Mushroom Business

Here's something other than  potatoes to serve along with your roast beef.  This is a savory mushroom strata/bread pudding/side dish/casserole....a mushroom business. It's another oldie but goodie recipe from Peg Bracken's cookbook of 1966. You can prepare it in the morning or the day before. Love anything I can make ahead. Butter 6 slices of bread. Cut the bread into squares. Put half the bread into a buttered 8" square casserole. Slice the mushrooms. I used a little over half of a 1-lb package that I had leftover. Saute the sliced mushrooms until...

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Cream Cheese Ball

My friend Sheila has been asking me to post myrecipe for the chipped beef cream cheese ball...so here it is.This makes one small cheese ball.It's with pastrami or any chipped beef.It's nice to set out for a snack.For a party double the recipe and make one large ball.Or make two small ones and roll each one into something different. I used both green onions with chives from mygarden because that's what I had available.Combine softened cream cheese, onions,garlic salt, and W-sauce. Finely chop the pastrami. You'll have about 1/2 C.Stir half into the cheese.Blend well. Refrigerate until it'sfirm enough...

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The Breakfast Club

What are having for breakfast?Strawberry Puff PancakesOven puffed pancake filled with fresh strawberries,a sprinkle of lemon juice and dusted with powdered sugarWe usually have one of our favorites.Swedish PancakesThin crepe-like pancakes sprinkled with lemon juiceand cinnamon or powdered sugar.Swedish Pancakes with Mini Chocolate Chipsand Fresh RaspberriesBaked Apple PancakeOven baked batter with slices of apple and layers of cinnamon, brown sugar mixture, topped with extra lemon juice.Tuesday PancakesVery light sour cream and cottage cheese pancakesare topped with raspberry sauce and a sprinkle of powdered sugarFrench Muffin...

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Apple Cranberry Crisp

While this is baking the smell of apples andcinnamon filling the house are as nice as any of our other Christmas decorations.I mixed this up quickly. Much easier than pie. Apples and cranberries.Crumbly topping.Decorated with a ring of cranberries Bake for 30 minutes at 375.A nice crunchy topping on warm applesand cranberries. A little Christmas cheer with ourafternoon coffee.Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream.Leftovers are also good with breakfast coffee.Apple Cranberry Crisp4 large apples1 C fresh cranberriesplus more for garnish1 sprinkle flour, about 1T 1 squirt lemon juice,...

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