We've all been there; we come in from working outside and everyone is hungry. You open the pantry door and you don't have a clue what to make. To you it looks like nothing but I have a few tricks I have learned from living where there isn't a store right down the road. We plan ahead because it can be a couple of weeks or even a month before you can make it to town again. I have learned from my Mother and my Grandmother how to make something from just about nothing and stretch what you have. I hope it helps!

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Hot Chicken Salad



1 whole cooked Chicken (I roast mine in the oven, with whole garlic cloves and a lemon in it's rear, (can I say rear?)

diced celery

diced onion

sour cream

maonaise

salt and peper

Thursday, September 17, 2009


Pecan Pie Bars

2 cups flour
½ cup powdered sugar
1 cup butter softened
1 can sweetened condensed milk (14 oz.)
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 6oz package toffee bits
1 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

In medium mixing bowl, combine flour and powdered sugar, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse corn meal. Press firmly on bottom of 9”x13” pan. Bake 20 minutes. Meanwhile, in medium mixing bowl, beat sweetened condensed milk, egg and vanilla. Stir in toffee chips and pecans. Spread evenly over prepared crust. Bake 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool, chill thoroughly. Cut into bars. Store in refrigerator.