CHEESECAKE BARS

If the rasins are hard put them in some water and let them boil until they are plump. Pour off water and let cool.
1/3 Cup Butter, softened
1/3 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup flour
1/2 Cup Raisins or can add coconut
1/2 Cup Chopped Walnuts
1 (8)oz. Box Cream Cheese
1/2 Cup Sugar not powdered sugar
1 Egg
2 Tablespoon Milk
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla

Preaheat oven to 350. Spray a 8 x 8 pan. In a bowl cream the brown sugar and butter until it is fluffy. Add the flour, raisins and nuts. Mix until this is crumbly. Take half of this mixture and press into the pan. Bake for 15 minutes. In another bowl mix the cream cheese and sugar. Add the egg, milk and lemon juice and vanilla and beat until smooth. Take the crust out of the oven and pour the filling over the crust. Sprinkle remaining crust on top and bake for 25 minutes. Let cool and chill.

SEVEN LAYER COOKIES

1 Stick Butter, not marg.
11/2 Cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
1 Cup Butterscotch Chips
1 Cup Chocolate Chips
1 Cup Walnuts
1 Cup Shredded Coconut
14oz. Can Sweetened Condensed Milk

Melt the butter and mix with the graham cracker crumbs. Press into the bottom of a sprayed 8x8 pan or for thiner cookies a 13 x 9 pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips, butterscotch chips and walnuts over the crust. Sprinkle the coconut over the top. Pour the condensed milk evenly over everything. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until coconut gets brown and toast in spots. Cut into small squares.

ITALIAN CHICKEN AND POTATO DISH

1/4 Cup Olive Oil
1 Medium Onion, sliced thin
3 Chicken Breasts cut into strips or nugget size
2-3 Potatoes, cut into medium cubes
3 Cups Tomato Sauce
1 (15)oz. Peas
Salt and Pepper


Preheat the oven to 350. Take a 13 x 9 cake pan or glass baking dish and pour the oil all in it. Put the cut up onions over the oil and then add the chicken. Add the potatoes around the chicken and then add the peas. Add the salt and pepper and enough tomato sauce to cover the chicken. Bake for around two hours or until chicken is tender and potatoes are done. May need to add a little more tomato sauce as this bakes. Would also be good with some bread crumbs sprinkled on top when almost done for a crust. Let them brown. Can take the soup and dip bread in it to use as a dip. French bread it good for this.

BEST FOOD ON THE "HILL"

When talking to my son who was on his way back home from St. Lewis from a computer conf. he was telling me about where all he had ate. This restaurant was one of the noted Italian ones.
So here I go and look at the menu as I will never get to go there to eat. Being a Italian lover all the menu sure looked good to me. He was telling me about the toasted Ravioli which they serve.
 So what do I do, just go and start looking for a recipe for these. I found a lot and they all looked good so I will post one of the recipes later on.
We may not be able to travel but we can still sample different types of food just by finding recipes like it.
He also was telling me about the salad he ate there how good it was. As a matter of fact he said it was the best he had ever ate and believe me he has traveled a lot and ate at a lot of different places. He can make a mean salad. I always want him to fix mine when I go out to eat with him.
This salad had a cheese in it I have never heard of but you can buy in St. Lewis. It is called Provel cheese.
 Now back here in the country all we can get is cheddar or coby not nothing new. He said that is what makes the salad.
 So now I am trying to find where I can buy some online as I love any kind of new cheese.
 When we watch food tv they all have new types of cheese on the shows and don't you wish you could just reach in and grab a piece and eat it. lol. I am sure wanting to try to deep fry some of the ravioli but I say it will be tricky to keep the filling from falling out.
 I read where Sam's has it in bags that is frozen. May try to find some all ready made up.
I am also going to try to find some more Italian recipes to put on here. Being part Italian I guess it is just in my blood to love any type of Italian cooking.
 Enjoy any of the recipes I can find or make up. I love to hear about what he eats when traveling and then come up with a recipe like it. It may not be from a famous place but you can sure have something new on your own home menu...........

STEFENS BAKED BEANS

2 Cans Pork N Beans,  use Van Camp's
8oz. Bacon, fried and chopped
1 Green Pepper, chopped
1 Medium Onion, chopped
1 Stalk Celery, chopped
3 Tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
3/4 Cup Ketchup
1 Teaspoon Mustard

In a medium skillet chop and fry the bacon. Take out and add the onion, celery and pepper. Fry until tender. Discard the bacon grease. Put the beans in a ovenproof sprayed pot. Next add the veg. mixture and stir good. Add the bacon and stir good. Bake for one hour on 350. Can add cut up winners to this before baking.

CRANBERRY MEATBALLS

1/2 Bag Italian Style Meatballs about 3 lbs. or around 60
12 Oz. Cocktail Sauce
1 Can Whole Cranberry Sauce
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup Water

Combine the ings. except the meatballs in a kettle and bring to a boil. Put the meatballs in a sprayed crock-pot. Pour the sauce over the meatballs and cook on high for 1 to 2 hours. If meatballs are frozen simmer longer. Serve using toothpicks or tongs to pick them up.

CHERRY CHEESE BALL

1 Box Cream Cheese, softened
1/4 Cup Powdered Sugar
1/4 Cup Sweetened Coconut
10 Maraschino Cherries, chopped
3/4 Cup Chopped Pecans
Apples or Choc. Graham Crackers

In a medium bowl combine the cream cheese and powdered sugar. Blend well. Stir in the chopped cherries and coconut. Shape into a ball and roll in chopped pecans. Put in plactic wrap and ref. until ready to use. Remove wrap and put on a platter and serve with apple slices or any fruit or choc. graham crackers.