooked turkey, shredded
 
GARNISH:
 
Tomato, chopped
Pitted ripe olives chopped
Green onion, sliced
Tortilla chips, crumbled

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine pasta and 1/2 cup grated cheese in 12" x 18" baking dish. In medium bowl, combine soup, sour cream, chili powder, garlic powder, corn, green onions and turkey.  Spread evenly over pasta mixture. Bake 30 minutes.  Top with remaining cheese. Bake 5 minutes. Top with desired garnishes.

Feeds 3 -4

Download Turkey Corn Casserole Recipe

From "The National Firefighter's Recipe Book" by Louis A. DePasquale

Always keep the base of your live Christmas tree well watered to help insure a safe holiday!

Remember when cooking all your holiday meals, if grease in a pot or pan catches fire, place metal lid on it to smother the flames, then turn off the burner!

CORN CASSEROLE

By Sharon Broer, author of
"Healthy Country Cooking" and
 "Training Up Your Child In The Way They Should Eat"

 

 

  • 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
  • 2 tbs. butter
  • 1 can cream style corn (organic preferably)
  • 1 can whole kernel corn (organic preferably)
  • Dash of pepper
  • 1/4 cup onion
  • 1 beaten egg
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup crushed crackers

Cook onion and pepper in 1 tbs. of the butter until tender.  Combine egg, milk, 1/3 cup crackers and pepper.  Stir in onion mixture and corn.  Pour into buttered 1 quart casserole dish.  Melt remaining butter, toss with remaining crumbs.  Sprinkle crumb mixture on top of corn mixture.  Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Serves 6-8

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EASY GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE
By Kay Milam
2 cans French style green beans (or fresh picked)
1 tbs. sugar
1 onion, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
1 small can mushrooms (drained)
1 can mushroom soup (undiluted)
2 slices crisp bacon, crumbled (optional)
 
Place all ingredients, except bacon, in a 1 1/2 quart, oiled casserole and mix well.  Top with bacon crumbs. Bake at 350 deg. for 30 minutes.  Serves 6-8

Download Easy Green Bean Casserole recipe

CINDY'S FOURTH-OF-JULY BAKED BEANS
(yummy any time of the year)
 From Suzy Toronto's "Sacred Sisterhood of Wild, Wonderful Wacky Women" book
  • 2 tbs. butter
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 1 large green pepper chopped
  • 1 lb. ground beef
  • 1 envelope dry onion soup mix
  • 1 cup BBQ sauce
  • 2 - 16 oz. cans pork and beans with tomato sauce
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 tbs. prepared yellow mustard
  • 1 - 16 oz. can kidney beans
  • 1 can garbanzo beans
  • 2 tsp. vinegar

In a large dutch oven, brown onion and hamburger.  (Do not brown the green pepper - browning makes it bitter).  Now add everything else, including the green pepper.  bake uncovered at 300 degrees, and cook for two hours.
 
These are so good, family and friends have been known to pile them on a bun and eat like a sloppy joe.

Download Cindy's Fourth-of-July Baked Beans recipe

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