White Trash Eatin's

 

 
Fourth of July Shortcake

2 or 3 containers Fresh Strawberries (washed and sliced)
1 container Fresh Blueberries (rinsed)
Cool Whip
1 Angel Food Cake or Pound Cake
Big Cardboard (15x10 or so) rectangle covered in Tin Foil

This will make a pretty dessert that looks like the flag. Cut the cake into slices, and layer 1/2 of them on the tin foil covered card board in a
rectangle shape. sprinkle with strawberries and a few blueberries, saving enough for the top. Spread 1/2 of the cool whip on top of that, and carefully place the remaining cake pieces on top of that. Next, frost those cake slices with the remaining Cool Whip, and make a small square on the upper left hand corner with just blueberries, then arrange the remaining strawberry pieces in stripes like a flag. Very pretty, and yummy too!

 
Red Velvet Cake

1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup red food coloring (2 2oz bottles)
1 teas. vanilla
2 teas. cocoa
1 teas. salt
1 cup buttermilk
2 1/2 cup cake flour
1 teas baking soda
1 teas vinegar

Preheat oven to 350º and grease and flour two 8" round cake pans. Mix vinegar and soda in a small cup and set aside. Cream sugar, shortening, and eggs together, set aside. Make a paste of cocoa and a few drops of red food coloring, add to egg mixture. Add the rest of the food coloring to the egg mixture. Add buttermilk, salt, and flour alternately. Add vanilla. While stirring, add soda and vinegar mixture and mix well. Pour into floured cake pans and cook for about 30 minutes. Let cool completely and split each cake into two lengthwise, so that you have four layers. Frost each layer on top only with frosting below, do not frost sides. This cake must be refrigerated, and will keep for a week.

Buttercream Frosting

1 cup 2% or whole milk
3 tablespoon flour
1 cup room temperature margarine (Don't use real butter!)
1 cup white sugar

Cook milk and flour until very thick. Do not let it burn! Cool, stirring as it cools. Cream sugar with margarine with a beater until very fluffy. Gradually add cooled milk and flour mixture, beating the whole time. Frost each layer on top only. Keep refrigerated.

 
Green Pistachio Cake

1 4oz package pistachio instant pudding
1 package yellow cake mix
1/2 teas. almond extract
4 eggs
1 1/4 cup water
1/4 cup oil
7 drops green food coloring

Preheat oven to 350º and grease and flour a 13x9" pan. Blend all ingredients and beat at medium speed for 4 minutes. Pour into floured pan and back for 45-50 minutes. Cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

 
Mombid's Date Squares

1 3/4 cup quick oatmeal
1 cup flour
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup melted margarine
1/2 teas. baking soda

Mix all ingredients until crumbly and press half of the mixture into a 13x9" baking pan. Pour filling (see recipe below) and crumble rest of oatmeal mixture on top. Bake in 350º oven until brown on top.

Date Filling

1 cup chopped dates
1 cup brown sugar
4 tablespoons flour
1 cup water

Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add rest of ingredients and combine. Cook for a few minutes until thick. Spread on top of crust as indicated above.

 
Salmon Patties

1 can pink salmon (including liquid and bones)
1 can condensed cream of celery soup (reserve 1/4 cup for sauce)
1 1/2 cup crushed herb croutons
1/3 cup finely chopped onion
1 large egg

Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Form into 8 patties or pack into a lightly greased loaf pan. Fry patties in a skillet 3 minutes on each side  or until lightly browned. (Or bake loaf in a 350º oven for 40 minutes) Serve with below dill sauce.

Dill Sauce

2 tablespoons milk
Reserved 1/4 cup soup
1/2 teas. dried dillweed

Combine all ingredients, serve with salmon patties or salmon loaf.

 
Easy Cheesecake

2 8oz packages room temperature cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teas. vanilla
2 eggs
1 store-bought 8" graham cracker crust
1 can of strawberry, blueberry, or raspberry pie filling

Preheat oven to 350º . Mix cream cheese, sugar, vanilla at medium speed until well blended. Incorporate eggs. Pour into crust, bake in oven 40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool, pour can of pie filling on top, and chill in refrigerator for 2 hours. Keep refrigerated.

 
Best Brownies

2 cup flour
2 teas. baking powder
18 tablespoons cocoa
2 cup margarine
4 cup sugar
8 eggs
2 cup chopped walnuts
4 teas. vanilla

Preheat oven at 350º. Sift flour, baking powder, and cocoa together. Melt margarine, add to mixture, then sugar. Add eggs one at a time, then vanilla. Finally, add nuts. Do not use blender, hand mix. Pour into greased and floured 13x9" pan and bake in oven till inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool and cut into squares.

 
Mombid's Peanut Butter Fudge

2 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 heaping teas. cornstarch
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1/2 cup milk
1 cup peanut butter
1 teas. vanilla
1 cup chopped walnuts

Stir first 5 ingredients together in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium high heat until it comes to a boil, boil for three minutes after it starts to boil. Do not overcook, use a timer! Remove from heat and add peanut butter and vanilla, stir until blended. Add in nuts and poor into a 9x9" pyrex or glass pan, let cool completely and cut into squares.

 
Mombid's Ghoulash

1 large can peeled whole tomatoes (including liquid)
2 lbs. lean ground hamburger or turkey meat
1 small finely chopped green pepper
5 cups (appx.) cooked white rice
curry Powder, salt, and pepper to taste

In a large frying pan, cook meat until brown and crumbly. Drain off excess fat. Add in the can of tomatoes, including liquid and chopped green pepper. Season with curry powder, salt, and pepper and simmer for 5-10 minutes. Server over cooked white rice, add additional curry powder and salt to taste.

Mombid's China Pie

2 cans creamed corn
4 cups (appx) cooked mashed potatoes
1 1/2 lbs ground hamburger meat
Sweet pickle relish

Preheat oven at 350º. Brown hamburger in skillet and drain of excess fat. Pour cooked meat in the bottom of a large casserole dish. Pour cans of creamed corn on top of hamburger meat, then spread mashed potatoes on top. Bake in oven til brown and bubbly, serve with sweet pickle relish.

 
Coming Soon!

Tuna Casserole, Swedish Meatballs, Chinese Chews, Elegant White Trash Steak, Clam Dip, Whoopee Pies, Aunt Joline's Raisin Cookies Bars, HappyJoy's White Trash Meatloaf, Easy Chowmein, Aunt Frances' Fried Chicken Breasts, Chuck and Renee's Crunchy Chicken Terds, Too Easy Chicken Pot Pie, Mombid's Lasagna, Raspberry Sourcream Jello Mold, Lime Pineapple Jello Mold, and whatever else sounds interesting. Email me with suggestions or recipies!