Fudge

2 cups chocolate chips
2 cups milk chocolate chips
4 cups mini marshmallows
3 cups sugar
1 can evaporated milk
1/2 cup butter
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp vanilla
nuts
Boil 5 minutes

Corn and Bean Salsa

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup vinegar
salt/pepper
2 tsp minced garlic
parsley

Boil and cool

2 jalapeños
1 -2 bell peppers
2 stalks celery
1 purple onion
1 jar pimentos
1 can gold and white corn drained
1 can pinto beans drained and rinsed
1 can black beans drained and rinsed
1 can black eyed peas drained and rinsed

Serve with tostito bowl chips.

Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes

2 bricks cream cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Mix for 5 minutes on medium speed
2 eggs
Beat five more minutes
put one Oreo in the bottom of each cupcake holder
fill with the batter
top with crumbled Oreos (crumble 7-8 Oreos)
bake at 275 degrees for 22 minutes
Makes 20-14 cupcakes

Julie Newell's Salsa

2 cans stewed tomatoes (14 oz.)  one Mexican, one original
1 can green chilies (4 oz.)
1 lime squeezed
1/2 yellow onion chopped 
1 handful of cilantro chopped (3rd of a bunch leaves mostly)
1 jalapeno seeded
<1 T honey
1 t cumin
1 clove garlic minced
1 t salt
add all to food processor blend
add 2 chopped avocados

Cowboy Chili

2 lbs ground beef or 1lb ground beef 1 lb. sausage
1 medium onion chopped 1 large bell pepper, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 c. chili powder or less?
2 t ground cumin
1  (28 oz.) can of  crushed tomatoes
1 (14.5 oz.) can of diced tomatoes
2 cups of water
2 cans of kidney beans, drained
3 t salt
1/2 t black pepper
1/4-1/2 t cayenne pepper (optional)

Brown ground beef.  Add onion, bell pepper.  Saute for a few minutes.  Add garlic.  Saute for 30 seconds to 1 minute (until fragrant).  Add chili powder and cumin.  Heat spices for 30 seconds.  Add both cans of tomatoes, water, both cans of kidney beans, salt and pepper.  Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.  Reduce heat and simmer 20 min.  If you use the sausage, fry in a separate pan.  Add to chili.  Spoon a little of the liquid from the chili into the sausage pan to deglaze.  Add the liquid back to the chili.

Broccoli Raisin Salad

4 stalks Broccoli cut into small florets < 1/2"
1 bunch green onions chopped
1/2 lb. bacon cooked and crumbled or bacon bits
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup raisins 

Dressing
3/4 cup Best Foods Mayo
1 T vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
Mix until sugar is dissolved

Mix all together.  Refrigerate. 

Pork Chops with Mushroom Gravy

• Salt the porkchops ahead of time with garlic salt.
• Brown the pork chops in a hot pan with about 1 T oil-shimmering, almost smoking
• Mix together 2 cans Cream of Mushroom soup, sauteed onions and mushrooms, garlic salt and Worcestershire sauce
• Bake in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes?  till bubbly