PUMPKIN PIE CAKE

I'm not a big fan of Pumpkin Pie, but this Pumpkin Pie Cake is a holiday goodie.

PUMPKIN CAKE

1 box of yellow cake mix

1 stick butter, melted

1 egg, beaten

Take out one cup of cake mix , set aside. To the remaining mix add the butter and egg. Mix and press onto bottom of greased and lightly floured ( i use Bakers Joy spray) 9x13 inch pan. Put the following ingredients into a bowl:

1 large can of pumpkin pie mix

2 eggs, beaten

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup of white sugar

2/3 cup of evaporated milk

1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Beat well and spread over cake mixture. To the one cup of reserved cake mix add:

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup of chopped pecans

1/2 stick of butter ( softened not melted)

Crumble together and sprinkle over the pumpkin mixture. Bake in 350 degree oven for about 45- 50 minutes. Let cool, then refrigerate. To serve cut into squares and top with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

ENJOY!

I am making this for Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas and .....

White Chili

Here is the last one for today, I have cleaning to do. This one is White Chili, I don't have a clue where Mom got this one, but dang its good.

White Chili

4 to 6 chicken breast-- boiled and shredded (2 large cans)
1 large white onion chopped
2 cans of cream of chicken soup
1 can chopped green chillies
1 tsp white pepper
2 cans white northern beans, not drained
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 cup chicken broth ( or maybe more)

Mix all together and cook serve with tortilla chips and shredded Colby cheese

ENJOY!

Maybe next it will be chicken enchiladas. yummy! they are sooo easy.

Beer Bread

Hey, heres a good one. My Mom never drank a beer in her life ( that I know of )but yet she made some darn good Beer Bread. This stuff smells soooo good while its cooking. You're gonna love it!

Beer Bread

3 1/2 cups self rising flour
2 tbs sugar
1 egg beaten
1 12 ounce can of beer

Mix and put in muffin tin and bake at 350 till golden brown.

ENJOY

Elks Cole Slaw

WOW 2 in one day! Maybe I am avoiding cleaning my house. You think? This is one that my Mom got from the cook Mary at the Elks Lodge. Mom loved it and made it for alot of dinners, now since she is gone I have people calling me asking for the recipe. Since I am not a very organized person, I just now found it. Imagine that!

Anyways on Moms recipe card it says that this will keep for a week, personally I don't know how she would have known that since it never lasted more than a day around all of us.

Elks Cole Slaw

Cabbage

Green Peppers

Red Onions

Carrots

Add: 1 part vinegar

1 part sugar

1 part vegetable oil or olive oil (she says the olive oil is the best)

Celery seeds

Toss together and

ENJOY!

I use and she did to a whole head of cabbage and how ever much peppers, onions and carrots you desire .

Maybe I should be taking photos of these dishes that I am posting. And maybe I will whenever I get back in the kitchen, I mopped the floor and its wet, "can't walk on a wet floor now can you!"

Blonde Brownies

I thought I would start sharing some of my Moms recipes. The first one is Blonde Brownies, I have no idea where she got this recipe, but she has been making them for me most of my life. Her grandsons (my 2 boys) absolutely love them and I hope you will too.

here it is straight out of her recipe box

Blonde Brownies

2/3 cup of melted oleo

2 cups of packed brown sugar

stir sugar into oleo and cool slightly

add 2 eggs well beaten

2 tsp. vanilla

2 cups of flour

1/4 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1 cup chopped nut ( your choice--i like pecans)

Mix and press into greased 10 x 13 pan

put a 6 0z bag of chocolate chips on top and press lightly

Bake at 350 for 25 minutes

Enjoy!

Salmon Patties

Have you ever had salmon patties? OMGsh are they the bomb? Salmon Patties, fried taters and onions, and green beans. You can't go wrong with that. this is the way my Mom used to make them and the only way I know how, except she fried hers and I now bake mine. Love them just the same.

Salmon Patties
1 large can of salmon
1 medium onion ( white or purple i use purple)chopped small
1/2 sleeve of saltine crackers
2 eggs
salt and pepper

Debone and clean up the salmon, add the chopped onion, eggs and crushed saltines, a little salt and pepper to taste Mix with spoon (i use my hands)
form into patties and either fry in skillet with oil or put a small amount of olive oil on a cookie sheet and bake. It only takes about 30 minutes and i flip them at about 20 minutes

fry up some potatoes with onions and serve with green beans
when the boys was home i had to use 2 cans of salmon and double everything
they never went to waste.

Enjoy!

Birthdays

Sometimes birthdays come and go, no big deal, and some of them you will remember for the rest of your life. When someone close to you passes away you know in your heart you will remember them forever, you'll remember how they look and how they smell, how they walk and talk, and all the things they have done for you all your life. You want to set something out as a remembrance token, so that when you walk by it you can look at it and all those feelings are just there. There for you, in your heart, something to hold on to. But in reality you can't keep everything that special person leaves behind. But sometimes someone helps to make something special for you to help you along the way. When my mother passed away , everything went to crap, in my mind. What do you do with everything all the clothes, the house , and all of the belongings , not to mention the grief, so you start to get rid of what you can, when you can. And you deal with it the best way you know how. Back to the birthday. When I was ready to deal with the material things some of my closest friends came to my rescue and offered to help (Thank God!) One of the friends that came to help with all the stuff , took some of my Moms clothes and scarfs, didn't know what she would do with them but she wanted them so they in turn were hers to do with what ever she desired. Then several months later it was my birthday and she presented me with a Quilt made out all of Moms things, it is the most awesome beautiful quilt that I have ever seen or will ever own. As I look at it, all kinds of memories of her wearing that shirt or she got that scarf at the race for the cure, they are all there for me to enjoy. I will cherish this quilt forever. Thanks Amy