ThriftyFun Recipes - March 23, 2007

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Today's Recipes:

• Italian Biscuit Topped Casserole
• Eggs Portugal
• Berry Patch Coffee Cake
• Baked Peach French Toast
• Can I Bake Bacon?
• Boneless Leg of Lamb
• Banana Cream Crunch Pie
• Hot Chocolate Oatmeal
• White Sauce Mix

Recipes Using Wheat Germ

What is wheat germ good for? And how can I use it? I bought some when I was baking at Christmas time for some dog treats I made, and have quite a bit left. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thank You in advance.

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Kentucky Fried Chicken Cole Slaw

I want to make Kentucky Fried Chicken Cole Slaw. Does one know how this is done?

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Peanut Chicken

Does any know how to make peanut chicken?

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Making Your Own Marinade

What are the proportions of acid to oil, etc, in making your own marinade?

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Italian Biscuit Topped Casserole

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lb. Italian sausage, casings removed
• 1 1/2 cups chopped green pepper
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 cups sliced zucchini
• 1 1/2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
• 3 cup chunky garden vegetable spaghetti sauce
• 1 tsp. dried Italian seasoning
• 1 package refrigerated buttermilk flaky biscuits
• 2 Tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In 4 qt. Dutch oven, cook and stir sausage, peppers, onion and garlic over medium heat 6 minutes or until sausage is browned and crumbly; pour off drippings. Add zucchini and mushrooms; cook 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in spaghetti sauce and seasoning. Bring to a simmer; cook 2 minutes, stirring frequently.

Pour mixture into greased 9x13 inch baking pan. Arrange biscuits around outer edges of pan. Sprinkle cheese over top of biscuits. Bake 25-30 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Eggs Portugal

I make this twice a year for our special breakfast. Easter and Christmas. Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 lbs. small breakfast sausage links, cut up
• 8 slices bread, no crusts, cubed
• 3/4 lb. cheddar cheese, grated
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• 1-1/2 cups milk (2% is ok)
• 1 Tbsp. prepared mustard
• 1 (10 oz.) can Cream of Mushroom Soup
• 1 (10 oz.) can mushrooms, drained
• 1/4 cup dry vermouth (or white wine) I use cooking white wine.

Fry sausage. Grease a 9x12 inch baking dish. Put bread cubes on the bottom. Add grated cheese, then the sausage. Add milk to beaten eggs, salt, pepper and mustard. Combine and pour over the bread mixture. Put in refrigerator overnight.

The next morning, mix 1 can cream of mushroom soup, drained mushrooms, and vermouth (or white wine). Pour over the mixture and bake at 350 degrees F. for 1 hour. Serves: 6

By Connie from Oden, Arkansas

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Berry Patch Coffee Cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 package cream cheese, softened (8oz.)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans (opt.)
• 1/2 cup raspberry or strawberry preserves

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place butter and cream cheese in large mixing bowl; beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Blend in sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

In medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Alternately add dry ingredients and milk to cream cheese mixture, mixing well after each addition. Stir in pecans, if desired.

Pour batter into greased and floured 9x13 inch baking pan. Dot with preserves; swirl knife through batter several times for marbled effect.

Bake 30-35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Baked Peach French Toast

Ingredients

• 1 package cream cheese, softened
• 10-15 slices French bread
• 1 can peach slices, drained (29oz.)
• 1/4 cup chopped nuts
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/3 cup maple syrup
• 2 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Spread cream cheese over both sides of bread slices. Place bread in 9x13 inch baking pan. Prick bread slices several times. Top with peach slices, sprinkle nuts over peaches.

In large bowl, whisk eggs, milk, syrup, butter, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla. Pour mixture over bread.

Bake 20-25 minutes or until set in center. 6 servings.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Can I Bake Bacon?

A reader asked if you could bake bacon. Here are the responses we received from the ThriftyFun community. Post your own bacon techniques below.

Cooling Rack in Cookie Sheet

This is the correct way. Take a cookie cooling rack the same size as a cookie sheet. Place cooling rack on top of the sheet and cook the bacon at 350 to 400 degrees F about a half hour. 400 degrees F seems to cook it too fast and you still end up with a lot of oil in the meat. I've done it at 325 degrees F for an hour and it comes out nice too. Good Luck!

By Barry

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Boneless Leg of Lamb

The night before: Unroll boneless lamb (3-5 lbs) and wash and pat dry. In the center, lengthwise, place:

• several sprigs of chopped fresh mint
• several fresh basil leaves
• 2-3 Tbs chopped fresh rosemary
• 4-5 cloves chopped fresh garlic
• 1/2 c.fresh chopped onion
• 1 stick real butter

Sprinkle with cajun seasoning. Tie securely and wrap in plastic wrap and place in refrigerator overnight. DO NOT SALT until fully cooked. I have been warned that salting lamb before it is cooked tends to make it tough.

Unwrap from plastic and roast on a rack at 375 degrees until the interior reaches a temp of 170 degrees F. Do not overcook as this will also toughen lamb. A nice pink interior is best. This is the MOST delicious recipe. Just be very sure of your butcher because as delicious as lamb is, mutton is entirely different.

With this, we always chuckle about a one-liner Rodney Dangerfield said. He said that the neighborhood he grew up in was so rough that they served "broken leg of lamb."

By Margie from Mount Vernon, Ohio

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Banana Cream Crunch Pie

Ingredients

• 1 (3-4 oz.) package banana cream flavored instant pudding mix
• 1 cup milk
• 5 Tbsp. coffee (if desired)
• 1 (8 oz.) container frozen whipped topping, thawed and divided
• 2 bananas, sliced
• 1 (6 oz.) chocolate graham cracker pie crust
• 3 (1.4 oz.) toffee candy bars, chopped

Combine pudding mix, milk, and 4 Tbsp. coffee (if desired) in a medium bowl, stirring with a wire whisk until smooth. Gently fold 1 cup whipped topping into pudding mixture. Toss banana slices with remaining coffee (if desired) and arrange over crust. Sprinkle with half of chopped candy. Spoon pudding mixture over chopped candy. Cover and chill 1 and 1/2 hours or until set. Spoon remaining whipped topping on top of pie just before serving. Sprinkle with remaining chopped candy. Makes 6 - 8 servings.

By Trudy from Springfield, IL

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Hot Chocolate Oatmeal

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup instant oatmeal (old fashioned would probably work too)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tsp cocoa powder
• Sweetener (I use Splenda) to taste

In microwave safe bowl, mix the oatmeal, water, milk, and cocoa powder. Microwave on high 1 1/2-2 minutes. Stir, sweeten to taste and enjoy!

By teddygirl from WV

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White Sauce Mix

Ingredients

• 2 cups dried milk
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 cup butter, margarine, or oil

Combine dry milk, flour and salt. Mix well. With a pastry blender, cut in butter, margarine or oil until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Put in an airtight container, store in refrigerator and use within 2 months.

To make white sauce: combine 1/2 cup white sauce mix, 1 cup cool water, cook over low heat until smooth, stirring constantly. Season as desired, makes about 1-1/2 cups sauce.

By christi from Paducah, KY

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