Ingredients

• 5 lbs. chuck or pot roast, cut in 1 1/2 in cubes
• 6 tbs. butter
• 2 large onions
• 2 tsp curry
• 1 tsp ginger or mace
• 2 tbs. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1/2 to 1 c white wine
• 1 c sour cream
• 2 tbs horseradish
• 2 tbs chopped parsley

Preparation

Brown meat in butter, place in casserole. Brown onions in the same pan; add to casserole with all spices and wine. Bake at 300 degrees uncovered for 3 h or until meat is tender. Just before serving, combine sour cream and horseradish and stir into meat with parsley. Serve over egg noodles.

Ingredients

• 1 lg. onion
• 2 sm. bell peppers
• some ground beef or Italian sausage or ground pork
• 1 pkg. sliced mushrooms
• 2 jars standard spaghetti sauce
• 1 lb. spaghetti
• 1 container ricotta cheese (optional)
• 1 container grated parmesan cheese

Preparation

Sautee onion and bell pepper until translucent.

Add ground beef (or Italian sausage, or ground pork).

Cook until the meat is about ¾ cooked.

Add mushrooms and cook until mushrooms and meat are done.

Drain, if desired.

Add spaghetti sauce and simmer for 20-30 minutes.

While sauce mixture is simmering, boil pasta.

Add pasta to sauce and mix thoroughly.

Grease a 9x11 casserole dish.

If using ricotta cheese, add half of the sauce/spaghetti mix, then a layer of ricotta, and then the other half of the sauce/spaghetti mix. Otherwise, just add sauce/spaghetti mix to dish.

Bake, covered, at 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes.

Uncover, top with parmesan cheese, and bake for a few more minutes until bubbly.

Cynthia Pence

Ingredients

• 1 16 oz. box wheat Chexs
• 1 3 oz. can chow mein noodles
• 1 cup (or more) cashews
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder

Preparation

Heat oven to 250. Combine first three ingredients in a 13 x 9 inch pan.

Combine remaining four ingredients in a small bowl; quickly pour over cereal mixture. Stir to coat evenly.

Bake 1 hour, stirring every 20 minutes; cool. Makes 10 cups.

Ingredients

• 18 oz. chocolate chips
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• pinch salt
• 1/2 cup nuts, optional

Preparation

Melt chocolate (I do it in the microwave). Add remaining ingredients and stir until smooth. Spread in 8x8x2" pan and cool.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup (7 oz.) brown sugar
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 cup walnuts or pecans

Preparation

Melt butter, add brown sugar. Cook over low heat for two minutes, stirring constantly. Add milk and continue cooking and stirring until mixture boils. Remove from heat, cool. Gradually add powdered sugar until the mixture is of fudge consistency. Stir in nuts and spread in a buttered 8x8x2" pan. Cool.