1 c. cold milk
1/4 c. powdered sugar
1 sm. box vanilla or chocolate instant pudding mix
Beat on low for 1 minute. Stir in 8 ounce thawed Cool Whip. (If using vanilla pudding you might add a few drops food coloring for colored frosting.)
Friday, October 30, 2009
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Frozen Lemon Dessert
1 small pkg. lemon jello
3/4 cup hot water
1 cap full lemon extract
1 can of cold canned milk (refrigerate the night before)
20 graham crackers (2 pkg)
Combine first four ingredients, and cook to the syrupy stage.
Whip milk in large bowl. Pour hot syrup over whipped cream while still beating. Line pan with crackers then pour the mixture in. Let sit in refrigerator for at least 4 hours. Top with graham cracker crumbs.
3/4 cup hot water
1 cap full lemon extract
1 can of cold canned milk (refrigerate the night before)
20 graham crackers (2 pkg)
Combine first four ingredients, and cook to the syrupy stage.
Whip milk in large bowl. Pour hot syrup over whipped cream while still beating. Line pan with crackers then pour the mixture in. Let sit in refrigerator for at least 4 hours. Top with graham cracker crumbs.
Seedless Raspberry Jelly
3 C. zucchini
1/2 C. lemon juice
3 C. sugar
1 (6oz) pkg. Raspberry Jello
Peel zucchini, remove seeds and shred.Add lemon juice and cook until transparent. Blend in a blender. Return to pan and add sugar and Jello. Bring to a rolling boil for 6-8 minutes.
1/2 C. lemon juice
3 C. sugar
1 (6oz) pkg. Raspberry Jello
Peel zucchini, remove seeds and shred.Add lemon juice and cook until transparent. Blend in a blender. Return to pan and add sugar and Jello. Bring to a rolling boil for 6-8 minutes.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Homemade Alfredo Sauce
1 cup heavy cream
1/3 cup butter
1 cup Parmesan cheese shredded (I like to add more)
salt & pepper, to taste
Combine all ingredients in small saucepan (not Teflon coated) and simmer on low until melted and mixed, stirring continually (about 20 minutes). Whisk until smooth before serving over pasta. Can be refrigerated and used again if reheated on low heat. (Remember to whisk again!)
*may add cut up and cook chicken chunks seasoned with Montreal steak seasoning.
Serve with Fettuccine noodles
Makes 4 servings
*Half-and-half or evaporated milk can be used for some or all of the cream to reduce fat but the consistency won't be as rich or as thick.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Easy Corn Salsa
1 bag small bag frozen corn (thawed)
2 tomatoes (chopped)
1 medium onion (chopped)
2 cans black beans (drained)
1-2 avocados (chopped)
cilantro (chopped)
1 packet Italian dressing mix
Chop and mix veggies. Make Italian dressing per instructions on box using balsamic vinegar. Mix it all together and enjoy.
2 tomatoes (chopped)
1 medium onion (chopped)
2 cans black beans (drained)
1-2 avocados (chopped)
cilantro (chopped)
1 packet Italian dressing mix
Chop and mix veggies. Make Italian dressing per instructions on box using balsamic vinegar. Mix it all together and enjoy.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Rice & Black Bean Taco
1 cup cooked rice
1 can black beans
1 can corn (drain water)
2 small cans green chilies
Mix above ingredients together and serve warm. Make Taco.
Tortilla shells
Cheese
Salsa
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Did You Know?
Bananas
Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to
pick the little "stringy things" off of it. That's how the primates do it.
Bananas
Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store.
If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster
Cheese
Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil.
It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!
Peppers
Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.
Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.
Cooking beef
Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef.
It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.
Eggs
To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of
spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.
Treat
For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mints
in double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty frosting.
Garlic
Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.
Treat
Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simply chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples. Place them in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm!
Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water.
Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such
as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.
Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza.
Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.
Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.
Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in
a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food
moist and help it reheat faster.
Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers,
put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and for-
get about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not
get through wet newspapers.
Broken Glass
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.
No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket.
It will keep the mosquitoes away.
Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.
Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.
Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose.
Place pin in seam of slacks and ... ta da! .. static is gone.
Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of
your car . When the window s fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!
Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals easily.
Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair.
Goodbye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass, fill it 1/2" with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid; mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!
Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it "home," can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!
Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to
pick the little "stringy things" off of it. That's how the primates do it.
Bananas
Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store.
If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster
Cheese
Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil.
It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!
Peppers
Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.
Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.
Cooking beef
Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef.
It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.
Eggs
To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of
spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.
Treat
For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mints
in double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty frosting.
Garlic
Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.
Treat
Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simply chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples. Place them in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm!
Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water.
Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such
as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.
Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza.
Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.
Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.
Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in
a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food
moist and help it reheat faster.
Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers,
put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and for-
get about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not
get through wet newspapers.
Broken Glass
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.
No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket.
It will keep the mosquitoes away.
Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.
Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.
Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose.
Place pin in seam of slacks and ... ta da! .. static is gone.
Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of
your car . When the window s fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!
Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals easily.
Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair.
Goodbye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass, fill it 1/2" with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid; mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!
Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it "home," can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!
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