Zucchini Bread

Mix together:
3 eggs, beaten
1 cup vegetable oil**
2 cups brown sugar**
2 cups grated or ground zucchini
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt

In a separate bowl, combine:
3 cups white or whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 TBS cinnamon

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients.
Mix well and pour into 2 loaf pans.
bake at 375° approx. 70 minutes.
**to use honey instead of sugar, use 1 1/2 cups honey and reduce oil to 3/4 cup.

Warm Chili-Cheese Dip

1 15-oz can no bean chili
1 4-oz can diced green chiles
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
Cook and stir until well combined and heated through.
(Cheese should be melted, and mixture should be smooth.)
Serve with corn chips or toasted sourdough bread chunks

Cheese Sauce for Broccoli

12 oz. American cheese (or 18 slices wrapped)
2/3 cup milk
Salt & pepper to taste
Heat together over medium heat, stirring frequently, until cheese is melted.
Serve over 16 oz. broccoli, cooked

Doug's Spanish Rice

3 stalks celery, diced
12 baby carrots, diced
1 onion, diced
2 TBS oil
1 lb extra lean ground beef
1 15-oz can tomato sauce
1 15-oz can diced tomatoes
1 7-oz can diced green chiles
1 3/4 cups water (or 1 tomato sauce can)
1 packet dry spaghetti sauce mix
3 cups dry long grain white rice, cooked

Heat oil in a large frying pan. Add celery and carrots and cook & stir until slightly tender.
Add onion and cook until tender.
Add ground beef; cook and stir until beef is done.
Add tomato sauce, canned tomatoes, water, green chiles, and spaghetti sauce mix...
Stir well and bring to a boil.
Lower heat; cover and simmer 45 minutes - 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile, cook rice according to package directions.
Allow rice to sit, covered while sauce simmers.
When sauce is ready, uncover rice and fluff.
Pour sauce over rice and mix thoroughly, making sure all grains are covered with sauce.

Chicken Almond Salad Sandwiches

3 cups cooked, cubed chicken breast meat
1 1/2 cups diced celery
1/2 cup raisins (or more, to taste)
2 TBS diced green onion
3/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted
1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp salt
2 TBS heavy cream (if mixture seems dry)

Mix together all ingredients.  Best made the night before.
3 batches makes about 40 mini (Costco) croissants.
Use leafy green lettuce when assembling sandwiches.
(Karen Steinhour's recipe)

Grandma Allen's Caramel Corn

(From Amy R.)

1 stick of margarine or 1/2 C
1 C brown sugar
1/4 C Molasses or Karo syrup (we grew up with molasses)
Heat and boil 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
Add 1/2 tsp vanilla and 1/4 tsp baking soda.
Stir well. Pour over popcorn (large bowl of plain popcorn). Spread in shallow pans and bake at 250° F for one hour. Break apart and put into bowl and enjoy. My mom made this most Sunday's.

**NOTE: Use 2 bags microwave popcorn

Sweet & Sour Sauce

Ingredients
¾ Cup packed brown sugar
1 Tbsp corn starch
1 8 oz can of crushed pineapple with juice
⅓ Cup vinegar
⅓ Cup water
1 Tbsp soy sauce (I use lower sodium)
1 small red pepper, chopped (about ⅓ cup)

Instructions
In a 2 qt. sauce pan, combine the brown sugar and cornstarch. Stir in the pineapple, vinegar, water and soy sauce.

Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to a simmer and cover. Simmer for 5 minutes to blend flavors, stir occasionally. Stir in red pepper and simmer about 2 minutes more, until desired thickness is reached. The sauce will thicken more as it cools.

Can be used as a sauce for Hawaiian Haystacks