Mimi's Corn Chowder

4 Tb Butter
6 chopped onion

Melt and cook till onions are clear

Add 2 1/2 C water
3/4 C celery
2 tsp salt
1 pinch of pepper
2 C cubed, potatoes

Cook until potatoes are softened

Add all but 1 C of 1/2 & 1/2 1 Quart carton
defrost 1 pkg of frozen corn

Mix left over  1 C 1/2& 1/2 with 3 Tb flour.
Whisk in to soup and simmer 30 min.

Raspberry Dessert

1 angel food cake broken in pieces  --put in glass baking dish set aside

1 large pkg or 2 small Raspberry Jello
1 1/3 C boiling water


Mix Jello and water
Add 2 pkg. Frozen Raspberries
Let Jello set
Mix in 2 pkg Dream whip, whipped not quite stiff
blend together and pour over broken cake

Mix slightly and refrigerate 3 hours.

Honey Butter

3/4 C butter
2 egg yolks
beat together and add 1 tsp vanilla and
2 cups honey

Grandma T's Porcupines

1 Square butter
1 can Eagle Brand Milk
1 lb Carmels

Melt in Microwave, strring often

1 large box Marshmallows
1 box rice crispies

spread rice crispies accross a cookie sheet.  Dip Marshmallows in caramel and use a large fork to roll the mallows in the krispies.  Put on Waxed paper to dry.

You can also roll in chopped nuts and/or coconut

Grandma Teasdale's Pumpkin Coconut Bread

1 1/3 C oil
5 eggs (beaten)
1 small can pumpkin

Beat together and add:

2 C sugar
2 C flour
2 pkg coconut cream pie filling
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Nuts (optional)


Makes 4 small or 2 large loaves
325 degrees
45 min for small loaves
60 min for large laoves

Spicy chip dip

1 pkg Cream Cheese (softened)
1 can Rotel Tomatoes (Undrained)

Mix with mixer until well blended.  We like it with regular potato chips, but it works with tortilla chips and Fritos as well.

Grandma Teasdale's Picnic Cake!

1 heaping Cup cut up dates
Place in a bowl

1 1/2 C boiling water (very important that it is boiling and not just hot)
1 tsp baking soda
baking soda should fizz/bubble when boiling water is poured on it.
If soda fizzed, pour over dates


1 C sugar
3/4 shortening
Cream in mixer
Add date mixture

2 eggs
Beat in
Add in:
1 1/2 Cups four
1 T cinnamon
1 T vanilla
1/4 T Salt


Mix well
Pour into greased, floured pan, sprinkle with Pecans (optional), Chocolate chips, and Brown Sugar
Bake 40 min at 350

Gravy Tip

I can make a mean white sauce, but when it comes to the meat gravy, I fall more than short.

the first problem was that my concoction ended up looking like meat jelly (gross). My family makes gravy with corn starch, this is the result. Use flour. SOOOOOOO much better.

The second, is that it gets WAY too lumpy. (Also gross.) So, I called in the big guns, aka G-ma Teasdale.

Her tip is to take a small, clean jar and put your flour in cold water and stir it together. Most people do this and then put it in the broth, but Grandma then puts the lid on the jar and shakes "the living hell out of it." LOL The lumps that are left after stirring go away. I just tried it and I have myself some pretty perfect gravy.

Woo Hoo!

Minnestrone Soup

here goes....

1 lb. Stew meat (the original recipe called for italian sausage)

1 qt. Water

2 celery stalks chopped

2 large carrots diced

2 onions

1½ C. beef broth

2-8 oz cans of tomato sauce

1 large can of tomatoes

Garlic flavor

½ teaspoon basil

1 Tbs. sugar

1 tsp. Oregano

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1 C. of spiral noodles (I use wacky mac. The original recipe called for bow ties.)

Combine and simmer three hours in a large pot or stock pot. Then add 1 cup of cooked spiral noodles (I'm lazy and add more water and throw the noodles in dry about 15 min before serving) That's it it's done. Great with rolls. and oh your house will smell amazing

I love this recipe because not only is it tasty, it is a lot of opening and dumping. Not a huge mess and easy.

Celery Tip

Richard's Grandma showed me that cutting up your celery and putting it in a Mason jar of water in the fridge doubles and can even triple the life of your celery. She adds carrot sticks in with hers, I don't usually do that.

Crock-pot Chicken Cacciatore

*Boneless, skinless chicken (a in as many as you can fit)
*Marinara (I use newman's) 2 cans
*Bread crumbs
*Taco blend of Shredded cheese (abt. 4 cups)
*parmesan

In layers, pour ingredients in, covering the surface of your Crockpot. Repeat till all of your needed chicken is covered.

Sauce
cheese
chicken
Bread crumbs
Cheese
Sauce
cheese
chicken
Bread crumbs
Cheese

You get the point.

4-6 hours till chicken is cooked through, serve over noodles.