Fruit Dip

Ingredients
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
16 ounces marshmallow creme
1 tablespoon maraschino cherry juice

Directions
1.Place cream cheese and marshmallow cream in a microwave-safe bowl. Place in microwave and cook on medium-high for 20 seconds increments, until softened.
2.Stir cherry juice into the cream cheese and marshmallow creme mixture. Cover and refrigerate until chilled.

Pizza Sauce

Ingredients
1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
1 tablespoon ground oregano
1 1/2 teaspoons dried minced garlic
1 teaspoon ground paprika

Directions
1.In a medium bowl, Mix together tomato sauce and tomato paste until smooth. Stir in oregano, garlic and paprika.

BBQ Sauce

Ingredients
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 onion, peeled and sliced
1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons liquid smoke flavoring

Directions
1.In a medium saucepan, mix lemon juice, onion, distilled white vinegar, water, brown sugar, prepared mustard, ground black pepper, salt, cayenne pepper and vegetable oil. Bring to a boil, then simmer uncovered 20 minutes.
2.Stir ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and liquid smoke flavoring into the mixture. Return to boil, then remove from heat. Refrigerate until ready for use.

Beef Dinner

Ingredients
1 lb. chuck or other cut beef
1 onion, sliced
2 garlic cloves, chopped
2 carrots, sliced
2 celery stalks, diced
1 can (14.5 oz.) stewed tomatoes
1 pkg. lipton onion/mushroom soup mix
1 tbsp. Kitchen Bouquet
1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 can mushrooms (optional)
2 tbsp. flour (for thick gravy)

Directions
`Add the onion, garlic, carrots, celery to the crockpot.
`Place meat on top of vegetables.
`Add the Worcestershire sauce, Kitchen Bouquet, dry soup mix.
`Last, pour the stewed tomatoes over the top. Cooked this on Low heat for 7 hrs, then add the mushrooms and let it cook for an hour or so more.
`When done, remove the meat and if a thicker gravy is desired, stir in 2 tbsp. flour and set crockpot to high while stirring for a minute or so. Serve with rice or noodles. (Or can add cut up potatoes with the vegetables)

Chicken Pot Pie

Ingredients
1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
1 1/3 cups frozen peas and carrots
2/3 cup frozen corn kernels
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups milk
1 teaspoon crumbled dried thyme, or to taste
2 cups diced cooked chicken
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions
1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2.Use a pizza cutter to slice the puff pastry into 8 equal-sized strips. Weave the strips into a square lattice and place on a greased baking sheet.
3.Bake in preheated oven until it just starts to brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside.
4.Place the frozen peas, carrots, and corn in a microwave-safe bowl and cook in the microwave until cooked but still firm, 5 to 10 minutes.
5.Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute. Pour in the milk and stir while cooking until the mixture is smooth. Add the thyme and continue to cook and stir until the mixture thickens. Stir in the cooked vegetables and the chicken. Season with salt and pepper. Cook until heated through, stirring frequently, 5 to 7 minutes.
6.Pour the chicken mixture into a 2-quart baking dish. Lay the pastry lattice on top. Bake in the preheated oven until the crust is golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes.

Lemon Cheesecake

Ingredients
1 (9 inch) deep dish pie crust
1 (4.3 ounce) package non-instant lemon pudding mix
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup white sugar

Directions
1.Prepare pudding mix according to package directions for pie filling. When pudding begins to boil, turn heat to low and mix in cream cheese and sugar. Stir until cream cheese is completely blended into mixture. Pour mixture into crust. Chill at least 1 hour before serving.

Chicken Pot Pie

Ingredients:
1 can chicken
2 cans mixed vegetables
1 can cream of chicken soup
3 dashes sage
salt and pepper to taste
2 deep dish frozen pie crusts

Directions:
-Drain chicken and vegetables.
-In a large bowl, mix the first five ingredients.
-Place mixture into pie crust and top with second.
-Crimp edges together.
-Make 2 or 3 slits in top crust and bake according to pie shell directions.

Ice Cream In A Bag?!?

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup half and half
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup salt (The bigger the granules, the better. Kosher or rock salt works best, but table salt is fine.)
Ice cubes (enough to fill each gallon-size bag about half full)
1 pint-size ziplock bag
1 gallon-size ziplock bag

Directions:
Combine the sugar, half and half, and vanilla extract in the pint-size bag and seal it tightly.
Place the salt and ice in the gallon-size bag, then place the sealed smaller bag inside as well. Seal the larger bag. Now shake the bags until the mixture hardens (about 5 minutes). Feel the small bag to determine when it's done.
Take the smaller bag out of the larger one, add mix-ins, and eat the ice cream right out of the bag. Easy cleanup too! Serves 1.

Cupcakes Without Eggs

This reciepe is great for vegans or if you just don't have any eggs on hand.

