Taco Salad

Ingredients:

1 ½ lb. ground beef
¾ cup ketchup
¼ cup water
Salt and pepper to taste
Fritos
Lettuce
Tomatoes
Onions
Cheese
Sour cream

Directions:

Cook ground beef until brown. Then add ketchup and water. Let simmer for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Pour this over the Fritos on a dish plate and then top with other ingredients.


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Spaghetti

Ingredients:

1 ½ lb. ground beef
1 package Lawry’s Spaghetti Seasoning
3 - 8 ounce cans of tomato sauce
1 can of tomato soup
1 can water
Spaghetti noodles, cooked

Directions:

Brown the hamburger meat in a medium pan.  Salt and pepper as the meat is cooking.  Once the meat is done add Lawry’s Spaghetti Seasoning.  Stir well and then add tomato sauce, tomato soup and water. Let simmer.

Pour over spaghetti noodles.

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Magic Bars (NEW!)

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups corn flake crumbs
½ cup sugar
½ cup melted butter
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
¾ cup chopped macadamia nuts
1 can sweetened condensed milk

Directions:

Stir together the corn flakes, sugar and melted butter in a 9 x 13 inch pan.  Press the mixture evenly and firmly to the bottom of the pan with the back of a spoon to make a crust.  Layer the chips, coconut and nuts evenly over the crust.  Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over the top.  Bake the bars at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until the edges become slightly browned. Cool completely before cutting into the bars.

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Cheese & Corn Enchiladas (NEW!)

Ingredients:

4 to 6 chicken breasts, cooked or 2 rotisserie chickens, cut up or shredded
12 flour tortillas
1 Tbsp. Butter
¾ cup onion, chopped
1 - 4 ounce can of green chilies
2 Tbsp. Butter
¼ cup flour
¼ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. cumin
2 ½ cups or more of chicken broth
1 cup sour cream
2 cups jack cheese, shredded and divided
1 can of corn, drained or 1 bag of frozen corn (about 1 ½ cups)

Directions:

Wrap the tortillas in foil and heat in the oven just to get warm. In a pan, saute the onions, and green chilies in 1 tablespoon of butter. In another pan, make a rue by melting 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Slowly stir in flour, salt, cumin and stir until the mixture is thickened and the flour is cooked. Slowly add in the chicken broth. When this is mixed and thickened (do this slowly) add the onion mixture. Add the sour cream and 1 cup of the jack cheese. Add the drained can of corn. Spread some sauce in the bottom of a 9 x 13 inch pan. Put some sauce into the cut up chicken just to moisten a little, before rolling into tortillas. Top enchiladas with the rest of the sauce and the cheese. Warm the enchiladas in a 350 degree for 35 minutes.

Top with Mango Salsa on page 20 of the cookbook.

*If you aren't a big fan of onions, try reducing it to ½ cup.

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Rolo Cookies (NEW!)

Ingredients:

     1 package Devils Food Cake Mix

     1 package of Rolos, individually wrapped

     2 Tablespoons of flour

     2 eggs

     1/2 cup oil

     sugar

Directions:

 

Mix the cake mix with the flour, eggs and oil.  Roll each unwrapped rolo in the cookie dough.  Lightly roll the cookie in sugar.  Bake at 350 degrees on a greased cookie sheet for 8 to 9 minutes or until they just start to crack.  They will flatten.  Cool on waxed paper because if placed on a wire rack the carmel might seep through the spaces.

Makes 3 dozen.

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Coconut Cranberry Chews

Ingredients:

     1 ½ cups butter, room temperature
     2 cups sugar
     1 Tbsp. grated orange peel
     2 tsp. vanilla
     1 large egg
     3 ¼ cups flour
     1 tsp. baking powder
     ¼ tsp. salt
     1 cup cranberries
     1 ½ cup coconut

Directions:

Beat together butter, sugar, orange peel and vanilla until smooth.  Beat in egg. In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt.  Add to the butter mixture and mix together.  Then add cranberries and coconut.  Spoon the batter onto a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 11 to 15 minutes.

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Sugar Coated Peanuts

Ingredients:

     3 cups cocktail peanuts
     2 cups sugar
     1 cup water

Directions:

Place all the ingredients in a large frying pan. Cook on medium heat until the mixture boils and crystallizes. Stir occasionally. Once crystallized spread out on wax paper and let cool.

Put cooled nuts in jars or bags for gifts with a cute bow. Good for every occasion.

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