Refrigerator Rolls Recipe

REFRIGERATOR ROLLS

(Yields 24 rolls)

2 T.      Dry yeast - (scant tablespoon)

1 cup   Cool water

½ cup  Sugar

3/4 c.   Shortening

1 cup   Scalded milk

2          Eggs, slightly beaten

1 cup   Whole wheat flour

4 cups White flour, may need more

3 tsp.   Salt

Scatter dry yeast on top of cool water to dissolve.  Set aside.  Using dough hook in mixer cream sugar with the shortening in mixing bowl.  Add scalded milk and cool yeast water.  Add eggs and mix well.  Mix whole wheat flour and salt together and slowly add to liquid mixture.  Next add white flour until dough is just past sticky stage.  May need a little more flour than recipe call for.  Dough should come away from mixing bowl yet be slightly sticky.  Now place dough in clean oiled bowl and place in refrigerator until ready to use.  When needed, oil surface and roll dough out and shape into desired shapes, dip in oil and place in pans.  Let rise twice their size.  (About 45 minutes to 1 hour).  Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until brown in a  425* oven

Mexican Seven Layer Dip Recipe

MEXICAN SEVEN LAYER DIP

Layer 1

1-can  10 ½ oz - Refried beans of choice

            Spread in bottom of 9X13 glass dish

Layer 2

3 med. Ripe avocados, peeled and mashed

2 T.      Lemon or lime juice

1/4 tsp.Cayenne pepper

½ tsp.  Salt

            Garlic powder to taste

            Combine and spread over beans

Layer 3

1 cup   (8oz.) Sour cream

1 pkg. Taco seasoning mix

½ cup  Miracle Whip

            Mix together and spread over avocado mix.

Layer 4

1 cup   Green onions, chopped

            Sprinkle over sour cream mixture.

Layer 5

3 med.Tomatoes, chopped (2 cups)

            Sprinkle over green onions

Layer 6

1 can   Ripe olives, sliced or chopped

            Sprinkle over tomatoes

Layer 7

8 oz.    Cheddar cheese, shredded

            Sprinkle over top

Charlotte's Cabbage Slaw Recipe

CHARLOTTE’S CABBAGE SLAW

Cabbage Mixture:

1-2 pkg. of prepared slaw plus ½ to 1 chopped green pepper and thin sliced green onions.  Chop or thin slice pepper and onion as desired. 

Add to prepared slaw-

Dressing:

1 cup   Olive oil

2/3 cup Sugar

½ cup Rice wine vinegar

1-2pkg. Seasoning mix from Raman Noodles

Mix well.

Crunchies:

2pgs.  Raman noodles (crushed)

3/4 c.   Almonds, sliced

½ cup Sesame seeds

Brown in small amount of oil.  This could be browned under the broiler.  Browns very quickly!

Combine three mixtures just before serving.

                                                        Charlotte McKey

Note:  I've made this changing the Cabbage mixture to 1 bag of prepared cabbage slaw and 1 bag of prepared broccoli slaw.  I've also added some chopped pecans in with the sliced almonds.   Very good...

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South Beach Diet Supercharged

I recently made a visit to my new cardiologist.  I just love him!  He's helped me way more than my old cardiologist ever did.  I'm feeling better and stronger every day.  Among his advice for me was to get the book South Beach Diet and read it.  This is the diet he says comes the closest to the lifestyle he recommends living.  So I took the plunge and downloaded the book South Beach Diet Supercharged to iBooks on my iPhone.  This is perfect timing for me since we are starting our Pound for Pound Challenge at work on Tuesday, February 1.  I'll post more about the Pound for Pound Challenge later.

So Tuesday is the day.  I've decided to take the first step towards making permanent and lasting lifestyle changes.  I'm excited about this.  I'm ready for a healthier life.  One in which I can keep up with the kids!  I've been cleaning out the cabinets of foods that will tempt me back into the old way of life.  I've made a grocery list and Bud's gone to the store for me (he's so good about that!  I'm a lucky woman!) I'm ready for Tuesday.

I'll be blogging my progress.  In addition to continuing to post recipes from Mom's cook book, Cooking with Mom, I'll be posting recipes that are for the South Beach Diet.  If you're living the South Beach way, share your recipes too.  I'm sure I'll be on the hunt for more as time goes on.  I want to get the South Beach Diet Super Quick Cookbook and the South Beach Diet Quick and Easy Cookbook, but that we have to wait for now.  My birthday is coming up, maybe I'll get it then!

Indian Fry Bread Recipe

INDIAN FRY BREAD

4 cups Flour

2 T.      Baking Powder

2 tsp.   Salt

1 cup   Powdered milk

1/4 cup Shortening

2 cups Water

Mix all flour, baking powder, salt, powdered milk and blend.  Add warm water and shortening and mix.  Add more flour if needed.  Dough should resemble biscuit dough.  Turn out in floured surface and knead well for about 15 minutes.  Let dough rest for 1 hour so it will rise.  Make dough into balls.  Roll out to 1/4" inch thick.  Make hole in middle.  Fry in hot oil.  Drain on paper towel.  Serve immediately.

Dad's Mexican Corn Bread Recipe

DAD’S MEXICAN CORN BREAD

1½ c.   White Flour

1½ c.   Yellow Corn Meal

3 T.      Baking Powder

1 T.      Salt

½ cup  Brown sugar

3          Eggs, slightly beaten

1 can   Cream corn

1 can   Water

1 cup   Cheddar cheese, shredded

1 T.      Jalapenos, chopped

Place flour, corn meal, baking powder, sugar and salt in mixing bowl and mix well.  Add slightly beaten eggs, creamed corn, water, and jalapenos and stir until well blended.  Pour into baking dish or pan that has been sprayed with Pam.  Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in a 425* degree oven.

                                                     Stanley Buckmaster

Special K Loaf Recipe

                           SPECIAL  K  LOAF

½ cup  Margarine or butter

1 cup   Onions, minced

1 cup   Pecans, chopped, may use half pecan meal

3 tsp.   McKay’s Chicken Seasoning

6          Eggs, slightly beaten

1 can   Worthington FriChik, shredded

½ cup  Milk or juice from FriChik

1 qt.     Cottage cheese, small curd

4 cups Special K cereal (original)

Mix all ingredients together and bake uncovered in a well greased baking dish for 1 to 1 ½ hours until brown on top in a 350*F oven.

NOTE:     This recipe can be adjusted to use any left over meat substitutes in substitution of Fri Chick.  Also left over vegetables can be added such as shredded raw potatoes, carrots, very dry drained spinach etc.  Just increase your eggs as binder accordingly.

This is Kathy’s favorite recipe along with

fresh fried corn

I finally remembered to take a picture of the finished product:

OK, so I actually forgot to take the picture until it was almost totally finished.  It's half gone!

Maybe next time I'll remember to take the picture before we eat half of it.  It's just so good, I couldn't wait!