Thursday, May 21, 2009

Frosty Orange Creme Layered Dessert


Nostalgic taste from ice cream trucks of days gone by.

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups orange sherbet or sorbet, softened
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup orange juice
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed

Make it:


LINE 9x5-inch loaf pan with foil. Spread sherbet onto bottom of prepared pan to form even layer. Freeze 10 min.

MEANWHILE, beat cream cheese in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Gradually add condensed milk and juice, beating until blended. Gently stir in COOL WHIP. Spread over sherbet in pan.

FREEZE 3 hours. To unmold, invert pan onto plate; remove foil.

Kitchen tips:
Healthy Living
Trim 30 calories and 3 grams of fat per serving by preparing with PHILADELPHIA 1/3 Less Fat Cream Cheese and COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping.
How to Soften Sherbet
To soften sherbet, spoon measured amount of sherbet into microwaveable bowl. Microwave on MEDIUM (50%) 10 to 15 sec. or until slightly softened.
How to Easily Cut Dessert
Remove from freezer about 10 min. before serving to soften slightly before slicing.

Source: Kraft recipes

Frosty summer dessert recipe

5 Way Chilli Recipe

Ingredients:
Cooked Spaghetti noodles
Spaghetti sauce with meat (hamburger or ground chuck fried and drained mixed in sauce)
These should be hot before adding the additional layers

Add when ready to serve:
Kidney beans (warm or at least room temperature)
diced tomatoes
diced onions


This recipe was contributed by my sister Paula L who says...
It's yummy! It's not frito pie, but I like it better.

5 Way Chilli recipe

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Leftover Chicken Casserole Recipe

This is an easy recipe to use leftovers. Leftover chicken even any leftover rice.

Ingredients:
1 can cream of chicken soup
cooked rice
frozen broccoli
leftover chicken
cheddar cheese, shredded

Make it:

Remove chicken from bone. Place ingredients in a casserole dish and top with cheddar cheese. Bake at 350 F. until bubbly.

Leftover Chicken recipe

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls Recipe

Ingredients:
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate

Tip: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Make it:
In a medium saucepan over low heat, melt butter and peanut butter.
Stir in the vanilla. Remove from the heat. Stir in the
confectioner's sugar until smooth. Mixture will be the texture of
thick dough. While still warm, use a tablespoon and shape the dough
into balls. Place on baking sheet.

Melt chocolate and use a toothpick to dip balls half in chocolate.
Place back on baking sheet. Refrigerate until set up, about 1 hour.

Yield: serves 6 to 8 (about 42 balls)
Prep time: 25 minutes

This is another recipe contributed by my niece Jamie - thank you.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls recipe