Posts Tagged ‘Teaspoon Lemon Juice’

Old Fashion Recipes for a Blue Ribbon Ham Casserole, Carrot, Apple, Raisin Salad and Chocolate Cake

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Go back in time and make your family an old-fashion comfort food meal of Blue Ribbon Ham Casserole, Carrot, Apple, Raisin Salad and Ms. Nina’s Sour Cream Chocolate Cake. This Ham Casserole cooks on the stove-top. Carrot, Apple, Raisin Salad will bring fruit and crunch to your meal. Finish off your meal with Ms. Nina’s Sour Cream Chocolate Cake.

BLUE RIBBON HAM CASSEROLE
I believe, but cannot say for sure, that this recipe was cut from the back of a Parkay Margarine package.

1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 tbsp Parkey margarine
1/2 lb Velveeta pasteurized process cheese spread, cubed
1/4 cup milk
3 cups chopped cooked potatoes
3/4 cup chopped ham
1/4 tsp salt

Saute green pepper and onion in margarine. Add process cheese spread and milk; stir until completely melted. Add remaining ingredients; mix well. Heat, stirring constantly, until bubbly and heated through.
4 to 6 servings.

CARROT, APPLE, AND RAISIN SALAD
This recipe was popular in my childhood.

2 cups grated carrots
2 cups finely chopped apples
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1 cup raisins
1/4 cup chopped nuts
1/3 cup mayonnaise

After chopping apples, toss with 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice. Combine with the remaining ingredients, mix well. Sprinkle a few chopped nuts on top for garnish, if desired. Cover and refrigerate until serving time. Refrigerate any leftovers.

MS. NINA’S SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE CAKE
2 cups sugar
1 cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1 1/4 tsps baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup boiling water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix sugar, sour cream,eggs, and vanilla together; mix well. Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt together and add to the sugar mixture. After both mixtures are well blended, pour in the boiling water. Stir together to mix well. Pour into a greased 9 x 13-inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. Frost with your favorite frosting.

Enjoy!

Grandma Linda

Grandma Linda is a collector of vintage recipes. She enjoys sharing her collection on her blog at http://grandmasvintagerecipes.blogspot.com

Pumpkin Pan Cake Delight At Cooking Games

Friday, February 5th, 2010

When we cook, we often think that simple ingredient s may not be as good for a great recipe. This is the reason why some are afraid to experiment. However, in cooking, even the simplest ingredients can impress the guests. You don’t need special ingredients to make fabulous recipes. Learn how to cook simple but delicious foods at cooking games like pumpkin pan cake and delight yourself and your friends!

To make the pumpkin pan cake at cooking games, you will need these ingredients: two cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon nutmeg; ¼ teaspoon ginger; ¼ teaspoon salt; ½ cup vegetable oil; 1 ¼ cups sugar; 1 egg; 1teaspoon vanilla extract; and 1 cup canned pumpkin. For the cream cheese frosting, you will need 3 cups confectioners’ sugar; 1 8-once package cream cheese; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 4 tablespoon butter; yellow and red food coloring; pretzel nuggets (stems) and green gumdrops (leaves).

After you are able to prepare the ingredients, preheat the oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit and line a 12-cup muffin tin with bake cups. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and salt. Set the mixture aside.

In a separate mixing bowl, stir together the oil and sugar. Whisk in the eggs and stir in the vanilla extract. Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and gently stir the mixture until well blended. Stir the pumpkin into the batter until it is thoroughly combined. Spoon the batter into the lined muffin tins. Bake for 20 minutes or until a knife inserted in the middle of the cupcake comes out clean and then removed to a rack to cool thoroughly.

Meanwhile, make the cream cheese frosting. In a medium-size mixing bowl, beat together the confectioner’s sugar, cream cheese, butter, and lemon juice until smooth. Add about 12 drops of yellow food coloring and 4 drops of red food coloring and beat until the frosting turns orange.
For authentic-looking pumpkins, pipe on the frosting to resemble a pumpkin’s ridges. Fill a sealable plastic bag with frosting, snip a small hole in the corner, and pipe curved lines over each cupcake. Use pretzel nuggets for the pumpkin stems and cut flattened green gumdrops into leaves.

Making pumpkin pan cake is very easy to do. All you need is to follow instructions carefully and enjoy do the cooking. If you are afraid with the kitchen for burns or possible injuries, you can try to cook at cooking games. in the virtual kitchen, you can learn other recipes without the fear of the hazards in the kitchen. Enjoy cooking even with the simplest ingredients and you will have delightful dishes you can be proud of.

Rowenavic Lopez

Rowenavic Lopez is an enthusiast of http://www.cooking-games.biz . She Plays Cooking Games and create wonderful pizza, burgers and sushi. Learn many ingredients of famous dishes and try to work as a waitress in a bar.