Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

Ingredients:
1 Ready crust chocolate or graham cracker pie crust
6 oz cream cheese, softened
1 can (14oz) sweetened condensed milk
1 egg
3 Tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries

Chocolate glaze:
2 oz semi sweet baking chocolate
1/4 cup whipping cream

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. With mixer beat cream cheese until fluffy; gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk until smooth. Add egg, lemon juice, and vanilla; mix well. Arrange raspberries on bottom of crust. Slowly pour cheese mixture over fruit. Bake 30-35 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool. Top cheesecake with chocolate glaze, chill. Garnish as desired. (I like to drizzle white chocolate on top) Refrigerate.
Chocolate glaze: In small saucepan, over low heat, melt 2 oz semi sweet baking chocolate with 1/4 cup whipping cream. Cook and stir until thickened and smooth. Remove from heat.

Salmon Patties

 

Ingredients:
1 (14oz) can Salmon
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup bread crumbs
1/4 cup dry potato flakes
1 medium onion, minced
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 tsp dried dill weed
1/4 tsp celery salt
salt and pepper to taste
2 Tbsp olive oil

Mix salmon, eggs, bread crumbs, potato flakes, onion, garlic, dill weed, celery salt, salt, and pepper. Form into 2 inch balls and flatten to patties 1/2 inch thick. Heat olive oil in skillett on medium heat. Cook patties for 5 minutes on each side.

Cole Slaw

Ingredients:
1/2 head of cabbage--cut into fine slices (or a bag of cole slaw mix)
3 tomatoes, diced
1/2 onion, diced
1/4 cup mayonnaise
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Mix the cabbage, tomatoes, onion. Add just enough mayonnaise to coat everything--about 1/4 cup or a large spoonful. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Sesame Asparagus

This is so good! My kids eat it like candy.

Ingredients:

1 lb asparagus, ends snapped off

2 Tbsp dark sesame oil

1 Tbsp soy sauce

1 clove garlic, minced

salt and pepper to taste

2 Tbsp sesame seeds

1/4 cup water

Directions:

Mix sesame oil, soy sauce, garlic, sesame seeds, water, salt and pepper. Place Asparagus in a skillet and pour sauce over the asparagus. Heat to boiling. Simmer for about 10 minutes or until asparagus is tender.

Sweet and Sour Meatballs

I got this recipe from my friend Suzanne Bleazard many years ago. It is so simple and easy (especially when you use prepared meatballs--which I usually do because I just really hate to touch raw meat). And my entire family (until Kayli became a vegetarian) will eat them.

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef

1 egg

1 cup dry bread crumbs

OR prepared meatballs

24 oz ketchup

3 Tbsp vinegar

3 Tbsp brown sugar, packed

1 clove garlic

1/2 cup onion, chopped

Directions:

Make meatballs by combining beef, egg, and bread crumbs. Roll into meatballs about 1-1 1/2 inch diameter and brown in a skillet. Or use pre-made meatballs. Place meatballs in a crock-pot. Mix together the ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar, garlic, and onions. Pour it over the meatballs in the crock-pot. Cook on low for 6 hrs. Serve over rice.

Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients:
2 cups canned pumpkin
3 cups sugar
1 cup water
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
3 1/3 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp nutmeg
4/3 tsp ground cloves

Directions:
Preheat oven 350. In a large mixing bowl, combine the pumpkin, sugar, water, vegetable oil, and eggs. Beat until well mixed. Measure the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, nutmeg and ground cloves into a separate bowl, then stir until combined. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture, beating until smooth. Grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans and dust them with flour. Evenly divide the batter between them. Bake for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool for 10-15 min. Then remove the pans by inverting them onto a rack and tapping the bottoms.

Homemade Oreos

I decided I had to try these cookies because of their name--who doesn't love an oreo. But I think you need to go into these cookies not expecting them to taste like an oreo--cause they really don't. But they do have a cream filling and they do taste good. I got the recipe from cjane

Ingredients:

1 pkg of devil's food cake mix

2 eggs

3/4 cup of shortening

Middle:

8 oz cream cheese

1/2 stick of butter

2 tsp vanilla

2-4 cup powdered sugar

Blend the cake mix, eggs, and shortening all together. Roll soft dough into small balls aon a cookie sheet. (Don't press down, keep balls intact before baking). Bake at 350 for 8 minutes

Mix all the ingredients for the cream middle together until smooth.

When cookies are cool, frost the backs of cookies and make a sandwich with another cookie.