ThriftyFun Recipes - May 26, 2009

Vol. 8, Num. 102, May 26, 2009 (Read It Online) Thank you kffrmw88, Deeli, Robin, skinnyjinny, Maryeileen, Joann and Lisa for today's tips and recipes! Be sure to give a "thumbs up" to tips and recipes you like. Your ratings will help pick the contest winners! Submit Your Favorite Recipe! Submit a Food tip! Looking for a recipe? Submit a request Thanks for reading, The ThriftyFun Team Send to a Friend! Edit Your Subscriptions: To edit your ThriftyFun subscriptions, click the Update Profile/Email Address link at the bottom of this newsletter. Today's newsletter contains: Recipe Requests: Coffee Drink or Smoothie Recipe Chocolate Watergate Cake 5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake Recipe for Golden Nugget Cookies Flavoring Wilton Candy Melts Cabbage Casserole Recipe Today's Food Tips: Lime Jelly and Cucumber Freebie: Free Arby's on Wednesdays Today's Contest Recipes: Low Fat Frozen Treat Vietnamese Noodle Soup Peanut Butter And Banana Wraps Breakfast Sausage Patties Robins's Recipe Corner: Fresh Blackberry Pie Barbecue Sloppy Joes Do-Ahead Dried Beef Casserole Potato Salad Hot Chicken Sandwiches Today's Sponsor: Crafting for Fun and Money! If you are an avid crafter, capable writer and own a digital camera, you are eligible to participate. Submit your craft projects to ThriftyFun and we will pay $15 for any crafts that we publish. More Information: Click Here: http://www.thriftyfun.com/post_craft.ldml Recipe Requests: Coffee Drink or Smoothie Recipe I am looking for an ice cap, or coffee drink, or smoothy recipe. Can anyone help me with this. Thanks. Lorreen By Lorreen from Beaver Harbour, N.B. Canada Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf58896743.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Chocolate Watergate Cake I would like more information on the Chocolate Watergate cake. What is the chocolate syrup for and how long does the cake need to cook? By dianamakes from Levittown, PA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf21563310.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | 5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake I am looking fro the recipe for a 5 minute chocolate mug cake. By hamnurse from Thonotosassa, FL Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf23593261.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Recipe for Golden Nugget Cookies In the 1960's I found a recipe on the back of a McCormick spice can and it was for "Golden Nuggets" cookies. I've lost it due to several moves and would dearly love it if someone out there has the recipe, and would send me a copy. I'm 71 years old now and made those cookies as young girl on a wood stove. They were like shortbread, but not quite. By Sweet Peaches from Cibola, Az Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf60683136.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Flavoring Wilton Candy Melts I bought some white Wilton Candy Melts, but the store did not have any "candy flavoring". Can I use regular flavoring, maybe with a little oil? How can I flavor these? Please help, as soon as possible. By Tracyb812 from Statesville, NC Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf51729259.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Cabbage Casserole Recipe I looking for a Cabbage Casserole recipe. I remember layering cabbage, rice, tomato sauce and topping it with cheese. That's all I remember. Any ideas? By BridesMom from Minneapolis, MN Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf28763051.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Contests: Tip Contest Submit a Tip or Recipe! Photo Contest Submit a tip with photo! The above contests are weekly. We pick 2 tip winners, 2 photo winners (1 photo and 1 pet photo) and 1 recipe winner at the end of each week. Each winner will win $25! My Frugal Life Submit a My Frugal Life Essay! Today's Food Tips: Lime Jelly and Cucumber A nice fresh taste to add to a salad dish: Slice or chop cucumber and add to a lime jelly. By skinnyjinny from Scotland Contest Contender! This post is a contest contender! Read it and then Rate it: Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf36918864.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Freebie: Free Arby's on Wednesdays From now until August 26, 2009 participating Arby's restaurants will offer Wednesday freebies, a different deal each week. Source: http://www.abc2news.com/Arbys-Offers-Up-Freeby-Wednesday By Maryeileen from Brooklyn, OH Contest Contender! This post is a contest contender! Read it and then Rate it: Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf48732188.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Today's Contest Recipes: Low Fat Frozen Treat Good while dieting. Ingredients: 1 8oz tub of non fat Cool Whip 2 6 oz cups of flavored non fat yogurt 5 5oz paper cups 5 popsicle sticks Directions: Fold flavored yogurt into cool whip. Spoon into paper cups. Stand popsicle stick in the center, put into freezer for about 3 hours till frozen. I sometimes cut a banana,put stick into center of banana and spoon the mixture into the cup. Can also use sliced strawberries,and other fruit. So refreshing and it satisfies my sweet tooth with very little calories. Servings: 5 Time: 10 Minutes Preparation Time 0 Minutes Cooking Time By Joann B. from Dewey Az Contest Contender! This post is a contest contender! Read it and then Rate it: Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf87362901.