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The following recipes appeared in our internal E-newsletter. Although this blog is minus the pics, we are excited to share the culinary skills of our very own Joyce MccKenzie (Positive Steps) and Lemont Leige (Development Department).
JOYCE’S SOUTHERN MAC SALAD
For summertime meals this salad goes great with hamburgers and hot dogs or any of your summertime meats.
What You Need:
1 box of pasta noodles – 1 lb. box ( Elbow Macaroni or small Rotini)
5 Tbsp. Mayonnaise
2 Tbsp. Relish
Mustard (1 tsp. yellow mustard & 1 tsp. honey mustard)
2 cans tuna-6 oz size (Chunk light in water)
4 large eggs, 1 onion (small). Half small carrot
¼ cup of chopped fresh celery or celery seeds (optional)
2 ½ Tbsp. of salt or salt to your taste
2 ½ Tbsp. of sugar
Fresh Parsley to Garnish (optional)
What to Do:
il eggs. Once eggs are boiled make sure they are cold and cut into small pieces into a bowl.
Cut onion in small pieces into eggs.
Grate carrot into eggs and onion mixture. Mix all the ingredients together and put aside.
Boil noodles as directed on box or until desired tenderness.
Once noodles are boiled, drain water from noodles and cool them off in cold water.
Drain water from tuna and break up tuna before adding to mixture.
Once the water is drained from noodles put in large bowl and add the eggs, carrot and onion mixture.
Add tuna, yellow & honey mustards, relish, salt and sugar. Add your celery or celery seeds (optional). Mix all the ingredients together. Add your mayonnaise to mixture and mix.
Mama Rosa Lee’s Lemon Cream Pie
What’s a summer treat without the sweets?
What You Need:
Pie filling
1 – 9 inch Keebler or Nabisco Graham pie crust
1 – 14 oz. can of Eagle Brand condensed milk
3 eggs yolks
¼ cup ReaLemon lemon juice
Meringue topping
3 egg whites
¼ tsp Cream of Tartar
½ cup granulated sugar
What To Do:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Separate the 3 egg yolks from the egg whites and set aside in separate containers. Heat pie crust in oven for 5 minutes and remove from oven. Empty milk contents into a medium mixing bowl. Add the 3 separated yolks and blend at high speed for 2 minutes. Add ¼ cup of lemon juice to the milk and egg yolk mixture and blend at high speed another 2 minutes. Pour lemon pie filling into pie crust and refrigerate while preparing meringue topping.
Blend egg whites in a medium mixing bowl at high speed until fluffy or about 2 – 3 minutes and add ¼ teaspoon of Cream of Tarter and slowly add ½ cup of granulated sugar. Continue blending at high speed another 2 – 3 minutes to dissolve the sugar. After mixing add meringue topping over pie filling carefully sealing the topping to edge of crust. Bake at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Let pie cool to room temperature before refrigerating.
JOYCE’S SOUTHERN MAC SALAD
For summertime meals this salad goes great with hamburgers and hot dogs or any of your summertime meats.
What You Need:
1 box of pasta noodles – 1 lb. box ( Elbow Macaroni or small Rotini)
5 Tbsp. Mayonnaise
2 Tbsp. Relish
Mustard (1 tsp. yellow mustard & 1 tsp. honey mustard)
2 cans tuna-6 oz size (Chunk light in water)
4 large eggs, 1 onion (small). Half small carrot
¼ cup of chopped fresh celery or celery seeds (optional)
2 ½ Tbsp. of salt or salt to your taste
2 ½ Tbsp. of sugar
Fresh Parsley to Garnish (optional)
What to Do:
il eggs. Once eggs are boiled make sure they are cold and cut into small pieces into a bowl.
Cut onion in small pieces into eggs.
Grate carrot into eggs and onion mixture. Mix all the ingredients together and put aside.
Boil noodles as directed on box or until desired tenderness.
Once noodles are boiled, drain water from noodles and cool them off in cold water.
Drain water from tuna and break up tuna before adding to mixture.
Once the water is drained from noodles put in large bowl and add the eggs, carrot and onion mixture.
Add tuna, yellow & honey mustards, relish, salt and sugar. Add your celery or celery seeds (optional). Mix all the ingredients together. Add your mayonnaise to mixture and mix.
Mama Rosa Lee’s Lemon Cream Pie
What’s a summer treat without the sweets?
What You Need:
Pie filling
1 – 9 inch Keebler or Nabisco Graham pie crust
1 – 14 oz. can of Eagle Brand condensed milk
3 eggs yolks
¼ cup ReaLemon lemon juice
Meringue topping
3 egg whites
¼ tsp Cream of Tartar
½ cup granulated sugar
What To Do:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Separate the 3 egg yolks from the egg whites and set aside in separate containers. Heat pie crust in oven for 5 minutes and remove from oven. Empty milk contents into a medium mixing bowl. Add the 3 separated yolks and blend at high speed for 2 minutes. Add ¼ cup of lemon juice to the milk and egg yolk mixture and blend at high speed another 2 minutes. Pour lemon pie filling into pie crust and refrigerate while preparing meringue topping.
Blend egg whites in a medium mixing bowl at high speed until fluffy or about 2 – 3 minutes and add ¼ teaspoon of Cream of Tarter and slowly add ½ cup of granulated sugar. Continue blending at high speed another 2 – 3 minutes to dissolve the sugar. After mixing add meringue topping over pie filling carefully sealing the topping to edge of crust. Bake at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Let pie cool to room temperature before refrigerating.
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