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2 qts water
2 TB powdered chicken stock
2 cans butter flavor biscuits
splash of milk
large spoonful of margarine
Bring water and stock to boil.
Add biscuits, after pulling into small pieces.
Lower heat and cook until done.
Add milk and butter, salt if needed.
1/4 cup margarine, melted
1 apple, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 head red cabbage, chopped
1/3 cup white vinegar
1/8 cup sugar
Use large soup pot.
Sauté onion and apple in margarine till soft.
Add vinegar, sugar and cabbage.
Stir well.
Cover and cook on low for 1 hour.
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 container of whipped cream cheese with chives
1 stick margarine
1 cup frozen onions and peppers
1 tsp minced garlic
1 TB flour
1 cup evaporated milk
1 cup shredded mozzarella
1/2 can sliced water chestnuts, drained and chopped small
1 small can mushrooms, drained
2 cans chopped spinach, drained dry
Mix together in large bowl: nutmeg, salt, and cream cheese.
Melt butter in skillet then sauté peppers, onions and garlic until translucent.
Stir in flour to thicken, watching closely so as not to burn.
Pour sautéed peppers and onions over cream cheese mixture, blending completely.
Add milk and mozzarella, stirring well.
Mix in spinach, mushrooms and water chestnuts.
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
1 package Martha White Sweet Cornbread package- 7oz
3 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup Velveeta or Triple Cheddar Shreds
1 large can mild green chilies, drained
1 can corn, drained
1 can cream of corn, NOT drained
1 stick margarine, melted
1 cup frozen peppers/onions, thawed
Stir all ingredients together and pour into large greased glass pie pan.
Bake at 375 for 60 mins.
Cover with foil last 15 minutes if top is browning too much.
Remove from oven and let cool before serving.
Even better as leftovers the next day!
1 stick margarine
2 cups frozen peppers and onions
2 stalks celery, chopped fine
2 broccoli crowns, steamed and chopped
2 cups mini carrots, steamed and chopped
1 12oz can evaporated milk
24 oz whole milk (use milk can to measure)
8 oz shredded Velveeta
1/8 cup flour, dissolved in 1/4 cup hot water
4 oz whipped cream cheese
4 oz can diced mild green chilies
Melt margarin in large stock pot.
Sautee peppers/onions and celery until translucent.
Add steamed carrots and broccoli.
Pour milk over all.
Add Velveeta and stir.
Add dissolved flour, blending well.
Season with salt to taste.
Cook on low to medium heat for 1/2 hour or so, stirring often.
Remove from heat when thick and stir in cream cheese till melted.
Add chilies.
1 cup butter (room temperature)
2 cups sugar
3 eggs (room temperature)
2 Tablespoons buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 cups flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
Heat oven to 400.
Cream butter with the sugar , beating for 5 minutes using stand mixer.
Add eggs 1 at a time and mix well.
Blend buttermilk and vanilla into mixture.
Stir the baking soda into the flour in separate bowl.
Gradually add flour mixture into the creamed mixture.
Drop by medium scoop onto large cookie sheet, about 12 per sheet.
Chill remaining batter while waiting to cook next batch.
Bake 15 minutes, using spatula to flatten tops of cookies once or twice while cooking.
Cool on cookie rack.
This is my friend Alana’s recipe, I tweaked it a tiny bit as far as the baking part.
1 stick margarine
1 cup brown sugar (light or dark)
1 cup white sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
3 cans buttermilk biscuits
Preheat oven to 350.
Melt margarine and brown sugar in small pan, stirring often.
Mix white sugar and cinnamon in a large bowl.
Cut each biscuit into 4 pieces.
Stir the pieces in the sugar/cinnamon mixture until well coated.
Only do four biscuits at a time to avoid clumping.
Spray a bundt pan with baking spray.
Layer half the biscuits in the bundt pan.
Pour half of the margarine/ brown sugar sauce over them.
Add rest of biscuits and pour remainder of sauce on top.
Bake for 35 minutes.
Remove from oven.
Allow to cool for 10-15 minutes.
Invert onto serving plate.
There are tons of identical/very similar recipes out there. This is one that worked best for me.
1 TB flour
4 TB sugar
2 heaping TB cream cheese
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups shredded Velveeta cheese
1 can creamed corn
1 can regular corn, drained
1 stick margarine
2 cups frozen peppers and onions
Mix all ingredients except last 2.
Saute frozen peppers/onions in stick of butter until translucent.
Add to corn mixture.
Bake in covered glass dish at 350 for 1 hour.
1/4 cup pickling spices
sprinkling of mustard seeds
1/2 TB pink salt
3 cups sugar
3 cups apple cider vinegar
6 oz sliced carrots
6 small pickling size cucumbers, sliced
1 green pepper, sliced
1 onion, sliced
Place all veggies in large glass bowl.
Combine spices, sugar and vinegar in large stock pot.
Boil until sugar is dissolved.
Pour over veggies.
Cool.
Ladle into canning jars and refrigerate.
Will keep 3-4 weeks.
Similar recipe in TOH and old church cookbooks. Can vary to taste as far as veggies and spices.
9 TB powdered brown gravy
1 pkg powdered soup mix
4 cups hot water
2-3 potatoes, sliced thin
1 onion, sliced thin
4 thick pork chops, bone in or out
Mix first 3 ingredients thoroughly.
Layer pork chops in bottom of crock pot.
Layer potatoes and onions on top.
Pour gravy over all.
Cook 7-8 hours on low.
2 cups frozen peppers and onions
1/2 cup margarine
1/2 cup sour cream
2 cans sliced new potatoes, drained
1 cup Velveeta shreds
1 cup mozzarella shreds
Microwave peppers and onions for 1 minute or so until defrosted.
Pat dry with paper towel.
Melt margarine in microwave.
Stir in sour cream and peppers to melted margarine, blending well.
Layer one can of potatoes in glass casserole dish, topping with 1/2 of above melted mixture.
Sprinkle with 1/2 cup of each cheese.
Layer next can of potatoes, topping with remaining melted ingredients, then both cheeses.
Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.
3/4 cups seasoned panko crumbs
1 package Lipton Beefy Onion Soup mix
1 egg
1/2 cup frozen peppers and onions, thawed
1/4 cup warm water
1 lb ground sirloin
Combine all ingredients except meat, mixing thoroughly.
Stir in meat, blending completely.
Form into round loaf in cake pan and flatten.
Bake at 350 for 1 hour.
Top with ketchup after loaf browns a bit.
Updated to smaller size Sept 15, 2020.
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