Post by MammaMel on Apr 17, 2020 12:21:57 GMT -6
Candied Dill Pickles
2 3/4 cups white sugar
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
1 (32 ounce) jar dill pickle slices, drained
Stir sugar and cider vinegar together in a large bowl until the sugar is dissolved. Add pickle slices and stir to coat. Pour into a jar and seal. Store in refrigerator, flipping the jar daily, for 1 week.
BAKED CHEESE BALLS
String Cheese
Bread Crumbs
Milk
Cut up string cheese, dip in skim milk, then Italian bread crumbs. Bake at 425 for 7-10 minutes
Buffalo Chicken Wing Dip
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup pepper sauce (such as Crystals)
1 cup Ranch salad dressing
2 cups diced cooked chicken
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a medium bowl, stir together the cream cheese and hot pepper sauce until well blended. Mix in the Ranch dressing and chicken. Place mixture in 8x8 baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven. Serve with chips, crackers, or celery sticks.
Artichoke Dip
14 oz can or jar of artichoke hearts, chopped fine
1 cup parmesan cheese
1 cup mayonnaise
red pepper & garlic powder to taste
Combine chopped artichokes with remaining ingredients. Place in 8x8 baking dish and bake at 375 for 15=20 minutes. Serve with Triscuits or Wheat Thins.
Copycat Pancho's Dressing
1/2 cup prepared mustard
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 salad oil
1/3 cup white vinegar
1 teaspoon oregano
4 green onions, chopped
Place all ingredients in a blender (or use immersion hand blender) and liquefy. Very good on a taco salad!!!
Copycat Chuys Creamy Jalapeno Dip
1 cup sour cream
1 cup mayonnaise
5 tablespoon dry Ranch Dressing Mix
1/2 cup pickled jalapeno peppers
1/2 cup fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Wash and dry the cilantro. Use only the tops of the cilantro steam, discarding the majority of the cilantro stems. Chop cilantro into coarse pieces. Place sour cream, mayonnaise, dry Ranch Dressing mix, jalapeno peppers, lime juice, and coarsely chopped cilantro into a blender. Pulse 7 or 8 times. Pour dip into bowl.
Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing Mix
15 saltines
2 cups dry parsley flakes, minced
1/2 cup instant minced onion
2 tablespoons dry dill weed
1/4 cup onion salt
1/4 cup garlic salt
1/4 cup onion powder
1/4 cup garlic powder
Dump all ingredients into a blender or food processor and blend until completely powdered.
To Use: combine 1 Tbsp. dry mix, 1 cup of may & 1 cup of buttermilk.
Hot Sweet Pickles
1 gallon sliced dill pickles
5 lbs sugar
1/8 cup crushed red pepper
Drain juice from pickles. Layer pickles, sugar, and red pepper until all of the ingredients are in the jar. Shake. Leave at room temperature for two weeks. Shake the jar daily.
Easy Hummus
1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained, liquid reserved
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
In a blender or food processor combine garbanzo beans, garlic, cumin, salt and olive oil. Blend on low speed, gradually adding reserved bean liquid, until desired consistency is achieved.
Copycat Chili's Salsa
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can tomatoes and green chilies
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can whole canned tomatoes (plus the juice)
4 teaspoons jalapenos (canned,diced, not pickled)
1/4 cup yellow onion (diced)
1/2-3/4 teaspoon garlic salt
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon sugar
In food processor place jalapenos and onions. Process for just a few seconds. Add both cans of tomatoes, salt, sugar, and cumin. Process all ingredients until well blended but do not puree. Place in covered container and chill. A couple of hours of chilling will help blend and enrich the flavor. Serve with your favorite thin corn tortilla chips.
Cheese Ball
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 (2.5 ounce) package smoked sliced beef, chopped
3 green onions, finely chopped
1 dash hot pepper sauce
pinch of garlic salt
Combine cream cheese, beef, onions, garlic salt and pepper sauce with hands or an electric mixer. Shape into a ball. Chill at least 1 hour before serving with crackers.
