More of Mom's Recipes

My last two daughters have moved away, and I believe they miss my home cooking, because now they seem to be calling almost weekly to request my recipes.

Here's the most recent two requested:

Pretzel Salad
Crust:
2 1/2 cups crushed pretzels
3/4 cup oleo
3 Tbsp. brown sugar

Mix and spread in 9 X 13 pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool.

Middle Layer:
8 oz. cream cheese (softened)
3/4 cup sugar
9 oz. cool whip

Mix cream cheese and sugar, fold in cool whip. Spread mixture over cooled pretzel crust, being careful to seal filling securely to the edges of pan.

Top Layer:
6 oz. strawberry jello.
1 lbs. frozen strawberries
2 cups boiling water

Dissolve jello in boiling water and stir in frozen strawberries. Chill slightly until it begins to thicken. Poor over middle layer and refrigerate until set.



I've made this recipe so often that my recipe book falls open to this page.

Banana Muffins

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup oleo
2 eggs (beaten)
3 ripe bananas (mashed)
1 tsp soda
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
4 Tbsp sour milk

Cream oleo, add sugar gradually, add beaten eggs and mashed bananas.

In separate bowl sift flour, soda and salt together, add flour mixture to first mixture alternating with sour milk. Bake at 350 degrees.

To make 1/4 cup sour milk - add 1 tsp. vinegar or 1 tsp lemon juice plus milk to make 1/4 cup.

Large muffins - bake 20 minutes.
Mini muffins - bake 10 - 15 minutes

**Both of these recipes originally came from my big sister. She's a good cook and a better baker than I am.

Recipe for Fiesta Chicken Casserole

Ashley requested this recipe, it's a family favorite.


Fiesta Chicken Casserole

1 can cream of chicken soup, undiluted
1 can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
2 small tomatoes, chopped
1/3 cup picante sauce
1 medium green pepper, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
2 to 3 teaspoons chili powder
12 corn tortillas (6-inch diameter), cut in 1-inch strips
3 cups cooked chicken, cubed
1 cup shredded Colby cheese
In a bowl, combine the soups, tomatoes, picante sauce, green pepper, onion and chili powder. In a greased 13 by 9 by 2-inch baking dish, layer half of the tortilla strips, chicken, soup mixture and cheese. Repeat layers. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until bubbly.

We top ours with some salsa and sour cream.

Crockpot Chicken Fajitas

A recipe post, for my daughter, Audra. I found this new website $5.00 dinners.com You can't beat the price and the recipes look pretty yummy. Oprah had the most frugal family in the US on her show a few weeks back and one of their claims to fame was their $5.00 dinners, so I don't think you can get much cheaper than that. I love Mexican food and the ingredients are healthy, so that's a win win situation.

Crockpot Chicken Fajitas and from there you can click on the guacamole recipe. I think I'll try this one myself.