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Ina, here is

Meatloaf Recipe
1-1/2 pounds ground beef
1 cup fresh bread crumbs
1 onion, diced
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 (8-ounce) cans tomato sauce
3 tablespoons vinegar
3 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup water, to thin sauce if necessary

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix together the beef, bread crumbs, onion, egg, salt, pepper, and 1/2 cup of the tomato sauce. Form this mixture into a loaf and place it in a shallow pan. Stir together the remaining tomato sauce, vinegar, sugar, mustard, Worcestershire and the water (if too thick). Pour this sauce over the meatloaf. Bake for 1 hour, basting every 15 minutes with the pan juices.
Cook's Note: Try serving as a sandwich with mayonnaise
Source: Paula Deen

Nancy I hope that your hand is feeling much better by now. I do know hard it is to use because years ago I lost the use of my left hand for about 10 days. Yes, I am left hand for eating and writing but can use both hands for everything else. We have been on the road and are back home for some weeks. Didn't have my laptop with us this time or we had to pay large amount of money per day to use the room Internet hook up. California cost are so high and we needed to kept the cost down because with the cost for a few trips.

I don't have the name of the person or date wanting to know if with a 6 quart crock pot if she could make Tona in Bama Crock pot Spaghetti Sauce you could use as is or the recipe and quart to half.

in the 1/30 newsletter from Nancy in Upstate NY asking about the Four Tins and a Tub. You drain the 4 tins.

From the 2/10 newsletter from Doris, S. Indiana you could take beef vegetable soup with crackers, cheese or a sandwich and fruit. Or another meal could be pot roast, with fruit. Another one meat loaf, baked potatoes, and salad with dressing. Then this person would have meat for sandwiches. Swiss steak, with some potatoes, fruit.

I have a question for Gina in Indiana about her Mexican Chicken that was in the 2/15 newsletter letter. Do you top the chicken or rice with the salsa and sour cream? Do you put the rice and then put the chicken on top then add the salsa and sour cream?

To Bette Indiana you are welcome. That is a chocolatic greatest fix. So glad that it worked out great for you.

Everyone have a great day. Nancy and 4 legged associates take care.
Susie Indy

For the Lady who wanted to know what foods to use with the chocolate fountain, my cousin got married months ago and with her's they used, banana's strawberry's marshmallow, pineapple grapes, pretzels, oreo cookies, biscotti's, lady fingers, and graham crackers, hope this helps
Sally in PA

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In the recipe, Chicken and Dressing on Saturday (February 17, 2007) newsletter -Should the canned sliced mushrooms in the recipe below be drained or not?
Linda O

Nancy,
I enjoy receiving your newsletter each day. I wanted to reply to Jenny in Kentucky about slicing bananas, spreading with miracle whip and placing crushed nuts on top, which I call banana salad. I have enjoyed this recipe since I was a little girl and has been many, many years ago. Each May we have what we call "Decoration Day" at my church, which has a cemetery, where we decorate the graves. We always have dinner at an outside pavilion. It has been tradition that I bring the banana salad. Everyone comes to my table wanting the banana salad and it is always the first bowl empty. I am glad to know that other people also enjoy this dish. I guess it is a southern dish. Thanks for the many recipes I receive each day. Everytime I have too many emails and have to delete, I always save your newsletter and delete the other emails.
Carolyn in West Tenn.

Dear Nancy, Here is a wonderful "Garlic Salad Dressing" for Barb, from the Catch-Up Newsletter #9. I promise, it is the BEST I have ever had, very easy to make, and tried and true. Cooking the onion and garlic in this recipe takes away the very strong flavor, and the sugar is NOT overly sweet in this at all !! This salad dressing is FABULOUS , great on some crisp iceberg with, sliced red onion, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, and garlic croutons !!!
KC

CREAMY GARLIC DRESSING
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup water
2 TBS. minced fresh onion (I grate mine on a box grater)
3 to 4 cloves minced, fresh garlic
1/4 to 1/3 cup sugar (to your own taste)
1/2 cup REAL mayonnaise
1-1/2 cups sour cream
2 Tbs. Ketchup (for pretty pink color)

In a small saucepan, simmer the vinegar, water, onion, and garlic for 5 minutes. Add sugar and simmer until sugar is dissolved. Cool to room temperature. Stir in the mayonnaise, sour cream, and ketchup. Refridgerate for at least 2 hours before serving.

