Taco Dip

Ingredients:

• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 8 ounces sour cream
• 1 lb. hamburger
• 1 package taco seasoning mix
• cheddar cheese, shredded
• black olives
• onions
• tomatoes
• 1 large jar salsa

Directions:

Mix cream cheese and sour cream; spread on bottom of pan. Brown hamburger; drain and add taco seasoning mix. Spread on top of sour cream, cream cheese mixture. Dice remaining ingredients and layer one on top of the other or just sprinkle them over the top. top with salsa. Better if refrigerated overnight. Serve with plenty of tortilla chips.

We used to have potluck lunches every once in a while at work. One of my coworkers brought this dip. It was devoured. We also all begged for the recipe and told her she had to bring this every time. It's a big hit every time I make it.

Coconut Custard Pie

INGREDIENTS

• 1 (9 inch) pie shell
• 4 eggs
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups milk
• 1 cup shredded coconut

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl beat eggs then stir in sugar, salt, nutmeg or cinnamon, and vanilla extract.
3. Heat milk in a small saucepan then pour milk slowly into egg mixture, whisking constantly. Stir in coconut, then pour mixture into pastry shell.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Serve slightly warm or chilled. Store in refrigerator.

Source: allrecipes

It didn't seem to be set at all at 30 minutes, so I baked it for an additional 10 minutes. It looks good and smells good, but I haven't gotten to taste it yet.

Toaster Waffles

We use quite a bit of milk in our house with two growing teenagers. Sometimes, though, I buy milk and nobody drinks it. The milk reaches its 'sell by' date, and then what do I do? I really hate to throw anything out if I don't have to, so often I make my husband some chocolate pudding. He loves that. It's Jell-o. It's easy, except he likes the cookin' kind, so it does take time and stirring. I think he appreciates me, though.

Another thing I do is use the milk to make waffles. I figure my waffle recipe calls for sour milk, anyway - and old milk ought to sour easier, right? Whether that's true or not, we all like waffles around here. Last year, my husband brought me home a waffle iron from his grandpa's house. I already had two, but he figured I could always use a new one. This one was different - not round like the others, it makes two square waffles. Guess what? Those square waffles make perfect toaster waffles - unlike the normal round waffles. So, periodically, I make a bunch of these waffles and put them into the freezer. They make great breakfasts for the kids, and, since school is starting Tuesday, I'm sure they will really appreciate them.

My waffle recipe can be found here.

Desserts & Sweets

Cookies, cakes, pies, cobblers, crisps, bars, etc...

Frozen Chocolate Covered Banana & Peanut Butter Bites (SRC)
Brownie Macaroon Torte w/ Irish Cream Glaze	Cranberry Gingerbread Loaf (SRC)
Easy Peach Frozen Yogurt	White Chocolate Chip Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
ROLO Pretzel Delights	Spicy Chocolate Snickerdoodles (SRC)
Rum Raisin Ice Cream (SRC)	Root Beer Freeze (SRC)
Peanut Butter Pie w/ Pretzel Crust (SRC)	Coconut Macaroons
Snickerdoodle Bars	Apple Crunch   Rhubarb Apple Crisp
Blackberry Rhubarb Crumble	Rhubarb Pudding Cake
Trailside Oatmeal Treats	Peanut Butter Cheesecake Brownies
Apple Cranberry Crisp	Cranberry Pecan Tassies
Mountain Cake	German Chocolate Pie
Hot Fudge Sundae Cake	Peanut Butter Blossoms
Reeses Bars	Chocolate Coconut Bars Gooey Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars Date Bars
Soft Raisin Cookies	Coconut Lemon Bars
Cranberry Tart	Cranberry Coconut Pecan Bars No Bake Cereal Cookies
Raspberry Cobbler	Rhubarb Raspberry Crisp
Chocolate Cherry Clusters	Chocolate Pudding Lemonade Yogurt Popsicles Fudgesicles Eggless Banana Cake Pineapple Zucchini Cake Chocolate Zucchini Cake Coconut Custard Pie

Breakfast

Muffins, pancakes, coffee cakes, waffles...

Overnight Coffee Cake (updated)	Homemade Pancake Syrup
Strawberry Muffins	Cranberry Gingerbread Loaf (SRC)
Cranberry Cream Cheese Muffins	Rum Glazed Cranberry Scones (SRC)
Blueberry Peach Buckle (SRC)	Cranberry Nutmeg Breakfast Cake
Pineapple Coconut Rum French Toast (SRC)	Banana Muffins
Puffed Oven Pancake w/ Banana Sauce	Rhubarb Bread
Cinnamon Rolls	Cinnamon Apple Sourdough Coffee Cake Cinnamon Swirl Bake (Revisited) Overnight Coffeecake
Caramel Rolls	Sourdough Biscuits Sweet Milk Biscuits
Perfect Oatmeal	Cranberry Apple Pie Oatmeal
Pumpkin Oat Muffins	Friendship Cinnamon Rolls
Sourdough Pancake	Golden Delight Pancakes
Waffles	Zucchini Bread
Whole Wheat Apple Muffins	Raisin Bran Muffins Bran Muffins Cocoa Branana Muffins
Rice Pudding Muffins (SRC)	Raspberry Swirl Bread
Crockpot Oatmeal Baked Oatmeal	French Toast Casserole
Crockpot Granola	Oatmeal Apple Muffins
Apple Pecan Muffins Apricot Pecan Oatmeal Muffins	Dannon Muffins
Chocolate Zucchini Muffins (SRC)	Cinnamon Apple Dutch Baby (SRC)
Cranberry and Lime Muffins	Lemon Cranberry Muffins (SRC)
Puffed Oven Pancake	Rhubarb Muffins
Cranberry Nut Bread)	Apple Bread with Pecans & Dried Cranberries
Jacked Up Pumpkin Butter (SRC)