DIET CABBAGE CASSEROLE

2 Lbs. Ground Round
1/2 Cup Uncooked Rice
2 Tomatoes, deseeded
2 Cans Tomato Soup
1/2 c. uncooked rice
3/4 Head Cabbage
1 Medium Onion
1 Green Pepper
1 Cup Water

Brown meat. Cut cabbage into wedges, lay in a buttered baking dish. Cover with meat, sprinkle rice over the meat, and add sliced onion, sliced green pepper and sliced tomatoes. Pour into a sprayed 13 x 9 pan.  Add water to soup and spoon over the entire dish. Bake on 350 for 11/2 hours.

CURRANT GINGERBREAD

1 1/2 Cups Flour
1/2 Cup Quick-cooking or regualr oatmeal
11/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1 Teaspoon Ground GInger
1/2 Cup Currants
1/2 Cup Butter
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
1/3 Cup Molasses
1 Egg
Milk

In a bowl measure the flour, oatmeal, baking soda, ginger and currants. Stir to combine. In a pan melt butter, sugar and molasses. Pour over dry ings. Mix in beaten egg and add enough milk to make a soft dough. Pour into a sprayed square cake pan. Bake on 350 for 45 minutes.

PEANUT BUTTER SPREAD

1 (8oz.) Pack Cream Cheese, softened
12/3 Cups Cramy Peanut Butter
1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar

3/4 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
1 Tablespoon Milk
In a mixer, cream all the ings. Seve the spread with apple wedges or graham crackers.

PICKLED EGGS

2 Cups Cider Vinegar
1 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Water
2 Tablespoons Prepared Mustard
1 Tablespoon Salt
1 Tablespoon Celery Seed
1 Tablespoon Mustard Seed
6 Whole Cloves
2 Medium Onions, thinly sliced
12 Hard Boiled Eggs, peeled

In a large pot, combine the first eight ings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Cool completely. Place onions and eggs in a large jar. Add enough vinegar mixture to completely cover. Cover and ref. for at least 8 hours or overnight. Use a clean fork or spoon everytime you get one out of the jar.

CARAMEL APPLE CHEESEBALL

8 Oz. Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Tablespoon Regular Sugar
1 Teaspoon Vanilla

1 Cup Dry Roasted Peanuts, chopped
1/2 Cup to 1 Cup Powdered Sugar
1/3 Cup Apple Juice
In a bowl put the cream cheese and sugars and vanilla . Beat good. Add the 1/2 cup powdered sugar or more to you taste. Add the apple juice and beat. Then add the nuts. Cover with plastic wrap until it is firm enough to shape. Roll into 2 balls. Can roll in additional chopped peanuts and then drizzle caramel sauce over top of it. Keep ref. Serve with graham crackers, vanilla wafers or apple slices.

BOURSIN SPREAD

4 Cloves of Garlic, minced in the food processer
2 (8oz.) Cream Cheese
2 Sticks Unsalted Butter, not marg. softened
4 Tablespoons Italian Seasoning, dry type
2 Teaspoons Fresh Ground Pepper or more to taste

Mix all of this up in a food processer and then put in airtight container and ref. When ready to serve bring to room temp. Serve with assorted crackers.

3 MUSKETEERS MAGIC PUFFS

3 Three Musketers Candy Bars
1 Roll Pillsbury Crescents


Slice the candy bars into 8 pieces. Unfold the crescents. Place one piece of candy bar in the middle of each unfolded crescent. Fold crescent around the candy and make sure you cover all of it. Then pinch the seams together and bake on a lightly spraed cookie sheet on 350 for 11 minutes. Make sure the bottoms of them don't burn. Serve warm.