We will use this thread to post recipes we would like to share! I've found several thread referring to recipes so I'm combing them! A lot of chit-chat will be removed but important statements will be left!

Betty

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Ok ladies
Here is the best ever chocolate pudding pie recipe in the world.. I have made this so many times and everyone that eats it they want the recipe so it should have gotton around the world by now...

Chocolate nut pie
1 1/2 cups of flour
1 1/2 stick of margarine ( or butter ) I like butter better tasting
3/4 cup ground walnuts
Mix togeter and press into a 9x13 pan
bake 350 degrees for 25 minutes and let cool

Cream together ( 1 ) 8 oz cream cheese with 1 cup powdered sugar.
Then add 1/2 of a 9 or 13 oz coolwhip.
Spread over cooled crust

Beat 2 small pkg of instant chocolate pudding with 3 oz of cold milk

Spread over cream chees layer

Top with the rest of the cool whip mixture and sprinkle with chopped nuts

Keep in the ice box and enjoy

Hope you like it
Julia

Yeah, a place for recipes! thanks.

I'm going to toot my own horn here, which is something I don't do often. LOL. I won third prize on the Country Woman magazine pie contest, with this pie

APPLE/BLACKBERRY PIE

CRUST:

2 cups flour
1 tsp each salt, sugar, cinnamon
2/3 cup cold butter
4-6 tbls cold water

Mix the spices in the flour, add your butter and mix till crumbly, add water, mix together. Roll into ball and put in fridge till you need it.

FILLING:

5 cups thinly sliced peeled tart apples, about 6 medium sized ones.
1 cup fresh or frozen blackberries
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
4 1/2 tsps cornstarch
1 tsp each cinnamon and nutmeg.

Put blackberries in a small bowl and sprinkle with 1 1/2 tsps cornstarch. Set aside.

Slice the apples in a big bowl and add the rest the ingredients. Roll out half of your crust and put in pie plate. Add the apples. Sprinkle the berries all around and then roll out and put on top crust. Prick holes in crust, or slits, and bake for 10 minutes on 450 degrees. Lower temp to 350 and cook 40-50 minutes longer. Look for crust browning and filling bubbling, then it's done.

For a heart healthier crust, my Grandma's recipe.

OIL CRUST:

1/4 cup hot tap water
1/2 cup canola or olive oil (can be made with any oil actually, but these are better for you)
2 cups flour.

Put flour in bowl, mix hot water and oil together, then add all at once to flour. mix thoroughly.

ENJOY, Dorian

Kudos to you, Dorian, that must have been very exciting! The pie recipe sounds scrumptious, and I love blackberries almost as much as I love raspberries (of, course, I also love mulberries, so go figure!) A friend of the family used to can blackberries with honey, eating them was like eating liquid sunshine. On a cold, dark, blustery winter day, you could almost feel the warm breezes of summer and hear the bees buzzing around the berry patch. Sadly, I did not ask fot the recipe before he passed on.

Have never had tomato jam, but it sounds intriguing and I think by the end of the week I will be up to my ears in tomatoes. What I do remember is tomato cake, although I think it was made with condensed tomato soup. A neighbor lady used to make it; her kids thought it was gross, but to me it tasted like a moist spice cake. She used what she called a burnt sugar frosting on it. Ah, memories.....

Cindy, now if I can just find the thread where you put the fried green tomato recipe, I think I'll be having that tomorrow with corn on the cob and meatloaf done on the grill.

This is my grandma's recipe, we usually make it in October when the threat of frost endangers what's left of the tomato crop. We pick the nicest tomatoes to ripen in the kitchen and everything else goes into meat sauce. It is very good with beef or pork.

Hila-Mae's Meat Sauce

2 gallon green tomatoes
12 large onions, sliced
1 green pepper, chopped
Cover with cold water and 1 C salt. Soak overnight. In morning, drain and add:
1 qt sugar
1 T cinnamon
1 T ground cloves
1 1/2 pt vinegar
Cook slowly for several hours. Pack in hot jars and seal. Process for 10 minutes if desired.

congrats, dorian, on the 3rd place recipe! wow - that must have been exciting! i subscribe to Taste of Home, but not Country Woman . . . will have to check that one out . . .

never had tomato cake, meg, hmmmmm . . . and i got to remember to post that chess pie recipe for you too. in the meantime, i copies/pasted the thread with the fried green tomatoes recipe link as well as my mini-meatloaves link:

well folks, i started making my mini-meatloaves for supper and remembered that someone on BC was asking for meatloaf recipes. don't recall who, so i am posting the link to my recipe here
http://www.bettycrocker.com/Recipes/Recipe.aspx?recipeId=33723
the only things i do differently is that i use the heart-smart bisquik and i do not form the meat mixture into a rectangle and score. i just scoop & form little loaves - usually about 8, not the suggested 12. and i don;t put the oven on 450, i bake them at 350 for about 30 min. or so. i suppose you could make one whole loaf & bake a little longer, but we like the mini-loaves.

