Category: Sides

Ingredients

• 5 (15 oz.) cans cut green beans drained
• 7 slices bacon
• ¼ cup butter, melted – ½ stick
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 7 tsp. soy sauce
• 1 ½ tsp. garlic powder

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Place drained beans in a 9 X 13 baking dish
3. Cook bacon in microwave for 2 minutes
4. Lay bacon on top of green beans
5. Combine melted butter, sugar, soy sauce & garlic powder
6. Pour butter mixture over green beans.
7. Bake uncovered for 40 minutes

Ingredients

• 4 crowns of fresh broccoli chopped fine
• 1 red onion chopped fine
• 1/2 of bacon fried crisp, drained, crumbled
• 1 cup golden raisins
• 1 cup sunflower seeds
• shredded cheddar
Dressing
• ½ cup mayo or miracle whip
• ¼ cup white vinegar
• ¼ cup sugar
• (double as needed)

Instructions

1. Wash and chop broccoli. Add onions and cheese to taste.
2. Combine dressing ingredients and whisk until the grainy texture disappears. Pour over salad just before serving.
3. Refrigerate leftovers – it will still be good the next day – just not as crisp.

Ingredients

• 2 – 3 oz. pkg. cherry jello
• 2 c. boling water
• 1 c. sugar
• 1 c cold water
• 1 pkg. fresh or frozen cranberries
• 1 c pecans toasted
• 3 red del. Apples peeled & quartered
• 3 oranges peeled & sectioned
• 1 – 8 ¼ oz. can crushed pineapple in heavy syrup

Instructions

1. Stir jello & boiling water.
2. Add sugar, stir to dissolve.
3. Add cold water chill 30 minutes.
Fruit Mixture
4. Process cranberries & pecans – 30 sec
5. Process apples & oranges – 30-45 sec
6. Stir in pineapple.
7. Add fruit mixture to jello
8. Pour into lightly greased 10-12 c. bowl
9. Chill 8 hrs. until firm

Ingredients

• 2 lbs. ground beef
• 1 med. onion chopped
• 1 can mild Rotel
• 1 can ranch style beans
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 can cheddar cheese soup
• 1 med. size pkg. Doritos, crumbled
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Instructions

1. Brown beef and onions, drain.
2. Mix all canned ingredients in large bowl.
3. Add beef, onions and crumbled Doritos to mixture.
4. Pour into greased 9 X 13 pan.
5. Sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese on top.
6. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes, until bubbly.

Ingredients

• 1 pkg. (12 oz.) fresh or frozen cranberries
• 1 ¾ cups sugar
• ½ cup water
• ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp. ground allspice
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 1/8 tsp. ground ginger
• 1/8 tsp. ground cloves

Instructions

1. In a saucepan, combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil.
2. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until the berries pop and mixture is thickened, about 30 minutes.
3. Cool. Transfer to a serving bowl; cover and refrigerate until chilled.

Ingredients

• 1 lb frozen green beans
• ½ c. slivered almonds
• 2 TBSP butter
• *1 clove garlic finely chopped
• **1TBSP firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 to 3 TBSP fresh lemon juice
• ¼ tsp. red pepper flakes
• ¼ tsp. salt
* I use garlic powder – about ½ teaspoon
** I use Splenda Brown Sugar Substitute

Instructions

1. Plunge green beans into salted boiling water. Cook 4-5 minutes until just tender. Drain and rinse in cold water.
2. Sauté almonds in butter until crisp. Add beans.
3. Stir in rest of ingredients. Cook stirring constantly until sugar dissolves and beans are glazed – about 30 seconds.