Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Crab Nachos

Tortilla Chips
Blue crab meat
Grated cheddar cheese
Jalapeno pickled slices
Sour cream (optional)

Spread tortilla chips on a cookie sheet, and cover with crab meat, grated cheese and jalapeno pepper slices. Bake in oven at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes until cheese is melted. Top with sour cream.

Banana Split Delight

2 boxes instant banana cream pudding (can be sugar free)
3 1/2 cups 2% milk
1 8oz container whipped topping (can be lite or fat free)
1 box graham crackers
1 10 oz container fudge frosting
Maraschino cherries

Line 13 inch x 9 in glass dish or metal pan with a layer of graham crackers. In a medium bowl, use portable mixer to mix milk with both boxes of pudding. When thickened in a few minutes, add all but about 1 cup of the whipped topping into the pudding mix until well blended. Pour the pudding mix over the graham crackers. Put another layer of graham crackers over the pudding mix. Take the plastic and foil tops off of the frosting and put it in the microwave for about 30 seconds, enough to make the frosting easy to stir but not hot. Mix and pour the frosting over the graham crackers and spread evenly to the sides. Chill the dessert for a few hours. Cut and serve each piece with a dollop of whipped topping and a cherry. Delicious!

Seafood Salad

2 boxes Kraft Suddenly Salad (classic)
1/2 fresh or frozen shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/2 lb fresh or frozen scallops
1 lb can crab claw meat
3 eggs
1 cup Hellman's mayonnaise
1 Tbsp. Old Bay Seafood Seasoning

Topping:

Grated Parmesan cheese
Crumbled croutons
Crumbled Ritz crackers

Boil macaroni from packages of Suddenly Salad and set aside. Then in a separate container boil scallops, 1 Tbsp. Old Bay, crab claw meat and 3 eggs. Take seasoning from the Suddenly Salad boxes and only mix 1/2 pack together in cup of mayonnaise. Add it to the other mixture until you get desired texture.

Asian Slaw

2 3 oz pkgs. beef-flavored ramen noodles
2 8.5-oz pkgs. slaw mix
1 cup sliced almonds, toasted
1 cup sunflower kernels
1 bunch green onion, chopped
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup veg. oil
1/3 cup white vinegar

Remove flavor packets from noodle packages and set aside, crush noodles. Place noodles in bottom of a large bowl. Top with slaw mix; sprinkle with almonds, sunflower kernels and green onions. Whisk together contents from flavor packets, sugar, oil and vinegar, pour over slaw. Cover and chill 24 hours. toss before serving.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Fondue Italiano

Italian Bread, cup into 1-inch cubes
1 pound lean ground beef
8 ounces Mozzarella cheese
1 15-ounce cans spaghetti sauce
1 pound Cheddar cheese, grated

Brown ground beef in skillet and drain fat. Combine beef in fondue pot with spaghetti sauce mixture and cheeses. Simmer an hour. Increase to high heat for final 10 -15 minutes. Dip bread in fondue...

Cheese Fondue

1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese
1 cup shredded Swiss Cheese
1/4 cup apple juice

Mix milk, juice, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, mayonnaise and cheese in 2 quart saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes or until cheese is melted. Pour into fondue pot. To serve, place chunks of French bread on fondue forks and dip.

This is yummy!

Peanut Butter and Milk Chocolate Fondue

1 cup heavy cream
6 ounces milk chocolate, finely chopped
1/2 cup chunky peanut butter

In saucepan over medium heat, heat cream until simmering. Add milk chocolate and let stand until softened, about one minute. Whisk until melted and then gradually whisk in peanut butter until fondue is smooth. Transfer to fondue pot and serve with pretzels, brownies or bananas.

Use this with any type of fruit or anything you can think of...it's good stuff!