4 Layer Mexican Dip (serves 4 - 6)

Ingredients

1 8 oz pkg cream cheese softened
1 15 oz can chili with beans
1 16 oz jar salsa
1 8 oz pkg shredded mexican-blend cheese
Tortilla Chips or crackers

Spread cream cheese into the bottom of an ungreased, microwave safe 11" x 7" glass casserole dish, layer chili, salsa and cheese on top.  Microwave on high for 5 to 7 minutes, until hot, bubbly and cheeses are melted.  Serve warm with tortilla chips or crackers for dipping.

3 Step Cheesecake

Ingredients

2 (8oz) packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 (9 inch) graham cracker pie crust

Preheat oven to 350ºF (175ºC).  In bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar and vanilla.  Beat with mixer on medium until well blended.  Spoon into crust.

Bake for 40 minutes, or until center is almost set.  Cool.  Refrigerate for 3 hours.

Yokumburger

Ingredients

1/3 pound freshly ground pure beef per person
salt and pepper
lettuce
tomato slice
Bermuda onion slice
Cole slaw
Dill pickle slice

Season beef and broil under high flame until rare.  Top with lettuce, tomato, onion, cole slaw and dill pickle.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Ingredients

1 can crushed pineapples
1 can cherry pie filling
1 yellow cake mix
1 8 oz package cream cheese
1 container cool whip large (16 oz) 6 cups
1 cup crushed walnuts
1/2 cup powdered sugar

In a cake pan spread pineapple, prepare cake mix according to directions and spread over pineapple, bake according to directions.  In a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, cherry pie filling, powdered sugar and cool whip, spread on top of cooled cake and top with crushed walnuts.

Shirred Eggs

Ingredients

2 eggs per person
2 tablspoons melted butter
salt and pepper

Slip eggs in buttered baking dishes.  Season.  Add melted butter.  Bake in slow oven 325ºF (160ºC)  for 20

 minutes.

Bananas Foster

Ingredients

4 tbsp butter
4 bananas cut in half lenghtwise, then halved
4 scoops vanilla ice cream
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup lemon sugar
4 tbsp banana liqueur
1/4 cup rum

Melt the butter over an alcochol burner in a Flambé pan.  Add the sugar, cinnamon and banana liqueur and stir to mix.  Heat for a few minutes, then place the halved bananas in the sauce and sauté until soft.  Add the rum and allow it to heat, then tip pan so that the flame causes the sauce to ignite.  Allow flames to die out, tipping the pan with a circular motion to prolong the flaming.  Serve over vanilla ice cream.

Stir Fry Cabbage (serves 6)

Ingredients

25 ml vegetable oil - 2 tbsp
5 ml black mustard seed - 1tsp
5 ml sesame seeds - 1 tsp
2 ml cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
1 ml hot pepper flakes - 1/4 tsp
2 onions, halved and sliced
6 cup cabbage shredded
1 sweet red pepper cubed
2 ml salt - 1 tsp
25 ml water - 2 tbsp
15 ml lemon juice - 4 tbsp

In large skillet; heat oil over medium heat.  Cool mustard seeds, sesame seeds, cumin seeds and hot pepper flakes.  Stir for 5 minutes or until seeds begin to pop.
Add onions and cook, stirring for 4 minutes or until softened.  Add cabbage, red pepper and salt.  Toss to combine, pour in water, cook, tossing often for 12 minutes or until cabagge is tender crisp.
Toss with lemon juice.