Hello Nancylanders! I'm hoping someone can give me a recipe that I saw on Joanne Weir's cooking show. She took some store-bought sauerkraut and added fresh cabbage and some other ingredients to it to extend it. I think she added onion plus some other ingredients. I didn't bother to write down the recipe, because I was sure
she'd put it online. But I can't find it. I'm hoping someone has it.
Sue (Cooky) in Indiana

Angel Food Cake with Pineapple
A box of Angel Food Cake mix (just the contents of the box, no need to follow the directions on the box), and combine it with a 20 ounce can of crushed pineapple in its own juice. (No need to use a mixer, just stir it by hand) The mixture starts to froth and it turns into an amazingly airy, fluffy bowl of deliciousness right before your eyes. Once it’s all mixed up, simply pour it into a 9 x 13 baking dish and bake it at 350 for 30 minutes
Mary
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This recipe has been around for years. It is another fun Easter treat to make, especially if the kids or grandkids get to help.
Robbie IN

Edible Easter Baskets

1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1 cup miniature marshmallows
3 Shredded Wheat biscuits, crushed
Jelly beans

Place butter in medium bowl. Microwave at 100% for 30 to 45 seconds or until melted. Add marshmallows, stirring to coat. Microwave at 100% for 30 to 60 seconds, or until marshmallows puff and mixture can be stirred smooth. Stir in crushed cereal.

Shape into Easter baskets or nests and when cool, fill with jelly beans. Great for decoration and can be eaten. Makes 4 to 6.
Robbie IN
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Here's some ideas for Margo, Boston for the Easter basket exchange. You could buy or
make bookmarks, either crocheted, knitted, plastic canvas or counted cross stitch ones. Also some pretty pastel colored post it notes. You could make or purchase granola bars, make up packages of dried fruit. Some Easter or Spring decorated cupcakes would be pretty, or maybe some home made mint candies molded in flower
molds. You could also make up some party or trail mix and make up little bags of that tied with some pretty ribbon. Hope these help you. Happy Easter to everyone, Rita,
Memphis, NY

For Margo Boston 3/23, who wanted suggestions for Easter baskets, consider any of the following homemade candy: toffee, fudge in various flavors, caramels, peanut butter balls, candy coated pretzels, coconut balls/Easter eggs, truffles, divinity, candied nuts or peanut brittle. You could also do non food items, such as small bottles of lotion, hand sanitizer, post-it notes with a pen, jars of spices, or a cookie cutter with one of your favorite recipes. Other food ideas would be any of the gifts in a jar for brownies, cookies, soup, hot chocolate, Russian tea, flavored coffee or flavored coffee creamers. Small jars of jam or jelly could also be used. If you have a dollar store in your area, you could find many more ideas at a very low cost.
Robbie IN

Thanks yo Sharon in Pa. For the suggestion of placing bread on cookie cooling rack, using the lines and cut with electric knife.I have surd that and yes, it works. However, I am looking for a source for purchasing one like the Presto bread slicer. Thanks for assisting and suggestions.
Marvis in Texas

French Silk Pie

1 Baked 10" Pie Shell, Cooled to Room Temperature
1 lb Butter (No Substitutes)
Softened To Room-Temperature
2 cups Granulated Sugar
4 Eggs
4 Squares Of Bitter Chocolate
Melted And Cooled To Room-Temperature
1 tsp Vanilla

Cream butter 20 minutes (on 4) Add sugar, cream 20 minutes more (on 5). Add eggs,
one at a time, beating 5 minutes after each addition (on 4). Add melted chocolate,
beat 5 minutes. Add vanilla, beat 5 minutes.

Pour into the baked pie shell. Chill overnight for filling to firm and flavours to mellow.
Top, if desired, with unsweetened whipped cream and chocolate curls. (Rather like
gilding the lily!)
1/2 recipe use 1 - 8" pie shell
Courtesy of Marge Clark
Denise-the Villages, FL
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About 40 years ago, I was given a recipe for a dish that was absolutely wonderful with baked ham. I apparently lost the recipe in moving and cannot even remember if it had a name on it. I hope someone here will know it.

