Heath Bar Cake

I got this recipe from my mom who got it from Peggy Hanks and insists on calling it "Celestial Cake" although it's more commonly known as "Better Than S** Cake". My mom also questions the 2 eggs in the frosting and leaves them out.

CAKE INGREDIENTS:

1 yellow cake mix

2 c water

2 eggs

1 small pkg instant chocolate pudding.

DIRECTIONS FOR CAKE:

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix ingredients well and bake in a cookie sheet pan for 20 minutes.

TOPPING INGREDIENTS:

1 stick soft butter

1 c powdered sugar

2 eggs

One 8-oz pkg whipped topping

Heath bar pieces.

FROSTING DIRECTIONS:

Combine everything but the Heath pieces and put on cooled cake.  

Sprinkle with Heath pieces.  

Store leftovers in refrigerator.

Wild Rice Chicken Soup

 Sweet Peggy Jeppesen shared this and I can't wait to try it!

INGREDIENTS:

Two boxes of Rice-A-Roni (any brand) WILD RICE style. 

1 cup  Shredded Turkey or Chicken COOKED

1 cup Carrots

1 cup Celery 

1/2-1 Onion, chopped

5 cup Water

5 cups Chicken Broth

Salt and Pepper, to taste

DIRECTIONS:

Simmer for 20 minutes until veggies are tender and rice is done. 

Cake Mix Snickerdoodles

 Found this one and can't wait to try!

INGREDIENTS:

1 box Duncan Hines Classic Yellow Cake Mix

3 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp cinnamon

2 large eggs

1/4 cup vegetable oil

DIRECTIONS:

Combine sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and mix. Set aside.

Combine cake mix, eggs and oil in a bowl and mix with a wooden spoon until all combined. Use medium cookie scoop and scoop onto greased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon mix. Using the bottom of a cup, flatten the cookies a bit.

Bake at 375 for 7-9 minutes. Let Cool & ENJOY!

Crockpot Pork Roast

 Found this, decided to try it, loved it :)

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup Olive Oil

0.5 cup Soy Sauce

1 cup Honey

4 TBSP Steak Seasoning

1 TSP Garlic Powder

0.25 TSP Ground Ginger

0.25 TSP Red Pepper Flakes

4-6 lb Pork Tenderloin

DIRECTIONS:

Place the pork tenderloin at the bottom of the crock pot. You CAN add in some baby carrots.

In a small bowl combine the rest of the ingredients and mix. Then pour over the pork tenderloin.

Cook on low 6-8 hours.

Mom's Recipe for Apple Crisp

 Mom found this amazing recipe and made it for us with apples from our very own harvest :) Our kids kept calling it "Apple Chris" :)

Apple Crisp 

Ivan Harper

3 c sliced, peeled apples

1 c water

1 c sugar

1 t cinnamon

1/4 nutmeg

2 T butter

2 T cornstarch

Combine and boil in saucepan.  Pour in baking dish.

Topping:

6 T butter

2/3 c flour

2/3 c rolled oats

3/4 c brown sugar

½ t cinnamon

½ t nutmeg

1/4 t salt

Melt butter and brown sugar.  Stir in other ingredients.  Add more butter, if needed.  Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.

Zucchini Casserole

 Zucchini Casserole by Gaylynn Bean and Annette Green

INGREDIENTS:

4 cups diced zucchini

1 cup water

1/4 chopped onion

1 lb hamburger

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 cup raw shredded carrots

1 pkg dry stuffing mix (chicken)

½ cup melted butter

1 cup sour cream

DIRECTIONS:

Boil zucchini in cup of water for 5 minutes and drain.  

Brown hamburger and onion and drain grease.  

To the hamburger add soup, sour cream and carrots.  

Mix well and set aside toss dry stuffing mix with butter.  

Sprinkle half of stuffing mix in 9x13 pan.  

Spoon zucchini on stuffing. 

Pour hamburger mixture on top.  

Add the remaining stuffing mixture on top of the hamburger.  

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.  

PC's NOTE: Excellent.  Paula cooks longer and hotter.  Also cooks carrots at end with zucchini.

Microwave Fudge

 Microwave Fudge by Sally Geisler

INGREDIENTS:

1 12 oz pkg. semisweet choc. chips (don’t use Hershey's. For some reason they never melt smoothly)

1 cup (1/2 pkg.) butterscotch chips

1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk

1 ½ tsp almond extract

DIRECTIONS:

Combine ingredients in a glass bowl. Microwave for 2 minutes on high. Stir. Add walnuts if desired. You can also substitute the almond extract for peppermint if you want chocolate mint fudge.

Scoop out into a 8x8 cake pan. 

Cool until set in the refrigerator.

Supreme Pasta Salad

 Found this recipe and I'm psyched to try it!

INGREDIENTS:

1 package (16 ounces) penne, rotini or fusilli pasta

5 cups assorted vegetables, such as broccoli florets, sliced carrots, bell pepper strips, cherry tomato halves and red onion slices

1 bottle (8 ounces) Italian or ranch salad dressing

1/4 cup McCormick® Perfect Pinch® Salad Supreme

DIRECTIONS:

Cook pasta as directed on package. Rinse under cold water; drain well.

Place pasta and vegetables in large bowl. Add dressing and Seasoning; toss gently to coat. Cover.

Refrigerate at least 4 hours or until ready to serve. Toss before serving.

Pierce's Bacon Potato Soup

  Bacon-Potato Soup (Pierce)

Cut bacon into small pieces.  

Cook in stockpot while chopping celery.  

Cook celery with bacon while chopping onion.  

May need a little water.  

Add onion and more water.  

Add tomatoes (Pierce uses fresh whole) while peeling and dicing potatoes. 

Add to the mix with more water.  

Cook until potatoes are done.  

Salt and pepper.