Sunday, April 25, 2010

Award Winning Strawberry Pie

Evisa Given's
Strawberry Cream Pie
1st Place Pie at the Neely Ward's BBQ!

1 baked 8 or 9 inch pie shell
1 package vanilla instant pudding (small)
1 package Cool Whip
1 pint fresh strawberries, cleaned and sliced

In a deep bowl, mix pudding as directed; using only 1 cup milk. When thickened add 1 cup Cool Whip, then fold in strawberries. Toss lightly - turn into shell and chill. Top with remaining whipped cream and strawberries, if desired.

Baked Graham-Cracker crumb pie crust


for a 9 inch pie shell -

1 1/2 cups graham -cracker crumbs
6 Tbsp. butter or margarine (3/4 stick) melted
1/4 cup sugar

Preheat oven to 375 F. If you would like to make your own graham cracker crumbs, put the crackers in a blender or food processor, or place them in a sturdy plastic bag and roll into fine crumbs with rolling pin.

In a pie plate or bowl, mix crumbs with remaining ingredients. If you like, set aside 3 tbsp mixture for topping. With hand, press mixture onto bottom and up side of pie plate. Back crust 8 minutes, cool on wire rack. Fill as recipe directed.. top with reserved crumb mixture as garnish, if desired.

Super Easy and a Neely ward 'Best Pie contest winner!' :)

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Oriental Burritos

Oriental Burritos
by: Dana Fuller
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1 lb. ground turkey
1/2 C. onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 C. peanut oil ( I used way less and substituted olive oil)
1 16oz pack broccoli slaw
1/3 C. Szechuan stir fry sauce
1/2 t. five spice powder
1/2 t. garlic pepper (I used garlic salt and added 1/2 t. pepper)
dash of celery salt (I omitted)
2 C. monterey jack cheese
10- 10'' flour tortillas
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Cook turkey, onion and garlic until done. Drain. Transfer to bowl. Heat 1 TB oil and stir fry broccoli slaw for 2 minutes. Add the meat and all the spices and sauce. Fill tortillas and roll like a burrito. Heat 2 TB oil in skillet. Cook burritos over med heat until golden on all sides.
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Serve with sweet and sour sauce or other dipping sauce.