Candied Dill Pickles
1 gallon dill pickle slices, drained
5 pounds white sugar
2 tablespoons pickling spice
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Remove and reserve half the pickles from their container. Pour approximately 1/2 the sugar over the pickles. Pour in 1 tablespoon pickling spice and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon. Repeat with remaining pickles, sugar, pickling spice and cinnamon. Seal the jar and refrigerate. Turn approximately every six hours for 24 hours to help dissolve the sugar. Serve when the sugar has dissolved.
Texas Toast Pizza
Texas toast
Pizza sauce
Mozzarella cheese
Pepperoni or any toppings
Put texas toast on a baking sheet. Bake at 425 degrees for 2 minutes (each side). Top with sauce, cheese, and meat. Broil them on low until heated through (about 2-3 minutes).
Jalapeno Popper Quesadillas
8 flour tortillas (8 inches)
1 carton (8 ounces) spreadable cream cheese
1/2 pound bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
5 jalapeno peppers, seeded and finely chopped
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Preheat oven to 400°. Place half of the tortillas on two greased baking sheets. Spread with cream cheese; sprinkle with bacon, jalapeno and cheese. Top with remaining tortillas.
Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown and cheese is melted.
Tortilla Pizza
1 (10 inch) bag flour tortillas or 1 (6 inch) bag flour tortillas
1 (8 ounce) bag shredded mozzarella cheese or other type of shredded cheese
1 (15 ounce) can pizza sauce
toppings to your desire
(pepperoni, sausage, black olives, onion or whatever your favorite pizza toppings are)
nonstick cooking spray
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Spray bottom of first tortilla with non-stick cooking spray. This will help tortilla to crisp on bottom. Lay sprayed side down on cookie sheet. Sprinkle a small amount of cheese on top of tortilla, just enough to help tortillas stick when cooking. Top with another tortilla,sprinkle with cheese,top with tortilla. Layer as many as you wish, I generally only use 3 to 4. Top last tortilla with pizza sauce and toppings of your liking. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cut with pizza wheel into wedges.
DEVILED EGGS
6 hard-boiled* eggs
salt and pepper
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 tablespoon yellow mustard
2 tablespoons pickle relish
paprika
Peel shells off of the hard boiled eggs and slice in half (lengthwise). Using a spoon, gently remove the yolks from the whites and place all the yolks in a small bowl. Using a fork, mash the yolks into small pieces. Add the mayonnaise, mustard, and relish to the yolks and mix until well combined and creamy. Using a spoon, carefully scoop some of the yolk mixture into the white of each egg half. Repeat until all egg whites are filled. Lightly sprinkle with paprika and keep in the fridge until ready to serve.
Sweet Lettuce
1 head lettuce leaves, washed and drained
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup granulated sugar or Splenda
Method 1 - In a medium bowl combine vinegar, water and sugar. Stir with a whisk until sugar is dissolved. Pour over cleaned lettuce leaves and toss to mix well. Then sprinkle additional sugar on top of the leaves.
Method 2 - Sprinkle undiluted vinegar directly on the leaves according to taste and toss. Sprinkle sugar directly over the leaves and toss lightly. Chill and Serve when ready to eat.
Pickled Green Beans
1-3/4 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
4 garlic cloves, peeled
4 teaspoons dill seed or 4 fresh dill heads
2-1/2 cups water
2-1/2 cups white vinegar
1/4 cup canning salt
Pack beans into four hot 1-pint jars to within 1/2 in. of the top. Add cayenne, garlic and dill seed to jars. In a large saucepan, bring water, vinegar and salt to a boil. Carefully ladle hot liquid over beans, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot mixture. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight. Place jars into canner with simmering water, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 10 minutes. Remove jars and cool.
Dawn's Tuna Salad
2-3 eggs (if you like eggs, add more; if you don't like eggs, leave out but reduce mayonnaise amount to 2tbs)
3 (6 ounce) cans tuna, drained and flaked
3tbs mayonnaise
1 medium apple, chopped well
2-3tbs sweet pickle relish (to taste)
1 pinch ground black pepper
Place eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, peel and chop. In a medium bowl, mix together tuna and mayonnaise. Mix in eggs, apple, relish and black pepper.