To Sue who asked about feedback for the new Swivel Sweeper(TM): Amazon sells all sorts of stuff, and they include feedback from satisfied or dissatisfied customers. You might check them out for the sweeper. Before I bought my Cuisinart combo blender/food chopper I checked for customer reviews. Jeanlock in McLean VA

For Pat DE in Feb 18 newsletter: Thank you so much for the recipe. I will tweak this one and use coconut instead of pecans. The mix I had used coconut but I may add some pecans for good measure.
Thanks again. Cathy

For Betty Ann in West TN: I know Dyersburg some. Not too long ago we went to a Chinese restaurant to eat. I had never eaten Chinese before. I liked the teriyaki chicken and the shrimp and onions minus the onions. It wasn't a stand along restaurant. It was in a shopping center. Not too far from Walmart.

I do remember the pear half on a bed of lettuce with mayo and cheese. My Mom didn't make it, but my sister would sometimes when she was visiting me.
For the people that have bean cooking questions: All I ever do is soak them in water all the way to the top of the bowl I put them in. Sll night. The next day, I pick thru them, put them in my crock pot and put on high until they start cooking then I turn the pot to low. I put a big ham hock in with them too. It don't take long for them to cook if you soak them over night.
Sandee in West TN

Nancy, I haven't thanked you recently for all you do for all of us. I know you hear it all the time, but it's so true - you work so hard for us and your only reward is a sense of a job well done. Thanks!

For Sue in Eastland, TX: I don't remember exactly when I submitted the recipe for Mountain Dew Dumplings (apple dumplings made with crescent rolls), but here it is again.

MOUNTAIN DEW DUMPLINGS
2 cans crescent rolls
2-3 firm apples, peeled & cored, cut into 6 or 8 slices each
1 ½ c sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
2 sticks butter
1 12-oz can Mountain Dew

Preheat oven to 350. Place one apple slice in each triangle of dough. Roll up large end to small. Place all rolled apple slices in 9 x !3” pan.

Melt butter in small pan, add cinnamon & sugar. Pour mixture over dumplings, and pour Mountain Dew around dumplings. Bake 45 min.

Sue: The Swivel Sweeper(TM) company should pay me for being their spokesman - LOL. Seriously, I have one and I love it. It's one of the few things I own that, if it broke today, I'd go out tomorrow and buy a new one. One piece of advice, though, when you buy one, order an extra battery. It's nice to have one charging if the one you are using runs out of juice. They last a long time, but sometimes I don't put it on the charger as often as I should.

Doris in Oklahoma City

My mom's famous meat loaf. Only way I like it.Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Meat Loaf
2 lbs. ground round or ground chuck
I package Lipton dried onion soup mix
2 slices of bread cut up in small pieces
2 eggs
ketchup

Combine all ingredients and mix well. Add enough ketchup to mix all ingredients well. Place in shallow casserole dish in desired shape approx. 2" high. Add some ketchup to top evenly. Cook in 350 degree oven for 1 hour.
Rae in Michigan

I am looking for a recipe for the Apple Dessert Pizza that you can get at the Pizza Ranch. It has such a delicious taste and has become by all time favorite desserts. It has sweet crumbles on top and has white icing drizzled over the crumbles, which covers the apple and crust on the bottom. It has a unique taste, and may have some almond flavoring in it. If anyone has a copy cat recipe for this, I would be eternally grateful if you would share it. I would like to make it for our Easter get together this year. Thank you so very much.
Cindi in Northeast Nebraska

to lindad from pat goose creek sc
I put meat tenderizer on gizzards before I fry them. My son and husband eat them. I do leave the tenderizer on the gizzards about two or three hours before frying. Hope this will help.
George

Does anyone have a tried and true recipe for madelienes? I just recieved a silicone madeliene pan and I am anxious to try it.
Lori R.

