Be different this Thanksgiving! Don't buy Cool Whip. Instead, buy a small carton of heavy whipping cream, then customize it. Add 2 TBSP powdered sugar for each Cup of Cream. Chill your bowl in the freezer for 1/2 hour first, then it will whip faster. It only takes a few minutes, and Cool Whip can't compare to real whipped cream. It makes your pumpkin pie and all desserts taste so much fresher.
You can add a teaspoon of almond or vanilla extract, or 1/3 cup brown sugar for a caramel flavored whipped cream. Add orange, lime or lemon shavings for a citrus flavored burst. Add 2 TBSP honey! You won't believe what this will do to an ordinary piece of Sara Lee pound cake.

I make this in a crockpot and it tastes so good on a cold day, all day long. It also makes your house smell great, and gives you a stomach ache if you drink more than a gallon of it. That's what I've heard anyway..

4 Cups Cranberry Juice
3 Cups Apple Juice
8 Cups Water
2 Cups Sugar
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1/2 Cup IMPERIALS Red Hots
1 tsp Cinnamon
Top With Sliced Oranges and
Thinly Sliced Butter
Simmer

"Lipton Recipe Secrets Savory Herb With Garlic Soup Mix"...Oh, it's a secret, alright. Such a secret that you can't even find it, except on Amazon. You can buy it for about $17 for a case of 12. Oh, you will use it all. My case lasts about 6 months. Nearly every recipe I make is better when I add this seasoning. Forget that it's a soup mix. WHO would actually eat garlic soup? No thanks.

I first discovered that adding it to butter with some parmesan cheese, made garlic bread so good that I didn't even want my steak. If I add some to tuna, it takes me back to the year 1978, when "Tuna Twist" was still available, the finest tuna additive known to man.

It makes alfredo pasta, spaghetti, and mexican dishes taste so much better. You can whisk it into melted butter and pour it over popcorn. Use it in your sandwich butter, and even on a cold sandwich, it tastes really good with lettuce. Add to casseroles too. Update! Today I mixed it with butter to spread it on rye bread for a grilled cheese made with Vermont white cheddar. O Yum.

My kids made so much fun of the name of this. It is pretty corny, but this is a really moist, heavy pound cake. You can slice it, spread some lemon butter on it and broil it for about 2 minutes for breakfast. Ha! Ha! If you really did all the stuff I tell you to, we'd all be so fat! But everything I tell you, I have done.

8 oz. Pkg Cream Cheese
2 Sticks Butter
1/2 Cup Crisco Butter Flavor Shortening
6 Eggs
3 Cups Sugar
3 Cups Cake Flour
2 tsp Lemon Extract
Grated Lemon Zest
1 tsp Real Vanilla Extract

Combine cream cheese, butter, and shortening
Add sugar, then eggs, then cake flour
Beat in lemon and vanilla extracts and zest
Pour into a greased, floured 10" Tube Pan, or lg bread pan
Bake at 325' for one hour plus 15 minutes

Glaze:
1 Cup Powdered Sugar
2 TBSP fresh lemon juice
2 TBSP Milk

For years, I tried to duplicate the creamy enchilada soup from Chili's Bar & Grill. If you've ever had it, you'd know why. Finally, I was able to not only copy it, but make it even better!

You'll Need:

1 diced yellow onion
1 diced red pepper
4-5 cooked, diced chicken breasts
3 cans chicken broth
3 cups heavy cream
1 can (8 oz.) diced tomatoes
1- Chili Seasoning packet
1- Taco Seasoning Packet
1- (glass jar, from produce dept) Roasted Garlic bits
1- pkg. Soft Corn shells (for frying and putting on top)
Velveeta Cheese (about 1/4 of the large log)
1/2 stick butter

First, cook and dice your chicken. Even boneless breasts should be cooked at least 45 minutes at 350'.

Then chop your onion and pepper, and sautee in 4 TBSP. butter. Add the diced chicken, keep sauteeing on low heat. Add about 3 TBSP. roasted garlic bits. Add your chicken broth, then whisk in both packets of seasonings. Now add diced tomatoes, and finally, your heavy cream. Simmer, add Veleveeta.

Keep stirring and simmering. Get a frying pan hot and add butter or cooking oil to the pan. Have paper towels ready. Use a pizza cutter to cut the soft corn shells into thin strips. When the oil is hot, throw the strips in, cook on each side for about 45 seconds. You'll be able to tell when they're done.

Serve the soup with strips on top, and some grated cheese and sour cream if you wish.

Before you make the standard green bean casserole for Thanksgiving this year, try this instead! You are not obligated to make that same green bean casserole every year! My daughter demanded it for years, but happily switched over to this.

