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Sweet Potato Casserole
3 sweet potatoes, boiled until soft
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup sugar (Mom uses 2 tbsp.)
1/2 cup melted butter
1 cup brown sugar
Topping:
1/8 tsp baking powder
1 cup nuts
1/3 cup flour
1/2 cup softened butter
Beat potatoes, eggs, vanilla, sugar and melted butter until blended. Pour into baking dish. Then mix together brown sugar, baking powder, butter, nuts, flour. Spread over potato mixture and bake at 350 degrees for 45 min.
Fettuccini Alfredo
6 oz. fettuccini noodles
3/4 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup butter
2 tbsp. chicken boullion (6 cubes)
1/2 cups Parmesan cheese
Pepper
Prepare fettuccini according to package directions. Combine cream, butter, and boullion; simmer. Toss mixture with hot noodles and cheese. Sprinkle on pepper.
Tomato Sauce
Ingredients:
1 lb. ground beef
Tomato sauce (1 large can)
1 egg
about 1/2 cup or so of breadcrumbs
Mushrooms, fresh or canned (Optional)
1 small can tomato paste (optional, use only if you want a thicker sauce)
Extra-virgin olive oil
Garlic of some kind
Meatballs first! Cover bottom of a large saucepan in olive oil, add 1 tsp. of minced garlic (Garlic powder also works, but doesn't taste nearly as good). Combine beef, egg, breadcrumbs, and about 1 tsp of salt; mix well and roll into tight balls. I like to make mine tiny, about the size of a vending-machine High-Bounce ball, so they absorb the sauce and cook quickly. Rolling the meatballs is the most time-consuming part of the whole ordeal; if you want to save an hour or two, or you're a vegetarian, just add a bit of garlic to the sauce instead. Cook on high heat until brown.
The sauce itself:
Mix everything that wasn't used in the meatballs. Add water or olive oil to thin the sauce to the desired consistency (remember sauce will thicken slightly during cooking). Add enough salt to cover. Also add seasoning salt, oregano, or other herbs and spices to taste (remember, you'll need a fair amount, because this is a LOT of sauce). Simmer for about 3 hours, stirring occasionally.
Sauce serves about 8-10.
Blackberry Pie
Pastry for double crust pie
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbsp. flour
1 qt. blackberries
1 tbsp. lemon juice
Line 10" pie pan with 1/2 thin rolled crust
Combine sugar and flour. Sprinkle 1/2 mixture over crust.
Pour on berriest and rest of sugar.
Sprinkle on juice. Roll on dough.
Bake at 450 degrees for 15 min, then 300 degrees for 20 min.
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
1 package devil's food cake mix
2 cups shredded zucchini
3 large eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. allspice
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 13x9 inch baking pan. Combine all cake ingredients in large mixer bowl. Blend at low speed; increase speed to high and beat 2 min. Pour batter evenly into prepared pan.
Bake 35 to 40 minutes, until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 min; invert and cool.
Ice with a cream cheese icing, then BASK IN THE AWESOMENESS OF ZUCCHINI CAKE. YOU WILL EAT IT AND ENJOY IT AND NOT TASTE ZUCCHINI AT ALL.