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--- October 19 --- We are adding only a little at a time. Our beginning page on recipes continues to grow. Product oriented recipe resource pages are at the bottom, and features used will be moved there on each update. Each recipe presented has been reviewed, and we even joined one site: Pillsbury. We will attempt to keep the sections fairly simple, as they develop, promoting recipes we receive from our readers and writers. We ask for a good memory associated with each recipe and where you got the recipe, for all submissions. We will add food articles that are vof interest to us, or are sent to us by readers.

If you want to play, post me a message on Facebook or email me. (contact John D. Boyden on Facebook).

To email, send to jdb_educator@msn.com
Please use recipes as your subject!

Hamburger Slideshow
by jdb_educator, CVN Editor Some odd recipes are presented in this slideshow, but they all look tasty. Some of these sound labor intensive, and none of these recipes say to us that fix that now. However one of these might just be exactly what our readers are looking for.

. http://shine.yahoo.com/photos/10-unexpected-ways-ground-beef-slideshow/

Do You Love Omelets?
by jdb_educator, CVN Editor We love omelets in our house. Despite the claims presented in this article we don't believe anything having directions is foolproof! Over the years we have even had specifically designed omelet pans, but our belief is non-stick surfaces have been the greatest gift to omelet cooks! A favorite memory? I was very proud, one morning my wife Melanie asked me to fix breakfast for her before she headed to work. I had an omelet whipped up and cooked for her before she got dressed!

I primarily add Italian seasoning, parsley, and onion to create a simple but tasty omelet. Here are some guides that may help you to create better omelets:

http://shine.yahoo.com/shine-food/foolproof-omelet-144500749.html Do You Cook With Beer?
by jdb_educator, CVN Editor Here are four ways to cook with beer. We would appreciate it if someone would share their experiences with us

http://shine.yahoo.com/shine-food/4-ways-cook-beer-151800622.html

McRib at Home?
by jdb_educator, CVN Editor We ran across this recipe, and plan on trying it as the holidays near:
http://shine.yahoo.com/shine-food/mcrib-delayed-2012-fans-freak-heres-own-home-034700416.html

Gobbleup Cookies
by deb44, CVN Foodie My mom sent me this, she says they are really good. I haven't tried making them yet, so no history to these Gobbleup cookies.

Ingredients

1 egg
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup margarine
1 cup oil
1 tbsp and 1 tsp milk
1 tsp vanilla

Cream these first ingredients together.

1 c. coconut
1/2 c chopped nuts
3 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp cream tartar
1 tsp soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup crushed Cornflakes or Special K



What to Do Cream the first list of ingredients together, if you haven't already, then mix in the rest of the dry ingredients.

Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookies sheet(s).

Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 mins.

Dirt Cake
by deb44, CVN Foodie The only good memory I can think of is when my cousins from Winnipeg came down and we were all at my Grandma's House. My little cousin says to his dad "Are we eating dirt?" and his dad said "Yea, that's the way they do things down here I guess."

They thought it was really made out of dirt. LOL -deb44

Ingredients

1/4 cup of softened butter
250 grams of cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 pkgs of instant vanilla pudding
1 large cool whip thawed.
3 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup chopped pecans
300 grams chocolate cookies, crumbled

What to DoCream together the cream cheese and sugar in a bowl.
Combine the next 4 ingredients separately, then stir in cheese mixture, blend well, mix in the crumbled cookies and pecans.

Use a new, clean, plastic 7 or 8 inch flower pot (or just a bowl) then layer the cookie crumbs and cheese mixture alternately in the pot. Begin and end with the crumbs.

Chill 4 to 5 hours. Before serving cover the stems of either real or silk flowers with saran wrap and insert the floers into the desert pot. USE THIS CREATION AS A CENTRE PIECE. Please remove flowers before serving.

Peanut butter Delight
by deb44, CVN Foodie I remember loving it the first time my Grandma made it for me, at Grandma's House. In fact, she stills make it just for me, which is really nice!

Ingredients

3/4 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup margerine
2 packages Butterscotch chips
1 cup coconut
1 pkg. small marshmallows

What to Do Melt the peanut butter, margerine, and butterscotch chips, carefully in microwave or on the stove.(just melt, don't get the mixture too hot !)

Add 1 cup coconut and Small marshmallows . Mix till marsh- mallows are coated . Put into 8x8pan and freeze until solid enough to cut. Overnight or about 6 hours should do it.

(1 pkg.butterscotch chip might be enough.)

Food Articles

Tastiest Olive Oil
http://shopping.yahoo.com/news/olive-oil-taste-test.html

Making Potato Chips at home

http://shine.yahoo.com/shine-food/homemade-potato-chips-microwave-214700758.html

Desert Recipe Resources This time we are using the ads, and product sites. Later we will add the "traditional" recipe sites!

Kraft-Jello --- Pillsbury --- Rice Krispies --- McCormick --- Just a Pinch --- Food Network --- Kraft Healthy Living --- Epicurious Desserts --- Betty Crocker --- Hersheys ---