Bless This Little Kitchen

Pink Stuff Gelatin Salad recipe

Very Pink! Very tasty!

• 1 (3oz) package strawberry gelatin
• 1 (15 or 20oz) can crushed pineapple
• 1 cup water
• 12oz small curd cottage cheese
• 8oz carton whipped topping (like Cool Whip)

In a large saucepan, boil together strawberry gelatin, pineapple and water to a boil. Pour into a bowl and refrigerate overnight until firm. In a large bowl, mix together cottage cheese and whipped topping. Add chilled gelatin mixture; blend thoroughly. Chill until set. Serve ice cold.

Easy-Breezy Ambrosia Fruit Salad recipe

Easy and sweet...right from the pantry!

• 2 (11oz) cans mandarin oranges, drained
• 1 1/2 cup shreeded coconut
• 2 cups miniature marshmallows
• 2 cups dairy sour cream
• 1 (10oz) jar marachino cherries, drained
• 10-12oz canned pineapple pieces, drained

In a large bowl, mix together all ingredients and chill for at least 6 hours. Serve cold.

Creamy Apricot Salad recipe

Cool salad for hot days!

• 2 small packages apricot or peach gelatin
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2 cups dairy sour cream
• 1 large carton whipped topping (like Cool Whip)
• 1 small can cruched pineapple with juice
• 1 small can mandrin oranges with juice

Dissolve gelatins in boiling water and let cool. Using a wire whip, beat in sour cream and whipped topping. Stir in the pineapple and oranges, including juice, and mix thoroughly. Pour into a large flat pan and chill until firm. Cut into squares to serve.

Serves: 15-20 small squares. 

Rye Bread and Beer Dip recipe

Fun Patio Food...or for Game Night?

• 1 loaf (2lbs) round rye bread
• 1/2 brick of pasturized cheese (like Velveeta)
• 4 oz bleu cheese
• 1 regular can of beer
• dash of Worcestershire sauce
• green onions, sliced, to taste
• dash of garlic powder

Cut the top off of rye bread and scoop out the inside...reserve removed reserved bread pieces for dipping later.

Blend remaining ingredients in a blender. Refigerate 1-2 hours.

After refigerating, pour dip into hollowed out bread round and use bread pieces for dipping. Also good with fresh vegetable pieces!

Bourbon Hot Dogs recipe

Tangy...great for a crowd!

• 1/4 cup bourbon (like Jack Daniels)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 lb hot dogs, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1 tablespoon minced onion

In a medium saucepan, mix together all ingredients and simmer for 1 hour over low heat. Serve warm.

Kitchen Prayer 2

Lord of all the pots and pans and things

Since I've not time to be

A saint by doing lovely things or watching

late with Thee

Or dreaming in the dawn light or storming 

heaven's gates

Make me a saint by getting meals and

washing up the plates.  

 

Although I must have Martha's hands,

I have a Mary mind

And when I black the boots and shoes,

Thy sandals Lord, I find.

I think of how they trod the earth,

what time I scrub the floor

Accept this meditation, Lord,

I haven't time for more.

 

Warm all the kitchen with thy love,

and light it with Thy peace

Forgive me all my worrying and make my

grumbling cease.

Thou who didst love to give men food,

in room or by the sea

Accept this service that I do,

I do it unto Thee.

                                --Klara Munkres

"Questions" for a Community Cookbook

Puzzled about a recipe?

Don't hesitate, don't wonder--

Pick up the phone and call

The girl who signed her name down under. 

 

If many an error do appear,

It's really not a blunder--

But just a scheme, for you to meet

The gal whose names' down under. 

Recipe for Daily Living

    Take equal parts of patience and unselfishness, and mix well in a day's work. Sift thouroghly to remove all gossip. Use plenty of complaint shortening. Blend in a morning offering until all is smooth. Season with humor to suit taste. If this fails to make a good day, fault is not with the recipe, but with the cook.

Meatloaf Sauce recipe

Better than just ketchup!

1/4 cup ketchup

3 tablespoons brown sugar

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon dry mustard

Mix all ingredients and spread over meatloaf before baking. Bake as the recipe calls for.

Savory Baked Round Steak recipe

Easy, quick, delicious, thrify!

Preheat oven to 350-degrees F. On a large sheet of heavy aluminum foil, place a piece of round steak, large enough to feed your family. Sprinkle liberally with dry onion soup mix. Close foil (folding to seal) making a packet. Place on a jelly roll pan or a cookie sheet with sides, and bake for 1 hour.

Wonderful with baked or mashed potatoes!