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Contents

  1. 1 Salads
    1. 1.1 Cranberry Spinach Salad
    2. 1.2 Orange Pecan Salad
  2. 2 Breakfast
    1. 2.1 Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
    2. 2.2 Cinnamon Buns
  3. 3  Desserts
    1. 3.1 Southern Date Trifle
    2. 3.2 Ruthmary's Mother's Trifle
 


    



 

Salads

Cranberry Spinach Salad

8 cups baby spinach leaves
1/2 cup red onion, very thinly sliced
3/4 cup dried cranberries

Choice
either 2 avocados thinly sliced
OR
2 small oranges peeled and sectioned with seeds removed and
1/4 cup toasted pecans quartered (toast in a fry pan, use PAM, 2 minutes, watch carefully shaking the pan at one minute intervals)

Dressing
4 Tbsp cranberry juice concentrate
2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
1/2 cup salad oil (canola, vegetable)
Zap in blender or shake in a container with a tightly fitting lid

Assembly
Place spinach in bowl, with onions and avacados (or oranges and pecans) and cranberries on top.

Drizzle dressing over salad.


Orange Pecan Salad

1 romaine lettuce, tear in bite sized pieces
1/2 cup red onion, very thinly sliced in whole or half rings
2 oranges, sectioned and seeded
1/2 cup toasted pecan halves

Dressing
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
1 cup olive oil
1 Tbsp dry mustard
3 Tbsp white sugar
dash of Worcestershire sauce
1/2 Tbsp lemon juice
3 Tbsp poppy seeds
Mix the first 6 ingredients in a blender and set aide. 

Combine salad ingredients in a bowl, add poppy seeds to dressing just before serving.  Mix.



Breakfast

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins


Blend:
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 egg, beaten
1 cup mashed bananas

Add:
1 tsp baking soda dissolved in 1 Tbsp hot water
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp vanilla

Mix in:
shake of salt
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/4 cup sunflower seeds

Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 20 minutes

Cinnamon Buns

Dough
Mix together:
2 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
shake of salt
Cut in:
1/2 cup shortening, butter or margarine
Add:
1 cup milk
Knead 10 times then roll out to 19" x 10" rectangle.

Filling
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup brown sugar
2 tsp cinnamon

Assembly
Spread filling over rectangle.  Roll and cut into 12 slices.  Place in oiled muffin tin. 

Bake in preheated 400 degree oven 15-18 minutes.


 Desserts

 

Southern Date Trifle

Make this before lunch to serve for supper.
Use a deep glass bowl or footed trifle dish.

Date Cake Layer
1 cup sugar
1 3/4 cups flour
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup walnuts
1 cup chopped nuts
 Syrup
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
2 cups hot water
2 Tbsp butter

Assembly & Garnish
 1 pint Whipping Cream
5-6 whole dates
  1. Mix batter ingredients and put in 9"x13" an. 
  2. Combine syrup ingredients in saucepan and simmer for 6-7 minutes.
  3. Pour syrup over top of batter and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
  4. Cool, then cut in squares.
  5. Whip cream.
  6. Cover bottom of trifle bowl with date sqares and a thick layer of whipped cream, then add additional layers of date squares and whipped  cream ending with whipped cream on top.
  7.  Slit whole dates, stuff with chopped nuts and arrange on top.
  8. Refrigerate for the day.
  9. Serves 12 to 15. 

Ruthmary's Mother's Trifle


Make the day before it is served.
Use a deep glass bowl or footed trifle dish.

Raspberry jam
bakery plain pound cake
Cheap sweet sherry
Tinned fruit cocktail
Bird's custard powder, made up
Whipped cream

Assembly
Slice the cake 1/2 inch slices and spread with raspberry jam.  Lie the bottom of the trifle bowl and pour on sherry until the cake is just about to float.
Layer the fruit, then the custard, and refrigerate overnight.

Before serving, top with a layer of whipped cream.