Lorene's Deviled Eggs

 We had an unusual Thanksgiving as Ken was just released from the hospital.  I didn't cook a thing.  Ken's dear sister Lorene brought us a full Thanksgiving dinner, including delicious, deviled eggs.  I begged the recipe and have since made them myself.  They are so delicious.

Lorene's Deviled Eggs

6 eggs, hard boiled

1/4 cup mayonnaise

1 tsp. pickle juice

1 tsp. mustard

1/4 tsp. salt

Dash of pepper

1 tsp. chives

Cut the eggs in half and remove the yolks to a small bowl.  Mash the yolks.  Add the other ingredients and mash together and mix until smooth.  Fill the whites with the yolk mixture.  Sprinkle with paprika.  

Shawna's Pecan Pie

 I have two excellent pecan pie recipes on this blog.  I alternate back and forth between them.  Our friend, Shawna brought over a delicious pecan pie for our Thanksgiving dinner.  It was different than my recipe and we loved it.  I asked for the recipe and when I received it, found out why it is different.  It doesn't have corn syrup in it.  I definitely will be making it.  Thank you, Shawna!

Pecan Pie

2 large eggs, room temperature

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled

1/4 cup white sugar

1 Tablespoon flour

1 Tablespoon milk

1 tsp. vanilla

1 cup chopped pecans

1 unbaked pie shell

Pecan halves

Preheat the oven to 400.  Whisk eggs in a large bowl until foamy.  Whisk in the melted butter.  Add the sugars and flour.  Whisk until well combined.  Add milk and vanilla.  Stir in pecans.  Pour into the pie crust and decorate with the pecan halves.  Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 and continue to bake until the filling is set, 30 or 40 more minutes.  Cool.

Butter Beef

 This dish is so easy and so delicious!  It smells so good as it cooks all day. The meat just melts in your mouth.  It takes about one minute to put together.  We love it over mashed potatoes, but I'm sure it would be good over noodles or rice as well.

Butter Beef

2-3 lbs. stew beef (I buy a big package at Costco, divide it in two and label and freeze both halves in gallon ziplock bags.  I put one bag of the meat, frozen, into the slow cooker)

1 package dry onion soup mix

1 onion, chopped

1 box mushrooms, sliced (optional)

1/2 cup butter (one stick)

Put the frozen beef in the slow cooker. Add the onion. Sprinkle the dry onion soup mix over the meat and onion.  Put a stick of butter on top and cover.  Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6-8.  Add the mushroom in the last hour or two.  Serve over mashed potatoes, noodles, or rice.  

Hot Fruit Salad

 I recently made this hot fruit salad for a family gathering.  It tasted like warm raspberry applesauce.  My grandchildren loved it.  In the 1970's, I attended what was then Ricks College.  This recipe was in a school newsletter.  It was the president's wife's recipe.  I thought it was worth a try all these years later.

Hot Fruit Salad

1 pkg. fresh or frozen raspberries

1 can pineapple chunks or tidbits

2 cups applesauce

Whatever other fruit you want:

1 can peaches

 1 can pears

1 can fruit cocktail

I used fresh peaches and pears because I had them

Drain the fruit.  Mix together and put in a casserole or slow cooker. Top with some brown sugar. Bake at about 300 for several hours or until hot.  Stir occasionally.  Serve warm.

Chicken Alfredo Bake

 This is a delicious and easy baked pasta recipe.  My husband and I loved it!  This would be a good one for kids to try making.

Chicken Alfredo Bake

In a 13x 9 or large covered casserole dish, pour:

1 lb. box of rotini or other individual pasta (penne, farfalle, rigatoni)

1 box chicken stock

1 jar alfredo sauce

2 cups cooked chicken, cut up (can use rotisserie chicken)

1 bag frozen broccoli

Salt and pepper, 1-3 teaspoons each

1 T. Italian seasoning

Mix it together and cover.  Bake at 450 for about 30 minutes. Take it out and stir, then top with about 2 cups grated mozzarella cheese.  Bake for another 15 minutes or so.

 

Butterscotch Molasses Cookies

 My sister-in-law, Ada made these cookies for a family gathering.  They were chewy and delicious.  They are a new favorite cookie.  Everyone loved them.  In fact, one of the family members was caught smuggling some out with him.  We won't mention who.  Try them.  You will like them!

Butterscotch Molasses Cookies

Mix together: 

1 cup sugar 

1/2 cup shortening

Add:

1 egg

1/2 cup molasses

Sift: 

2 cups flour

1 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp soda

Add:

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup oats

6 oz. butterscotch chips

1 cup coconut (opt)

Bake 12 minutes at 350

Sauteed Green Beans

 This is one of Michelle's family's regulars.  Jaron, 10 years old, taught me how to make them.

Sauteed Green Beans

2 cans cut green beans, drained

olive oil

Minced garlic, to taste

Paprika, to taste

Crushed red pepper, to taste

Put oil in a large fry pan.  Heat.  Add green beans and spices to taste.  Cook and heat until hot.