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Belly Button Stew & Texas Trash

Belly Button Stew recipe courtesy of Ken Stafford, Droffats Catering and Concessions, Shawnee, Oklahoma ingredients: Ground beef Polish sausage Hot links Onions Bell peppers Diced tomatoes Pinto beans Salt and pepper DIRECTIONS: Serve on a bed of cornbread and cover with grated cheese. We make about 40 pounds of this…

Duck Gumbo

recipe courtesy of Jada Lucky “As much as I would love to, I cannot take full credit for the gumbo recipe I use. Our very good friend, Rusty Wilson, from Lafayette, Louisiana is a true bred and born Cajun. I asked him for his roux recipe (which is the base…

Almond Cream Cheese Pound Cake

This is a terrific, all-purpose pound cake recipe. Notice the added flour because the 18.25 – ounce cake mixes are now 16.5 ounces. If you want to turn this into a lemon pound cake, substitute 1 tablespoon grated fresh lemon zest (from one large lemon) for the almond extract use…

Marinated Flank Steak & Onion, Mushroom & Potato Packet

Marinated Flank Steak recipe courtesy of Rodeo Road Recipes Ingredients: 1 flank steak, average size 1/3 c. soy sauce 1/3 c. red or white wine 3 Tbsp. green onion 3 lemon slices 1/2 tsp. dry mustard 1/8 tsp. lemon pepper 1 clove garlic, minced DIRECTIONS: Combine marinade ingredients and put…

Italian Meatball Hoagie Braids & Pistachio Pudding Cake

Italian Meatball Hoagie recipe courtesy of Angie Meismer from the CJRA Cookbook ingredients: 2 (8 oz.) cans Pillsbury Refrigerated Crescent Dinner Rolls 16 (1/2-inch) frozen fully cooked Italian meatballs (about 1 lb.) thawed, halved 1 cup tomato-basil spaghetti sauce 4 oz. (1 cup) shredded mozarella cheese 1 egg, slightly beaten…

Featuring Karen Vold’s Recipes

Karen’s Cowboys Favorite Salad Dressing (Makes a little more than 2 quarts) ingredients: 2 qts mayonnaise 4-5 hard boiled eggs 16 oz sweet bread and butter chips (pickles) 1 - 6 oz. can of olives 1 - 12 oz. bottle chili sauce DIRECTIONS: Put pickles and olives through food chopper.…

5 Minute Southwest Layered Salad & Chili and Cheese Enchiladas

5 Minute Southwest Layered Salad recipe courtesy of Carolyn (Heckman) Thompson from the Pioneer Journey Cookbook Ingredients: 6 c. torn romaine lettuce 1 15-oz. can black beans, drained & rinsed 1 11-oz. can whole kernel corn, drained 1/2 c. thick and chunky salsa 1/2 c. Kraft Three Cheese Crumbles 1/2…

Spaghetti Pie & No-Bake Cheese Cake

Spaghetti Pie recipe courtesy of Sandra smith and dee anita bowker from cookin’ with cowboys cookbook Ingredients: 1 lb. hamburger, cooked & drained 1 jar spaghetti sauce 1/4 c. Parmesan cheese 2 c. shredded mozarella cheese 1 medium-sized container of cottage cheese 1 1 lb. package cooked spaghetti noodles 2…

Cherry Custard Fruit Pie

courtesy of Karen Vold Ingredients: Crust: 2 cups flour 2 tbs sugar 3 tbs mild 1 tsp salt 2/3 cup oil Topping: 2 eggs 1 pint sour cream 1 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla 21 oz can cherry pie filling or blueberry DIRECTIONS: Mix crust ingredients together and press in…

Full Beef Tender

courtesy of Karen Vold Serves 10-12 Ingredients: Full beef or pork tenderloin Worchestershire sauce lemon pepper powder garlic powder butter brandy DIRECTIONS: A full beef tender trimmed – pour Worcestershire sauce all over. Rub with lemon pepper and garlic powder (lightly). Brown all over on high heat in electric skillet…

Wild Rice Casserole or Dressing

courtesy of Karen Vold Serves 8 Ingredients: 1 box of Uncle Ben’s Brown and Wild Rice Seasonings – cook according to instructions. DIRECTIONS: Sauté onions and mushrooms and add to rice; mix, then pour half and half over it until soupy, 3 cups or more. Bake 30-45 minutes at 300…

Mocha Punch

courtesy of Karen Vold Yield: 20-25 servings (about 5 quarts) Ingredients: 1 1/2 quarts water 1/2 cup instant chocolate drink mix 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup instant coffee granules 1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream 1/2 gallon chocolate ice cream 1 cup whipped cream, whipped chocolate curls (optional) DIRECTIONS: In a…