Cheese Cream Sauce Dip For Bread

Cheese Sauce Bread

You may use any kind of bread you like.  I used the bread shown in above picture.  French bread also works well.

1 Cup Cream
2 Tablespoons Butter
1 Tablespoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
Stir constantly and bring a slow boil until it reduces to the consistency you like.  Then add 3/4 cup cheese of your choice. Stir until smooth.  Mozzarella works really well.
Pour over sliced bread and let set for about 5 minutes.
Enjoy!

Ham Gravy

To make this gravy I just put a ham in my large stock pot.  I added some water to it.  As the ham cooks juice comes off of it and make great drippings for gravy.  Then in a large glass I added some water and stirred in flour to make a paste.  Stir really quickly with a fork to avoid getting lumps in your gravy.  Bring the dripping to a boil and stir in the flour~water paste stirring all the while or you will get lumps!  Heat back up to a boil.  If your gravy is thin, add some instant (dry) potato flakes to thicken it up.  I added pepper also.  I served this with some ham cut up in the gravy on homemade mashed potatoes.

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Chicken Filling (For Cream Puffs)

Chicken Filling (For Cream Puffs)

2 can chicken (12.5 oz)
1 celery stalk chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 cup Miracle Whip

Mix and keep refrigerated until ready to eat.  Then place in cream puffs and Enjoy!!

Shrimp Filling (For Cream Puffs)

Shrimp Filling (For Cream Puffs)

1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1 can small shrimp, or broken shrimp, drained
1 Tablespoon chopped minced onion
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup salad dressing or mayo
Blend all ingredient and fill puffs when ready to eat.
Enjoy!

Cream Puffs

Cream Puffs

1 cup water
1 sq. butter
Bring to a boil.  Stir in 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 cup flour.  Set aside and cool about 10 minutes.  Stir in 4 eggs one at a time, stirring hard each time.  Stir about 5 minutes.  Drop by teaspoonfuls about the size of a walnut on a greased pan.  Bake at 350 degrees about 40 minutes.
These are good with the pudding of your choice, cream, or a meat filling!
Enjoy!!

Cream Cheese Toffee Dip

1 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tea. vanilla extract
1 cup toffee chips

Mix together and put in the fridge for at least 1 hour.

I know there are a million recipes floating around the internet for something similar to this.  We love this to dip on sliced apples and graham crackers.  Hope you enjoy it too!

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Chili Cheese Dip

2 14 oz. cans of chili
1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese
1/2 cup grated cheese, I used Colby
4 oz. can of green chilies
sliced olives  I used an 8 oz. can and sliced them.

This is great with corn chips or as a spread on toasted bread.  My family likes this in scrambled eggs too.  This is very popular at my house.

If you are entertaining, you can make this ahead of time and just heat it up when it is time.

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Oven Fries, Burgers and Dip

1 pound of hamburger
1 Tbsp. garlic
1 Tbsp. minced onion
Pepper to your liking.
Shape into patties and cook.

Dinner is served.  :o)

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.  Slice potatoes into fries.  Place on cookie sheet and sprinkle with sea salt and olive oil, stir them around to coat them all.  Cook until tender and then broil them to add a little color.  I start the fries before the burgers, because they take longer.

For the dip I used Miracle Whip and Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce.  You can do 1 cup Miracle Whip and 1 cup BBQ sauce, unless you really like the BBQ flavor then add 1 cup BBQ sauce and 1/2 cup Miracle Whip.  Just make it to your liking.  We have this dip in our fridge almost all the time.  We hope you like it too.


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Thankful Table

For our Thanksgiving Table for the past many years......
         I have put leaves in the fall colors and pictures of my family along with a few Thanksgiving cards and Thanksgiving items.  On the back of each of these leaves are the names of people we are thankful for, (My Hubby, our parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, brothers, & sisters, nieces, & nephews).  Also, I put pictures of our loved ones!  It makes a personal fun way to decorate.  I then top it with a plastic table cloth that you can see through.  (I buy it at Wal-mart)  It holds the leaves and pictures in place, but you can still see everything.  I don't have the plastic on for the picture because it makes a glare with the flash.  I also don't have the pictures because some of us are shy!  In our area you can go to any school and they will let you use the die cut machines.  That is where I cut out my leaves.
     HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Made from Scratch Fajitas ~ Perfect for diets avoiding MSG

Fajita Mix

1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. minced onions
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 Tbsp. chili powder
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. paprika
1 Tbsp. Kosher salt

Keep in a sealed container.

