It is Thursday!!!

Just one week till Thanksgiving! I can't wait ! Looking forward to great food and all the family being together. Remembering the days of my youth when my Grandmothers and Uncle George would come to dinner. My Mother would have a gorgeous table set with lots of wonderful food. After dinner everyone would have dessert and coffee. Aww, what sweet memories! I miss those days. Now that my children have grown I keep the same traditions in my home. I still prepare food just as my Mother did and make the her Orange Cake and Cranberry Relish. Those are two of my favorite holiday dishes!

A few years back we had an old fashion Thanksgiving in Pocahontas County at Cass, WV. My Son rented a renovated Cass house and my brother, sis in law, my husband and I took all the food. It had a beautiful old fashion wooden table. We filled it up with the yummiest food anyone could ever want!

Please feel free to share you holiday memories!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Banana Pudding - Phily Style


8 oz. of Philidelphia Cream Cheese
2 Cups of Milk
3 oz. of Instant Banana Cream Pudding
2 Cups of Whipped topping
1 Box Vanilla Wafers
4 Bananas

Add to mixing bowl: milk, banana pudding and cream cheese. Mix well
Stir in whipped topping and mix.
Starting with a layer of vanilla wafers on the bottom of your dish, then layer with 1/3 filling, bananas and vanilla wafers. Repeat 2x. and end with filling on top. Garnish with crushed wafers and merichino cherries. Serve chilled.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Bacon and Sundried Tomato Tarts

Pillsbury Pizza Crust
6 oz Cream Cheese
2 T. Ricotta Cheese
1 tsp. Oregano
1 T. Shredded Parmesan Cheese
1/2 Cup Sundried Tomatoes
8 -10 Slices Bacon
Pizza Sauce
3-4 Slices Provalone Cheese

Cook Bacon (Cool and Crumble) hold for topping.
Mix together Cream cheese, Ricotta cheese, Oregano, and Parmsean cheese.
Cut Pizza crust into 2 inch squares or circles. Press into greased muffin pans. Brush some Olive Oil onto crust. Spoon Cream cheese mixture into Pizza Crust tarts . Add a tsp. of Pizza Sauce on top of cream cheese. Top with Bacon and Sundried Tomatoes. Bake @ 350 degress until brown; about 15-20 Minutes. Remove from oven. Place a piece of Provalone Cheese on top of tart. Serve!

Garnish with a Cherry Tomatoe or Fresh Oregano.