1 can artichoke hearts (I use two cans myself)
2-8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup sour cream
1 cup Parmesan cheese
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
Drain artichoke hearts and cut into eighths. Mix all ingredients and put in a 2 qt. Casserole dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until lightly brown on top. Serve with French bread slices or crackers.
2 (6 pkg.) English muffins
2 sticks butter, softened
4 tbsp. mayonnaise
2 jars Kraft Old English cheese spread
2 cans crab meat
2 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp salt
Beat all ingredients except crab meat together. After ingredients are smooth, fold in crab meat and spread over the English muffins. Bake on cookie sheet at 400 degrees until golden and bubbly. Cut into quarters. Note: They may be kept frozen for weeks before baking.
+ cook 1 large chicken breast- i used the foreman grill.
+ cut it into shredded chunks and toss with hot sauce (or premade wing sauce) to taste.
+ in a casserole dish, mix 1 block softened cream cheese with 1 1 T. ranch dressing powder mix (i used full fat cream cheese, but it would probably be good with reduced or fat-free).
+ mix in spiced chicken and top with chopped red onion.
+ warm in 400 degree oven until bubbly.
+ i stuffed it in celery hearts.
+ my son suggested mixing in bleu cheese hunks before putting it in the oven, but i passed on that.
+ i think it would also be good served on baguette or garlic bread hunks and topped with chopped celery. i would test this theory, but it was completely eaten up by the time i thought of it
One bunch of brocolli, chopped into small pieces; 1/4 cup raisins; 1/4 cup sunflower seeds; 1 medium red onion, chopped. Dressing: 1/2 cup mayonaise; 1 Tbsp sugar; 1 Tbsp vinegar. Mix. Sounds crazy but is yummy.
1 loaf party rye bread (bread about 2″ square)
2 pounds kielbasa
1 jar Gulden’s mustard
Place rye bread on cookie sheet. Slice kielbasa on the bias and place on bread. Top with mustard. Broil until bread toasts, kielbasa warms and mustard browns.
1 package ground turkey or 1 lb ground beef
1 egg
1 cup flavored breadcrumbs
two cloves minced garlic
½ cup milk
¼ cup dried parsley
salt & pepper to taste
Mix above and shape into balls. Pour oil into bottom of baking dish (or pan) and arrange meatballs in dish (pan). Bake at 350 for one hour, turning meatballs after half an hour. Place meatballs in crockpot and cover with one bottle of Prego tomato sauce and 1/2 cup water. (Meatballs can be baked ahead of time and refrigerated before use.) Cook on low for approximately 6-7 hours. Add more water if needed during cooking process.
*Ground beef – lots of it
*Pork sausage – not so much
*Onion, carrots, zucchini, celery any other veggies lounging in the fridge. Chop or grate them up.
*V-8 juice, worcester sauce, kitchen bouquet (remember THAT stuff?), Trader Joe’s 21 seasoning salute, ketchup, 6 eggs, oatmeal, bread crumbs, salt, fresh ground pepper.
Mix it all together with your bare hands, form into small loaves, bake on foil-covered baking sheets for about an hour at 350. Drain the fat, cool, wrap in foil and put inside plastic freezer bags.
