BEEF STROGANOFF

Top Photo: Don and Lyn, Anniversary 2010
Next Photo:  my sister Lyn with her girls and their girls

BEEF STROGANOFF

From Lyn Sewell

1 lb. bonless round steak (or ground beef)

1/2 cup onion, chopped

2 T. butter

1 can mushroom soup

1/2 cup sour cream

1/4 cup water

1/2 t. paprika

rice or noodles, cooked (for bottom layer on plate)

Freeze meat to make slicing easy (about 1 hour). Slice meat into very thin strips.

Saute onion in butter until tender; set aside.  Add meat to same skillet and heat just until color changes. Add onion and remaining ingredients and heat through. 

Stir occasionally, cooking over low heat.

Makes 3 and 1/2 cups.

Serve over rice or noodles. 

RICE KRISPIE TREATS WITH CHOCOLATES ON TOP

Brother and sister, Adam and Rachel, just before Adam and Niki's wedding

August 19, 2012

RICE KRISPIE TREATS WITH CHOCOLATES ON TOP 

From Rachel Brown 

2 T. butter
1 cup white Karo syrup
1 cup sugar
6-7 cups Rice Krispies
1 1/2 cups peanut butter
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup butterscotch chips


Mix together butter, Karo, and sugar. Bring to full boil. Remove from heat. Add peanut butter. 

Pour mixture over Rice Krispies. Mix together, and press in 9x13 pan. 

Melt chocolate and butterscotch chips. Spread over Rice Krispie mixture. 

Refrigerate until firm. Cut into bars.

CHOCOLATE CHIP CAKE

Top Photo: first row: Mabel, Lucille, Mom

Standing: Duane, Wilbur, Francis, Marie

Next photo: Mom, Damon, Dad, Lyn

CHOCOLATE CHIP CAKE

From Billie Reid

1 box yellow cake mix.

   (Mom: "I found another recipe which called for Choc. cake mix, so I think the choice is yours.")

Small box instant chocolate pudding

3 eggs

3/4 cup cooking oil

8 oz. carton sour cream

3/4 cup water

3/4 cup pecans

6 oz. pkg chocolate chips

Combine first 6 ingredients and beat for 4 minutes.   

Add pecans and chocolate chips.  Pour into buttered and floured Bundt cake pan.  

Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes @ 350 degrees.

(Mom: "This does not need frosting, but I wanted some, so I found this recipe.  If you are interested in frosting, you can try this or another.")

CHOCOLATE SATIN GLAZE

2 TBSP sugar

3 TBSP water

1/2 cup Hershey's Mini Choc chips, semi-sweet

Combine sugar and water in small saucepan; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils and sugar is dissolved.  Remove from heat; immediately add Mini chips, stirring until melted  Continue stirring until glaze is desired consistency.

(Mom: "I tried this and it was too thick.  Original recipe called for 2 TBSP water, so I changed it to 3 TBSP.  1/2 cup chips may also be too many.????")

 

WALDORF SALAD

Mom

WALDORF SALAD

From Billie Reid

2 cups apples, diced

1 cup celery, chopped

1/2 cup nuts, broken

1/2 cup mayonnaise (half mayo, half whipped cream, if desired)

Combine ingredients and chill thoroughly. Waldorf tastes best if made just before eating.

Tip:  if the apples are prepared in advance, squeeze lemon juice over them to prevent browning.

PASTA SALAD

Mom, Lexi, Kristi, Haley, Dad

 Mom, Lyn, Don, Dad

PASTA SALAD

From Billie Reid

Pasta (elbow macaroni or rotini, your choice)

green olives

black olives

dill pickle juice

mayonnaise

Parmesan cheese

dash of Ketchup

Cook elbow macaroni or rotini (your choice of pasta); drain and put in serving bowl.

Chop or slice green olives and black olives. Add to pasta.

In a separate bowl, mix together dill pickle juice with 1-2 T. mayonnaise. 

Toss the mayo mixture with the pasta mixture. Refrigerate (or eat warm, if preferred).

Note:  My brother-in-law Don adds a touch of ketchup to this recipe.

OHIO BUCKEYES

Damon and Lucy

OHIO BUCKEYES

From Lucy Reid

1 cup peanut butter

3 T. butter

1 cup powdered sugar

2 1/2 cups Rice Krispies

1/2 cup nutmeats

1 cup chocolate chips

1/2 bar wax

Melt peanut butter and butter.

Add sugar, Rice Krispies, and nutmeats.

Roll into 1-inch balls.

Melt chocolate and wax.

Dip balls into chocolate mixture, leaving small circle on top, uncovered.

Tip:  use toothpick to hold balls for dipping.