Re:Swivel Sweeper(TM)
My son bought one for me and I gave it back to him for his daughter to use in her apt. We have a long haired dog and everytime I would use it I would have to take the thing apart to clean the dog hair that was wound around everything.
Mary Jo

Nancy, This is for Angela from N Ala. in the Feb. 14th catch up newsletter. First of all I am a 64 yr. old female not a male. The recipe was for apple pies not fritters there are a difference. Byron Tindle Bessemer, Ala

Diane in Pottstown, Pa asked for miniature cheese cakes for a wedding. This is an easy recipe and the flavor can be changed using the various extracts like vanilla, or almond or lemon. Margo/Boston

Miniature cheese cakes.
Drop a vanilla wafer flat side down into cup cake papers in cupcake pan. Or, you can make your own crust using 2 cups graham cracker crust and a stick of melted butter.
Filling: Blend 2 large cream cheese (16 oz total) with 2 eggs, 1 cup sugar and 1/2 tsp vanilla (or almond or lemon) extract.

Fill cup cake papers 3/4 full and bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Top while still warm with cherry pie filling, or blueberry pie filling or preserves with different colors or flavors

Here is a great crockpot meatloaf for the lady asking for an easy meatloaf. It is very yummy and very easy.
Enjoy, Jen

Crockpot Meatloaf
2 lbs. ground beef
1 pkg. Lipton Onion Soup Mix
15 oz. can Tomato Sauce (½ can in the loaf and other ½ can on top of loaf)
2 eggs
2/3 cup oats
1 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp Pepper

Spray crock pot lightly with Pam Spray (I use a crock pot liner for easy cleanup). Mix above ingredients (only ½ of the tomato sauce) and form into loaf. Place loaf in crock pot and pour remaining half can of tomato sauce on top of loaf. Cook on low for 7 hours (you can adjust time depending on how moist you like it).

For Sue
about the Swivel Sweeper(TM), I have one and love it, I got mine at Linens and things and avoided that high shipping and handling, also check with Walgreens and Bed ,Bath and Beyond. My husband loves it too, he grabs it to vacuum things up instead of getting out the Oreck.
lindah in Texas

Good morning Nancy, Fayze in the
http://www.nancys-kitchen.com/catch-up-newsletter-12.htm is looking for the fudge recipe from Hershey Cocoa box. Here it is:
Rich Cocoa Fudge http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/

3 cups sugar
2/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa or HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Cocoa
1/8 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups milk
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract \
1. Line 8-or 9-inch square pan with foil, extending foil over edges of pan.
Butter foil.

2. Mix sugar, cocoa and salt in heavy 4-quart saucepan; stir in milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to full rolling boil. Boil, without stirring, until mixture reaches 234°F on candy thermometer or until small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water, forms a soft ball which flattens when removed from water. (Bulb of candy thermometer should not rest on bottom of saucepan.)

3. Remove from heat. Add butter and vanilla. DO NOT STIR. Cool at room temperature to 110°F (lukewarm). Beat with wooden spoon until fudge thickens and just begins to lose some of its gloss. Quickly spread into prepared pan; cool completely. Cut into squares. Store in tightly covered container at
room temperature. About 36 pieces or 1-3/4 pounds.

NOTE: For best results, do not double this recipe.

VARIATIONS:
NUTTY RICH COCOA FUDGE: Beat cooked fudge as directed. Immediately stir in 1 cup chopped almonds, pecans or walnuts and spread quickly into prepared pan.

MARSHMALLOW-NUT COCOA FUDGE: I
ncrease cocoa to 3/4 cup. Cook fudge as directed. Add 1 cup marshmallow creme with butter and vanilla. DO NOT STIR. Cool to 110°F (lukewarm). Beat 8 minutes; stir in 1 cup chopped nuts. Pour into prepared pan. (Fudge does not set until poured into pan.)

