Spinach Salad

(picture is from foodistolove blog post...just because I havent made this recently and wanted to show you what it looked like lol)

Ingredients for Salad Base:

• Fresh Baby Spinach
• Sliced Red Onion
• Fresh Strawberries (cut in half)

Ingredients for Dressing:

• 1/2 c. Water
• 1/2 c. Sugar
• 1/2 c. Vinegar
• 1 egg (beaten well)
• 2 tsp. flour
• 1/2 tsp. poppy seeds

Make up the base of the salad.
In a saucepan, add all the ingredients for the dressing , EXCEPT THE POPPY SEEDS. Boil for about 3 minutes while stirring. Take off stove, add poppy seeds. Serve warm over the salad.

Spinach Dip

Ingredients:

• 1 bag fresh baby spinach (chopped up)
• 1 Can chopped water chestnuts
• 1 c. Sour Cream
• 1 sm. onion (diced)
• 1 c. mayonaise
• 1-2 pkgs. dry veggie soup mix (flavor to taste)

Mix all together. Serve chilled with assorted crackers and bread.

Golden Glow Punch

A few years back, I was looking for a really good punch recipe for a Christmas Party. One of my caregivers, Mary, found this in a Pillsbury cookbook.

Ingredients:

• 1 can (6 oz.)frozen lemonade, thawed
• 1 can (6 oz.)frozen orange juice, thawed
• 1 can (6 oz.) frozen tangerine juice, thawed
• 2 C. cold water
• 2 bottles (2 liters), ginger ale, chilled
• ice cubes

In a large, non metal pitcher or punch bowl, combine juice and water...mix well. Just before serving, add ginger ale and ice. Stir to blend.

Veggie Dip

Ingredients:

• 2/3 c. Mayonaise
• 2/3 c. Sour Cream
• 1 Tbsp Parsley flakes (fresh is best, use dried if you have to)
• 1 Tbsp Seasoning salt
• 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp Dill seed
• 2 drops Tabasco sauce

Mix all ingredients together well, serve chilled with fresh vegies.

Apple Cake

This was my mother's recipe. My mother knew how to cook apples anyway imaginable. Growing up, we had an apple orchard on the farm. With my mother raising a family during the depression, most of our desserts were made with apples somehow.

This is the easiest Apple Cake you will ever make (unless of course you buy a Cake mix in a box)
Preheat oven to 300*

Ingredients:

• 2 c. sugar
• 1 1/2 c. oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 c. raisins
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 3 c. flour
• 1 c. nuts ( I like walnuts)
• 3 c. diced raw apple
• 1 tsp. baking soda

Mix all ingredients together and pour into a greased bunts cake pan. Bake at 300* for 45 minutes.

See? Easy as pie!

Watergate Cake

I found this recipe in a newspaper back in 1974. I don't know why they call it Watergate Cake, but my theory is that it disappeared in 18 minutes. For those of you who weren't around in the '70's, I'm sure you will have no clue what I just said...just laugh anyways and try the cake!

Preheat oven to 350*
Ingredients for the cake:

• 1 box of white cake mix
• 3 eggs
• 1 box pistachio pudding (add pudding dry)
• 1 c. oil
• 1 c. chopped walnuts
• 1 c. ginger ale ( I prefer Vernor's brand ginger ale, but it has come to my attention that it is not sold everywhere. Sorry. If you are one of these unfortunate souls, use which ever brand you prefer)

Mix all ingredients together in order given.
Bake at 350* in a greased bundt pan for 30-40 minutes.

Ingredients for the frosting:

• 1 box of pistachio pudding (add pudding dry)
• 1 carton of cool whip

Mix together. Add to cool cake.
Eat.

Stuffing Balls

My niece, Linda, gave me this recipe because her husband really liked them. I have used this same recipe for years. They are very tasty!

Ingredients:

• 8 C. firmly packed fresh bread cubes
• 1 c. minced celery
• 1/2 c. chopped parsley (optional)
• 2 Tbsp. minced onion (I always put a lot more...because I am a big fan of onion)
• 1 tsp. poultry seasoning
• 1 pinch of sage
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• 1/2 c. butter/ margarine
• 2 beef bouillon cubes (or chicken)
• 2 egg whites
• salt to taste

 About 1 hour before serving:
Preheat oven to 325*
In a small saucepan over medium heat, heat butter and bouillon cubes with 1/2 c. water. Heat until butter is melted and bouillon is dissolved.
While that is heating get a large saucepan and add together remaining ingredients (except for egg whites)
Pour hot mixture over dry mixture. Toss to mix well.
In a small bowl, with a fork, beat egg whites until they are foamy. Add to mixture, mix well. Lightly press a handful of the mixture into a ball...if it does not hold it's shape, add a little more water.
Using hands, shape the mixture into balls, using about 1/2 c. of mixture for each ball. Place on greased baking sheet. Bake stuffing balls at 325* for 30 minutes until crispy and golden brown.
Serve Hot.
Makes 10 servings.

Lemon Cookies

This is a recipe I was given by my friend, Dana's mother. If you like lemon, you will LOVE these cookies. They are always a big hit!

Ingredients:

• 1 box Lemon Pudding cake (must be cake with

       pudding in it)

• 1 egg
• 4oz. cool whip
• 1/3 c. powdered sugar

 There are two ways you can make this recipe; into cookies or into cookie bars...

Cookies
Set oven to 350*
Mix together cake mix, egg and cool whip. Stir until mixed well. It will get hard to stir together.
Use tablespoon of mixture to form a ball.
Roll in powdered sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Repeat until all batter is used.
Bake for 10-12 minutes.
When they are done, the center will feel soft...they won't look done, but they are. They will set up as they cool.

Cookie Bars
Set oven to 350*
Mix together cake mix, egg and cool whip. Stir until mixed well. It will get hard to stir together.
Place batter in 8x8 shallow pan.
Press down to fill in all spaces...batter will be thick and sticky. To flatten it out, we have used wax paper that had been lightly sprayed with cooking spray....use whatever you think works best though.
Sprinkle powdered sugar on top.
Place in oven. Cook for 15-20 minutes.
When done, put on cooling rack. Once cool cut into 1-2 inch bars.