ThriftyFun Recipes - November 6, 2009

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• Recipe for Making Bisquick
• Substitutes for Egg in Meatloaf
• Easy, Healthy Bagged Lunch Ideas
• Recipe to Bring to Thanksgiving Dinner
• Substitute Coffee Filter in a Pinch
• Freezing Pumpkin Pies
• Freezing Mashed Potatoes

Today's Food Tips:

• Keep Spoons and Forks Handy for Cooking
• Keep Vegetables In Brawny Produce Bags
• Dust Cakes With Powdered Sugar Instead Of Frosting

Today's Contest Recipes:

• Deeli's Honey Mustard Pork Tenderloins
• Crab Meat Quiche Lorraine
• Fruit And Coconut Bars
• Banana Fluff
• Pot Stickers

Robins's Recipe Corner:

• Hurry Up Baked Salmon
• Dieter's Dessert
• Post-Thanksgiving Turkey Soup
• Mexican Casserole
• Pineapple Upside Down Cake

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Recipe for Making Bisquick

I need the ingredients for making your own Bisquick.

By Bonnie from Niagara Falls

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Substitutes for Egg in Meatloaf

I need a substitute for eggs when baking a meat loaf.

By Carla from Huntington, WV

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Easy, Healthy Bagged Lunch Ideas

I'm looking for cheap easy lunch ideas for myself and my partner. Any helpful hints? We work separate hours and jobs. Thanks.

By Harmony from Northern CA

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Recipe to Bring to Thanksgiving Dinner

I am attending a family Thanksgiving dinner and I need ideas as to what to bring. They do not make a traditional Thanksgiving meal; I never know what they are making. And we will be driving about 2 hours away for this dinner.

By Shannon from Austin, MN

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Substitute Coffee Filter in a Pinch

I am looking for something to use as a coffee filter other than paper towels or coffee filter? I am out of them.

By Brandi from Albany, MO

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Freezing Pumpkin Pies

Can I freeze baked pumpkin pie?

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Freezing Mashed Potatoes

I would be interested in tips for freezing mashed potatoes.

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Keep Spoons and Forks Handy for Cooking

Keep some spoons and forks in a small crock or large coffee mug on your kitchen counter. Whenever you need a spoon or fork while cooking, they are easy to get instead of opening and closing the kitchen drawer. Use any extra mismatched spoons and forks, this way you won't run out of the them when you need them for eating.

By mkymlp from NE PA

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Keep Vegetables In Brawny Produce Bags

If you have 99 Cents Only Stores in your area, they have Brawny produce bags, look just like the expensive ones. I am trying them now but always wrap my celery in foil, it keeps for weeks.

By desertgal from Phoenix, Az

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Dust Cakes With Powdered Sugar Instead Of Frosting

When my mother used to have friends over in the evening she wanted to serve a snack (cake and coffee) but most of them were elderly and would turn down the cake because of the frosting.

Problem was solved by using a round single layer cake. She bought 8-inch doilies. Place a doily on top of the cake and sprinkle lightly with confectioner's sugar. Remove the doily and you have a lacy design on the cake without all of the icing.

By clynnaltemus from Inglis, FL

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Deeli's Honey Mustard Pork Tenderloins

You can use fine dried bread crumbs in place of the tempura batter in a pinch ;-)

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. pork tenderloin
• 2 Tbsp. honey
• 2 Tbsp. Dijon mustard
• 2 Tbsp. olive oil, divided
• 1 tsp. lemon juice
• 1 cup tempura batter mix
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• Lemon wedges for garnish

Directions:

Slice tenderloin in to 8 pieces.

Combine the honey, mustard, one tablespoon of the olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper in a large bowl or a resealable food storage bag. Add the tenderloins and turn to coat. Allow to marinate 30 minutes (covered if in a bowl).

Remove the pork from the marinade and dip both sides in to the tempura batter mix to coat.

Heat the remaining oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add pork and cook for about 3 minutes on each side.

Garnish with lemon wedges.

By Deeli from Richland, WA

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Crab Meat Quiche Lorraine

This quick and easy recipe looks gorgeous, tastes wonderfully creamy and rich. Great for a buffet, lunch or family dinner.

Ingredients:

• 1 10 inch pastry
• 4 to 5 - 1 oz slices Swiss cheese
• 6 to 10 oz crab meat (you can use artificial crab if desired)
• 4 green onions sliced, tips and greens included
• 1 cup cream or half and half
• 4 beaten eggs
• 1 Tbsp. of flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• dash each of pepper and cayenne pepper
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
• 2 Tbsp. melted butter
• 2 Tbsp. of Sherry (optional)

Directions:

Prepare pastry shell for baking in a 10 inch quiche dish or pie plate

Line the shell with the cheese, then the crab meat. Sprinkle the sliced green onions over all.

Combine the cream, eggs, flour, salt, and peppers. Blend well. Add the nutmeg and the melted butter and sherry if desired, stirring to blend.

Mix well. Gently pour the mixture over the cheese, crab meat and onion in the shell.

Bake at 375 degrees F for 40 minutes or until golden. Let stand at least 20 minutes before cutting.

Source: my own combination

By Nancy S. M. from Cross Lanes, WV

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Fruit And Coconut Bars

A morning snack with fiber and tasty.

