October Recipe Club

Lauren's Crunchy Spring Salad

Red Wine Vinaigrette

½ Veggie oil

½ cup sugar

3 tablespoons red wine vinegar

¼ tsp. salt

¼ tsp. pepper

salad

1 – 20 oz. can mandarin oranges, drained

1 pkg. chow mein noodles

10 oz. spring salad mix

4 oz. feta cheese

1 cup pecans, halved

½ cup dried cranberries

Dede's Shrimp Tacos

Marinate shrimp in olive oil, lemon juice, tony chachere's, old bay seasoning, garlic powder. 

In pan, heat olive oil, add shrimp and cook until pink, turning. 

In a bowl mix cole slaw, plain Greek yogart, and sweet chili sauce. 

Warm tortilla, add cooked shrimp, cole slaw mixture, and mango salsa (

I use Newmans own mango salsa). 

 Ashley's Rice Consomme

1 Cup white rice 

1 can beef consommé soup

1 ½ cans (use soup can) water

¾ stick of butter

1 teaspoon of salt

Mix all ingredients in a casserole dish and bake 1 hour on 350 degrees

Caron's Asparagus Casserole

2 – 12 oz. packages frozen cut asparagus, thawed

1 lb. mushrooms quartered

1 cup grated mozzarella cheese

White Sauce – Recipe listed at the bottom

Combine asparagus and mushrooms in buttered dish, pour white sauce over the top, sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.

Bake 40 minutes on 350 degrees

White Sauce

In a saucepan, add 4 tablespoons of butter until melted, then add 4 tablespoons of flour over medium heat, while continuing to stir, slowly add 2 cups of milk.  Stir constantly or it will burn.  Continue stirring until thickens up – about 10 minutes.

Virginia's Jalapeno Corn

6 cans white corn

1 stick of butter

1 stick of cream cheese 

Jalapeno peppers – I just the ones out of the jar and chopped them

Melt butter & cream cheese, then mix all ingredients together in baking dish.  Cook 325 degrees for 30 minutes

Melanie's Marinated Pork

3 lb. pork tenderloin 

2/3 cup soy sauce

2/3 cup brown sugar

2T cornstarch

3 cloves garlic

2T vinegar

2T ground ginger

Combine all ingredients.  Marinate meat 6-8 hours or overnight.  Remove meat and cook 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes (may take longer if you have a crappy oven like me)

Broil marinade and simmer 3-5 minutes (you can do that at my house)

Slice meat and top with cooked marinade.  Can serve immediately or refrigerate and serve cold.

Whitney's Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

1 Graham Cracker Pie Crust

1 – 8 oz. Cream cheese, softened

1/3 cup sugar

1 cup sour cream

2T. Vanilla

1 – 8 oz. cool whip

1 cup mini chocolate chips

Beat cream cheese until smooth, gradually beat in sugar

Blend in sour cream and vanilla

Fold in cool whip.  Blend well.

Stir in mini chocolate chips

Spoon into crust

Chill and set at least 4 hours before serving

Garnish with chocolate chips

Sarah's Kahlua Brownies

 cup butter

3/4 cup cocoa

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1-1/4 cups all purpose flower

1/4 teaspoon Morton's salt

Melt butter over low heat.  Combine cocoa and sugar.  Add melted butter.  Stir in beaten eggs and vanilla.  Add flower and salt.  Bake at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes in a 13 X 9 pan sprayed with Pam.

Frosting

1/2 cup softened butter

2 cups confectioners sugar

2 tablespoons Kahlua or 1 teaspoon vanilla or almond flavor.

Combine butter, confectioners sugar, and Kahlua (or vanilla or almond flavor).  Spread evenly over brownies.  Refrigerate pan while preparing glaze.

Glaze

2 one ounce squares semi-sweet chocolate

2 tablespoons butter

Melt over low heat and stir.  Drizzle over frosting.  Refrigerate to set glaze.  Cut into small squares.