ThriftyFun Recipes - January 3, 2008

Vol. 7, Num. 2, January 3, 2008 (Read It Online) Thank you Laura, Connie, Robin and Terri for today's recipes! Submit Your Favorite Recipe! Need a recipe? Submit a request Thanks for reading, Susan Send to a Friend! Edit Your Subscriptions: To edit your ThriftyFun subscriptions, click the Update Profile/Email Address link at the bottom of this newsletter. Today's newsletter contains: Recipe Requests: Freezing Lobster Bisque Today's Recipes: Oat Waffles Rice Krispie Chicken Apple Dumplings with Different Pastry Cinnamon Thumbs Pasta with Fresh Tomatoes, Basil and Mozzarella Oatmeal Bread Apricot Pineapple Orange Salad Ham And Scalloped Potato Dinner Today's Sponsor: Crafting for Fun and Money! If you are an avid crafter, capable writer and own a digital camera, you are eligible to participate. Submit your craft projects to ThriftyFun and we will pay $15 for any crafts that we publish. More Information: Click Here: http://www.thriftyfun.com/post_craft.ldml Recipe Requests: Freezing Lobster Bisque Can you freeze lobster bisque? Susan from Erie, PA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf23891305.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Contests: Tip Contest Submit a Tip or Recipe! Photo Contest Submit a tip with photo! The above contests are weekly. We pick 2 tip winners and 1 photo winner at the end of each week. Each winner will win $25! My Frugal Life Submit a My Frugal Life Essay! Today's Recipes: Oat Waffles Why make plain ol' white flour waffles when you can make healthier waffles from a whole grain like oatmeal? Ingredients 3/4 cup old fashioned oats 3 Tbsp. butter or margarine 1 1/4 cups flour 1 Tbsp. sugar 1 tsp. baking soda 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 2 eggs 1 cup milk (I use 1 cup yogurt plus 1/8 cup milk) Directions Cook oats with 1 cup water. Turn off heat. Stir in butter or margarine till melted. In a separate container, sift flour, sugar, powder, soda, and salt. Combine eggs and milk (or yogurt & milk). Add cooled oatmeal. Mix with dry ingredients till blended. Cook waffles. Yummy (and healthy, too) =D By Laura from Long Beach, CA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf53850541.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Rice Krispie Chicken Ingredients Rice Krispies 1 stick margarine, melted chicken pieces salt, opt. *Need foil-lined pan. Directions Put Rice Krispies on waxed paper or plate and crunch up a little. Dip chicken pieces in margarine and then Rice Krispies. Put on foil-lined pan. Salt, if you want. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 1 hour. You don't have to turn the chicken so you can go on with something else and not watch it closely. By Robin from Washington, IA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf94583984.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Apple Dumplings with Different Pastry Ingredients Pastry: 2/3 cup shortening 2 cups flour 1 tsp. salt 3 Tbsp. powdered sugar 4 Tbsp. ice water Apple Filling: 6 apples, pared and cored sugar butter 3/4 tsp. cinnamon nutmeg Topping: 1 cup sugar 2 cups water 3 Tbsp. butter 1/4 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. vanilla Directions For Pastry: Mix half of the shortening with dry ingredients. Then mix in other half and add ice water. Blend with fork until dough can be pressed together. Divide into 6 equal portions and roll out each separately. Each one should be about 1 7 inch square in order to encase the apple. For Apple Filling: Place an apple on each pastry square. Fill cavities with sugar, butter, 1/8 tsp. cinnamon and a sprinkle of nutmeg. Add more butter and sugar at top. Moisten points of pastry and bring opposite corners up over apple, sealing well. Place about 2 inches apart in a buttered oblong casserole dish. For Topping: Prepare syrup of sugar, water, butter, cinnamon and vanilla. Boil together for 3 minutes. Pour around, but not over dumplings. Bake at 425 degrees F for 40-45 minutes. If they seem to be browning too much, turn oven to 375 degrees F for the last 15 or 20 minutes. By Robin from Washington, IA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf31002875.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Cinnamon Thumbs Ingredients 1 cup butter 5 Tbsp. sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 2 cups flour, sifted 2 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 cup sugar Directions Cream together butter, sugar and vanilla. Blend in flour, using pastry blender. Pinch off pieces of dough and roll into large marble-sized balls. Press slightly with thumb to flatten. