Lime Butter Sauce

1 large garlic clove chopped
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, melted

Puree garlic with lime juice, salt, and pepper in a blender until smooth. With motor running, add melted butter and blend until emulsified, about 30 seconds.

You can put this on many things such as fish, chicken, pasta, etc.

This can be made a day ahead of time and kept in the fridge covered. Stir before using.

Guacamole (from Lucia)

3 Avocados
1-2 small roma tomatoes
1/4 red onion
cilantro (lots!)
1/2 to full juice from lime
salt and black pepper to taste

Cowboy Caviar

1 can corn, drained
1 can black beans, drained
2 large tomatotes, chopped
1 bunch cilantro, finely chopped
1/2 bunch green onions, chopped OR 1/4-1/2 red onion, chopped
1 envelope good seasons italian dressing - mix and pour over salsa (you can also add this without mixing it)
lime juice, optional (because limes make everything taste better!)

Before serving add:
2 chopped avocados.

Serve with Frito dipping chips.

Kielbasa Pasta

Ingredients:

1 lb penne pasta
1/2 onion
1 package kielbasa sausage
1/2 tsp minced garlic
1 can mild Rotel Tomatoes (I just chopped up some tomatoes)
1/2-1 cup whipping cream
1 tsp chicken bullion
8 oz Monterrey Jack Cheese, shredded

Directions:

Cook pasta until al dente. Meanwhile, saute onion and Kielbasa in skillet with olive oil for about 4 minutes Add garlic and saute 3 more minutes. Add tomatoes, whipping cream and bullion. Bring to boil and let simmer a few minutes. Add pasta. Bring to boil and let simmer a few more minutes. Add cheese and stir until melted. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Another option: saute the onion, Kiebasa and garlic in olive oil. Add the whipping cream, 2 cups chicken broth, tomatoes and uncooked pasta. Cook 15 minutes or until pasta cooked to desired tenderness. Add cheese and stir until melted.

Adapted from: https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/341669-kielbasa-pasta

Rhubarb Cobbler

6-8 cups cut rhubarb
1 1/2 cups sugar - sprinkled on top
1 white or lemon cake mix - sprinkled on top
1 cup water - spoon over mixture
1 cube butter - slice on top

bake at 350 for 35 minutes
optional dutch oven with coals on top and bottom for 45-60 minutes.

Spinach Salad and Dressing

Salad
2 bunches spinach or 1 package
1/2 lb bacon cooked and crumbled
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup toasted almonds
5 hard boiled eggs, chopped
1 small red onion, chopped
1 can sliced water chestnuts
1 cup bean sprouts

Dressing
1/2 cup sugar
1 pint cottage cheese
1 TB poppy seed
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 tsp dry mustard
Salt and Pepper to taste
Mix in blender

French Toast Casserole

Cut white bread and create a layer on the bottom of a 9x13 pan.
Cut up and dot chunks of cream cheese on top of this layer. Then sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Then do another player or cut bread chunks and cinnamon and sugar. Next cover entire thing with a mixture of 1.5 cups of milk and 9 eggs.
Bake at 350 until cooked.


This picture is after the first layer:

Cream Cheese Wontons

Blend sugar to taste to one block of cream cheese
Put into wonton wrappers
Heat oil on stove to 375 (use a thermometer)

See pictures for help.

Cherry Cobbler

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon (opt)
1 tsp vanilla (opt)
1 cup milk

4 cups pitted sour cherries
3/4 cup white sugar
1 Tbs flour

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place butter in a 9x13 baking pan and put in oven to melt while oven preheating. Remove as soon as butter melted, about 5 minutes.

In medium bowl, stir together 1 cup flour, 1/2 cups white/brown sugars, baking powder, cinnamon and vanilla. Mix in the milk until well blended. Pour batter into pan over butter. Do not stir.

In medium bowl, mix cherries with remaining 3/4 cup sugar and 1 Tbs flour. Spoon mixture evenly over batter. Do not stir.

Bake 50-60 minutes, until golden brown.

Corn Bread II

1/2 cup corn meal
1 1/2 cup flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
-combine these ingredients in a bowl and stir

-in a separate bowl combine:
2 eggs
1 1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup melted butter
-mix well

-Make a well in the dry ingredients and fold the wet into the dry (use a wire whisk to break lumps).
Bake in an 8x8 pan at 375 degrees for 25-35 minutes until the edges are golden brown and toothpick comes out clean.

--I usually double this recipe. It is great for a few days afterwards heated up with a little butter and honey.