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This is easy to make and tastes good on cold rainy days, like today.

Cook 4-5 pork chops in chicken broth (about 4 cups worth). When they're done, take them out of the broth, cut off the fat and the bones, and put bite-size pieces of the meat back in.
Shred 1/2 cabbage and cook until done.
Serve with salt and pepper and rice.

I was reading through all the yummy recipes wondering what I could share. So here is what I came up with -

Since I make a lot of ice cream here is a recipe for Strawberry Basil Sorbet and shortbread cookies. Yeah, I know the sorbet is non-fat and healthy but the shortbread cookies can clog your arteries if you don’t have some restraint ‘cause they are addictive.

4 cups of washed and chopped strawberries
1/3 – ½ cup of sugar (soft brown works well)
1 cup of finely chopped basil.

Directions –
*sprinkle the sugar on the strawberries and mix well. Let stand at room temperature for at least 20 mins.
*Place the strawberry and sugar mix in a blender and add the basil. Puree as much as possible.
*put in ice cream maker until firm or desired consistency, transfer to a plastic container and put in freezer.
If you don’t have an ice cream maker then put it in a plastic container. Leave in the freezer and every 40 – 60 mins, take a fork and mash it up as finely as possible.

Shortbread cookies

I cup of softened butter
½ cup of sugar (brown also works)
2 cups of flour
Pinch of salt.

Directions –
*Cream the butter and sugar together.
*Add the flour sifted and the pinch of salt.
*mix together for about 3 mins. Kneading works. You should end up with a soft dough.
*Take the dough and roll into a log. Slice about ½ inch thick.
*Place on a cookie sheet covered with parchment and prick. Sprinkle a little extra sugar on top if you like.
*Bake at 325 degress for about 20 mins.

HOT FRUIT COMPOTE

16 oz. Pkg. Dried Prunes
1-1/3 cups Dried Apricots
13-1/4 oz. can Pineapple Chunks – undrained
21 oz. can Cherry Pie Filling
¼ cup Dry Sherry

Place prunes in 9” square dish. Top with apricots and pineapple. Combine cherry pie filling, 2 cups water, and sherry. Pour over fruit. Cover and bake 350 oven for 1-1/2 hours.

Serve warm.
Makes 8-10 servings.

I have made this recipe for my doctor. He eats it warm as a side dish to a dinner , but he also eats it for breakfast placing it cold on his cereal. He gets excited when I make this recipe for him.

Lots of Hugs,
Janelle

Saw this someplace last week and tried it. We love it!

Crescent rolls (like Pillsbury -I used store brand)
24 Hershey kisses

Put 3 kisses in each roll, roll up , bake as directed. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Just sweet enough - but only makes 8

Sue

Another trick when baking cookies. Instead of placing cookies on a cookie rack, place them on the brown paper. Get your brown paper bags from the grocery store (not plastic bags). Cut them so they open up totally flat. You want the inside of the bag facing you and the outside of the bag on the table. From the cookie sheet, place the baked cookie on top of the brown paper bag which absorbs some grease from the cookie and leaves the bottom of the cookie...impression free. My mother did this when she baked cookies.

Also if any of you are making french fries from scratch, drain them on the brown paper but first place the brown paper on a cookie sheet. When I got married, I refused to do this and used paper towels. It took me 10 years to finally recognize that my mother was right. The brown paper bag absorbed the grease 100% better than the paper towels.

Lots of Hugs,
Janelle

I love to make desserts and suprise my grandkids with someting new and yummy but I make everything reduced fat and lower in sugar. I know it sounds impossible but my grandkids love all of my creations.

Banana Pudding
1 large and one samll package of sugar free/fat free instant vanilla pudding
5 cups cold 1% milk
6 fairly large ripe bananas
vanilla wafers reduced fat. I usually buy 2 boxes because one is not enough.
1 box of Dream Whip whipped topping mix (Use both envelopes)
1 cup cold 1% milk
vanilla extract

I make it in a 13x9 inch pan. Layer the wafers and bananas begining and ending with the wafers. I usually have 3 layers of wafers and 2 layers of bananas. Prepare the pudding according to package directions and pour over the bananas and wafers. Prepare the Dream Whip according to package directions using a little extra vanilla. Spoon and smooth Dream Whip over the top of the pudding. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Grandkids will not let me get out of making this one every time we have a get together.

Cherry-Almond Trifle
2 lg packages of Sugar free/fat free instant vanilla pudding
3 cups cold 1% milk
2 tubs 8oz ea Cool Whip Fat Free topping thawed
1 cup Reduced Fat Sour Cream
20 Oreo Cookies, coarsley chopped
2 21oz cans of Walmart cherry pie filling No Sugar Added
1 tsp. almond extract

Beat pudding mixes and milk in a large bowl for 2 minutes. Stir in 2 cups of the Cool Whip and the sour cream.

Cover the bottom of a 13x9 inch pan with the Oreos, top with the pudding mixture. Mix cherry pie filling with the almond extract and spoon over the pudding mixture. Cover with the remaining Cool Whip. You can top with toasted sliced almonds if you like.

Refrigerate 1 hour before serving.

This is a favorite here at our house -- and when we invite guests to dinner.

1# lean ground beef                              ½ c. chopped onion

1 egg, beaten                                         ½ c. quick oats

1 c. shredded cheddar cheese*           ¾ c. milk

1 tsp. salt                                                       pepper to taste

Topping:       1/3 c. packed brown sugar

                                 2/3 c. ketchup

                                  1 tsp. prepared mustard

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1.      In a large bowl, beat the egg and milk.

2.      Stir in the cheese, oats, onion, and seasonings

3.      Add in the beef and mix thoroughly.

4.      Scoop approximately ½ c. of meat mixture at a time and shape into a small loaf.

5.      Place in greased 13” x 9” x 2” baking dish.

6.      Spoon the topping over the loaves.

7.      Bake uncovered at 350º for about 45 minutes.

Other notes:

1.      Sometimes I have other shredded cheeses open and use them instead of cheddar cheese.  I have used taco-seasoned cheese or Mexican blend (gives a hint of that flavoring to the meat); I have used a combination of Monterrey Jack/Colby, as well.  Not sure about other kinds, but you can always experiment, if you have some of the harder cheeses around.   If I need to, I grate my own for what I need, if I don’t have packages of already-shredded cheese.

2.     I usually also do baked potatoes.  Since this recipe only bakes for 45 minutes, I usually give my potatoes about a 20-25 minute head start at 450º before I drop the temp back to 350º when the meat goes in.