Neighborhood Christmas Social

Our neighborhood Christmas Social is going to be Monday, December 12, at 7 p.m. This year it is at Lynnette and Scott Harris' home. The idea with this is to give us a place and a few minutes to visit as neighbors and friends and only have to bring 1 plate of our holiday goodies rather than spend lots of time cooking and delivering and not getting to visit at the doorstep. The whole family is invited and bring your neighbors.

What Shall We Give?

I Ate Too Much

I Ate Too Much

by Jack Prelustsky

I ate too much turkey,

I ate too much corn,

I ate too much pudding and pie.

I'm stuffed up with muffins,

and much too much stuffin',

I'm probably going to die.

I piled up my plate

and I ate and I ate,

but I wish I had known when to stop,

for I'm so crammed with yams,

sauces, gravies, and jams

that my buttons are starting to pop.

I'm full of tomatoes

and french fried potatoes,

my stomach is swollen and sore,

but there's still some dessert,

so I guess it won't hurt

if I eat just a little bit more.

HAVE A HAPPY AND FILLING THANKSGIVING!

Fall Relief Society Social

This Thursday (November 17th)

is our Relief Soiety Fall Social.

7:00 pm a the church

Friendships, thoughts, sisterhood, and

yummy desserts to be shared.

cards and recipes

Last week we had a fun Relief Society meeting where we made cards (thank you ladies who did all the behind the scenes work!!).  We also had a recipe exchange.  There were two recipes that didn't have enough copies, so I'm posting them on the blog.  I don't know who made the apple cake (please feel free to take credit by commenting) & the Hot Beef Dip was Lynette's.

Apple Cake

1 ½ cups oil

2 cups sugar

3 eggs

3 cups flour

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp vanilla

3 cups peeled and sliced apples

1 cup coarsely broken walnuts

In a large bowl beat together oil and sugar. Add eggs and beat until mixture is creamy. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt, cinnamon and baking soda. Stir into the batter. Add vanilla, apples and walnuts: stir to blend. Pour mixture into a greased 9x13 in. pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cook and frost with cream cheese frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

½ cup butter, melted

1 (16 ounce) package powered sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

Cream softened cream cheese. Blend in the butter. Add powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat well. Spread over cake.

Hot Beef Dip

8 ounces cream cheese (low fat works fine)

1 cup sour cream

½ cup mayonnaise

1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

3 scallions, green and whites parts finely chopped

1 package beef sandwich meat (thin sliced, like Buddig brand), finely chopped

1 Tbsp. dried parsley flakes

Put the cream cheese, mayo and sour cream in a microwaveable bowl. Cover and cook on high in the microwave for 45 seconds. Blend them together and add the other ingredients. Microwave on high for an additional 2 ½ minutes, but stir once part way through (or the cheese clumps and gets oily).

Serve hot or warm with crackers and vegetables to dip.

wanted: recipes

The Relief Society Presidency is putting together a dinner cook book for next year's birthday recognitions. We are seeking main dish or meal ideas that are relatively easy to make and that your family really likes to eat. Our thought is to create a quick reference of easy meals for those days when you say...aaaaaa! what am I going to make for dinner? 

An example (from Sherrie) is a pork chop recipe that she likes to serve with applesauce, rice, and a veggie. 

 

Please submit these recipes/ dinner menu ideas to Terri Waldon at waldengang@comast.net by HALLOWEEN!

another zucchini recipe

I still am getting a lot of zucchini, and found another recipe that I quite enjoyed.

Zucchini Brownies

Ingredients: 2 cups grated zucchini, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 3/4 cup oil, 2tsp vanilla, 2 cups flour, 1/3 cup cocoa, 1 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp. salt, 1/2 cup nuts (optional).

Directions: Combine zucchini, sugar, oil, and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients and add to zucchini mixture. Pour into greased 9x13 baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees fro 35 to 40 minutes. Cool.

Frosting: 1/4 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup milk, 1/2cup chocolate chips, 1/2 cup miniature marshmallows, 1 tsp. vanilla, 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Directions for frosting: In a saucepan, melt butter on medium heat. Add sugar and milk. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Cook an stir about 1 minute. Remove from heat. Add chocolate chips and marshmallows. Stir until melted. Add vanilla. Spread over brownies. Sprinkle with nuts (if you like that sort of thing)