Ingredients:

• 100 grams breakfast oats
• 100 grams sultanas
• 100 grams raisins
• 70 grams wholewheat flour
• 5 ml baking powder
• 100 grams soft brown sugar
• 60 grams desiccated coconut
• 150 grams butter
• 20 ml honey
• 100 grams dark chocolate

Directions:

Preheat oven to 355 degrees F (180 C.) Grease and line a baking tray.

Combine oats, sultanas, raisins,wholewheat flour, baking powder, sugar and coconut. Melt butter in microwave for 2 minutes. Add to dry ingredients and mix well

Press into baking tray and bake for 25-30 minutes or till light brown. Remove and cool.

Melt chocolate and spread over the top of the bars. Cut into bars and serve.

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By Dorty from SA

Editor's Note: Here is a Wikipedia entry on cooking weights and measures, with some conversion charts that may be helpful. There are also several other conversion websites online:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking_weights_and_measures

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Banana Fluff

Combines banana pudding, vanilla wafers and whipped cream into a wonderful tasty textural delight! Easy to make and very satisfying.

Ingredients:

• bananas (two or three)
• vanilla wafers
• banana pudding
• milk
• whipped Cream, any type will do

Directions:

Break up or slightly crush about 2 cups of vanilla wafers Place the crushed wafers into an appropriate dish or container. (In the picture, I split it into two containers).

Mix the pudding according to directions: I use the size that requires 3 cups of milk. Pour the pudding over the wafers.

Slice a banana into 1/4 inch slices, letting them fall over the pudding. Add a layer of whipped cream (Pre-mixed or aerosol can is fine). Repeat above steps and make another layer.

Top off with whole wafers placed onto the top of the last layer of whipped cream. Refrigerate, covered, for several hours or overnight.

Be ready to make some more: people love it!

Source: My mother's recipe.

By creativeman from Chatsworth, CA

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Pot Stickers

This recipe makes about 4 dozen. These dumplings are a yummy treat and worth the effort. If you're like me and don't really need 4 dozen at a time just go ahead and cook them up because they freeze quite nicely :-)

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. ground pork
• 1 1/2 cups chopped Napa cabbage
• 4 green onions, chopped
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup Asian Sesame with Ginger Dressing, divided
• 1/4 cup soy sauce, divided
• 1 package won ton wrappers (about 4 dozen)
• 10 tsp. vegetable oil, divided
• 1 1/4 cups water, divided

Directions:

Mix pork, cabbage, onions, egg and 2 tablespoons of the dressing and 2 tablespoons of the soy sauce. Spoon the mixture evenly on to won ton wrappers.

Moisten edge of each wrapper with water; fold in half to form a triangle, pressing edges together to seal. Heat 2 teaspoons of the oil in large skillet on medium-high heat.

Cook dumplings for 1 to 1-1/2 minutes or until bottoms are golden brown. (You will be cooking them in five batches) Gradually add 1/4 cup of the water and cover.

Reduce heat to medium-low and cook 2 to 2-1/2 minutes (water will evaporate).

Remove dumplings to serving plate; wipe skillet dry. Repeat with remaining dumplings.

Dipping Sauce:

Combine the remaining 2 tablespoons dressing, remaining 2 tablespoons soy sauce, and remaining 1 tablespoon water. Serve as a dipping sauce with the dumplings.

Source: I've loved pot stickers forever and just recently found this recipe for them that I like, but can't remember now where I found it :-(

By Deeli from Richland, WA

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Hurry Up Baked Salmon

Ingredients:

• 2 cups canned salmon (1 can)
• 1 Tbsp. lemon juice or vinegar
• 1/2 cup cream or 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1/2 tsp. salt and dash of pepper

Directions:

Place salmon in baking dish, sprinkle with lemon juice and cover with cream or melted butter. Season with salt and pepper and bake in 400 degrees F. oven for 20-30 minutes. Serves 4.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Dieter's Dessert

Ingredients:

• 4 tsp. sugar
• 1 Tbsp. orange peel
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 cup yogurt
• fresh apple slices

Directions:

Combine sugar, orange peel and cinnamon. Blend in yogurt. Chill several hours. Use as a topping for fresh apple slices. Yields one cup of topping with only 11 calories per tablespoon.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Post-Thanksgiving Turkey Soup

Might be a little early for this one, but Thanksgiving will be here before we know it...along with it, lots of left-overs!

Ingredients:

• 1 sm. onion, chopped
• 2 Tbsp. butter
• 1 can chicken vegetable soup
• 2 cans water
• 1 can turkey noodle soup
• 1 cup diced cooked turkey
• 1 Tbsp. chopped parsley

Directions:

Cook onion in butter. Add rest of ingredients. Heat, but do not boil. Stir often and dish up 4 hearty servings. Recipe can easily be doubled if you have a lot of turkey to use up.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Mexican Casserole

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs. ground beef
• 1 onion
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 can tomatoes
• 1 small can taco sauce
• 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
• 1 pkg. Dorito chips

Directions

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 large can sliced pineapple
• large whole pecans
• 1 cup sifted cake flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 3 eggs, separated
• 1 cup sugar
• 5 Tbsp. pineapple juice

Directions

By Robin from Washington, IA

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