Cream Cheese, 8 oz
1 Cup Heavy Cream
2 TBSP Chives
2 Frozen French Green Beans or Fresh
1 Frozen White Shoepeg Corn
1 Pkg Oscar Mayer Real Bacon Bits
1 tsp Onion Salt
1 Cup Shredded Swiss Cheese
1 Sleeve Garlic Crackers
1 Stick Butter

Make sauce:
Melt Cream Cheese with cream, seasonings and swiss in pan
Pour over thawed beans and corn and Mix, add Bacon Bits
Put into buttered casserole
Top with 1 sleeve of garlic crackers that have been mixed with 1 Stick melted butter
Bake at 350' 30 minutes

8 Slices Crisp Crumbled Bacon
(Save grease)
1 Clove Minced Garlic
1 Small Chopped Onion
1 tsp Oregano
1/2 Cup Sour Cream
6 Potatoes
2 14 oz. Cans Chicken Broth
2 TBSP Flour
3 Cups Milk
3 Cups Sharp, smoked shredded Cheddar
Chives

Bake the potatoes for 45 minutes at 350', cool in fridge
Fry bacon, then sautee' onion and garlic in grease
Chop potatoes, add to saucepan with chicken broth
Cover and simmer about 40 minutes
Blend flour with 1/4 Cup of the milk, add to pan, stir
Stir in the rest of milk, add cheese
Right before serving, stir in sour cream
Decorate with bacon and chives

This old woman is just creepy

It makes me sad to get out my blender. NOTHING would bring my kids running to the kitchen faster than the sound of my blender. Next time they visit, I'm making them this drink. You should make it for yourself today.

3 Cups Cold Milk
1 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
1 1/2 Cups Hersheys Chocolate Syrup
2 TBSP Brown Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 Qt. Club Soda

Combine milk, cream, syrup, sugar and vanilla in blender.
This will make 2 huge glasses full
Fill them about 2/3 full and pour club soda over the top

First introduced in 1968, The Big Mac is the world's most popular hamburger. If you're ever trapped in a flood or a blizzard, and can't get to a McDonald's, here's how you could make one at home.

1 Sesame Seed Hamburger Bun
Half of an extra Hamburger Bun
1/4 lb Ground Beef
dash of salt
1 TBSP Kraft Thousand Island Dressing
1 tsp finely diced onion
1/2 cup chopped lettuce
1 slice American Cheese
2-3 dill pickle slices

With a serrated knife, cut the top off your extra bun, this will be your middle bun
Place the 3 bun halves on a griddle face down to toast. Set aside, keep pan hot
Divide hamburger meat in half, press into 2 thin patties that are a little larger than the bun
Cook patties 3 minutes on each side, salt lightly
Build the burger in the following stacking order from the bottom up:
Bottom Bun
1/2 Thousand Island
1/2 the Onion
1/2 of Lettuce
1 Slice Cheese
Beef Patty
Middle Bun
Thousand Island
Lettuce
Onion
Pickle
Beef Patty
Top Bun

This quiche is simple, but tastes fancy. It is great for any time of day or night!

You'll Need:

1 Tube Pillsbury Cornbread twists
10 pieces of crisp, crumbled bacon
3 Shredded chicken breasts
8 eggs, beaten
chives
2 Cups Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
a few red pepper flakes

Flatten out the cornbread twists into the shape of your dish
A deep pie plate works best, ungreased
Bake at 375' for 7 minutes
Remove from oven

Sprinkle over crust (in this order):
crumbled bacon
chicken
Pour the 8 beaten eggs over the chicken
Sprinkle with chives and cheese
a few red pepper flakes
Bake 35 minutes more

Nothing against Mrs. Butterworth, but I don't think I'll be needing her anymore. Try this topping on your next batch of waffles, pancakes, or french toast and I know you'll feel the same. In a saucepan on low heat, whisk 1 stick of real butter with 1/2 Cup of light brown sugar until melted. Don't stop stirring it (about 2 minutes) Now here's the trick so it's not all grainy and "brown sugary." Add 1 tsp. of Baking Soda, whisk it in and watch it transform into a fluffy saucey topping. This is also amazing poured over and mixed into popcorn.

This is perfect for the crockpot.

1 lg Bag Diced Frozen Hashbowns
Some little pieces of good deli ham
1 Can Mushroom Soup
1 Can Cheddar Cheese Soup
1 Country Gravy Mix Packet
3 Cups of Milk
Chives are Good

Add hashbrowns (thawed) and ham to crockpot
Mix the 2 soups together with 2 Cups Milk, add, stir
Whisk the gravy packet into a bowl with 1 cup milk, add it to pot
Simmer for at least 2 hours, but 4-5 is best!