2 3/4 cups white sugar
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
1 (32 ounce) jar dill pickle slices, drained
Stir sugar and cider vinegar together in a large bowl until the sugar is dissolved. Add pickle slices and stir to coat. Pour into a jar and seal. Store in refrigerator, flipping the jar daily, for 1 week.
BAKED CHEESE BALLS
String Cheese
Bread Crumbs
Milk
Cut up string cheese, dip in skim milk, then Italian bread crumbs. Bake at 425 for 7-10 minutes
Buffalo Chicken Wing Dip
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup pepper sauce (such as Crystals)
1 cup Ranch salad dressing
2 cups diced cooked chicken
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a medium bowl, stir together the cream cheese and hot pepper sauce until well blended. Mix in the Ranch dressing and chicken. Place mixture in 8x8 baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven. Serve with chips, crackers, or celery sticks.
Artichoke Dip
14 oz can or jar of artichoke hearts, chopped fine
1 cup parmesan cheese
1 cup mayonnaise
red pepper & garlic powder to taste
Combine chopped artichokes with remaining ingredients. Place in 8x8 baking dish and bake at 375 for 15=20 minutes. Serve with Triscuits or Wheat Thins.
Copycat Pancho's Dressing
1/2 cup prepared mustard
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 salad oil
1/3 cup white vinegar
1 teaspoon oregano
4 green onions, chopped
Place all ingredients in a blender (or use immersion hand blender) and liquefy. Very good on a taco salad!!!
Copycat Chuys Creamy Jalapeno Dip
1 cup sour cream
1 cup mayonnaise
5 tablespoon dry Ranch Dressing Mix
1/2 cup pickled jalapeno peppers
1/2 cup fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Wash and dry the cilantro. Use only the tops of the cilantro steam, discarding the majority of the cilantro stems. Chop cilantro into coarse pieces. Place sour cream, mayonnaise, dry Ranch Dressing mix, jalapeno peppers, lime juice, and coarsely chopped cilantro into a blender. Pulse 7 or 8 times. Pour dip into bowl.
Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing Mix
15 saltines
2 cups dry parsley flakes, minced
1/2 cup instant minced onion
2 tablespoons dry dill weed
1/4 cup onion salt
1/4 cup garlic salt
1/4 cup onion powder
1/4 cup garlic powder
Dump all ingredients into a blender or food processor and blend until completely powdered.
To Use: combine 1 Tbsp. dry mix, 1 cup of may & 1 cup of buttermilk.
Hot Sweet Pickles
1 gallon sliced dill pickles
5 lbs sugar
1/8 cup crushed red pepper
Drain juice from pickles. Layer pickles, sugar, and red pepper until all of the ingredients are in the jar. Shake. Leave at room temperature for two weeks. Shake the jar daily.
Easy Hummus
1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained, liquid reserved
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
In a blender or food processor combine garbanzo beans, garlic, cumin, salt and olive oil. Blend on low speed, gradually adding reserved bean liquid, until desired consistency is achieved.
Copycat Chili's Salsa
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can tomatoes and green chilies
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can whole canned tomatoes (plus the juice)
4 teaspoons jalapenos (canned,diced, not pickled)
1/4 cup yellow onion (diced)
1/2-3/4 teaspoon garlic salt
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon sugar
In food processor place jalapenos and onions. Process for just a few seconds. Add both cans of tomatoes, salt, sugar, and cumin. Process all ingredients until well blended but do not puree. Place in covered container and chill. A couple of hours of chilling will help blend and enrich the flavor. Serve with your favorite thin corn tortilla chips.
Cheese Ball
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 (2.5 ounce) package smoked sliced beef, chopped
3 green onions, finely chopped
1 dash hot pepper sauce
pinch of garlic salt
Combine cream cheese, beef, onions, garlic salt and pepper sauce with hands or an electric mixer. Shape into a ball. Chill at least 1 hour before serving with crackers.
