Shipwreck Dinner

1 lb ground beef
3-5 medium potatoes, thinly sliced
2-3 carrots, thinly sliced
2 medium onions, thinly sliced
Salt and Pepper
10oz can green peas, do not drain
12 oz can of corn drained
10oz tomato soup
1/2 can water

Fry ground beef in a pan and once cooked, drain and set aside. Grease a deep casserole dish. Put 2-3 layers of potatoes, then a layer of carrot, then onion. Sprinkle with Salt and Pepper. Pour green peas and liquid over next layer, then corn. Spread meat over top. Spread soup over meat and pour water over top of all of this. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour covered, and an additional 30 minutes without a cover. Serves 5-6 people.

Tanya's Spaghetti Sauce

Large can of diced tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
1 small can of tomato paste
1-2lbs ground beef (lean or extra lean)
Salt & Pepper
3 cloves of garlic finely minced
1 large green and red pepper,chopped ( I sometimes add yellow or orange if I have them on hand)
2 cans of mushrooms draiined (or an 8oz container of fresh mushrooms)
1 large onion chopped
2 tbsp chili powder (I use a good one from Mexico, it has lots of heat!) adjust according to how spicy you like your sauce.. I like mine with some kick
2 tbsp. brown sugar
1 tsp. dry mustard
Bay leaves
2 tbsp olive oil
few shakes of worchestershire sauce

Fry ground beef until brown in olive oil. Toss in onion, peppers, garlic and mushrooms. Heat through until veggies are tender, about 5 minutes. Toss in slow cooker. Add tomato sauce, tomato paste and diced tomatoes. Add tsp oregano, tsp Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, chili powder, dry mustard, brown sugar and 2 large bay leaves. Stir all together. Turn slow cooker on low, and simmer about 5 hours.

** I sometimes mince up 1/2 carrot, and 1/2 stalk of celery to throw in, just to add a bit more vegetables. **
** Please make sure to remove the bay leaves before serving.. You don't want someone biting down on one of those!** :o)
Enjoy!

Sloppy Joes

1 lb ground beef (lean)
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. worchestershire sauce
1-7oz can tomato sauce
1/2 onion, minced
1 tbsp. chlli powder
2 tbsp. brown sugar
2 tbsp. vinegar

Brown meat over medium heat. Add onion, cook until translucent. Reduce heat to low, and add salt, chili powder, worchestershire sauce and brown sugar. Stir well. Stir in tomato sauce and vinegar. Simmer about 20-30 minutes. Serve on heated hamburger buns.

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Truffles

1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, divided
1 pkg Cream Cheese, at room temperature
1/2 cup icing sugar
1/2 cup Graham Crumbs
1 tbsp Pure Vanilla Extract
Pinch of salt
Sweetened Coconut, sprinkles and chocolate graham crumbs for coating

Melt 1/2 cup (125 mL) chocolate chips in a double boiler. Meanwhile, using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add icing sugar, graham crumbs, vanilla and salt, and blend well. Mix in the melted chocolate and the remaining chocolate chips. Cool mixture in the freezer until firm, about 15 min.

Hand-roll into balls the size of large marbles. Toss balls in coconut, sprinkles or graham crumbs until well coated. Return to freezer and chill thoroughly, about 15 min., or until ready to serve or wrap up

*** You can choose your favourite coating ingredients - toasted nuts, crushed, toasted coconut, etc.... ***
This recipe came from Our Compliments website.

Coconut Orange Tea Biscuits

1 can mandarin oranges
1/2 c. sugar
2 eggs
3 tbsp. baking powder
1 tbsp. vanilla
1 c. unsweetened coconut
4 c. flour
1 c. margarine

Drain oranges, reserve juice and mix with beaten egg and vanilla. Mash oranges after draining. Mix all ingredients but handle gently. Then roll out and cut into shapes. Bake at 400 degrees for 12 minutes.

Partridge Berry Muffins

cream 1/2 cup butter, 2/3 cup sugar, pinch salt,
2 eggs, 1/2 tsp vanilla,
2 cups flour, 2 tsp baking powder,
\1/2c milk (you can add a little more if you think they are too thick).


coat berries with flour and add to mixture bake at 350 for 18-20 min. I usually leave them the 20 to brown. you can use this receipe for any berry muffin. i use it to make blueberry muffins and partridge berry.

