ThriftyFun Recipes - January 29, 2008

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Today's Recipes:

• Diet (Noodle-Less) Lasagna
• Triple-Layer Banana Cream Pie Bars
• Molasses Glazed Beans
• Jazz Up Your Water with This Fruity Lo-Cal Beverage
• Asparagus Casserole Recipes
• Swedish Meatballs, Texas Style
• Granny Collins' Chocolate Pie
• Valentine Cookie Bouquet

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Recipe for Poppyseed Cake with Nut Filling

I am looking for a poppyseed cake recipe with a cooked filling made with an egg, sugar and nuts. It is frosted with a 7 minute cooked frosting. I looked on a lot of cooking sites and can't find it. The cake itself can be made with a white cake mix with poppy seeds added. Thanks for your help

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Diet (Noodle-Less) Lasagna

Ingredients

• 1 lb. lean ground beef
• 1/4 cup minced onion
• 1 can tomato sauce
• 1 tsp. basil
• 1 tsp. chopped parsley
• 1/4 tsp. oregano
• dash garlic salt
• dash pepper
• 1 can mushrooms, drained
• 1 pkg. frozen chopped spinach, thawed and well drained
• 8 oz. low fat cottage cheese
• 4 oz. Mozzarella cheese, shredded

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In medium size, non-stick skillet, saute' ground meat and onion until onion is tender and meat is browned. Do not add fat or oil to skillet! Add tomato sauce, basil, parsley, oregano, garlic salt, pepper and mushrooms to ground beef mixture. Combine well-drained spinach with cottage cheese. In 8 inch square baking dish, arrange in layers the spinach mixture, then the meat mixture, then some grated cheese. Repeat layers, ending with cheese. Bake in preheated 375 degrees F oven for 15-20 minutes or until hot and bubbly.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Triple-Layer Banana Cream Pie Bars

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 cups crushed wafers (about 60)
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 3 or 4 bananas, sliced
• 3 cups cold milk
• 2 packages (4-oz.size ea.) Jell-o vanilla flavor instant pudding and pie filling
• 2-1/2 cups thawed cool whip topping

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Mix wafer crumbs, pecans and butter in a 13x9-inch baking dish; press firmly onto bottom of dish. Bake 8 minutes. Cool 10 minutes.

Top crust with banana slices. Pour milk into a large bowl. Add dry pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes, or until well blended. Spoon 2 cups of the pudding over the banana layer. Gently stir 1 cup of the whipped topping into the remaining pudding; spoon over the pie. Top with remaining 1-1/2 cups whipped topping. Refrigerate 3 hours. Store leftovers in refrigerator.

Makes 16 servings

By Connie from Cotter, AR

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Molasses Glazed Beans

Ingredients

• 2 cups dry great northern or navy beans
• 5 cups water
• 1 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 small onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 tsp. dry mustard
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 2 Tbsp. margarine or meat fat drippings
• fried bacon (several slices, chopped)

Directions

Wash and drain beans. Put beans and water in large pan and heat to boiling. Boil 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Cover and let stand 1 hour. Add salt. Cover and boil gently about 1 1/2 hours until beans are tender. Add rest of ingredients and more water, if needed for cooking. Stir gently to mix. Cover and boil gently about 1 hour to blend flavors. Uncover toward end of cooking, if needed, to thicken liquid.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Jazz Up Your Water with This Fruity Lo-Cal Beverage

We all know that water is good for us, but it can get boring. Try this simple recipe to jazz up your water. I take a 64 oz. pitcher and fill it with 2 slices of orange, 2 slices of lemon, and 2 slices of lime. Add water and about 5 or 6 packets of Splenda, and shake well.

Refrigerate and enjoy. By drinking this pitcher of fruity water you're getting your daily requirement of water for the day. Give it a try, it tastes great!

By Kathy Z. from Philadelphia, PA

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Asparagus Casserole Recipes

Asparagus Casserole I

Ingredients:

• 1 cup uncooked rice
• 1 can asparagus (drain and reserve liquid)
• 1 egg (beaten)
• 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup
• 1/2 cup grated American cheese

Directions:

Cook rice in the juice of the asparagus, adding enough water to make 2 cup Combine egg, soup and cheese. Add rice and asparagus. Pour all ingredients into buttered casserole. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Serves 6

By Robin

Asparagus Casserole II

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp. butter
• 2 Tbsp. flour
• 2 Tbsp. asparagus juice (reserved from canned asparagus)
• 1 cup whipping cream or half and half
• 1/2 cup grated cheese (Colby or Cheddar)
• 1 can sliced mushrooms
• 2 cans asparagus
• Ritz crackers crumbs
• Salt and Pepper to taste.

Directions

Mix butter in saucepan and gradually add flour, stirring constantly. Add asparagus juice, making a paste. Add cream, stirring constantly until thick. Add salt, pepper and cheese. Stir until dissolved. Add mushrooms.

Line bottom of casserole with one can of asparagus. Cover with sauce. Add second can of asparagus and cracker crumbs.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes.

By Connie from Mountain Home, AR

Asparagus Casserole

Ingredients

• 2 cans green asparagus, drained
• 5 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
• 1 can peas
• 2 cans mushrooms
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 2 T. slightly melted butter

Directions

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Swedish Meatballs, Texas Style

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 lbs. ground beef
• 1-1/2 lbs. ground pork
• 3 cups soft bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 tsp. ginger
• 1/2 tsp. ground sage
• salt and pepper
• Bacon drippings
• 2 cans mushroom soup
• 1 cup sauteed mushrooms

Directions

Mix all ingredients except the last three, and form into 1-inch balls. Brown them in bacon drippings. Remove to baking dish. Make gravy in skillet by adding the mushroom soup. Pour some gravy over the balls, bake 1-1/2 hours at 325 degrees F. When ready to serve add mushrooms to remaining gravy and serve with meatballs over rice or noodles.

By Connie from Cotter, AR

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Granny Collins' Chocolate Pie

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 3 Tbsp. cocoa
• 2 Tbsp. flour
• 1 cup milk
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 pie shell, unbaked (9 inch)

• 3 egg whites
• 3 Tbsp. sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Directions

Sift sugar, cocoa and flour together. Add milk, egg yolks and vanilla. Cook in double boiler until thick. Pour into pie shell and bake at 325 degrees F until crust is brown. Add meringue and bake until brown.

For Meringue: Beat until stiff and pile on pie.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Valentine Cookie Bouquet

A cookie bouquet is very easy and thrifty to make yourself if you're looking for a special gift. You can order them online or at a bakery, but are extremely expensive. They range in price from $24.99 - $59.99 or higher.

The bouquet pictured has 8 Valentine Day Cookies neatly arranged in a large mug. I still have to wrap it in cellophane and tie it at the top with a fancy ribbon. I donated it to our senior citizen's group in February to be used as one of the door prizes. I used the Strawberry Valentine Cookie recipe, then used the decorating sprinkles.

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