Ranch Snack Mix

I found this on the web.... somewhere. I cannot tell you where because I don't remember where I found it.  I haven't made it yet, but I bought the crackers today, I love them anyway, so I could make it. I'm gonna make it tomorrow, unless I cave and do it tonight. LOL

Ranch Snack Mix

Makes 9 servings

· 4 cups oyster crackers plain

· 2 cups popcorn

· 2 cups pretzel sticks

· 1 cup nuts or peanuts

· 5 tablespoons butter or margarine,

melted

· 1 1-ounce package ranch salad dressing mix (not

buttermilk recipe)

Preheat oven to 350°.

In a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan, mix oyster crackers,

popcorn, pretzels, and nuts. Pour melted butter over the top

and toss until well coated. Slowly sprinkle salad dressing mix

evenly over mixture, stirring until well blended.

Bake 10 minutes, stirring once. Cool completely.

Store in an airtight container.

Sour Cream Chocolate Cake

Yuuuummmmmm....  yessiree...

Livi's sixth birthday was last weekend and due to the fact that everyone was ill during the time... we didn't go see her and they didn't come here. LOL  Soooo... today they came over for cake and ice cream and, of course, the presents!!! She is wearing one of her gifts now and coloring with another gift. She said the cake was good, too. :)

Sour Cream Chocolate Cake  Taste of Home Winning Recipes, pg 394

• 4 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
• 1 C water
• 3/4 C sour cream
• 1/4 C shortening
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 C flour
• 2 C sugar
• 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking powder

In a mixing bowl combine the first six ingredients; mix well. Combine the dry ingredients; gradually add to chocolate mixture. Beat on low speed just until moistened. Beat on high for 3 minutes.

Pour into two greased and floured 9 inch round baking pans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Frost when cool.

Of course, I don't have squares of baking chocolate so I use cocoa. 3 T cocoa + 1 T oil = 1 sq choc. I also didn't have sour cream so I used plain yogurt. It works. :) mmm... I don't have two round cake pans the same size, either, so I put it into a 9 x 13 inch cake pan.

There is also a sour cream frosting to make to put on it, but I didn't have any powdered sugar so I made a boiled chocolate fudge frosting. Do NOT put it into the refrigerator to make it cool faster. It just makes the sugar re-crystalize, even more so if you leave it in longer than you anticipated because you forgot it was in there to begin with.  Sooooo... much stirring later it was ready to put onto the cake. It did taste good, even if it was a bit crystalized.

Sour Cream Frosting

• 1/2 C butter, softened
• 6 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
• 6 C confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 C sour cream
• 6 T milk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/8 tsp salt

In a mixing bowl combine frosting ingredients. Beat until smooth and creamy. Spread over cake. Soter in the refrigerator.

All Yield: 12 - 16 servings

What's for supper???

mmmm... corn meal coated, pan fried catfish, hush puppies, sliced onion, coleslaw, and french fries. mmmmm..

Sounds good, doesn't it?  It WAS!!  We went out to eat. LOL  Which, of course, makes it all taste better. : ) That was last night.

Tonight I fixed sloppy joes and cabbage.

Cabbage
I chopped up the cabbage, apples, green onions, and put them into a skillet with water and cooked it. I added some caraway seed, salt, and a little dab of butter a little later and when it was tender I took it off the heat.

Sloppy Joes
I cooked up a pound of hamburger, added chopped onion and orange pepper, garlic powder, basil, dill weed, cumin, parsley, salt, lemon pepper, thyme, worcestershire sauce, tomato sauce, packet of stevia, and simmered it for about an hour. Turned out pretty good!

I don't make any of it the same way twice. You'll probably find another recipe in here for Sloppy Joes and it won't be the same as this one. LOL Denny ate it without complaint so it musta been pretty decent. LOL