All posts by Sharon

Peanut Butter-Chocolate Rice Krispy Treats

6 cups Rice Krispies cereal
1 cup Karo light corn syrup
1 cup sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 (12 oz.) package semisweet chocolate chips
Spray a 9×13″ baking pan with non-stick spray, set aside.
Mix sugar and corn syrup in large pot, heat to boil, remove from heat.  Mix in peanut butter til creamy, then add the cereal; mix until well coated.  Press in the prepared baking pan, using waxed paper.  Melt chocolate in microwave on defrost setting until melted.  Pour on cereal mixture and spread evenly over top.  Cut into squares before cool.
15  Servings

Cabbage Patch Stew

1 lb of ground meat browned
1 med onion chopped
3 ribs celery chopped
2 lbs of chopped cabbage
1 can pinto beans, drained
1 can diced tomato
2 cans stewed tomatoes-each 14 oz cans
1-1/2 tsp chili powder
1 tsp dried oregano
salt & pepper to taste
1/2 cup ketchup

Add onion and celery to meat in skillet, cook until tender, drain before adding to crock pot. Add chopped cabbage to crock pot along with pinto beans, diced tomato, stewed tomatoes, chili powder, oregano, salt & pepper, & ketchup  Mix together in crock pot.  Cook on low for 6 hours. I wish I had okra, I think it would have been good to add, Enjoy!

Broccoli Slaw Salad

1 bag (3-ounce) Ramen Noodle Soup in Oriental (other flavors will work, too)
1/4 cup slivered almonds
2 bags (12-ounce) bags broccoli cole slaw (in the bagged salad section of the grocery store)
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
Chopped green onions, for garnish

Dressing Mix:

1/3 cup canola oil
1/4 cup brown or white sugar
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar or white vinegar
1 Ramen noodle seasoning packet

Put the Ramen noodles in a bag and crush them with a rolling pin. Whisk together all the dressing ingredients in a small bowl. Place the shredded broccoli into bowl and toss with the noodles, almonds, and sunflower seeds. Pour dressing over salad and toss to coat. Garnish with chopped green onions.

Colcannon (Irish dish)

1 head of cabbage
1 pot of creamy mashed potatoes
butter
salt pepper
Make a pot of extra buttery mashed potatoes.  While the potatoes are boiling, slice 1/2 of a head of cabbage Use mainly the greenest leaves. Sauté the cabbage in a little butter & salt till soft, but not brown.  After the cabbage is tender, mix it into the bowl of mashed potatoes. Add and extra dollop of butter & pepper to the serving bowl. This is comfort food!
Tracy Pope Phillips

Birthday Punch

2 bottles Cran-raspberry juice
4 cups pineapple juice
1 bottle of ginger ale
1 tub of raspberry sherbet.
raspberries if desired
Make 2 trays of frozen Cran-raspberry juice cubes in the freezer.  Combine frozen cubes, and juices. Just before serving, slowly pour in the ginger ale.  Top with dollops of sherbet and raspberries. The pineapple juice can be adjusted to sweeten the punch. I like this punch to be a little tart since the sherbet is so sweet.
My Sister Frances’ recipe