ThriftyFun Recipes - February 18, 2008

Vol. 7, Num. 34, February 18, 2008 (Read It Online) Thank you Robin, Connie, Anya, Shirley, Donna, Deebomb, Mom of 1 and Peanut for today's tips and 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: Recipe for Robert Redford Cake Recipes That Don't Use Tomatoes Chicken Leg Quarter Crockpot Recipe Ideas for Sunday School Brunch Recipe for Pecan Toffee Crown Today's Food Tips: Use Latex Gloves for Messy Kitchen Tasks Make Homemade Noodles In Your Bread Machine Ice Cream Scoop to Fill Cupcake Liners Use a Skillet for Faster Cooking Today's Contest Recipes: Easy Jello Dessert Baked Spaghetti Auntie Nina's Pumpkin Cookie French White Bean Soup Robins's Recipe Corner: Vegetable Saute' Bacon Cream Cheese Spread Lowfat Oatmeal Bran Muffins Broccoli-Lettuce Salad Spiced Tea 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: Recipe for Robert Redford Cake Can someone send me the recipe for the 'Robert Redford Cake'. Thank you all. Rosalie from Port Orchard, WA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf76897485.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Recipes That Don't Use Tomatoes I am allergic to tomatoes. What can I use instead? I know I can use Alfredo sauce, but I would like ideas for soups, chili (especially), etc. Kathy from Coatesville, PA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf18787899.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Chicken Leg Quarter Crockpot Recipe Chicken leg quarter recipes for my Crockpot. Brandon from Charleston, SC Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf24624909.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Ideas for Sunday School Brunch My Sunday School has a brunch before class once a month. I am looking for some easy ideas of things to take to this brunch, preferably easy to make and easy to transport. Thanks for your help. Linda from Missouri Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf86912103.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Recipe for Pecan Toffee Crown A friend is looking for a recipe for a Pecan Toffee Crown can anyone help? Gail from Adelaide, Australia Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf24870978.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 Food Tips: Use Latex Gloves for Messy Kitchen Tasks Everyone's in a hurry when preparing meals and cleaning up, so try using medical-type latex gloves when making meatloaf, rolling balls of cookie dough, kneading dough, etc. I don't even take off my rings, and don't have to worry about my nails. The gloves are available on the shelf in one-size-fits-all in almost any pharmacy area, in big boxes of 50 and 100 gloves. They're only a few cents each, and make it so fast to clean up when mixing things by hand or handling raw meat. By Mary from Mountain Pine, AR Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf56011243.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Make Homemade Noodles In Your Bread Machine I have RH so my hands aren't very good for doing some cooking. Yesterday my grandson and I were a bit under the weather so I decided to make some home made chicken noodle soup. There are some stores that have the home made type but I couldn't find any yesterday so I decided to make some using my bread machine. I can't knead any kind of dough because of my crippled hands. Anyway, I put everything for the noodles in the bread machine and set it on knead. It worked great. I have a hard time making cookies so so now I'm going to try that next. I love it when I can find dual uses for my kitchen appliances. By Deebomb from Lexington, SC Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf81467692.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Ice Cream Scoop to Fill Cupcake Liners Use an ice cream scoop to fill cupcake liners without spilling and making a mess. Source: My daughter's idea By Mom of 1 from Wilkesboro, NC Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf37772954.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Use a Skillet for Faster Cooking When cooking, try using a skillet instead of a pot or pan. A skillet puts a larger cooking surface in contact with your heat source. Food will cook faster, saving on your energy bills and saving your time. By Peanut from Virginia Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf78642393.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Today's Contest Recipes: Easy Jello Dessert This is a great and quick dessert. You take one large Jello gelatin, any kind you like, one container of Cool Whip, 1 container of cottage cheese, the smaller size, and about a cup of cut up nuts. You put the gelatin in dry, mix all the ingredients together and put in a square pan or whatever kind of pan you would like to use, put in the fridge to get cold and to set. By Donna from Franklin, PA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf42003046.