meg, you asked for my fried green 'maters recipe, so here you are dear!
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?acti...ipe&recipe_id=461220

and an article on how to fry the perfect green tomato
http://www.southernliving.com/southern/foods/taste/arti...28012,461443,00.html

the only thing extra i do here is to let the tomoatoes sit for a few minutes after they have been "mealed" (is that a word?? ) before putting them in the oil. this happened by accident one day and the 'maters just seemed better that time, so i do it on purpose all the time now.

enjoy!!

just had a thought - emily's new fella has already invited himself for sunday dinner next week, think i'll make the meatloaves! later, y'all!

thanks for letting me know about the password thing debo! don't know what's happening there . . .

meg, try this link for the fried green tomatoes - don't know what's going on with the other one - crazy internet . . .
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?acti...ipe&recipe_id=461220

Even though dinnertime planning was started on a different thread, I thought it made more sense to put this here. Tonight we had hobo stew. Any of you remember that from your Girl Scout days? My mother was a Scout leader for many years and with 3 daughters, we always had it during summer vacation. We could have a campfire at the cottage so this would be on the menu at least once.

Nowadays, I do it on the grill; and my DH loves it so much, I have been known to do it in the oven in the winter. It is very easy and since the country is expected to have such a hot August, I thought I would share it.

For each serving you need a length of aluminum foil about 15" long. I find that 2&1/2 pounds of ground round makes eight generous patties (chuck or hamburger are too greasy for me). For each serving I cut and dice one small to medium potato, 1 carrot, 1/2 small to medium onion, 1/2 stalk of celery, and 1/8 of medium to large rutabaga. Season to taste, I use Mrs. Dash's original blend. Wrap each serving in foil to make packet and cook over coals. Takes about 45 minutes to cook, depending on coals and size of packets.

Rutabaga was not in the original recipe we used in Scouts, they used to not be available in the summer. When they are roasted, they become sweet and add wonderful low notes to flavor of the stew.

Steve will take the leftovers in for his luch the next day and torment the rest of his crew. None of them like to cook and they can't believe that I know how to make so many dishes from scratch! So some hot night, if you're game, try it. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do. And follow it up with a s'more! hehehehe

I am glad we have a place to put our favorite recipes. And I want to share this one with you all.

Curly Noodle Chicken Soup
1 pound boneless,skinless chicken breasts,cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 large onion, chopped
4 celery ribs, sliced
2 medium carrots, sliced
4 garlic cloves,minced
2 tbsps butter or stick margarine(I use olive oil here too)
2 tbsps olive or canola oil
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp. dried basil
1/2 tsp. dried oregano
1/8 tsp pepper
3 cans ((14-1/2 ounces each) chicken broth
1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
6 ounces uncooked tricolor spiral pasta

In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, saute the chicken, onion, celery, carrots and garlic in the butter and oil for 5 minutes. Stir in the flour, basil, oregano and pepper until blended. Gradually and simmer for 1 hour. Return to a boil: stir in the pasta. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 12-15 minutes or until pasta is tender. Yield: 9 servings.
Nutritional Analysis: one serving(1 cup) equals 193 calories, 8 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 36 mg cholesterol,652 mg sodium, 16 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 15 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch,1 lean meat, 1 fat.

Trina

Trina, that soup sounds great! Thanks.

My husbands Grandpa was an avid gardener, and this salad was on the table most of the summer.

GAZBACHO

1 Part tomatoes
1 part cukes
1/4 part red onion
1/4 part bell peppers

Finely chop all ingredients and mix in bowl (I have left out the bell peppers, and it's still great).

DRESSING

1/2 c olive oil
2 Tbls plus 2 tsps vinegar
1 tbls soy sauce
1 1//4 tsps all seasoning
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp celery seed
1 small garlic clove put in jar

Put this all in a jar and shake well before each use. Just add as much or as little to the veggies as you want.

Enjoy!

Dorian

jody, the recipe that red-ju-ju posted is different from a MS mud pie. here's a link to a MS mud pie recipe, wish it had a pic:
http://southernfood.about.com/od/chocolatepies/r/bl10930b.htm

and MS mud ice cream pie: http://southernfood.about.com/od/chocolatepies/r/blbb468.htm

and there's also a MS mud cake, i'll look for that one later.

have you ever had dirt pudding? the kind with vanilla pudding & oreos? i've got that recipe at home - i'll post it later too.