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Baked Stuffed Potatoes

Time

Prep: 20 minutes              Ready In: 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 6 large Idaho or baking potatoes
  • ½ pt sour cream
  • 1 c chopped green onion tops
  • 1 t salt
  • ½ t pepper
  • ¼ lb butter, melted
  • Grated parmesan cheese

Prep/Equipment

  • Cookie sheet, lined with foil
  • Medium bowl

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Place potatoes on cookie sheet and bake potatoes at 350° for about 1 hour until done.
  3. Once cool enough, remove insides from potato. Place in medium bowl.  Add sour cream, green onion, salt and pepper.  Whip until fluffy.  Put back in potato skin.  Dab with melted butter and parmesan cheese.

Baked Carrots

Time

Prep: 20 minutes              Ready In: 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 lb carrots
  • 2 bunches green onion
  • 2 T sugar
  • 1 t salt
  • 1 t celery salt
  • ¼ c butter, sliced

Prep/Equipment

  • Large bowl
  • Greased baking dish

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325°.
  2. Trim, scrape, and shred carrots (should make about 8 cups). Trim and slice onions, including a little of the green tops (3/4 cup).
  3. Combine carrots, onions, sugar, salt, and celery salt in large bowl. Toss to mix well.  Spoon into prepared baking dish.  Dot with butter.
  4. Cover with tin foil and bake at 325° for 1 hour.

Dip for Vegetables

Serving Suggestion

Serve with raw vegetables – carrots, celery, broccoli, or cauliflower

Time

Prep: 10 minutes              Ready In: 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 can cream of celery soup
  • 2 jars Kraft garlic or Old English cheese

Prep/Equipment

  • Medium serving bowl

Directions

  1. Heat cream of celery soup. Melt cheese into soup.  Place in serving bowl.

Linda’s Zesty Italian Rotini Salad

Time

Prep: 20 minutes              Ready In: 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces Rotini shells, cooked, drained and rinsed.
  • 1 head broccoli, chopped
  • 1 head cauliflower, chopped
  • 1 stalk celery, diced
  • 1 c carrots, shredded
  • 8 ounce bottle Zesty Italian Dressing

Prep/Equipment

  • Medium serving bowl

Directions

  1. Combine all ingredients. Serve cold.  Can store covered in refrigerator for 48 hours.

Watergate Salad (Overnight)

Time

Prep: 10 minutes              Ready In: 8 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 3-ounce package instant pudding, Pistachio
  • 1 ½ c milk
  • 1 8-ounce container cool whip
  • 1 c mini marshmallows
  • ½ c chopped walnuts
  • 1 can crushed pineapple, plus the juice

Prep/Equipment

  • Medium serving bowl

Directions

  1. In medium serving bowl, combine pudding mix and milk. Add remaining ingredients.  Let set in fridge overnight.  Serve cold.

Tuna Shoestring Casserole

Time

Prep: 15 minutes              Ready In: 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 can tuna fish, drained
  • 1 T miracle whip
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 stalk celery, diced
  • 1 c carrots, shredded
  • Large can shoestring potatoes

Prep/Equipment

  • Medium serving bowl

Directions

  1. In medium serving bowl, combine tuna and miracle whip, until tuna is moist. Add onion, celery, and carrots.    Refrigerate until ready to serve.
  2. Add shoestring potatoes just before serving. Serve cold.

Taco Salad

Time

Prep: 20 minutes              Ready In: 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 lb ground beef
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 2 pkg taco seasoning mix
  • 1 head lettuce, chopped
  • 1 green pepper, chopped
  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1 c grated sharp cheddar cheese

Prep/Equipment

  • Medium serving bowl

Directions

  1. Brown ground beef and onion. Add taco seasoning mix.  Set aside to cool.
  2. In a medium serving bowl, mix all ingredients together. Serve immediately.

Notes/Suggestions

Can also add 1 package taco flavored Doritos, crushed.  Can also use Catalina French dressing.

Strawberry Jell-O

Time

Prep: 15 minutes              Ready In: 2 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 6-ounce pkg of strawberry Jell-O
  • 2 c boiling water
  • 2 10-ounce packages frozen strawberries, sliced
  • 1 13 ½ ounce can crushed pineapple
  • 2 large bananas, finely diced
  • 2 T lemon juice
  • 1 c sour cream

Prep/Equipment

  • Medium bowl
  • Greased 9” square pan

Directions

  1. In medium bowl, dissolve Jell-O in boiling water. Add strawberries, stirring to thaw.  Stir in pineapple, bananas, and juice.  Pour half in 9” square pan.  Refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.
  2. After first layer is set, spread sour cream over Jell-O. Pour second half of Jell-O over sour cream.  Refrigerate until set.  Serve chilled.

7-Layer Salad

Time

Prep: 30 minutes              Ready In: 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 small head lettuce, cut into bite size pieces
  • ½ c green pepper, diced
  • ½ c celery, diced
  • 1 onion, sliced thin
  • 1 10-ounce package frozen peas, thawed
  • 2 c mayonnaise
  • 2 T sugar
  • 1 c shredded cheddar cheese
  • 6 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled

Prep/Equipment

  • Large serving bowl

Directions

  1. Layer ingredients in bowl in order given (do not mix!)
  2. Cover with plastic wrap, refrigerate up to 24 hours. Gently toss before serving.

Pretzel Salad

Time

Prep: 30 minutes              Ready In: 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 c crushed pretzels
  • ¾ c margarine, melted
  • 3 T sugar + 1 c sugar
  • 1 8-ounce package cream cheese
  • 1 8-ounce package of cool whip
  • 6 oz strawberry Jell-O
  • 2 c boiling water

Prep/Equipment

  • Medium bowl
  • Greased 9×13 pan

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°.
  2. In medium bowl, combine layer #1: pretzels, margarine, 3 T sugar. Place in prepared 9×13 pan and bake at 400° for 8 minutes.
  3. In clean medium bowl, combine layer #2: cream cheese, 1 c sugar, cool whip. Spread over layer #1.
  4. In clean medium bowl, mix Jell-O with boiling water. Let stand for 10 minutes.  Spread on layer #2.
  5. Chill until hardened.