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 375 degrees F for about 12 minutes or until lightly brown. While cookies are still warm, roll them in cinnamon-sugar. By Robin from Washington, IA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf65435296.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Pasta with Fresh Tomatoes, Basil and Mozzarella Ingredients 1 lb. fresh, ripe tomatoes 4 cups fresh basil 1 Tbsp. olive oil 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. black pepper 1 lb. ziti or tube-shaped pasta, cooked al dente and drained 1-1/2 cup grated part-skim mozzarella cheese Directions Plunge tomatoes into boiling water for 1-2 minutes to soften skins, then into ice water; peel and coarsely chop. Coarsely chop 3/4 of the basil leaves; reserve remaining whole leaves for garnish. In a nonstick skillet, heat olive oil and add tomatoes. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer and add chopped basil, salt and pepper. While pasta is still warm, toss with sauce and mozzarella. Turn pasta over and over to mix ingredients and melt cheese. Garnish with remaining basil. Serves/Makes 8 Source: From http://cdkitchen.com By Connie from Cotter, AR Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf65250173.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Oatmeal Bread Oatmeal Bread 2 cups boiling water 1 cup oatmeal Pour boiling water over oatmeal. When cool add: 2 Tbsp. margarine 3/4 cup. brown sugar 1 tsp. salt 3/4 cup. chopped nuts 2 pkgs. yeast Add flour to make a soft dough you can knead. Let rise in bowl. Grease loaf pans. Divide dough in half. Place in pan. Let rise again. Bake in 350 degree F oven about 45 minutes. Can add raisins, also. By Robin from Washington, IA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf48403828.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Apricot Pineapple Orange Salad Ingredients 6 oz. package orange gelatin 2 cups boiling water (scant) 2 Tbsp. Knox gelatin, dissolved in 4 Tbsp. cold water 1 can chunk pineapple 1 can unpeeled apricots 1 can mandarin oranges 1 cup mini marshmallows 1 cup Cool Whip Shredded cheddar cheese (optional) Mix gelatin and hot water; add 2 cups juice from fruit; cool. Add Knox gelatin. Add fruit, cut up in small pieces (Do not cut up oranges). Place in a 9x13 inch pan or casserole. After firm, cover with the following dressing: Salad Dressing Ingredients 1/2 cup sugar 1 Tbsp. butter 1 Tbsp. flour 1 egg 1/2 tsp. salt 1 cup pineapple and apricot juice Instructions Beat eggs. Add sugar, flour, salt, juice and butter. Cook, stirring constantly, until it thickens. Add 1 cup mini marshmallows, and beat until smooth; chill. Fold in 1 cup Cool Whip and spread on salad. Let stand several hours. You can sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese on top, if you like. By Robin from Washington, IA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf61637800.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Ham And Scalloped Potato Dinner Last night, I needed something fast for supper. In the fridge, had some leftover veggies and a package of ham slices. I took a 9 x 13 inch baking dish and sprayed it with nonstick cooking spray. I took 3 boxes of Betty Crocker scalloped potatoes (I'd gotten cheaply with coupons and a store sale). I placed 2 boxes of the dried potato slices in the baking dish, covering the bottom, tossing the drained veggies over the potatoes. Then I rinsed, drained and sliced the packaged ham slices and placed over the veggies. Then I placed the dried potatoes from the third box of BC scalloped potatoes over the ham. While the oven was heating up, I mixed the required water, milk, cheese packets from the BC scalloped potato boxes, along with a bit of olive oil, mixed well and poured slowly into the baking dish, making sure to moisten all the potatoes before placing in the heated oven (as per package directions) for 25-45 minutes or until brown. The scalloped potato mixes would have just been a side dish, but preparing it this way, it became a main course, with not much more work or time required. Source: this was my own idea. By Terri H. from NV Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf62706029.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Today's Sponsor: Crafting for Fun and Money! If you are an avid crafter, capable writer and own a digital camera, you are eligible to participate. Submit your craft projects to ThriftyFun and we will pay $15 for any crafts that we publish. 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