Things you need:
Box of your favorite cake mix
Oil
Can of Soda

-Choose your soda. Depending upon the color of the cake, you will want to choose the appropriate soda. For a dark cake, a cola works perfectly. For a light cake, try a lemon-lime alternative.
-Mix all ingredients. You will add the measured amount of oil as directed on the box of cake mix. Instead of adding water and eggs, simply add one can of soda. Mix thoroughly.
-Bake as directed plus 5 minutes. (The extra 5 minutes will account for any extra liquid.)
-Enjoy your cake. This cake comes out a little more moist than cakes made by traditional directions. Enjoy with your favorite icing or powdered sugar.

When icing your cupcakes, use a piping bag to prevent the cake from crumbling.

Basic Chicken Salad Reciepe

Sometimes simple is best. When it comes to chicken salad I like to make it basic and allow each person to dress it up as they want.



Ingredients:
-Chicken
--You can use left over chicken (do not used fried chicken) or you can cook chicken.
-Mayo
-Celery
-Salt
-Pepper

Dice chicken into cubes. Dice celery. Combine chicken, mayo*, celery** and season with salt and pepper for taste.

*Amount of mayo is left up to your discretion. I prefer 1 cup chicken to 1/2 cup mayo.
**I prefer 1/4 cup diced celery to 1 cup chicken.

Suggestions:
-You can spread chicken salad on bread and dress as a sandwhich.
-You can place it on a bed of lettuce with tomato, cucumber, onions, black olives, bell pepper, pickles, etc and eat as a salad.
-Have plain with crackers.

Easter Treat Holder

The treats will sevrve as nice basket stuffers, table toppers, or can be hid during the egg hunt.

What you need:
-Glue
-Ribbon
-Baby food jars
-Easter grass
-Pompoms
-Craft feathers
-Jelly beans/m&m candies

Directions:
-Glue a piece of ribbon around the lib of baby food jar and tie it into a bow.
-Glue Easter grass onto the top of the lid.
-Glue two pompoms together:
--For a bird: Add felt eyes and a beak, and feathers for wings.
--For a rabbit: Add felt eyes and glue on a pompom tail.
-Let dry.
-Fill with jelly beans or m&m candies.

Easter Basket Treats

A new take on a spring tradition, these mini baskets are fun for kids and they add a bright touch to your table.

What you need:
-Jelly Beans
-Ice cream cones
-Apple licorice

Directions:
-Fill ice cream cones with jelly beans.
-With a small knife, carefully cut two holes into the sides of each cone.
Tuck the ends of an apple licorice stick into the holes.

Provided by Good Housekeeping
Reprinted with permission of Hearst Communications, Inc.

Jelly Bean Easter Carrots

You can make these colorful jelly bean carrots very quickly, but they have such a bright, springtime appeal that you can be sure they will please everyone on your Easter list.

Pile Easter grass inside a shiny metal collander and nestle the jelly bean carrots inside to use as a unique Easter table centerpiece, or hide them (if you can) as unusual finds in your Easter egg hunt.

You could offer one of these jelly bean carrots as a winning prize in an Easter game, or tie a few together as a bunch of carrots to decorate your door or wall instead of a wreath. The same bunch of carrots could then be the focus of a "guess the number of jelly beans" game. Who knew carrots could be such fun?

What You Will Need:
-Cellophane cone shaped bags or clear plastic icing bags (these are usually available at Michaels, or sometimes in the cake decorating aisle of your grocery store)
-Orange and green jelly beans
-Green tissue paper
-Green curling ribbon

Directions:
-Fill the bag about half full with orange jelly beans. Add a layer of green jelly beans. Prop the bag inside a narrow vase or wine glass to hold it up while you work on the next steps.
-Cut a strip of folded green tissue paper that is a little wider than the length now available from the top of the green jelly beans to the edge of the bag. Make sure the double-layered tissue paper strip is long enough to roll easily into a loose circle that will fit nicely inside the top of the bag. A generous overlap when you slide the ends of the circle together is fine and will add a little body to the top of the carrot.
-Roll the tissue paper strip loosely and fit it inside the bag, pushing it down to meet the top layer of green jelly beans.
-Tie one or two strands of curling ribbon around the bag, just above the green jelly beans, so that the ribbon cinches the bag tightly and holds the tissue paper in place.
-Curl the ends of the ribbon.

Other Suggestions:
-Fill the carrot with other orange colored candy, or with cheese puffs, and top with a layer of green easter grass.
-Omit the green jelly beans, if you don't have them, and rely on the green tissue paper to provide the carrot's greenery at the top.

Quick & Easy Peanut Butter Cookie in 15 Minutes

Sometimes you don't have alot of time but want to bake homeade goods, my reciepe for 15min quick and easy peanut butter cookies is the sure way to go. This reciepe is so simple anyone could do it.

What you need:
2 cup of peanut butter
2 cup of sugar
2 egg

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray cookie sheet with non-stick baking spray.
Combine peanut butter, sugar, and egg until you get a well blended dough.
Drop cookie dough by the tablespoon 1 inch apart.
Bake cookies for 10 minutes.
Let cool.

Yeild 25 to 30 cookies.