ThriftyFun Recipes - February 4, 2008

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• Recipe for Creamy Pasta Salad
• Accompaniments for Chicken Salad
• What Can I Use Instead of Bran?

Today's Recipes:

• Spicy Cranberry Relish
• Creamy Tuna Twist
• Chocolate Valentine Pancakes
• Green Rice Bake
• Steve's Peanut Butter Rollup
• Buttermilk Pecan Pie
• Pasta with Quick Sausage Sauce
• Dressing for Sliced Cucumbers
• Bake Brownies in Cupcake Liners

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Looking for Meat Tenderizers

I am looking for meat tenderizers for beef, (e.g. minute steaks and other less tender meats).

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Albumin Powder Instead of Egg Whites

When a recipe calls for only the EGG WHITES can Albumin powder be used instead. If so, how much water is added to the powder to reconstitute it? Can the powder be added to the dry ingredients and the water to the liquids? Any info about albumin powder will be appreciated. Thanks all.

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Looking for Recipes for Easy Bake Oven

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Recipe for Creamy Pasta Salad

I am looking for a recipe for creamy pasta salad.

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Accompaniments for Chicken Salad

What are some good accompaniments for chicken salad? Thankful for any help.

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What Can I Use Instead of Bran?

I have a fruit bread recipe that calls for BRAN as well as the same amount of flour. I do not want to use bran, but what would I use in place of the bran. Thanks for any help you can give to me.

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Spicy Cranberry Relish

Ingredients

• 2 cups coarsely ground cranberries
• 1 small onion
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 2-3 Tbsp. horseradish

Directions

Grind cranberries and onion. Add sugar, sour cream, horseradish. Mix. Taste for horseradish content; add some. Let stand in refrigerator overnight. Serve chilled. May be frozen.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Creamy Tuna Twist

Ingredients

• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 2 Tbsp. cider vinegar
• 4 oz. twist macaroni, cooked
• 1 can tuna, drained
• dash pepper
• 1 cup cooked peas
• 1 cup sliced celery
• 1/2 cup chopped red onion
• 1/4 cup snipped dill

Directions

In large bowl, stir together first 3 ingredients until smooth. Add remaining ingredients. Toss to coat well. Cover. Chill.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Chocolate Valentine Pancakes

Normally, I recommend avoiding sugar as much as possible - but once in a while (like on Valentines Day) it's okay. :)

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1 egg
• 3 Tbsp. vegetable oil

• Whipped cream
• Cake decorating glitter (pink or red)

Directions

Mix dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, combine wet ingredients. Add the dry mixture and blend well. Pour batter into heart shaped cookie cutters on hot skillet. Remove cookie cutters and flip.

Decorate with a little whipped cream (use food coloring if it's homemade) and cake glitter. Serve immediately.

By Laura from Long Beach, CA

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Green Rice Bake

Ingredients

• 2 slightly beaten eggs
• 1 pkg. frozen, chopped spinach, cooked and drained
• 3/4 cup Minute Rice
• 1/3 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 cup shredded sharp American cheese
• 1/2 tsp. garlic salt

Directions

Combine eggs and milk. Add remaining ingredients. Pour into 10x6 inch baking dish. Bake in slow oven, 325 degrees F for 35-40 minutes until firm.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Steve's Peanut Butter Rollup

Ingredients

• 2 cups Powdered Sugar
• 1/2 cup Peanut Butter
• 3 pats melted butter
• SMALL amounts of warm water, too much will result in a sugary soup
• 1/2 tsp vanilla or nut extract, banana works too
• chopped nuts and other goodies are optional

Directions

Make a dough with the powdered sugar, vanilla, butter and water (like pie dough). Roll the dough about 1/4 in thick between two pieces of wax paper sprinkled with powdered sugar. Generously spread the peanut butter on the dough, trim the ends and roll it up using the wax paper. Chill until firm, cut into slices and serve.

You should cover it with plastic wrap to keep the powdered sugar from drying out. You can make this look hard to prepare like crisped rice cakes ;-)

Source: From my late mother, Ruth.

By Steve from Clovis, NM

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Buttermilk Pecan Pie

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• 6 Tbsp. flour
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 2 cups chopped pecans
• 5 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 2-9 inch pie crusts, unbaked

Directions

Mix all ingredients well, except pecans. Pour 1 cup pecans in each crust. Pour in filling. Bake at 425 degrees F for 10 minutes. Reduce to 350 degrees F and bake until knife inserted in center comes out clean, approximately 30 minutes.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Pasta with Quick Sausage Sauce

Ingredients

• 3 Tbsp. Crisco Pure Canola Oil
• 3 small red onions, peeled and chopped
• 6 Italian fresh pork sausages, meat removed from casing and crumbled
• 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh rosemary leaves
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 small dried hot chile peppers, crumbled
• 3 {14 oz.} cans diced plum tomatoes, drained
• 1 pound pasta, such a penne, uncooked
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1-1/2 cups freshly grated Parmesan cheese
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Directions

In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onions. Cook and stir until light brown. Stir in crumbled sausage, rosemary, bay leaf and chile peppers. Cook 20 minutes or until sausage is brown and crumbly. Stir in tomatoes. Return to a boil. Remove from heat.

In a large pan of boiling salted water, cook pasta 9 or 10 minutes, or until al dente, tender but firm. Drain thoroughly.

Stir cream into sauce. Add drained pasta and half the Parmesan cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with the remaining Parmesan cheese.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings

Source: This recipe is from Crisco's recipe newsletter

By Connie from Cotter, AR

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Dressing for Sliced Cucumbers

Ingredients

• 4 Tbsp. pineapple juice
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 6 Tbsp. mayonnaise
• 4 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 6 Tbsp. corn oil
• 1/4 tsp. salt

Directions

Beat until smooth. Pour over cucumbers.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Bake Brownies in Cupcake Liners

When our five year old grandson was helping me bake brownies, we were getting ready to pour them into the baking pan and he wanted me to put them in cupcake paper cups instead. Joshua said he had them at school that way, so we put paper liners in my muffin pan that bakes 12 muffins. When the brownies were finished baking, they were easy to serve, no cutting or mess, plus the muffin pan only had to be rinsed off. Try it, it is a great idea. The brownies are easy to eat and store.

Source: My five year old grandson Joshua!

By Bobbie G from Rockwall

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