Cowboy Caviar

1 can SHOE Peg corn
1 can black-eyed peas
2 chopped tomatoes
2 chopped avocados
1 bunch cilantro
1 bunch green onions
1 pgk Zesty Good Seasons Italian dressing (prepare per pkg)
1 can black beans

Combine all ingredients; Serve with tortilla chips.

BBQ Sauce

Meat Ball Marinade

BBQ Sauce

Bar B-Que Sauce

2 - 2 1/2 cans peeled tomatoes or 2 qt. tomatoes peeled & pured in blender.
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/3 c. red wine vinegar
1 12oz. can tomato sauce
2 med. onions diced small
2 cloves garlic diced
2 T. Adolph unseasoned tenderizer
1 T. Garlic salt
10-15 whole pepper corns
1 T. molasses
1 or 2 Bay leaves
1/2 c. Kraft Hickory flavored Bar-B-Q sauce
1 T. ground pepper
1 T. Paprika
1/3 c. Worchestershire Sauce
1/2 C. Catsup

Mix ingredients together and simmer.
Use as a sauce for meatballs.

Cheese Fondue

This recipe was actually for a chicken meal that had the cheese over it. A friend of mine passed it along and said her sister made it once and thought the cheese sauce would make a really good fondue, so that’s what we’ve been using since. 

Cheese Sauce:

1 jar Old English cheese spread   

½ cup sour cream

1 can cream of chicken soup (recipe calls for Cream of Mushroom, but I prefer and use the cream of chicken)

1 cup mayonnaise

½ tsp garlic powder

¼ tsp onion salt

¼ tsp garlic salt

½ tsp paprika

Just mix it together on the stove till it’s heated and well mixed.  

I usually just add the spices till it tastes okay

Dip Chicken, Veggies, etc. Anything that would taste good with cheese sauce over it. 

Best Dinner Rolls EVER

This is my absolute favorite Roll recipe EVER! It's pretty much fool proof. You don't need any experience baking bread to get these to turn out great every time. I found it on Pinterest HERE from How Does She. If you want step by step instructions with pictures, head over there.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups of milk
• 3/4 cup + 1 Tablespoon Sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 Tablespoon salt
• 2 Tablespoons yeast
• 2 cups of warm water
• about 9-10 cups of all purpose flour
• at least 1 cup of butter

Instructions

1. Scald 1 1/2 cups of milk, 3/4 cup sugar and 1/2 cup of butter, in a microwave safe bowl, for about 2 minutes. Cutting the butter into pieces helps it melt faster. There will probably be some little cubes of butter still floating in the hot mixture, they will melt.
2. add yeast to this hot mixture, but it will be too hot to just dump the yeast straight in (it would kill it!). To cool it down stir in 1-2 cups of flour, then add 1 egg and 1 Tablespoon of salt, and leave it to cool for a couple of minutes. Meanwhile, in a measuring cup dissolve 2 Tablespoons of yeast in 2 cups of warm water and 1 Tablespoon of sugar. Let it sit for a couple of minutes until it is bubbly.
3. Make sure your milk mixture is just warm, not boiling and add the yeast mixture!
4. Using a fork or wooden spoon, gradually stir in 9-10 cups of flour (counting the flour you have already added to cool it earlier). I would recommend only adding 2 cups at time and stirring in between. These rolls turn out so much better when they are mixed by hand.
5. At the end the dough will be dense and sticky, and may be hard to stir, you can use your hands to incorporate the rest of the flour if needed. Be sure not to add too much flour. Then smooth the dough out and cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Leave it in a warm place and let it rise.
6. When your dough is close to raising completely, butter 2 cookie sheets and set them aside.
7. Let the dough raise until it has doubled in size.
8. Cover your working space with flour to prevent the dough from sticking. Dump your dough out and divide it into 4 balls. Eyeball the sizes, then lift them up and feel the weight of each ball. Try to make them even, but they don’t have to be perfect.
9. Using one ball of dough at a time: roll the dough into a circle on a floured counter. Once it is rolled out spread the top with butter from edge to edge. You will use about 2 Tablespoons per circle of dough.
10. Cut the dough into quarters using a pizza cutter.
11. Then cut each quarter into 3 pieces. You should end up with 12 triangles from each circle of dough.
12. Roll the dough starting with the wide end of the triangle
13. Tuck the tail of the triangle under the roll and place it on the buttered cookie sheet. You will make 3 rows, with 8 rolls per row. This will give you 24 rolls per pan. Two balls of dough will fill 1 pan. You will get a total of 48 rolls!
14. Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees. Place the pans of rolls in a warm place (on top of the oven if possible) to let them rise. Once they are touching and full in size, cook (one pan at a time) in the oven ’till they are golden brown. About 10 – 15 minutes, It may take longer depending on how hot your oven cooks. Keep a close eye on your first pan to get the right time for the second.
15. While they are still hot and fresh out of the oven run a stick of butter over the tops of the rolls for a delicious buttery glaze.

Related articles

• Croissants
• Stuffed Croissants

Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup

Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup

1 lb. ground Italian Sausage
1 1/2 tsp crushed red peppers
1 large diced white onion
4 Tbsp.

I think this might be the same recipe that Tricia brought to Dalton's blessing and it was good!

Spinach Artichoke Dip

1 envelope Onion Soup mix
1 can (14 oz) artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
1 cup (8 oz.) Mayonnaise
1 cup (8 oz.) sour cream
1 cup shredded Swiss or mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 350
Combine ingredients and pour into 1 qt casserole dish

Bake uncovered 30 minutes or until heated through

Serve with your favorite dippers!

Makes 3 cups
Prep time 5 minutes
Cook time 30 minutes

I have put it into a crock pot to keep warm for serving.

SALSA

Salsa

36-40 Ripe tomatoes - chunked
6 large onions - chopped
10 HOT peppers - some w/ and without seeds
4 peppers - 2 greeen and 2 red - diced
6 T salt
1 1/2 T garlic powder
1 T cumin
1 T oregeno
1 cup white vinegar
3 cans (12 oz.) tomato paste


Cook until thick
Process in pt. jars for 20 minutes in boiling water.

Sometimes I add cilantro leaves, but dad doesn't like them he says. (:(

Enjoy

BACON WRAPPED WATER CHESTNUTS: A HOLIDAY FAVORITE

Package of your favorite Bacon
2-3 cans of whole water chestnuts
soy sauce

Cut bacon into thirds wrap water chestnut with bacon piece and secure with a toothpick.
Place in a pie tin and splash with desired amount of soy sauce (I like to have at least the bottom of the pan covered). Bake in oven according to bacon package directions.
Serve Immediately

Spinach Artichoke Dip

1 can of cream of something soup
16 oz. sour cream
1 package of fresh baby spinach (or large spinach cut up)
2 cans artichoke hearts
(optional - add cheese to the mix to make it stringy)

Chop your spinach and artichokes into bite sized pieces, then mix all ingredients together and put in an oven safe pan.

Bake at 375 for 30 minutes.

Serve with chips or crackers.