Japanese Chicken Wings

3 lb Chicken Wings (tips discarded, then cut remaining wing in half)


2 eggs, beaten with about 1/2 c. water
1 c. flour
1 c. oil

Sauce:
3 tbsp water
3 tbsp. soya sauce
1/3 c. white sugar
1/2 c. vinegar
1 tsp. accent (optional)
1/2 tsp. salt

Pre-heat oven 350 degrees.

Heat oil in wok. Dip wings into egg mixture, then roll in flour. Fry in hot oil until brown and crisp. Transfer to baking dish.
Mix all Sauce ingredients together. Pour over chicken. Cover, and bake for approximately 45 minutes. (Turn wings when half way through cooking time)

Frozen Cool Whip Dessert

2 large containers Cool Whip

2 Crispy Crunch Bars
1 package (400 g) ginger snaps (some people use Chocolate Chip cookies)
1 cup (approx.) Bailey’s Irish Cream, Kaluha or Tia Maria (for a non-alcoholic version, you can use milk)

Dip cookies one at a time in Irish Cream. Do not let them soak too long, just dip once and remove. Line the bottom of a springform pan with cookies. You may have to break some up to fill all the gaps. Cover cookies with one container of Cool Whip (slightly thawed to make spreading easier), Crush Crispy Crunch bars and sprinkle half of the crumbs over the top. Repeat process again for the second layer.

Cover and keep in freezer until ready to serve.

Tanya's Chinese Noodles

1 tbsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil

4 green onions, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, minced
1 red pepper, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
2 cups Bean Sprouts (you can use the can)
Vermicilli or Chinese noodles

Heat oil. Saute veggies, adding garlic when other veggies are tender. Add bean sprouts last. Heat through. Meanwhile, boil water and cook vermicilli noodles according to directions on pkg. DO NOT OVERCOOK! Drain water and toss noodles with veggies. Add Soya Sauce, and spices like: onion powder, pepper, little ginger.

** I also slivered some pork and cooked with the veggies. I marinated the pork first, in worchestershire sauce, soya sauce, garlic, onion powder, steak spice, pepper. **

Tanya's Eggrolls

2lb. Lean ground beef

2 c. bean sprouts (I used fresh and let them soak in hot water for about 5 minutes before adding to meat mixture)

1 c. cabbage shredded

1 c. carrot shredded

½ c. onion, chopped fine

2 cloves garlic, minced fine
1 tin mushrooms, chopped
1 tsp. Celery salt
alt / pepper to taste
a few shakes of Worcestershire sauce

a few shakes of soya sauce ( I used lite)

Brown meat, and then add remaining ingredients until all is cook through. I used 2 packages of egg rolls wrappers bought from the store. I put a little more then a tablespoon on each wrapper, rolled them, and sealed them with egg wash. I deep-fried in the wok until golden brown. (These freeze well. If cooking from frozen back on cookie sheet and bake at 350 degree oven for 10 minutes, flip and cook for another 5 minutes).

Mary Brown's Chicken Recipe

8 cups of Flour
1 tsp Cumin
3 Tbsp Oregano
1 Tbsp White Pepper
3 Tbsp Black Pepper
1 Tbsp Cayenne Pepper
1/2 cup MSG
1/2 cup Salt
1 Tbsp Thyme
1 Tbsp Paprika

Mix well together... Store in a cool dry place... ( It tastes better if left 24 hours before using - this will make a huge batch).
Coat the chicken as you would shake 'n' bake. I cook it in the oven on 350 degrees for about 40-45 minutes. (You can also deep fry).

Fudgesicle Cheesecake

Crust

1 cup Oreo baking crumbs
2 tsp melted butter...
Combine, put in bottom of pan, freeze.

8oz cream cheese
2 tsp. Sugar
½ c. Canned milk
1 pkg. MILK chocolate chips
¾ tub (large tub) cool whip thawed
2 aero bars

Melt Chocolate chips with ¼ c. Of the milk, in a double boiler. Blend cream cheese with mixer, add milk and sugar. Add melted chocolate mixture and fold in cool whip. Grate one aero bar and mix well. Pour in pan over crumbs. Grate other aero bar and sprinkle over top of cheesecake. Freeze well.



ALLOW TO THAW TO EAT, BUT FREEZE ANY LEFTOVERS. ( IT SHOULD ALWAYS REMAIN FOZEN UNTIL READY TO THAW TO EAT).

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