ThriftyFun Recipes - August 23 2005

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Today's Recipes:

• Cherry Topped Easier Pie
• Easy Chocolate Butter Pie
• Southwestern Skillet Bake
• Chili Spaghetti
• Seafood Salad Sandwiches
• Chocolate Pie Filling

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Today's Recipes

Cherry Topped Easier Pie

Ingredients

• 14 whole graham crackers
• 1 pkg. vanilla instant pudding (big box)
• 2 cups cold milk
• 1 cup Cool Whip (thawed)
• 1 can cherry pie filling

Directions

Line a 9 inch square pan with whole graham crackers, breaking crackers if necessary to fill pan. Combine pudding mix and milk in bowl. Beat slowly with rotary beater or at lowest speed of electric mixer until well blended, about 2 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes, then blend in whipped topping. Spread 1/2 the pudding mixture over crackers. Add another layer of crackers. Top with remaining pudding mixture and remaining crackers. Top with cherry pie filing. Chill 3 hours. Makes 9 servings.

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Easy Chocolate Butter Pie

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter (NOT margarine)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 squares unsweetened chocolate
• 2 eggs

Directions

Cream butter; add sugar and cream well. Add eggs, one at a time. Beat 3-5 minutes after each egg at high speed. Pour into 8 inch pie shell. Chill for 2 hours. Serve with whipped cream.

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Southwestern Skillet Bake

Ingredients

• 1 Pound hamburger
• 1 (16 0z) jar salsa
• 1 (11 0z) can corn,drained
• 1 1/2 cups shredded cheese
• 1 cup bisquick
• 3 eggs

Directions

Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Cook hamburger until brown, drain. Stir in corn. Heat over medium heat until hot. Reserve 2 Tbsp cheese. Stir bisquick,eggs and cheese in bowl until blended. Spoon batter around edge of of hamburger mixture, leaving center uncovered.Sprinkle with reserved cheese and cook about 20 minutes or until golden brown .

Remember this is all cooked in the same skillet you used to cook your hamburger so there isn't a lot of mess to clean up afterwards.

By imaqt1962

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Chili Spaghetti

Ingredients

• 1 package (7 oz) spaghetti
• 1 pound hamburger
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 (16 oz) can whole tomatoes, undrained
• 1 (15 oz) kidney beans, undrained
• 1 tsp. chili powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 1/4 cups shredded cheese
• 1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce

Directions

Cook spaghetti according to package directions. While spaghetti is cooking. Brown hamburger and chopped onion in skillet over medium heat. Cook until beef is browned and onion is tender. Drain stir in tomatoes,beans,tomato sauce, chile powder and salt, breaking up tomatoes. Cook uncovered over medium heat about 10 minutes. Stirring occasionally. Until as thick as desired. Drain spaghetti, top with beef mixture and cheese.

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Seafood Salad Sandwiches

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups cooked seafood of your choice(such as crabmeat,shrimp or lobster)
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1 stalk celery (chopped=1/2 cup)
• 1 small onion, (chopped=1/4 cup)
• 4 hot dog buns

Directions

Mix all ingredients together. Chill until ready to serve. Fill buns with salad mixture.

May substitute 1 1/2 cup cooked chicken for seafood or 1 (90z) can, drained tuna, adding 1 tsp. lemon juice to tuna salad.

By imaqt1962

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Chocolate Pie Filling

Ingredients

• 2 cups scalded milk
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 1 egg
• 2 Tbsp. margarine
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Directions

Sift together sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt. Add egg to the sifted mixture and a little bit of the milk to it. Beat until smooth. Add the rest of the scalded milk gradually. Cook until thick. Add margarine and vanilla. Pour into baked crust. Top with whipped topping or meringue.

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