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Vietnamese Noodle Soup Spicy, low fat soup. My husband and I had wonderful soup at a local Vietnamese restaurant and I tried to duplicate it at home. It's not exactly the same, but pretty close! Ingredients: 5 cans (14 oz) vegetable stock 2 Tbsp. garlic chili sauce* (Tuong ot toi veit-nam) 1 Tbsp. Sriracha hot chili sauce* (Tuong ot sriracha) 1 bunch of scallions, chopped 1 bunch of fresh cilantro, chopped 8 oz of stir fry vegetables** 1/2 package of plain Chinese noodles (broken into smaller pieces) dash of lemon juice 1 8 oz container of bean sprouts *These are distributed by Huy Fong Foods, Inc and can be found in the Asian or Ethnic section of most grocery stores. **I use Marjon fresh stir fry vegetables in a bag - the veggies are napa cabbage, Chinese cabbage, cabbage, carrots, red cabbage, bok choy, onions, savoy, broccoli and snow peas Directions: Pour the stock into a large pan. Add the garlic chili sauce and hot chili sauce. Add 3/4 of the scallions and 3/4 of the cilantro. Turn the heat on low and cook for about 20 minutes. Add the vegetables and cook for 10 minutes. Add the Chinese noodles, a dash of lemon juice and 3/4 of the bean sprouts and cook for 5-10 minutes. Serve the soup and put the remaining scallions, cilantro and bean sprouts on the side adding as you like. I usually also make vegetable egg rolls or spring rolls to go with the soup. Servings: 2 Time: 5 Minutes Preparation Time 45 Minutes Cooking Time By Lisa from Tampa Contest Contender! This post is a contest contender! Read it and then Rate it: Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf28949319.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Peanut Butter And Banana Wraps This is a fun treat. ;-) Ingredients: 4 medium flour tortillas 1/2 cup peanut butter 2 small bananas, thinly sliced ice cream syrup flavor of choice Directions: Spread peanut butter on to tortillas, place bananas on peanut butter, drizzle ice cream syrup on bananas and peanut butter. Roll up tortillas and slice in to bite size pieces if desired. By Deeli from Richland, WA Contest Contender! This post is a contest contender! Read it and then Rate it: Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf355521.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Breakfast Sausage Patties Have you made sausages with a food processor? I made some chicken and pork sausages. I used half chicken and half pork. Cut meat off bones into small pieces about 1 inch square, put 1/2 cup water on biscuits to make them soft. Mash them up with hands or potato masher. Put all in a large bowl. Sprinkle the seasoning over it. Put a 1/2 cup at a time in the processor. Pulse it until ground fine as sausage meat. Empty it in another large bowl. Keep doing this till you have ground all the meat. Mix well. Make one patty and fry it then taste it to see if it's like you like it,if not add more seasoning. Ingredients 1-lb. ground pork 1 lb. ground chicken 4 tsp. ground sage 2 tsp. salt 2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper 3 cold biscuits 1/2 cup water Directions Combine all, wet hands to keep the meat from sticking to hands. Form into 1/4 inch thick patties. Fry in a large skillet over medium high heat for 3 minutes on each side, or until done. Will make 10-12 patties that are round and thick. You can freeze the meat as is or make into patties and freeze,put wax paper in between each patty. I use ziplock freezer bags. Very good any time. Let me know if you like them, OK? Thanks very much. Good luck. By kffrmw88 from Dothan, AL Contest Contender! This post is a contest contender! Read it and then Rate it: Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf78632625.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Robin's Recipe Corner: Fresh Blackberry Pie Ingredients 2 1/2 Tbsp. cornstarch 1 cup sugar 4 cups fresh blackberries double crust pastry Directions Mix cornstarch and sugar; toss with washed and drained berries. Turn into pastry lined pie plate. Cover pie with pastry; seal and flute edge. Cut several slits in top crust to permit escape of steam. Sprinkle top crust with cinnamon and sugar (not too much). Bake in 425 degrees F. for 35-40 minutes or until browned. Makes 1 pie. By Robin from Washington, IA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf18307867.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Barbecue Sloppy Joes Ingredients 2 lb. hamburger 1 lg. onion 1/2 cup ketchup 1 can tomato soup 1/4 cup vinegar 2 Tbsp. mustard 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 tsp. salt Directions Brown hamburger and onion. Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for 15-30 minutes. Serve on buns. By Robin from Washington, IA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf46435334.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Do-Ahead Dried Beef Casserole Ingredients 1 can cream of mushroom soup 1 cup milk 1 cup Velveeta cheese, cut fine 3 Tbsp. finely chopped onion 1 cup uncooked elbow macaroni 1/4 lb. dried beef (cut in bite-size) 2 hard-cooked eggs, sliced Directions Stir soup until creamy, add milk cheese, onion, macaroni, and dried beef. Fold in sliced eggs; turn into a buttered casserole dish. Refrigerate for 3-4 hours or overnight. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F for 1 hour. By Robin from Washington, IA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf961442.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Potato Salad Ingredients: 7 medium - large potatoes, boiled and peeled, salt to taste 7 hard boiled eggs 1 tsp. instant onion 2/3 cup sweet relish 1 1/4 cup Miracle Whip 2 Tbsp. sugar 3 strips bacon, fried crisp, and diced Directions: Mix all ingredients together and keep refrigerated. By Robin from Washington, IA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf646387.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Hot Chicken Sandwiches Ingredients 1 1/2 cups cut up cooked chicken 1 1/2 cups cubed cheese 4 hard boiled eggs, chopped 3 Tbsp. sweet pickle relish (or dill, which is what I prefer) 3 Tbsp. chopped onion 3/4 cup mayonnaise 12 buns Directions Mix all ingredients and put in 12 buns. Wrap in foil and bake at 350 degrees F for 10-15 minutes. These may also be frozen and then heated at 350 degrees F, about 30 minutes. By Robin from Washington, IA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf73017653.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Rate It: | Today's Sponsor: Crafting for Fun and Money! If you are an avid crafter, capable writer and own a digital camera, you are eligible to participate. Submit your craft projects to ThriftyFun and we will pay $15 for any crafts that we publish. More Information: Click Here: http://www.thriftyfun.com/post_craft.ldml More Stuff: Coupon Swap! Swap coupons with other ThriftyFun.com users.