Creamy Grape Salad

Grape Salad recipes are few and far between. Try this one, You'll like it. Melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and stir until bubbly, but not browned. Add milk and heat until mixture thickens, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low. Add marshmallows and continue heating, and stirring until marshmallows are melted. Remove from heat. Cool 5 minutes. Stir in grapes, pineapple and pecans. Chill several hours before serving. Grapes may be cut in half if you prefer.

Chicken Loaf

Here is an easy lunch or supper entree. Use canned chicken breasts, with a bouillon cube and water instead of chicken broth. You should have all the other ingredients in your pantry. i do. Use a can of cream of mushroom soup heated with 1/2 cup milk or light cream for the sauce. Beat eggs until thickened. Add 1 cup milk, chicken broth, onion, seasonings, chicken and bread crumbs. Mix well. Pour mixture into greased 9 inch loaf pan. Set in pan of hot water. Bake at 350 F. for 45 to 60 minutes or until set. Invert loaf onto hot platter. Serve with mushroom sauce made with 1/2 cup milk and can of mushroom soup heated almost to a boil. Makes 6 servings.

Creamy Lemon Bars

Cake mix can make cookie baking easier. This one calls for a lemon cake mix. If you don't have that one, substitute any flavor that well with cream cheese and sour cream. These stir up quickly and do not require chilling..

Jam-Filled Oatmeal Bars

If I have a box of cake mix that has been there a bit too long, I will make this cookie recipe. You would never know that the cake mix was a little stale. Jam-Filled Oatmeal Bars. If the dry cake mix is lumpy, sift before using. In large mixing bowl, combine dry cake mix and oatmeal. Add butter and mix until crumbly. Press 3 cups of the crumb mixture into greased 9 by 13-inch baking pan. Reserve remainder for topping. Use bottom of a glass to flatten evenly. Bake at 350 F for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on wire rack ...

Coconut Washboards

I have seen these cookies on the grocer"s shelf. Mine taste better. They are easy to make and make a lot. Stir up a batch today. In mixing bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar for 2 minutes with mixer until fluffy, Add eggs. Mix well. Gradually add water and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture. Fold in coconut. Cover and chill two hours or overnight. When ready to bake, shape into 1 inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on greased baking sheets. Flatten with fingers into 2 1/2 by 1 inch oblongs. Score lengthwise with a floured fork. Bake at 400 F. for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 2 minutes before removing from pan. Makes about 9 dozen bars

Meatless Tostadas

Here is a good meatless Mexican recipe to try. Beans were used instead of ground beef. Anyway, it is tasty.
Soak beans overnight. The next morning, add ginger and bring to a boil in soaking water. Cook over low heat for 2 hours or until skins pop. When beans are tender, there should be so little water that it seemed to have been all absorbed. Gently mash beans with potato masher so about half the beans are mashed ...

Cheesy Egg Bake

Here is a dish for Easter time when you have all those hard-boiled decorated eggs. The kids delighted in decorating them, but they were spurned for the chocolate rabbit and jelly beans in their baskets. Use the hard-boiled eggs in this recipe.

Refried bean soup

I grew up on beans. When you were poor during the Great Depression that was what you ate. Saute onion, celery and garlic in 1 teaspoon vegetable oil until tender. In large saucepan combine refried beans, canned tomatoes and water. Heat over medium heat. Add more water for desired consistency. Add sauteed vegetables and seasonings. Simmer together about 5 minutes. Top each bowl with shredded cheese and serve with tortilla chips.

Quick Tamale Pie

Are you late in starting supper? What could be quicker to prepare than this recipe? Your pantry has it all. Takes a few minutes to stir up, then to bake it. It's a good recipe to go to when you forget to pull something from the freezer earlier in the day.