Honey Mustard

Delicious dipping sauce!  

Honey Mustard

Ingredients:

• ½ cup mayonnaise
• 2 Tablespoons yellow mustard
• 1 Tablespoon Dijon Mustard
• 3 Tablespoons honey
• ½ teaspoon lemon juice

Combine all ingredients and refrigerate 

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Chili's Copycat Salsa Recipe:

Ingredients:

2 cans (14.5 oz each) whole tomatoes, drained
1 small (4 oz) can diced or whole jalapenos (not pickled)--about 4-5 jalapenos (or less if you don't like a lot of spice)
1/4 c. yellow onion, cut into quarters (you can also use dried minced onion)
1 tsp. garlic salt
1/2 to 1 tsp. salt (depending on how much you prefer)
1 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. lime juice

Directions:

Place all of the ingredients together into a food processor or blender and puree until smooth. Serve with tortilla chips.

Magic Sauce

This is a great sauce to substitute for the cream of chicken and cream of mushrooms soups.

Ingredients:

2 C powdered milk

1/4 C instant chicken bouillon 

2 t Italian seasoning

3/4 C cornstarch 

2 T dried onion powder

Directions:

Combine all ingredients together.  Store in sealed container in the fridge.

Cooking Instructions:

To substitute for 1 can of cream soup

 Combine 1/3 C of dry mix with 1 1/4 C of cold water

 Cook and stir on stovetop until thickened

Add thickened mixture to casseroles as you would a can of soup

Homemade Country Gravy

If you have forgotten to get the packaged country gravy at the store, no need to fear, you can make the gravy from scratch.  This gravy goes so well with biscuits and eggs.

Ingredients:

1/2 C butter

3/4 C flour

1 t garlic salt

1 t pepper

4 C milk

Directions:

Heat butter/flour mixture.  Slowly add milk and cook until thickened.

Pizza Sauce

A great recipe to use if making your own pizza sauce.

Ingredients:

1 can Tomato sauce

1/2 t garlic salt

1/2 t basil

1/2 t parsley

1 t pizza seasoning

1/2 t sugar

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together and use as a pizza sauce.

Wonderful Cranberry Sauce

This is a recipe I received from my sister.  This cranberry sauce is the best!

Ingredients:

2 C water

3/4 C sugar

1 12 oz bag fresh cranberries

6 oz box of raspberry or orange jello

1 can crushed pinapple

orange zest

Directions:

Boil 5 minutes.  Berries will pop and soften.

Add 6 oz box of raspberry Jello or orange Jello

1 can crushed pineapple, undrained

orange zest

Refrigerate until firm.

Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

I had some fresh tomatoes from the garden to use up and decided to try my luck at some homemade spaghetti sauce.  The tomato paste really helped to thicken up the sauce and it tasted pretty good. 

SAUCE:

1/4 cup instant minced onions
5 cloves garlic, minced
4 to 4 1/2 C fresh tomatoes blended up a little with tomato skins off
1 1/2  teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon white sugar
2 bay leafs
1 OR 2 (6 ounce) can tomato paste seasoned with basil, garlic and oregano (I start with one and depending on the thickness I would add another if the sauce is too thin).
3/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon of Italian seasonings

Directions

I use a crock pot to help me out with this sauce.  Put all the ingredients in a crockpot and simmer for 6 to 7 hours on low.  Stir and serve over noodles or use in making lasagna or manicotti.