HIGH ALTITUDE DIRECTIONS:
-- Increase milk to 1-2/3 cups
-- Use soft ball cold water test for doneness OR Test and read thermometer in boiling water, subtract difference from 212°F. Then subtract that number from 234°F. This is the soft ball temperature for your altitude and
thermometer.
Also, below is the recipe for fudge from the Jell-O pudding box from many
years ago.
http://www.kraftfoods.com/jello/

JELL-O® Chocolate Pudding Fudge - T & T posted at
http://www.recipe-recipes-message-board.com/forum/

Prep Time: 15 min
Total Time: 2 hr 15 min
Makes: 24 servings, 2 squares each

1 pkg. (8 squares) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate, divided
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, divided
1/3 cup water
1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Chocolate Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie
Filling
3 cups powdered sugar

MICROWAVE 4 of the chocolate squares, 6 Tbsp. of the butter and water in large microwavable bowl on HIGH 2 minutes or until butter is melted; stir. Add dry pudding mix; stir until well blended. ADD powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, stirring until well blended after each addition. Press into foil-lined 8-inch square pan.

MICROWAVE remaining 4 chocolate squares and 2 Tbsp. butter in large microwavable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 minutes or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Spread over pudding mixture. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm. Cut into 48 (1-inch) squares.

NUTRITION INFORMATION

Nutrition (per serving)
Calories 150 Total fat 7g Saturated fat 3.5g Cholesterol 10mg Sodium 100mg
Carbohydrate 25g Dietary fiber 1g Sugars 21g Protein 1g Vitamin A 2%DV
Vitamin C 0%DV Calcium 0%DV Iron 4%DV
Hope she can use one of these! Hope you are staying warm, Nancy.
Chris in NM

For Fayze from the #12 catchup news letter

Hershey's Cocoa Fudge
2/3 c. Hershey's cocoa
3 c. sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. milk
1/4 c. butter
1 tsp. vanilla

Thoroughly combine dry ingredients in a heavy 4 quart saucepan; stir in milk. Bring to a bubbly boil on medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil without stirring to 234 degrees (soft ball stage). Bulb of candy thermometer should not rest on bottom of saucepan. Remove from heat add butter and vanilla. Do not stir. Cool at room temperature to 110 degrees. Beat until fudge thickens and loses some of its gloss. Quickly spread in a lightly buttered 8 or 9 inch square pan. Cool. 3 dozen squares.
BG

This is for Ina who is looking for an easy meatloaf. This is very easy and very good.
Margo/Boston

Easy meatloaf
1-1/2 pounds hamburger
1 can of Campbells French onion soup, don't add water
1 cup saltine cracker crumbs
1 egg
salt, pepper, parsley

Mix together hamburger, egg, salt, pepper and parsley. Using a fork, remove most of the onions from the can of French onion soup and add to mix. Pour half the remaining liquid from the soup can into the mix. Form and place into loaf pan. Pour remaining soup liquid mixed with half cup water over meat in pan. bake at 350 degrees for 1-/2 hours

Jena in WV asked for suggestions for removing ink from clothing. Recently my husband had a pen leak into the pocket of his favorite jacket. The dry cleaners refused to touch it. I tried Clorox Oxy Magic and like magic,it all came out without a ring or change of color to the jacket. Although it is a Clorox product, it does not contain bleach. I tried the Clorox Oxy magic because it said it took out ink. Oxy Clean did not list ink as something it could tackle. Hope it works for you.
Margo/Boston

To Sandee in West TN. In response to your letter in the February 17th newsletter I live in Obion,Tn, which is about 45 to 50 miles from Milan. I hope you enjoy the banana salad recipe. I buy bananas that are not too ripe, but that is just me choice.
Carolyn in West TN

Hello Nancy and all you Nancylanders
I need some input. I'm planning a baby shower for my daughter. My first grandbaby and I'm so excited. I need some ideas for food. It will be in mid April. Maybe a buffet idea. It will be mostly young women. I love to cook so I wont have it catered if i can help it, well at least most of it. Guys I guess come at the end of shower to eat these days and load the car . I have rented a small hall. I also would like input on cake or cupcakes or an easy cute cake to do. We will be expecting around 30-40 people.

