Orange Splash Smoothie

For Two Servings
• 1 6-ounce can frozen orange juice concentrate
• 1 cup cold water
• 1 cup non-fat milk
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 10 ice cubes


Combine the first five ingredients in a blender; process at high speed. Add ice cubes, a few at a time, blending until smooth.

Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 stick butter - must be real butter!

1/2 cup shortening

2 eggs

3/4 c white sugar

3/4 c brown sugar

1 tblsp vanilla

1 tsp bkg powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 to 2 cups chopped walnuts (if desired)

Thoroughly mix on high till smooth and light. Slowly add 2 and 1/2 cups flour. Mix well and add 1 cup chocolate chips and 1/2 cup chopped walnuts if desired.

Now comes the secret to perfect cookies. Make walnut sized balls of the dough, it will be a soft dough, and place on a plate or pie pan and freeze for about half an hour before baking. This will ensure that your cookies are uniform and bake perfectly!!

Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes.

When they are light golden they are done.

Best Ever Waffle's

2 Eggs
2 Tablespoons Sugar
1 Teaspoon Salt
1/2 Cup Oil
1 Package Active Dry Yeast
1/2 Cup Warm Water
2 Cups Milk
3 Cups Flour

Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Scald milk and cool.

In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs well, then add other ingredients. Stirring until mixture is blended. Then beat until the batter is smooth.

The batter may be stored in a large fruit juice container so that it does not rise over the top.
This will keep in refrigerator for a long time.

Ham Waffles

Ham Waffles

2 Cups Flour -- sifted
1/4 Teaspoon Baking Soda
2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 Tablespoon Sugar
2 Egg Yolks -- well beaten
1 3/4 Cups Sour Milk
1/3 Cup Butter -- melted
2 Egg Whites -- stiffly beaten
1 Cup Smoked Ham -- uncooked, diced

Sift flour once, measure, add soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar, and sift again.
Combine egg yolks, milk, and butter. Add to flour, beating until smooth. Fold in egg whites.
Bake on hot waffle iron. Sprinkling 1/4 cup ham over batter of each waffle just before closing iron. Serve soft scrambled eggs on each waffle.

Makes four 4-section waffles.

Ingredient Substitutions

Here is a fantastic list of ingredient substitutions! I have it in a .doc format for you to click on as it is a very long (5 pages) in Word, this way you can open it and print it out to keep handy!

Ingredient Substitutions