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Crock Pot Beef Stew
By dkosik
Pack stew meat tightly in the bottom of crock pot (pound it in with your fist)
- 3 lbs lean stew meat
- 4 large potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1 regular bag baby carrots, cut bite-size, halves or so
- 2 cans cream of mushroom soup
- 1 can French onion soup
Strawberry-Spinach Salad
By dkosik
Wash and remove stems from spinach
- 6 c. fresh washed spinach leaves
- 3 c. fresh strawberries
- 2 c. toasted, slivered almonds
- Poppy seed dressing to taste
Prune, Apricot, and Yogurt Blend
By dkosik
Combine all ingredients
- 2 tbsp full-fat Greek yogurt or plain yogurt **
- 2 tbsp Amazing Apricot Puree **
- 2 tbsp Dried Prune-a-Plenty **
Fruit Salad
By dkosik
Combine all fruit; sprinkle with dry pudding mix
- 1 sm. can mandarin oranges
- 1 sm. can pineapple tidbits, drained (save liquid)
- 3 bananas, cut sm.
- 2 c. fresh green grapes
- 1/4 c. coconut
- 1/4 c. maraschino cherries, chopped
- 1 (3-oz.) box instant vanilla pudding
Root Beer
By dkosik
Soak yeast in 1 cup lukewarm water
- 1 bottle root beer extract
- 1/2 cake yeast
- 4 lbs. granulated sugar
- 5 gals. warm water
Lace Cookies/Pecan Snaps
By dkosik
In a small saucepan combine brown sugar, margarine or butter, and maple syrup
- 1/4 c. packed brown sugar
- 1/4 c. margarine or butter
- 1/4 c. maple syrup (not pure)
- 1/2 c. finely ground pecans
- 1/3 c. all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. vanila
- Optional: melted chocolate to "swirl" on top.
Potato Gratin with Goat Cheese and Garlic
By dkosik
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- 1 c. half and half, divided
- 1 T. flour
- 1 c. goat cheese, crumbled
- 1 c. milk
- 1 tsp. salt
- 3/4 tsp. pepper
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 5 c. potatoes
Plum Delight
By dkosik
Wash the plum thoroughly. Peel, remove the pit, and cut into quarters
- 1 plum
- 1/4 c water
Sweet Potato Casserole
By dkosik
Mix sweet potatoes, sugar, butter, egg and vanilla together; put in a casserole
- Topping:
- 2 c. mashed sweet potatoes, cooked
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 1/4 c. butter
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1/2 c. brown sugar
- 1/4 c. melted butter
- 1/4 c. flour
- 1/2 c. broken pecans
Hamburger and Cheese Dip
By dkosik
Cut Velveeta into small strips and set aside
- 2 lbs. hamburger
- 2 lbs. Velveeta cheese
- 2 can Rotel