Cottage Cheese Salad

Cottage Cheese Salad

1 pint small curd cottage cheese

1 small package Jello, lemon or other flavor

1 can crushed pineapple or other fruit, drained

4 oz. non-dairy whipped topping or 1 c. whipped cream

Add dry gelatin to cottage cheese. Let stand 5 minutes, then mix. Fold in fruit. Fold in whipped topping. Chill.

Yield: 4-6 servings.

For a larger salad, use 1 1/2 pt. cottage cheese and large size Jello. Add more fruit and more whipped topping. Any fruit or Jello flavor can be used. Peach flavor Jello with peaches is good. This salad is a summertime favorite because it is quick nutritious and goes well at picnics as well as indoor meals.

Submitted by Linda Loula of Phillips, WI

Electric Frying Pan Pizza

1 1/2 cup Biscuit mix

3/4 cup milk

2 Tbsp. shortening

8 oz. can tomato sauce

1 cup shredded cheese

1 tsp oregano

Meat of your choice

Mix biscuit mix and milk and spread in a cold electric frying pan that is greased with the shortening. Top with remaining ingredients cover and turn control to 325 degrees and bake 12-15 minutes, or until done.

The crust is thick.

Submitted by Mary Gutsch of Eau Claire Field Force

Blogger's note: We added a lot to the tomato sauce to make it a little more "pizza" like. These included italian spices and garlic powder.

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What can I say? This recipe involved two firsts. 1) I've never ever before purchased Bisquick. 2) I've never ever before purchased shortening. I'm so glad we needed 2 Tbsp. of shortening to grease the pan. However, we used the electric frying pan the night before and it was really not very non-stick, so I was glad to have the shortening on hand today.

How'd it taste? That's a good question. It was really, really doughy. It was cooked. I'm sure of this, but it was just way too soft and doughy for our tastes. If you like thick crust pizza, you might like this one. You'll notice we used hot dogs. It did say meat of choice. We took our liberties. Besides it was the only meat we had. I'm not sure we'll ever make this again, but this would be great for a college kid. It's really, really cheap and very quick to make.

Beef and Mashed Potato Bake

Beef and Mashed Potato Bake

1 lbs. ground beef
1/2 onion, chopped
2 cups leftover mashed potatoes
1 can Cheddar cheese soup or cream of mushroom soup.

Break up and brown the ground beef with the onions until beef is completely cooked and onions are golden. Drain and set aside. Grease a medium square or large pie pan. Put the mashed potatoes all along the bottom and slightly up the side of the pan. Layer the beef mixture over the potatoes. Spread soup over the beef. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 mins.

Submited by Patricia M. Kelly via Butter 'n Love Recipes II, Bloomfield Manor Auxiliary

I have to admit, out of protest I improvised on this recipe. This, like most we've made, is a variation on the same thing. Beef & cream of something soup.

I used ground turkey instead of the beef, and added mixed vegetables on top of the beef in the pan, then put cream of mushroom soup over the top.

I was sad because when we last went grocery shopping we came across Cheddar soup, and neither one of us thought we'd ever use it, so, sadly it was not in our pantry for this delicious nugget of simpleness.

Again... not sure what I can say about this dish, other than I'm happy I used ground turkey, because it is a variation on a lot of the other dishes that have been posted. Tastes good, looks questionable...

Shrimp Chip Dip

Shrimp Chip Dip

2 8-oz. cream cheese

1/2 cup ketchup

1/3 cup French dressing

2-3 tsp. horseradish

salt & pepper

12 oz. can shrimp

Blend all but shrimp together. Add the shrimp last and blend for a short time. Best when chilled at least 24 hours before serving.

Submitted by Mary Gutsch of Eau Claire Field Force

Blogger's note: I would recommend using jarred horseradish. We didn't have any, so we added Penzey's Horseradish Dip instead. It's good, but it lacks the zing that horseradish would have given the dip.

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This is a very simple recipe. It took only a few minutes to make, and it's extra "fancy" with shrimp!

I can see all the ladies at the Tupperware party just going GaGa over Mary's Shrimp Chip Dip. The essence of the recipe, and it's success, is that the ingredients are essentially those in Cocktail Sauce. What do we use cocktail sauce for? For dipping shrimp. So adding the shrimp is a no brainer. And, well, what dip recipe isn't that much better with a little cream cheese or a pound?!?

The end result was very good, and one that will more than likely make another appearance at one of our parties. We enjoyed it the night it was made, but the leftovers, and with just two of us, there were lots of those, were even better. The horseradish came forward and so did the shrimp.