salsa from Dena

"I thought I’d send this salsa thing I made to serve with Mexican food since your mango recipe reminded me. Just chop and stir.
The salsa thing is, begin with red onion, cilantro, salt, and lime, aka the Pioneer Woman. I think tomato is a basic for her too. Then just add whatever you find in the fridge.

This salad majored in cabbage and cilantro.

Cabbage

Black beans

Mango, the red and the yellow ones

Lime juice

Leftover corn from Sunday

Tomato
jalapeno

Cilantro

Salt

Avocado

Red onion

I haven't tried it yet, but it's right at the top of my to-try list. Basically anything Mexican and cilantro speaks to me and I can't resist! BTW someone told Dena they thought it was a salad; so maybe any way of eating it is perfect.

coconut butter

hard margarine or real butter and soft margarine to equal about 1 1/2 cups

1/2 tsp coconut flavoring

1/2 cup icing sugar

2 Tbsp honey

Whip all together and serve with warm fresh bread or hot toast. If you have Torani Coconut syrup, use just butter and syrup to make a fabulous spread.

Sharla's Bread Sticks with my own twists and turns

1 tsp salt

1/8 tsp onion salt

1 cup very warm water

1 Tbsp yeast

1 Tbsp sugar

1/4 tsp oregano

garlic powder and other good seasonings that I find in the spice rack

1/4 cup oil

2 to 2 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup margarine

 fresh shredded Parmesan Cheese

Italian seasoning or oregano or whatever spices look good that day!

Measure first 9 ingredients into Bosch bowl and beat until soft to medium dough is achieved. Let rise; punch; rise again. Melt 1/2 cup margarine in 13 x 18 pan in oven. Roll dough out and lay on top of melted marg. Flip dough so both sides get buttered. Sprinkle with last two ingredients. Cut into strips with pizza cutter and let rise again. Bake at 400F for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Great with pizza sauce. 

SIMPLIFY! dump all ingredients into bread maker and set to "dough" and let it do the mixing and rising work for you! 

I've never made good bread sticks. Until now.

Laurie's Celebratory Pumpkin Dip

1 can pumpkin or two cups pumpkin puree

1 tsp pumpkin pie spice or 1 tsp cinnamon, sprinkle nutmeg, cloves, allspice to taste

1 box instant vanilla pudding

2 cups whipped cream or Cool Whip

Whip 1st 3 ingredients together an fold in whipped cream. (Whipped cream so much better than Cool Whip IMO, Laurie! With all due respect!) You can fill a hollowed out (small) pumpkin and fill with dip. Make tiny gingersnaps and duck them into this and indulge. This was a smashing success when we had a few children over after school for Tanner's birthday.

jalapeno bites

JALAPENO BITES

8 oz pkg cream cheese

1/2 cup shredded fresh parmesan cheese

1/2 cup shredded (other) cheese

3 Tbsp chopped jalapeno pepper

2 large egg yolks

2 cups crushed pretzels

Preheat oven to 350F. Seed jalapenos. Combine first five ingredients in a bowl and add enough pretzel crumbs to form paste that you can work with. Make 1" balls and roll in pretzel crumbs. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 10 - 15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm with apple jelly or other tart jelly or jam. 

I made this up outa several other recipes. What I REALLY wanted was something reminiscent of Arby's jalapeno bites dipped in their good berry sauce. I'm still looking for that one! But these are very good and we licked the platter clean!
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honey roasted almonds

HONEY ROASTED ALMONDS

2 cups whole almonds, skins on

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 tsp salt

2 Tbsp honey

2 Tbsp water

2 tsp vegetable oil

Spread the almonds in a single layer in a shallow ungreased baking pan and place in a cold oven. Bake at 350 degrees , stirring occasionally until the internal color of nuts is tan. (12 to 15 minutes). Remove from oven and set aside. 

Thoroughly mix the sugar and salt. Stir together the honey, water and oil in a medium size pan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Stir in the roasted almonds and continue to cook and stir until all the liquid has been absorbed by the nuts (about 5 minutes). Immediately transfer to a medium bowl and sprinkle sugar mixture over all and toss. Spread on wax paper and cool.

My brother-in-law sent me this recipe. And we love it.
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