Salsa

22 tomatoes (peeled and cored)
5 onions (chopped)
2 bell peppers (chopped)
9-10 hot peppers
5-6 cloves garlic (minced)
1 cup sugar
1 cup red wine vinegar
8 oz tomato paste
1/4 cup salt

Cook in a large pot 30-60 minutes until desired thickness

Pancakes

Mix
1 1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar

Add
1 egg
1-2 tablespoons squeeze butter or oil
Add buttermilk to right thickness

Peach Cobbler

1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 cup milk
1 stick butter melted
At least 1 cup peaches with juice

Stir together and bake at 350 until done

Chicken Pot Pie

Cook and bone whole chicken or 4 to 6 chicken breasts

Pour 1 can Veg-All in 9x13 casserole dish
Place chicken over Veg-All

Mix
1 can cream of chicken soup
2 cups chicken broth
Pour over chicken

Mix
1 cup flour
1 stick margarine (melted)
1 cup buttermilk

Pour over other and bake at 350 until crust is brown

Earthquake Cake

1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup coconut
1 box German chocolate cake mix
8 oz cream cheese
1 stick margarine
1 box powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix pecans and coconut and put in bottom of 9x13 pan. Mix cake mix according to directions on box and pour batter over nuts and coconut. Cream together cream cheese, margarine, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Drop by spoonfuls over cake and batter in pan. Bake at 350 for 55 minutes. When done, cake will be cracked across top.

Taco Soup

2 lbs ground beef cooked and drained (or cooked chicken)
3 cans pinto beans
3 cans whole kernel corn
2 cans Ro-tel
2 jars salsa
1 jar taco sauce
2 packages dry ranch dressing mix
Mix together and simmer

Top with:
shredded cheese
sour cream
tortilla chips

Spinach dip

1 10-oz pack frozen spinach
16 oz sour cream
1 cup mayo
1 pkg Knorr vegetable soup dip mix
8 oz water chestnuts
1 bundle green onions

Mix and serve in a hollowed-out loaf of Hawaiian bread.

Apple Dumplings

4 apples peeled and cored, cut into quarters
2 cans crescent rolls
Wrap each apple quarter in one crescent roll

2 cups orange juice
2 cups sugar
2 sticks butter
Bring to a boil and remove from heat
Add 2 teaspoons vanilla
Pour over apple dumplings
Bake for 30 minutes at 350.

Cheese Ball

3- 8oz packages cream cheese
1 bundle green onions (chopped)
1/2 lb roast beef
2 teaspoons accent

Combine and shape into a ball.

Grandma Ruby's boiled custard

8 eggs
3 tablespoons heaping flour (plain)
4 cups sugar
1 gallon milk
12 marshmallows

Mix first 4 ingredients together

Cook in double-boiler until done or thick

Remove from heat and add marshmallows and 2 tablespoons vanilla flavoring

Stir until melted, then cool.

Grandmama Davis' Boiled Custard

1/2 gallon milk
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons flour
4 eggs well beaten
12 marshmallows

Mix first 4 ingredients together

Cook in double-boiler until done or thick

Remove from heat and add marshmallows

Stir until melted, then cool.

Granddaddy Earl's Banana Pudding

Fill big bowl with 5 or 6 bananas and pack of vanilla wafers

In a saucepan, mix
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
1 stick butter
1 tablespoon flour
1 big can evaporated milk
1 can-full water

Cook on medium until it starts to thicken.

Pour over bananas and wafers. (Don't stir.) Let sit for 10-15 minutes. Serve warm.

Potato soup

6 to 7 white potatoes (peeled and cubed)
1 small onion (finely chopped)
Barely cover with water, the cover pan with lid and cook 12-15 minutes.
Do not drain.


Add
8 oz cream cheese
1/2 stick butter
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of celery soup
1 1/2 cups milk

Cook until barely warm.

Cornbread

1 cup self-rising corn meal
1/2 cup flour
3 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 stick butter (melted)
1 tsp sugar

Mix well and cook in seasoned cast iron skillet at 500 until brown (13 min).

Chicken & Dressing

Boil 10 lbs of chicken leg/thigh quarters. Save broth. Pull chicken meat and mix with

1 skillet of cornbread (crumbled)
1 loaf white bread (small pieces)
8 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon baking soda
1/2 cup oil
Salt & Pepper
Sage to taste
2 big onions (chopped)
Add enough chicken broth to make dressing moist, but not runny.

Bake at 425 for 45 minutes or until brown on top.

Cheese Cornbread

1 cup corn meal mix (self-rising)
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup sour cream
2 eggs
3/4 cup cream style corn
1 cup grated cheddar cheese

Pour into 9x13 greased baking dish.
Bake at 425 until brown.

Peanut Butter Pie

8 oz cream cheese
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk

Mix above ingredients, then add

1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
8 oz Cool Whip

Pour into graham cracker crust