Today this was made from 2 pounds of venison.  I cubed the meat and added 1 beef bouillon cube.  (I would have added beef for beef chicken for chicken.)
Add enough water to break down the bouillon cube, about 1/2 cup.  Add 2 ~ 3 teaspoons of the above Fajitas Mix, depending on how spicy you like it.  Brown meat.
Place grated cheese on your tortilla, microwave for 20 seconds add meat and whatever topping you like.        Thanks for Buzzing by,

Mod Podge Utensils container for Picnics

I took an empty Gatorade container, washed and dried it.  Then I took a nice piece of scrapbook paper (that just matches the picnic table clothes)  and cut it to exact size.  Then with a sponge I put glue around the entire container.  Then quickly and carefully placed the paper around the container.  Then I put a coat of glue around the paper.  Let it dry then repeat.  Letting it dry completely in between coats of glue.  There you go, you have a container for you picnic utensils.  I also have used an oatmeal container for my grand children's match box cars.  An Instant potato container for my combs and brushes.  You can organize so fast and fun with empty food containers!  Have Fun!!!

BBQ Gravy

3 Tbsp. butter
3 Tbsp. flour
Heat in a saucepan over medium-high heat.
Melt the butter then stir in the flour and cook until light brown, about 1 minute.
Add 2 cups chicken stock
1/4 cup BBQ sauce
Salt and pepper
Whisk in the chicken stock and BBQ sauce, and season with salt and pepper.
Continue whisking and cook until thickened, about 3 minutes.

Note:  Of course this is good with onions in it.
I serve this over venison and hamburgers.
It also doubles well.
Enjoy!

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Sugared Cashews

1/2 cup butter
2 large egg whites at room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. cinnamon
1/2 tea. salt (if nuts are unsalted)
5 cups cashews

Heat oven to 325 degrees.  Melt butter in oven in a large jelly roll pan.
In a large bowl, with mixer beat egg whites until foamy.
Gradually beat in sugar until stiff peaks form.
Beat in cinnamon and salt.  Fold in nuts.

Spread nut mixture over melted butter in pan.
Bake 30 - 45 minutes, stirring 3 - 4 times to keep nuts separated.
Enjoy!

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Topping for Venison

1 pound venison ~ mine were sirloin steaks
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup salsa
1/2 tea. garlic powder
3 or 4 dashes tabasco
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. mustard
I wash the venison and put it in a frying pan.
Mixing the other ingredients together I put them on top.
I just cook until the venison is cooked.

This is really popular at my house.

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Cinnamon Butter

1 stick of butter ~ soft
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 tea. cinnamon
Mix together.

This reminds me of the butter they have a the Texas Roadhouse.

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Sweet and Sour Sauce

1 cup water
1/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 drops red food coloring

Combine 3/4 cup of water, ketchup, vinegar and sugar in medium sauce pan.  Stir until blended.  Cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat for five minutes.  Add food coloring.  Mix together remaining 1/4 cup water with cornstarch; pour into saucepan.  Continue cooking until sauce thickens and boils.


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Endless Possibilities Cheeseball

1 8 ounce cream cheese, softened.
2 cups grated cheese.
3/4 ~ 1 Tbsp. onion powder or salt. depending on how well you like onions
1 Tbsp parsley
1/2 ~ 3/4 Tbsp garlic powder or salt, depending on how well you like garlic
1 tea. Italian seasoning.

Cut the seasonings into the cream cheese with fork.
Once blended add the cheese.
This fits perfectly into a 2 cup Pyrex.

It really is just what you like, I really don't think you can foul this up.
You can easily adapt it for what you need.

You could also roll this in sliced almonds.

This recipe has endless possibilities.
I have use Mozzeralla cheese and mixed in oregano, black pepper, garlic salt, onion, and dried red pepper.

I have also tried used Mexican cheese blends.

I think it would work well with Ranch dressing packets, dry and also Italian dressing packets, dry.

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