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Baked Spaghetti Ingredients 12 oz. package spaghetti garlic salt,to taste 1 beaten egg 1 jar spaghetti sauce 1 cup milk Raw ground beef 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese Directions Combine cooked spaghetti, egg and milk in a bowl. Mix well. Spoon into greased 9x13 inch pan. Sprinkle with some of the cheese and salt. Pour in sauce and top with beef and cheese. Bake 300 degrees F for 1 hour. Source: Someone gave it to me, years ago. Do not know wher it originally came from. By Shirley from Murray, Utah Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf97074709.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Auntie Nina's Pumpkin Cookie Ingredients 8 oz. butter 1 cup white sugar 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 29 oz. can pumpkin 3 cups flour 1 tsp. salt 2 tsp. nutmeg 3 tsp. baking powder 2 tsp. cinnamon 2 cups raisins or dried cranberries or dried cherries Directions Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Cream butter and sugars. Lightly mix eggs, then add to butter/sugar mixture. Add pumpkin and spices. Slowly add flour, baking powder, and salt to mixture. Mix until smooth. Add dried fruit Drop tablespoons on greased cookie sheets and bake for 5 - 7 minutes until the bottom of the cookie is light brown. Enjoy, Delicious! By Anya from Minnesota Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf32450112.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print French White Bean Soup Ingredients 1 cup onion, chopped 2 leeks, chopped (white part only) 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 Tbsp. olive oil 1 can (15 oz.) white beans (Great Northern or Pinto) drained and rinsed 2 medium potatoes, peeled and cut in 1/2-inch cubes 1/2 tsp. dried thyme 3 cups vegetable broth, preferably with no added salt 1 cup evaporated skim milk 1/4 cup fresh parsley or watercress, chopped 2 tsp. lemon juice 1 dash salt White pepper to taste (preferably freshly ground) Directions In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, saute onions, leeks and garlic in olive oil for about 5 minutes over medium-high heat. Add beans, potatoes, 1/4 tsp. of thyme and 1-1/2 cups of vegetable broth; simmer 20 minutes. Puree in blender or food processor. When smooth, return to saucepan and add remaining broth and evaporated milk, heat through. If necessary, add more water or broth to reach desired thickness. Before serving, stir in chopped parsley or watercress, lemon juice, salt and white pepper, and remaining thyme. Source: http://www.cdkitchen.com/ By Connie from Cotter, AR Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf13392493.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Robin's Recipe Corner: Vegetable Saute' Ingredients 1/4 cup olive oil 6 cups yellow squash and zucchini 1/4 cup red wine vinegar 1 envelope Good Seasons Italian salad dressing mix Directions Heat oil in large skillet on medium high heat. Add vegetables; cook and stir until vegetables are tender crisp. Sprinkle salad dressing mix over vegetables; toss to coat well. Stir in vinegar until well mixed. Serve hot. By Robin from Washington, IA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf50850153.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Bacon Cream Cheese Spread Ingredients 4 slices bacon, fried 1 pkg. cream cheese 1 Tbsp. mayonnaise 3-4 Tbsp. ketchup 1 Tbsp. finely chopped onion Directions Drain bacon on paper towel. Rub mixing bowl with garlic or use garlic powder to season mixture. Add cream cheese, mayonnaise, and ketchup in bowl and beat until smooth. Cut bacon (should be fried crisp) and add to mixture. Add onion and stir. Salt and pepper, to taste. You can use extra onion, if you like. If you like mixture thinner, use more mayonnaise. Use first of second day for best flavor. By Robin from Washington, IA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf28591743.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Lowfat Oatmeal Bran Muffins Ingredients 1 cup oats 1 cup skim milk 2 egg whites 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup oil 1 cup flour 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. baking powder 1 crushed ripe banana Directions Combine oats and milk; let stand for 20 minutes. Can use part oat bran for oats. Mix all ingredients and bake at 400 degrees F for 30 minutes. By Robin from Washington, IA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf58165522.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Broccoli-Lettuce Salad Ingredients iceberg lettuce romaine lettuce red onion broccoli almonds, slivered raisins Dressing: 1/4 cup vinegar 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup mayonnaise Directions Mix salad ingredients together. Then mix dressing ingredients and pour over salad. By Robin from Washington, IA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf37148440.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Spiced Tea Ingredients 2 cups Tang 3/4 cup instant tea 1 pkg. lemon Kool-Aid 1 pkg. mixed fruit gelatin 1/2 cup sugar 2 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. cloves 1/4 tsp. allspice Directions Use 3 tsp. of mix per cup. By Robin from Washington, IA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf623709.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. More Information: Click Here: http://www.thriftyfun.com/post_craft.ldml More Stuff: Coupon Swap! Swap coupons with other ThriftyFun.com users.