March 28, 2006

Adele's Lemon Dessert

1 qt vanilla ice cream
1-6 oz can frozen lemonade
add a little yellow coloring if desired
graham cracker crust or just crumbs top & bottom

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This is Adele's first recipe--looks delicious!

Kay's Frosting

1 box instant pudding mix (any flavor)
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup powdered sugar

Stir above 3 ingredients together and let sit 5 minutes.
Add 8 oz. cool whip.

Frost cake. Refrigerate cake.

Note: This is another recipe from Kay Takahashi.

Kay's Chicken

1 cup soy sauce
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup water
3 cloves grated garlic
1/8 cup cooking wine
chicken

Marinate chicken 2 hours or overnight. Bake in 350 degree oven for approx. 1 hour. Turn once and baste for more color.

Note: This recipe was given to me by my friend Kay Takahashi. I worked with her at the probation department in Golden, CO. She is Japanese and was born in Wyoming in a Japanese concentration camp during World War II. Her parents were also born in the USA but were sent to the camp as were other Japanese Americans during the war. When Kay gave out recipes she would say, "just add a litte of this and a little of that"--no real set measurements of ingredients, so this is pretty detailed!

Hot Refried Bean Dip

1 lb. hamburger
1 can refried beans
1 pkg. taco seasoning mix
1 small can chilies
16 oz. container sour cream
1 bottle taco sauce
cheddar cheese, shredded

Brown hamburger, add taco seasoning, chilies, and refried beans. Put this mixture in large shallow baking dish. Spread on a layer of sour cream and a layer of taco sauce, and then a layer of cheddar cheese. Bake in 325 degree oven for 30 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve with tortilla chips. Sometimes I add black olives or more refried beans and/or black beans. It's easy to make a smaller or larger version.

Notes: I got this recipe originally from my sister-in-law Bonnie, and have made it for probably 25 or so years. If there is any left it makes great leftovers!

Monkey Bread

3 tubes (10 biscuits per tube) of refrigerated biscuits cut into quarters.
Shake biscuit cubes in baggie with 1/2 c. sugar and 1 T. cinamon.
Put biscuit cubes in bundt pan or round cake pan (ungreased).

Melt 1 stick butter, add 3/4 c. brown sugar and 1 capful vanilla in
saucepan. Cook until sugar is melted. Pour mixture over biscuit cubes in pan.

Bake in 400 degree oven for 20 minutes. Turn out immediately onto plate.

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This is a collection of family recipes that I want to pass on to Anna (and Owen, Jacob, Raisa, & Sam) some day. I also plan to make a book of some type when we have collected enough recipes.

Recipes from Eldora are typed as they were written on the cards she gave me, any notes associated with the recipes are hers.

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