More Family Recipes Coming Starting Sept 4!

I will be out for a week but will be back with some scrumptuous and varied recipes that are our family's favorites!   

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Mozzarella Noodle Casserole (Yum yum yum!)

This was my favorite casserole as a kid when my mom came up with this!  If you like mozzarella on noodles you will love this! It's minus the marinara sauce.

Cook 2 cups macaroni noodles
Add to it:
3 eggs
a chopped onion
1 3/4 cups milk
salt & pepper to taste
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
mozzarella cheese to taste
also good is adding sliced tomatoes!

She didn't include the baking instructions but I'd say bake 350 degrees Farenheit for 25-40 minutes depending on your oven.  Til cheese browns on top.  It is so good :)

Barley Casserole (nice side dish)

Makes 1 recipe per family (6 servings):

1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 cup pearl barley
1 medium onion, chopped
1 (3-oz.) can of mushroom, drained and sliced (reserve liquid)
1/2 cup slivered almonds
1 can water chestnuts, drained and sliced
1 envelope Lipton onion soup (or other powdered onion soup)
2 cups chicken broth

Heat 3 Tablespoons butter in saucepan; add barley and onion and saute only until a light golden brown.  Add almonds, dry onion soup and chicken broth.  Saute mushrooms in remaining tablespoon butter and add to barley along with water chestnuts and the liquid drained from the mushrooms.  Stir well, turn into casserole dish, cover and bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour and 15 minutes (longer may burn it).

Note: This casserole may be prepared 2 days ahead of time and refrigerated before baking; leftovers freeze well.  You may use 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms for the canned ones.

Recipe from friend, Ruby

Ham Casserole

4 cups cooked, sliced potatoes - fresh or can
4 peeled, cleaned shredded carrots
1 1/2 cups cubed fully cooked ham
1 can (10 3/4 oz) cream of mushroom soup
1 cup shredded American cheese (or choice)
1/4 cup milk
1 tablespoon instant minced onion
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 cup bread crumbs (tiny cubed white bread is best)
1 tablespoon margarine

Layer 1. potatoes 2. carrots 3. next 6 ingredients mixed together-using only 3/4 of the cup of cheese (save remaining for garnish)

Repeat same layers for larger casseroles.

Top with: bread cubes browned in the margarine. Then remaining shredded cheese, parsley (optional)

Bake: 350 degrees F - 45 minutes

Note oblong dish is best.  My mom got this recipe from p.65 of the cookbook, "Yankee Noodle Dandy"

Hot Shrimp Dip

Ingredients:
May want to use food processor to mix the following

2 of the (8 oz.) pkgs. cream cheese

2 cans tiny shrimp - drained (should be shredded in the dip)

1 medium-sized onion finally chopped

1 medium-sized tomato finely chopped

3 cloves garlic minced (or garlic powder to your taste)

1/2 jalepeno pepper finely chopped (or use grated red pepper to taste) OR use 3-4 drops of hot sauce

(more or less to taste)

Fold ingredients gently in top pan of double boiler.  Serve hot with crackers  (Freezes well, too)  This is my favorite dip!  I could eat the whole thing!

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Hot Milk Sponge Cake (with Chocolate Icing)

A moist & flavorful yellow cake with rich, solid icing!  Came from my Grandmom (and maybe hers)!  One of my favorite cakes and icing my mom made too! Simple to make. One that everyone loves!

Cake:
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
2 tspn. vanilla
2 cups flour
2 tspn. baking powder
a dash of salt
1 cup milk
1/4 lb. butter

Beat eggs until foamy.  Add sugar & vanilla. Sift together flour, salt & baking powder.  Add to batter. Combine just the milk & butter in a saucepan. Bring to a boil.  Fold milk mixture into batter until dissolved.  Bake at 350 degrees Farenheit in greased & floured pan:

Bake times:
tube pan - 50 mins.
2 layers - 30 mins.
9" x 13" - 30 mins.
cupcakes - 20 mins.

Homemade Chocolate Icing (Grandmom's)
You won't believe how simple this is!

1 bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 can of sweetened condensed milk

Mix chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk in saucepan. Stir continuously until melted and mixed into an icing (in minutes).   When cake layers have cooled, apply icing.  Do not let icing harden before applying to cake.  Best to start making after cake has cooled.

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