It had lime Jello, small curd cottage cheese, cool whip, pecans, pineapple and sliced maraschino cherries. It was so good with any ham dish.

If anyone has this recipe, I would so appreciate it if you could sent it. Thank you nancy and furbabies for all you all do.
Jean in NC

Keith (newsletter March 22). I called my sister and she told me the sugar free cake mix is made by Pillsbury. She finds it with the regular cake mixes. She said it goes so fast that they cannot find it all the time. When she does find it, she buys several since they are both diabetics. You may check with your Wal-Mart and see if they
carry it. Hope this was some help.
Shirley in MS

As I promised, Nancy, the spaghetti sauce recipe. I asked for the cookie recipe, Susan's Special Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. I still cannot find it. It was on my old computer. Apple wanted $1400.00 to get it fixed, so I bought an 11 inch air. It is wonderful. It is light , a little over 2 lbs., fast and wonderful.

If any of your readers knows about this recipe, I would really appreciate it. It is the absolute best! I have never written a recipe in my life. I like Julia Child and Southern Sideboards is one of the best cookbooks in the world, it is a Southern Living Hall of Fame cookbook, but must be special ordered. It is from the Junior League of Mississippi. Hope I did not mess up the recipe too badly.

Like I said, I have written a recipe in my life. But I can cook. Adjustments can easily be made on the recipe depending on how many diners you have. Hope you enjoy it. You can skip the sausage, but it does add flavor.

Spaghetti Sauce

extra virgin olive oil
1/2 lb. hamburger
2 sweet Italian sausages
meatballs Syracuse are the best, but I can no longer find these in Dallas because
they were going bad before they could be sold. Quality frozen Italian meatballs

Buttoni fresh pasta angel hair or fettucine

2 to 3 jars Ragu GARLIC sauce, this is the best by far.
at least 2 colanders

In a small amount of olive oil brown the hamburger. I then place it in a colander and
rinse with water. Next slice the sausages and cook until there is not a trace of pink in
them. Put these in the second colander and rinse.

Because I have to use frozen meatballs, I microwave them until they are warm. Brown these as well in the olive oli. Empty the meatballs on top of the sausages. Rinse with water. Return all the meats to a large dutch oven.

Pour the 2 to 3 jars of Ragu sauce on top. I have read to heat to a boil. Do not do this unless you enjoy cleaning up spaghetti sauce that splatters all over your kitchen, medium high is plenty of heat. Heat sauce through out.

Next pour into your crockpot. Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours. This is a sweet sauce, but I promise your diners will love it. As for the pasta, just follow the directions. The sauce freezes well.
Diane S
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This is for Margo in Boston, who in the March 23rd Newsletter requested ideas for a goodie to take to an Easter Brunch for each guest to put in their Easter Baskets.

Margo, here are a couple of cute and good-tasting ideas. I have provided links for both. Both are easy, take only a little time, only a couple of ingredients and are cute and good! Whether you decide on either of these or something else, let us know what you decide to take and how everyone liked your treats. Enjoy your brunch and treats!
AugustaPat

Margo, here is a link to directions for making a Carrot Shaped Bag (pastry bag) filled with Jelly Beans. All you need is some plastic pastry bags (can get at Michaels or anywhere that sells cake supplies), jelly beans and green ribbon or green rope licorice for the bow. It is very cute and simple.

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Carrot-Jelly-Bean-Favors

Here is another cute, easy and tasty Easter candy. It is Jellybean Bark. All you need is white chocolate and different colored jellybeans (the smaller ones work great –but you can use any size or flavor. You could break it into pieces or cut it into squares and either put one or two pieces in a plastic sandwich bag or wrap with colored Saran Wrap.
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