ThriftyFun Recipes - January 25, 2008

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• Recipe for Baked Sub Sandwiches
• Recipes Using Leftover Chips
• Uses for Leftover Biscuits
• Flavored Tortillas Used to Make Wraps
• Homemade Bisquick
• Ground Beef Casserole with Mayonnaise Topping

Today's Recipes:

• Buffet Meatballs
• Parsley New Potatoes (Microwave)
• Pizza Rounds
• Barbecue Hot Dogs
• Chicken And Broccoli Main Dish
• Chocolate Mousse Cake
• Pasta Lasagna
• Rice and Beef Dish
• Ten Easy Ways to Eat Healthfully

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Recipe for Baked Sub Sandwiches

One of the groups I belong to posted a recipe for Baked Sub Sandwiches. Does anyone have the recipe?

Suzi from Juliette, Geogia

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Recipes Using Leftover Chips

Any uses for those leftover 1/2 bags of potato/tortilla chips that NO ONE will touch after 2 days? Remember, camouflage is the KEY word here! The family can't actually identify it as leftover chips in the resulting recipe.

CammoMOM from California

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Uses for Leftover Biscuits

Any uses for leftover biscuits? Refrigerator, KFC, homemade, etc. Like ground up and used in recipes? They can't be identified as leftover biscuits when I use them or the family will never touch it.

CammoMOM from California

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Flavored Tortillas Used to Make Wraps

I worked at a restaurant in GA where we made wraps (sandwiches) with different flavors of wraps (outside like tortillas). They were spinach, tomato, wheat, etc. When looking online I find flour tortillas and sandwich wraps but none of the other outside wraps. Does anyone know where I can find these recipes?

Jessica

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Homemade Bisquick

How do you make homemade Bisquick?

Rita from Ohio

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Ground Beef Casserole with Mayonnaise Topping

When my kids were growing up, I had a recipe for a casserole using ground beef with a puffy topping using mayonnaise. Sounded yuck, but it was delicious. Does anyone have the recipe to this casserole dish?

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Buffet Meatballs

With the Super Bowl game coming soon, these meatballs make an excellent part of the party foods to serve. I've been serving these meatballs since the first Super Bowl game, and made my own meatballs until the convenience of frozen ones came into being.

Ingredients

• 1 cup apple juice
• 1 cup grape jelly
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
• 4 pounds frozen Italian-style meatballs

Directions

In a saucepan, combine juice, jelly, ketchup and tomato sauce. Cook and stir over medium heat until jelly is melted. Remove from heat.

Place meatballs in 5-quart slow cooker. Pour sauce over top and gently stir to coat. Cover and cook on LOW 4 hours, until heated through

Makes approximately: 11 dozen meatballs

Note: I add a few drops of hot sauce to one batch of these meatballs, giving the guests a choice of two flavors.

By Connie from Cotter, AR

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Parsley New Potatoes (Microwave)

Ingredients

• 2 lb. new potatoes
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 Tbsp. snipped fresh parsley
• 1/2 tsp. lemon juice

Directions

Remove 1/2 inch peel around center of each potato. Place potato and 1/4 cup water in glass dish, arranging them in a circle with smaller potatoes in center. Cover tightly with plastic wrap, and microwave on high for 14 minutes. Let rest, covered, 6-7 minutes. Place butter, parsley, juice in 1 cup glass measuring cup. Microwave on high for 1 minute. Drain potatoes and pour sauce over.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Pizza Rounds

Ingredients

• 1 box English Muffins (Plain) or more, depending on how hungry and how many people will be there.*
• 1 regular sized jar of pizza sauce.
• 1 (2 cups) bag shredded mozzerella cheese
• 1/4 pound (more or less) pepperoni
• 1 small can of olives, mushrooms or whatever you and friends or family like

Directions

Set oven to 350 degrees F. While warming, slice your muffins in half. Lay tops and bottoms next to each other on a cookie sheet lined with foil so you can just throw it away. :-) Happiness, no cookie sheet to wash. It does not matter if you use a large or small cookie sheet as they will not spread out while baking.

Starting on your first muffin, add 1 tsp. sauce,then decide from there how much you will want to use. Then add cheese and just keep adding on whatever you have chosen. :-) Happiness again, everything is in a can you can just throw it all away.

Bake for 15-20 minutes, watching carefully the first time because you know how ovens are. It may be take longer or shorter. When the muffins are brown and the cheese is melted, it should be done.

I love this recipe, it is simple and kids can do this, if they are old enough and you're busy and need a quick lunch. Good luck, hope you like it as much as we do.

By Darlene from Fairview Pa

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Barbecue Hot Dogs

Place in pan and cook until brown:

• 1 tsp. melted butter
• 1/2 cup chopped onion

• 1 tsp. pepper
• 2 Tbsp. sugar
• 2 tsp. mustard
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 8 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 2 Tbsp. vinegar

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Chicken And Broccoli Main Dish

Ingredients

• 1 bag frozen broccoli
• 1 can cream of mushroom (May need more depending on thickness)
• 1 box stuffing (any flavor)
• 3 large boneless chicken breasts

Directions

Prepare everything as directed separately. Break up chicken into small bite size pieces, then mix it all together and enjoy. My daughter and fiance love this meal and it is pretty cheap.

Source: My friend gave me the idea.

By Dedra from Natural Bridge, VA

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Chocolate Mousse Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup butter
• 4 eggs, separated

• 4 eggs, separated
• 1/4 lb. sweet chocolate, melted
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar

Directions

Sift together flour, sugar and cocoa. Cream butter and gradually add egg yolks. Add flour mixture to butter mixture and stir thoroughly. Beat egg whites until until stiff and fold in well. Bake in greased and floured 9 inch pan at 300 degrees F for about 35 minutes. When cool, remove from pan and slice horizontally into 2 thin layers. Fill and frost with chocolate mousse, which you have already chilled for at least 4 hours.

For Mousse: Place egg yolks, chocolate, whipping cream and sugar in electric blender. Blend at low speed for 2-3 minutes. Add egg whites and blend for 3 minutes more. Chill for at least 4 hours before frosting and filling cake.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Pasta Lasagna

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound penne pasta
• 1/2 pound lean ground beef
• 1 (26 oz.) jar pasta sauce
• 1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
• 8 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 egg, beaten

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. (175 degrees C). Grease a 2-1/2 quart baking dish. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.

In a large skillet over medium heat, cook beef until brown; drain. Stir in pasta sauce; remove from heat.

In a bowl, combine ricotta, 1 cup mozzarella, Parmesan and beaten egg. Stir until well combined.

In the prepared dish layer half the pasta, half the sauce and half the cheese mixture. Repeat. Top with remaining mozzarella cheese. Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, until hot and bubbly.

Yields: 5 servings

Source: From: http://CDKitchen.com

By Connie from Cotter, AR

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Rice and Beef Dish

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lb. ground beef
• 1 cup celery
• 1/2 cup green pepper
• 1/2 cup raw rice
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 can chicken rice soup
• 2 cups water
• 2 Tbsp. soy sauce

Directions

Brown meat and onions. In large bowl mix other ingredients. Then put ground beef in; mix well. Bake at 375 degrees F for 1 1/2 hours. If preferred, 15 minutes before done, sprinkle with cheese on top.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Ten Easy Ways to Eat Healthfully
By Claire Bush

Diet is a four letter word!

Restrictions lead to a feeling of deprivation and that leads - you guessed it - right to the kitchen cupboard, in search of a reward.

So instead of "doing without," focus on creative ways to enjoy mealtime without guilt. Here are a few ideas to try:

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