Emily Bell's Salsa

This is great, and very easy to make. Just one word of warning it makes like a gallon of salsa!

6 regular cans of petite diced tomatoes
1 can of El Pato (yellow can)
2-3 jalapenos deseeded and chopped fine
1 banana pepper (fresh or in the bottle over by the pickles)
5-6 green onions
1/2 bunch of cilantro
1/2 T sugar
salt and pepper to taste

If you have a good blender I have just been using that to mix it, then you don't have to chop anything, just deseed. You can't fit it all in at once though, so I just do as much as I can and then stir it in a bowl.

Amy's Key Lime Pie

Ingredients:
1 9-inch graham cracker crust
14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup key lime juice (try and find Nellie & Joe's Key West Lime Juice)
1 lime
cool whip

Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 350.
Combine condensed milk, egg yolks and lime juice.
Blend until smooth.
Pour filling into pie crust.
Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.Allow to stand for 10 minutes before refrigerating.
Let refrigerate for at least 1 hour (overnight is best).
Just before serving top with cool whip and garnish with lime slices.



I have made two different kinds of key lime pies, this is more the traditional kind while the other is more of a cheesecake.

Oatmeal Cake

Okay, this cake is sooo good. I would have never made it if I crossed this recipe, but thanks to my great friend Nikki I am now a BIG fan of this and if I gain 100 pounds from this recipe I will put all the blame on her.

Pour 1 ¼ cup boiling water over 1 ¼ cup oatmeal and 1 cube melted butter. Let stand 20 minutes while you make the rest.

Cream together then add to oatmeal mixture:
1 cup brown sugar1 cup sugar2 eggs¼ tsp. salt1 tsp. vanilla
Stir in 1 ½ cup flour, 1 tsp. soda, 1 tsp. cinnamon. Bake in greased 9 x 13 pan for 30 min. at 350

Frosting
Mix in saucepan: 2/3 cup evaporated milk, 2/3 cup sugar, 1 cube of butter. Cook, stirring constantly until it thickens. Add 1 tsp. vanilla, spread on cool or warm cake.

We made it and did 1 ½ batch of the frosting and poked holes in the cake and dumped it on and it was so yummy this way.

Parmesan Peppercorn Ranch

This dressing has got my kids asking for a salad or raw vegetables for snacks! Anything like that I figured I should pass on.

1 pkg dry Ranch dressing mix
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup milk
1/4 cup powdered Parmesan cheese
2 tsp. black pepper

Mix all together in one of those shaker things and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.