Monday, November 15, 2010

December's Meeting of the Pioneers


Hi all,
The December meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 8th at 6:30 p.m. at Sybil's home.

The theme is Appetizers and Desserts. Please bring one of each and come join the fun.

Please email your recipe to DeeAnn so she can get it posted. Be sure to sight where your recipe came from. We need to give credit where credit is due.

See you in December!

November's Recipes

Mary brought Creamy Red Potatoes (adapted from the Fix It & Forget It cookbook)

2 lbs small red potatoes, quartered
8-oz pkg cream cheese, softened
10-3/4 oz can cream of potato soup
1 envelope dry Ranch dressing mix

Place potatoes in slow cooker.

Beat together cream cheese, soup, Ranch mix. Stir into potatoes.

Cover. Cook on low for 8 hours, or until potatoes are tender.

Mary then added 1 cup sour cream, six slices pre-cooked bacon (chopped) and some grated cheese.

They were YUMMY!

Sprice brought Crockpot Chicken Salsa
3 chicken breast halves
3/4 cup salsa (give or take the amount)
1 can black beans
1 can corn
1/2 cup fat-free sour cream

Place chicken breasts in crockpot. Pour salsa over the chicken. Use enough to lightly cover each chicken breast. Cook on low for 5-6 hours.

In the crockpot, use two forks and shred chicken. Add cans of black beans and corn (as much as desired) and continue to cook.

Thirty minutes before serving add in the sour cream.

Serve as a taco filling with chips/tortillas/tostadas. Top with salsa, cabbage, cheese, etc.

Sybil brought Cheesy Potato-and-Ham Casserole from 101 More Things to Do With a Slow Cooker cookbook

Bottom layer:
1 pkg (32 oz) frozen has brown potatoes (cubed or shredded)
1 Tbs dried chopped onion
1 tsp salt
1 carton (8 oz) sour cream
1 can (10.75 oz) cream of chicken soup
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
2 cups chopped cooked ham

Topping:
1/4 cup butter or margarine (melted)
1 pkg (6 oz) herb-seasoning stuffing mix

Combine bottom layer ingredients in a greased 4.5 to 6 quart slow cooker. Sprinkle stuffing mix over the top, then drizzle on butter. Cover and cook on low heat for 5-6 hours or on high heat 2.5 to 4 hours.

Irene brought Simple Bread Pudding from Fix It & Forget It cookbook

6 to 8 slices bread, cubed
2 cups milk
2 eggs
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract

Sauce:
1/2 of an 11.5 oz can concentrated white grape juice
1 Tbs cornstarch

Place bread in slow cooker.

Whisk together milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla in a bowl. Pour over bread.

Cover and cook on high for 2 to 2.5 hours or until mixture is set.

Combine concentrated juice and cornstarch in a saucepan. Heat until boiling, stirring constantly, until mixture is thickened. Serve drizzled over bread pudding.

Memory brought Corn Chowder and Banana Coconut Bread

DeeAnn
brought Crockpot Lasagna from Jessica Seinfeld.
The recipe was wrong so I am not going to even add it. But, it is great to know that you can assemble lasagna in a crockpot with uncooked noodles and they will cook beautifully. Give it a try.