ThriftyFun Recipes - June 30, 2009

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Recipe Requests:

• Freezing Butter
• Recipe for Low Calorie Frozen Yogurt
• Getting Rid of Used Cooking Oil

Today's Food Tips:

• Creamier Mashed Potatoes With Mayo
• Baking for a Diabetic

Today's Contest Recipes:

• Creamy Frozen Fruit Pops
• St. James the Major Brownies
• Tuna Salad ala Ritz
• Pancake Gift Mix

Robins's Recipe Corner:

• Dried Beef Dip
• Grandma's Oatmeal Cookies
• Corn Salad
• Turkey Crisp Casserole Dish

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Freezing Butter

Can you freeze butter?

By sewman688 from New York, NY

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Recipe for Low Calorie Frozen Yogurt

I just purchased an electric ice cream machine that is so easy to use with the frozen canister. Does anyone have a low calorie frozen yogurt recipe?

By sb1234 from PA

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Getting Rid of Used Cooking Oil

What can I use beside a metal coffee can, to discard leftover frying oil?

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Creamier Mashed Potatoes With Mayo

Try using low fat mayo' to make creamy mashed potatoes.

By cakedec from BC, Canada

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Baking for a Diabetic

When living with diabetes, don't be afraid to lower the sugar content of your favorite recipes for baked goods without adding sugar substitutes. For instance, the sugar in a muffin or cookie recipe with dried fruit, banana or applesauce in it can often be cut by as much as half.

What I usually do when testing a new recipe that I want to adjust the sweetness in, is make 2 half recipes in separate bowls, putting 3/4 of the amount of sugar in one and 1/2 the amount in the other.

Bake them as per recipe but in or on separate pans. Taste both and go for the lowest sugar that you can. You can even try 1/2 the sugar for one and 1/4 the sugar for the other and see what you think. The texture may change a little, but you still get to have a favourite goodie.

I do not try to reduce sugar in things that are yeast-based, as they need the sugar to turn out their best.

Source: my own experimental nature

By thriftmeg from Ontario, Canada

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Creamy Frozen Fruit Pops

Cool and refreshing treat for everyone in the summer.

Ingredients:

• 1 small box instant vanilla pudding
• 1 cup milk
• 1 8 oz. container of cool whip
• 1 cup chopped fresh peaches*
• 1 cup mashed bananas

Directions:

Beat milk and pudding together. Fold in cool whip. Add bananas, peaches, strawberries, pineapple, blueberries, etc. Put in small paper cups. Add wooden spoons, Freeze until firm.

By Patty from Turbotville, PA

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St. James the Major Brownies

Makes 10 dozen.

Ingredients:

• 2 lb. butter
• 3 1/2 lb. sugar (7 cups)
• 12 eggs
• 1 lb., 6 ounces, all-purpose flour (6 cups)
• 2 tsp. salt
• 2 cups pecans (or more if you like)
• 5 1/2 oz.cocoa (1 cup)
• 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour five 13 by 9 inch pans.

Cream together butter and sugar. Beat well until very light and creamy. Add eggs and continue to cream until well-mixed. Mix flour, cocoa and salt. Add to creamed mixture. Set mixer on low speed and mix thoroughly. Do not overbeat the mixture after the flour has been added.

Fold in pecans and vanilla. Pour into greased and floured pans. Bake at 350 degrees F until done, about 30 minutes.

Source: NOLA Newspaper

By Trader from Shreveport, LA

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Tuna Salad ala Ritz

This is an easy to make recipe, it stretches a can of tuna, and it is delicious.

Ingredients:

• 1 can of tuna
• 10 Ritz crackers
• Miracle Whip
• finely chopped onions
• sweet pickle relish

Directions:

Crush the crackers into a bowl. Add the tuna, two small scoops of Miracle Whip, onions and relish and mix. Spread on toast or bread and enjoy!

By clynnaltemus

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Pancake Gift Mix

Times are hard. Here is an economical family gift that everyone will enjoy. Make the following and mix together well:

• 12 cups flour
• 4 cups powdered milk
• 3/4 cup baking powder
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 Tbsp. salt
• 6 Tbsp. powdered egg mix

You might also include the mix recipe as it is cheaper than purchasing the mix at the grocery store!

Source: Revised recipe to include food commodity items.

By Darlene from SE Oklahoma

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Dried Beef Dip

Ingredients:

• 3 pkgs. cream cheese (8oz. size)
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 5 oz. dried beef
• lemon juice
• 1 bunch green onions

Directions:

Dice up green onions. Add to cream cheese (room temperature) and mushroom soup. Mix with mixer. Dice up dried beef and fold into cheese mixture. Add lemon juice to taste.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Grandma's Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup raisins
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 cups oats

Directions

Cream together sugar and shortening; add eggs, buttermilk and soda added, vanilla and raisins. Add flour and oats; mix well. Drop by teaspoon on greased cookie sheet. Bake 10-15 minutes at 350 degrees F.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Corn Salad

This salad is really good!

Ingredients:

• 1 can whole kernel corn, drained (reg. size)
• 1 pimento, chopped
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• 1 cucumber, chopped
• 1/2 cup salad oil

Directions:

Mix ingredients and let stand overnight. Very good!

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Turkey Crisp Casserole Dish

One of my favorites. Very tasty!

Ingredients:

• 3 cups crushed potato chips
• 2 cups turkey
• 1 cup cream of mushroom soup
• 1 cup milk
• 2 Tbsp. butter

Directions:

Place layer of chips on bottom of baking dish. Add mixture, then put on rest of chips. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes or until brown and bubbly.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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