Any ideas would be very much appreciated
thank you in advance Grandma Jackie in IN ..(I love the sound of that)

For Joan from Texas ~ I've never had Cracker Barrels Broccoli Chicken, but this is another similar, favorite recipe I double for my large family! I usually serve this with whatever canned/fresh fruit we have on hand and bread and butter. Yum. I love recipes that are easy but so good, this fits the bill!
~ Tamara B. from Ohio

Broccoli & Chicken Bake
4 large chicken breasts
1 bag of frozen broccoli
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup mayo
1/2 cup sour cream
8 oz. cheddar cheese
2 packages of Ritz or Townhouse Crackers

Boil Chicken until completely cooked. Cook Broccoli according to package directions. Drain. In a large bowl, combine mayo, cream of chicken and sour cream. Grease large baking dish with butter. Layer ingredients. Put Broccoli in bottom of dish. Sprinkle cheese on top of broccoli. Dice or shred chicken and layer on top of cheese. Pour mixture from bowl on top of chicken. Crumble crackers and sprinkle over mixture. Melt 1/2 stick of butter and drizzle over crackers. Bake at 350 for 20-30 min. until crackers have browned and casserole is warm throughout. Enjoy!

Does anyone have a good recipe for Cream of Asparagus soup? Thanks in advance.
Laurie from Brooklyn

Cake in a Coffee Cup
1 cake mix any flavor (you can use S/F)
1 (4 serving size) instant pudding mix (can use sugar free), any flavor

Place dry cake mix and dry pudding mix into a large bowl and blend well with a whisk. This will be about 4 * 4 ½ cups dry mix and will make 8-9 coffee cup cake mixes. Place ½ cup dry mix into a sandwich bag. Place mix into a corner of the bag and tie it there with a twist tie. Continue making packets until all your dry mix is used.

Flavors
Lemon cake mix- lemon pudding
Yellow cake mix- chocolate pudding
Devils food cake mix- chocolate pudding
Pineapple cake mix- coconut pudding
Butterscotch cake mix- butterscotch pudding

Select a large coffee cup. Check it to be sure it holds 1 ½ cups of water. That way you will be sure you have bought the size the recipe calls for. It can't have any metallic paint on it because it will be used in the microwave. Places like Wal-Mart and craft stores sell plain cups.

Decorating the cups
Paint on the cup if you like. DecoArt Ultra Gloss Acrylic Enamel is one brand of craft paint that can be made dishwasher safe by baking the painted cup in the oven. (instructions are on the bottle of paint usually).

Glaze mix
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 ½ tsp dry flavoring (such as powdered lemonade mix, powdered orange breakfast drink mix, cocoa powder)
Vanilla powder sold by coffee flavorings

Select the flavoring appropriate to the cake you are making. For the pineapple coconut cake include flaked coconut in a separate bag with instructions to sprinkle it over the frosted cake. Place the glaze mix ingredients into a sandwich bag and tie into corner of bag. Label this bag "glaze mix" and attach it to the other bag with a twist tie.

Place one baggie cake mix and one baggie glaze mix in each coffee cup. Now attach the following baking instructions to each coffee cup.

Bake a cake in a coffee cup

Generously spray inside of coffee cup with cooking spray. Empty contents of large packet into cup. Add 1 egg white, 1 tbsp oil, 1 tbsp water to dry mix. Mix 15 seconds, carefully mixing in all the dry mix. Microwave on full power 2 minutes. (you may not get satisfactory results in a low wattage small microwave). While cake is cooking, place ingredients from "Glaze Mix" into a very small container and add 1½ tsp water. Mix well. When cake is done, pour glaze over cake in cup. Enjoy while warm.

Tona in Bama

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