Bless This Little Kitchen

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.

Baked Beans in a Pan recipe

The perfect dish for a pot-luck! Easy to carry!

• 3 tbspns oil
• 1/2 cup onions, chopped
• 1 lb ground beef
• salt and pepper
• 1 1/2 tbspns flour
• 1 cup ketchup
• t tbspn Worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2  1lb cans pork & beans or baked beans, undrained
• 1 tblspn vinegar
• 5-6 bacon strips

Preheat oven to 350-degrees F. In a large skillet, saute onions in oil. Add ground beef; cook until browned. Add flour and mix well; season with salt and pepper. Add ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, beans, and vinegar. Mix well. Pour into a 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Top with bacon strips. Bake 45 minutes.

Serves: 8-10

Cranberry Walnut Apple Sauce recipe

Holiday tastes at their best

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup water

1 cup fresh cranberries

1 cup apple, peeled, cored and chopped

chopped walnuts, as desired, to taste

In a 1-quart heavy saucepan, heat together sugar and wateru until sugar is dissolved. Add cranberries and cook about 5 minutes, or until cranberries pop. Remove from heat; add apple chunks and let cool. Garnish with walnuts--or stir them into the sauce, if desired.

Yield: 1 1/2 cups

Easy Creamed Potatoes recipe

Cheat a little; it's still delicious!

Preheat oven to 350-degrees F. Pour liquid off of 2 cans new potatoes. Place in a large mixing bowl. Add 1 small jar (maybe half) prepared yellow cheese (Cheese Whiz-type). Stir in 1 cup dairy sour cream. Combine until well mixed and cheese sauce is smooth. Bake 1 hour.

Serves: 4-6

Spicy Sweet Potatoes recipe

Spicey! Slow cooked!

2 lbs sweet potatoes, peeled and diced into 1/2-inch pieces
1/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1 tspn ground cinnamon
1/2 tspn ground nutmeg
pinch of salt
2 tbspns butter, cut into small pieces
1 tspn vanilla

Combine sweet potatoes, brown sugar, spices, and salt in cold slow cooker. Blend well. Cover and cook on LOW 7 hours or on HIGH 4 hours.

Add butter and vanilla, stirring gently to blend.

Serves: 4

Sour Cream Cabbage recipe

Double the recipe...it's soooo goooood....!

Pan fry 1 1/2 to 2 cups shredded cabbage in 2 tablespoons bacon fat or butter. In a small bowl, mix 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 tablspoon vinegar, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Stir in 1/2 cup dairy sour cream. Pour over hot cabbage; mix and heat over low heat.

Serves: 2

Sweet Potato Ham Puff recipe

Excellent as a side dish!

1 cup cooked ham, finely chopped
2 cups sweet potatoes, boiled and mashed
1 egg, slightly beaten
3/4 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tspn salt

In a large bowl, mis all ingredients until well blended and smooth. Drop by spoon onto a hot greased griddle or frying pan. Brown on each side. Serve hot with butter.

Serves: 4-6

Baked Beans for a Crowd recipe

Plenty good...plenty to go around!

1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 2/3 cups (=1 tall can) evaporated milk
2 (1 lb, 12 oz) cans pork and beans in tomato sauce

In a 2 1/2 quart casserole or baking dish, combine brown sugar, flour, and mustard. Add evaporated milk, blending well. Add pork and beans, gently mixing well. Bake 35-40 minutes, stirring occasionally, until beans are bubbly and beginning to brown.

Serves: 10

Curried Cream Beans recipe

MMM...MMMM....dee-lish!

1 9oz package frozen green beans or wax beans
2 tblspns butter
1 tbspn water
1/2 tsp salt
pinch of black pepper
1/2 tspn curry powder
1/2 cup sour cream

In a heavy saucepan with a lid, combine beans, butter, water, salt, and pepper. Cover and heat until steamy; reduce heat and cook until beans are tender--aprox 10-15 minutes. Drain, reserving liquid. Stir curry powder into reserved liquid then blend slowly into sour cream. Fold sour cream mixture into beans.

Serves: 3-4

Barbequed Bananas recipe

Easy, delicious, good for everybody!

For each serving, peel 1 or 2 ripe bananas and place on a double thickness of heavy aluminum foil. Brush each banana with lemon juice and sprinkle with brown sugar, then dot with butter or margarine. Wrap foil securely. Lay wrapped bananas about 3-inches above the fire, barbequing for 15-18 minutes, turning often. Serve with jelly and/or toasted nuts.