My Momma's Cooked Apples

6 cups of firm apples (peeled and sliced)
3 cups of water
1 cup of sugar
1/4 cup of butter (1/2 stick)
1 tsp of cinnamon


Cook slowly over medium-low heat for 1-2 hours. Enjoy!

I am really blessed that all of the women in my family are excellent cooks. My mom can cook anything -- well... Anything except for biscuits and chili! But in my family when I was growing up, we would always have a big family dinner every Sunday and everyone would meet at my grandmother's house (all of her kids and their families) after church and we would all help her cook this huge meal and we'd all sit around this huge table and my grandfather would say grace and we'd eat until we were stuffed and then take a nap and go back to church that night. But anyway -- this is what my mom use to cook for our family dinners. This, my friends, is what I remember from being a child - my mothers cooked apples.

Mac & Cheese Casserole

MAC & CHEESE CASSEROLE

 

YUMMY!!!!!

 

3 boxes of 2% Milk made Velveeta Shells & Cheese

2 pounds of ground beef (browned & drained, seasoned with garlic powder/S&P)

2 bags of Steam in a bag Frozen Broccoli Cuts (steamed)

1 cup Muenster cheese (finely grated)

1 cup Mild Cheddar Cheese (finely grated)

2 tbsp Sour Cream

1/2 stick of Butter

 

 

Cook meat and drain. Cook noodles and drain. Mix the noodles, meat, broccoli, packages of cheese in mac & cheese boxes, sour cream, butter, and grated cheese all together and enjoy! :)

Southern-Style Tuna Salad

7 oz pouch of Light Tuna in Water (drained)

1/4 cup of Miracle Whip

3 tbsp of Sweet Relish (+ 1 tbsp sweet relish juice)

1/2 of a small sweet onion - about 3 tbsp(chopped fine or minced)

2 hard boiled eggs (peeled, rinsed, and diced)

S & P to taste

2 small dashes of Garlic Powder

 

Mix thoroughly and enjoy! Refrigerate left overs.  Usually better if it sits over night or for a few hours for the flavors to "marry" before consumption!

 

Egg Salad

4 hard boiled eggs (peeled and chopped)

3 tbsp of miracle whip

1-2 tbsp minced fresh onion (sweet, yellow or red)

2 tbsp of sweet relish

(3 tbsp of relish juice) **secret weapon**

2 cripsy bacon slices (crumbled) **optional**

Salt & Pepper to taste

Dash of Garlic Powder

 

Mix all and enjoy as a sandwich or on crackers or crispy toast or bread~ ! :)

 

 

 

 

 

Jen's Banana Pudding (Sugar Free)

2 pkg regular sized Sugar Free Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix (dry powder)
1 pkg regular sized Sugar Free Instant Banana Cream Pudding Mix (dry powder)
4 cups of milk
2 tub of Sugar Free Cool Whip
4 Bananas (ripe - bright yellow -- not black, but not green) (sliced into 1/8-1/4'' slices)
1 box of Sugar Free Vanilla Wafers (Nilla)
1 tsp of vanilla


Mix together the dry pudding mixs and the milk until smooth. Whip in 1 tub of Sugar Free Cool Whip.

Take out a handful of the wafers and reserve. Split the remaining box of wafers into two parts.

In a 9 x 13 pan (I use a Pyrex glass dish), layer 1/2 of the wafers, 1/2 the bananas, and then 1/2 the pudding mixture (in that order). Put on second layer of wafers, the rest of the bananas, and then the rest of the pudding mixture. In the Cool Whip tub, mix in 1 tsp of vanilla. Once well incorporated, smooth on as the very top layer. Crush the reserved handful of Vanilla Wafers and sprinkle them on top for garnish.

Enjoy~!