Gingered Butternut Squash and Crab Soup

From the local free paper that I am reading while pretending that I am working.  They grabbed these from Leslie Glover Pendleton’s Simply Shellfish cookbook.  Squash soup holds many memories of college for me, and crabs are always good.  Don’t puree your squash soup.  Pureeing is for wimps.  Just mash it up good.

2 lbs. butternut [...]

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James Garner’s Marinade

1/2 c. red wine
1 T. red wine vinegar
1/2 tsp. cracked black pepper
2 T. oil
1 clove minced garlic
1/2 tsp sugar

Combine and pour over meat.  Let sit at least 30 minutes.  Reserve marinade to baste meat.

I have no idea how my Mom got James Garner’s marinade recipe, but it was one of her proudest accomplishments.  She was [...]

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Snickerdoodles

Mix together thoroughly:

1 c. soft margarine
2 eggs
1 1/2 c. sugar

Stir in:

2 3/4 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1/2 tsp. salt

Chill dough overnight.  Roll into balls the size of small walnuts, roll in mixture of 2 T. sugar and 2 tsp. cinnamon.  Bake at 400 for 8-10 mins.

My favorite cookies ever.

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Chicken & Rice

1 1/2 c. raw rice
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of celery soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
2/3 c. sherry

Combine above and put in 9×13 pan.  Lay chicken pieces or pork chops over rice.  Sprinkle package of cream of onion soup over the top. Cover tightly with foil.  Bake at 35o for 2 [...]

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Wheat Thins

1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. sugar
2 T. margarine, softened
1/2 c. whole wheat flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 – 2/3 c. milk

Preheat oven to 325.  In large bowl or food processor combine the flours;  sugar and salt.  Cut the margarine into the flour until mixture looks like coarse meal.  Blend in milk slowly, adding only enough to form [...]

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Yogurt Pie

1 sm. carton cool whip
2 cartons fruit yogurt

Mix together and pour into graham cracker crust.  Chill until set.

Simplest dessert in the whole world.  Darn tasty too.

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