Thursday, May 6, 2010

Twice Baked Potatoes

Twice Baked Potatoes, Mashed Style

6 small potatoes (4 medium potatoes)
1 stick of butter
1/2 C Sour Cream
4 oz Cream Cheese
Garlic Salt to taste
1 C Shredded Cheese

Boil potatoes then mash. With a mixer, add 3/4 of butter, sour cream, cream cheese and garlic salt until smooth. Put mixer in 2 quart casserole dish. Spread remaining butter on top of mixture and sprinkle with cheese. Cook 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until potatoes are hot. Serves 4 to 6.

Optional:
*** Instead of using Garlic Salt to taste, add 1/2 a packet of dry Ranch Dressing.
*** Also, if you don't like that much of a sour cream taste, substitute with milk. Just make it a creamy texture like regular mashed potatoes.

Strawberry Banana Fruit Salad

This is the salad I made for this last Easter. Here is the recipe that I got from Big Dave.

Strawberry Banana Fruit Salad

In a medium pan, cook 2 cups of sugar, 2 cups of water and 3 tbsp of cornstartch until clear in color, bubbling and a little thick. Add 1 cap (about 1 tsp) of Almond flavor and remove from heat. Let mixture cool to room temperature.

Once mixture is cool, pour over about 1 carton of strawberries, sliced, and 3 bananas, sliced.

Refrigerate. You can eat it after you make it or when its super cold. Either is way yummy!