ThriftyFun Recipes - November 11, 2005

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Today's Recipes:

• Homemade Bread Sticks for Baby
• Mexican Hot Cocoa Mix
• Mexican Dip
• Sweet & Sour Sausages
• 3-In-1 Italian Dip
• Banana Split Cocoa Mix
• Chocoberry Hot Cocoa Mix

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Today's Recipes

Homemade Bread Sticks for Baby
By Rachel Paxton

Is your baby teething? Homemade bread sticks are easy to make and are great teething biscuits for older babies. You can make bread sticks out of most any kind of bread by baking at a low temperature (150-200 degrees) for 15 to 20 minutes, or until bread sticks are hard and crunchy.

For the recipes below, after baking, let bread cool. Slice bread into "sticks" and bake at 150-200 degrees for 1 hour. Store in airtight container. Your baby will love it!

Banana Bread

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 bananas, mashed
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup wheat germ
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream shortening, sugar, and eggs. Add mashed bananas and mix well. Blend in other ingredients. Pour into a greased loaf pan. Bake for about 45 minutes.

Carrot Bread

• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups carrots, grated
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift together flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda. Add remaining ingredients. Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake for 1 hour.

Apple Bread

• 3 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups oil
• 2 apples, chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a large bowl, mix together all ingredients until well blended. Pour batter into 2 greased loaf pans. Bake for about 1 hour.

About the author: Rachel Paxton is a freelance writer and mom who is the author of What's for Dinner?, an e-cookbook containing more than 250 quick easy dinner ideas. For more recipes, organizing tips, home decorating, crafts, holiday hints, and more, visit Creative Homemaking at http://www.creativehomemaking.com

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Mexican Hot Cocoa Mix

Ingredients

• 2 envelopes hot chocolate mix
• 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 2 cups milk
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Directions

Heat milk. Add cocoa mix and cinnamon stir into milk. Add vanilla and serve.

By imaqt1962 from illinios

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Mexican Dip

Ingredients

• 1 pkg. cream cheese
• 1/4 cup medium salsa (thick and chunky is best)
• 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 2 Tbsp. sliced pitted black olives (opt.)
• 1 Tbsp. chopped cilantro

Directions

Place unwrapped block of cream cheese on micrwaveable plate; top with salsa, shredded cheese and olives. Microwave on high for 45 seconds to 1 minute or until cheddar cheese is melted; sprinkle with cilantro. Serve with crackers.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Sweet & Sour Sausages

• 2 lb Small pork sausages (1 kg)
• 14 oz Canned sliced peaches (398 ml)
• 3/4 cup White sugar (175 ml)
• 1 tsp Curry powder (5 ml)
• 1 tbsp Onion flakes (15 ml)
• 1 cup Chili Sauce (250 ml)
• 1/2 cup Ketchup (125 ml)

Brown sausages. Cut into bite-size pieces. Place in a 1.5 quart (1.5 l) casserole.

Mix remaining ingredients in a bowl, then pour over sausages. Bake uncovered at 350F (180C) for 30 minutes. Stir. Bake another 15 - 20 minutes.

Serve with rice.

NOTE: If you pierce the sausage's skin & boil them for a few minutes before browning a lot of the fat will melt out.

From http://www.CanadianCountryGifts.com

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3-In-1 Italian Dip

Ingredients

• 1 pkg. cream cheese, softened
• 1 pkg. shredded Mozzarella cheese
• 1/3 cup mayonnaise
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup oil packed sun-dried tomatoes, drained, chopped
• 1 cup marinated artichoke hearts, drained, chopped
• 1 cup jarred roasted red peppers, drained, sliced

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix cream cheese, mozzarella cheese, mayo and garlic in medium bowl until well blended. Spoon into 9 inch pie plate or casserole dish. Bake 10 minutes. Stir. Arrange tomatoes, artichokes and peppers on top of cheese mixture in 3 separate sections. Bake an additional 10 minutes. Serve with crackers.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Banana Split Cocoa Mix

Ingredients

• 3 cups milk
• 4 envelopes hot cocoa mix
• 1 banana, cut up
• 1/4 cup strawberry syrup
• 4 Tbsp. whipped topping
• 1/4 cup chocolate syrup

Directions

Pour milk into blender. Add cocoa mix, bananas and strawberry syrup. Cover and blend until smooth. Pour into saucepan and heat over medium heat. Stirring occasionally.

Pour into mugs. Top with whipped topping and a drizzle of chocolate syrup. We also add a cherry to the top.

By imaqt1962 from illinios

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Chocoberry Hot Cocoa Mix

Ingredients

• 2 envelopes Nestle (or any brand) hot cocoa mix
• 2 cup hot milk
• 4 tsp. strawberry Nestle Quick syrup

Directions

Heat milk in small pan. Add cocoa and syrup mix well serve.

By imaqt1962 from illinois

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