Candied Dill Pickles
1 gallon dill pickle slices, drained
5 pounds white sugar
2 tablespoons pickling spice
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Remove and reserve half the pickles from their container. Pour approximately 1/2 the sugar over the pickles. Pour in 1 tablespoon pickling spice and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon. Repeat with remaining pickles, sugar, pickling spice and cinnamon. Seal the jar and refrigerate. Turn approximately every six hours for 24 hours to help dissolve the sugar. Serve when the sugar has dissolved.
Texas Toast Pizza
Texas toast
Pizza sauce
Mozzarella cheese
Pepperoni or any toppings
Put texas toast on a baking sheet. Bake at 425 degrees for 2 minutes (each side). Top with sauce, cheese, and meat. Broil them on low until heated through (about 2-3 minutes).
Jalapeno Popper Quesadillas
8 flour tortillas (8 inches)
1 carton (8 ounces) spreadable cream cheese
1/2 pound bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
5 jalapeno peppers, seeded and finely chopped
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Preheat oven to 400°. Place half of the tortillas on two greased baking sheets. Spread with cream cheese; sprinkle with bacon, jalapeno and cheese. Top with remaining tortillas.
Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown and cheese is melted.
Tortilla Pizza
1 (10 inch) bag flour tortillas or 1 (6 inch) bag flour tortillas
1 (8 ounce) bag shredded mozzarella cheese or other type of shredded cheese
1 (15 ounce) can pizza sauce
toppings to your desire
(pepperoni, sausage, black olives, onion or whatever your favorite pizza toppings are)
nonstick cooking spray
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Spray bottom of first tortilla with non-stick cooking spray. This will help tortilla to crisp on bottom. Lay sprayed side down on cookie sheet. Sprinkle a small amount of cheese on top of tortilla, just enough to help tortillas stick when cooking. Top with another tortilla,sprinkle with cheese,top with tortilla. Layer as many as you wish, I generally only use 3 to 4. Top last tortilla with pizza sauce and toppings of your liking. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cut with pizza wheel into wedges.
DEVILED EGGS
6 hard-boiled* eggs
salt and pepper
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 tablespoon yellow mustard
2 tablespoons pickle relish
paprika
Peel shells off of the hard boiled eggs and slice in half (lengthwise). Using a spoon, gently remove the yolks from the whites and place all the yolks in a small bowl. Using a fork, mash the yolks into small pieces. Add the mayonnaise, mustard, and relish to the yolks and mix until well combined and creamy. Using a spoon, carefully scoop some of the yolk mixture into the white of each egg half. Repeat until all egg whites are filled. Lightly sprinkle with paprika and keep in the fridge until ready to serve.
Sweet Lettuce
1 head lettuce leaves, washed and drained
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup granulated sugar or Splenda
Method 1 - In a medium bowl combine vinegar, water and sugar. Stir with a whisk until sugar is dissolved. Pour over cleaned lettuce leaves and toss to mix well. Then sprinkle additional sugar on top of the leaves.
Method 2 - Sprinkle undiluted vinegar directly on the leaves according to taste and toss. Sprinkle sugar directly over the leaves and toss lightly. Chill and Serve when ready to eat.
Pickled Green Beans
1-3/4 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
4 garlic cloves, peeled
4 teaspoons dill seed or 4 fresh dill heads
2-1/2 cups water
2-1/2 cups white vinegar
1/4 cup canning salt
Pack beans into four hot 1-pint jars to within 1/2 in. of the top. Add cayenne, garlic and dill seed to jars. In a large saucepan, bring water, vinegar and salt to a boil. Carefully ladle hot liquid over beans, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot mixture. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight. Place jars into canner with simmering water, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 10 minutes. Remove jars and cool.
Dawn's Tuna Salad
2-3 eggs (if you like eggs, add more; if you don't like eggs, leave out but reduce mayonnaise amount to 2tbs)
3 (6 ounce) cans tuna, drained and flaked
3tbs mayonnaise
1 medium apple, chopped well
2-3tbs sweet pickle relish (to taste)
1 pinch ground black pepper
Place eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, peel and chop. In a medium bowl, mix together tuna and mayonnaise. Mix in eggs, apple, relish and black pepper.