Cheesecake covered brownies

Ingredients:

• 1 pkg brownie mix plus the ingredients required to make it
• 1 pkg cream cheese (8 oz)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 egg
• 1 can condensed milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Prepare the brownie mix as directed in the package. Pour mix in a greased pan and set aside.
In a bowl mix the cream cheese, butter and the cornstarch till smooth and fluffy. Add the egg, condensed milk and vanilla flavoring, mix a bit more.
Pour cream cheese mix over the unbaked brownie mix.
Bake at 350° for about 40 minutes.

Crepes

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups of milk
  
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
  

In a bowl, mix milk, flour, eggs, oil and a pinch of salt.  Heat up and grease a 6-inch skillet.  I used about 1/4 cup per crepe, but you just want it to cover the bottom of skillet.  Tilt the skillet so the bottom is well covered.  Cook until batter is dry, about 2 minutes.  No need to cook

other side, just flip it onto your plate.  When I made it, I tripled the recipe. You can always store the leftovers in the freezer, with wax paper between the crepes.  It does take a little time to make all the crepes, especially if you only have one skillet, which is why I make so many extra and freeze them.  

These are really good with Dulce de Leche spread on top and then rolled.  YUMMY!

Dulce de Leche

Ingredients:

• Sweetened Condensed Milk
  

Remove paper wrapper around can.  Place can(s) in pot and fill with water, so water level is 1 inch higher than top of can.  Boil for 2 hours, adding water every 1/2 hour.  Do NOT let water level fall below top of can.  (Or you will have a very large and sticky mess to clean up.)  Lower heat so that it still boils, simmering.  After two hours remove from pot and let cool overnight.  DO NOT open until it has cooled.  (You will need to go to the hospital if you open it sooner.)  You can speed up cooling process by placing can in fridge.  

Enjoy on crepes, toast, cakes, instead of peanut butter, or on anything you want to sweeten up.

Cheese & carrot chowder

Ingredients:

• 2 carrots shredded (I use the juicer and then put the pulp and juice together)
• 1 onion chopped
• 1/2 stick of margarine or butter
• 2 big tablespoons of cornstarch (or you can use flour but you will need a bit more)
• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups broth
• 1 can tuna (squeeze liquid out and then flake into little pieces)
• 1 cup shredded cheese (cheddar is the best)
• 1/2 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce.

Melt margarine in a pan, add the carrots and onion. Cook till tender - don't let it brown cause it won't look good in the chowder. Add the cornstarch (or flour) and cook a minute more.

Add the milk and broth and cook mixing till it gets thicker. Add the Worcestershire sauce and the tuna and the cheese. Mix till the cheese melts.

Remove from the fire and enjoy!

(even my finicky boys love this one - of course I don't tell them it has tuna or carrots)

Caffeine free diet pepsi salad

Hey, it's My salad, I can call it whatever I want.

Ingredients:

• 1 (6 oz) box cherry gelatin
  1 (3 oz) box lime gelatin
  1 can crushed pineapple
  2 cups of caffeine free diet pepsi (or any other "cola")
  about 1/2 cup chopped nuts (most of the time I forget to put them in)

Mix the gelatin with the crushed pineapple in a saucepan and cook in medium heat till boiling and the gelatins dissolve. remove from fire. Add the pepsi and nuts and mix gently.

Put in refrigerator to set. Eat!

(this is a thick jello salad, so it can be cut for portions)

Oreo cheesecake

Ingredients:

• 2 cups oreo cookies crushed
  1/2 stick of butter or margarine
  3 pkg cream cheese (8 oz ea.)
  1 can condensed milk
  3 eggs
  2 tsp vanilla extract

Mixed the crushed cookies with the softened butter. Press onto baking pan.

Beat cream cheese (if you don't do this first, you will end up with lumps), add the condensed milk, vanilla and eggs until mixed.

Pour over cookie crust. Bake at 300˚ for about 45 to 50 minutes until set. Cool

Variation: if you are a die hard chocolate lover, you can melt a bag of chocolate chips and mix it with half the cream cheese mixture. Pour the plain cream cheese mixture first and then drop the chocolate by tablespoons and swirl.

Variation 2: If oreos are "your" cookies, then you can add some crushed oreo pieces to the cream cheese mixture before baking.

Caramel Bars

Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup margarine
• 3/4 cup nuts (chopped)
• 24 soft caramels (I use Kraft caramels)
• 1 can condensed milk

combine flour, sugar and egg. Add 1/2 of the margarine until crumbly. Mix in the chopped nuts. Separate about 1 1/2 cups of mixture to sprinkle on top and press the rest on a greased baking pan. Bake 15 minutes at 350˚.

While it bakes, put the condensed milk, the rest of the margarine (1/4 cup) and caramels in a pan over low heat until the caramels melt. Pour over the baked crust and sprinkle the saved crumb mixture over it.

Place back in oven and bake another 30 minutes. Cool, cut & enjoy!

Flan

Ingredients:

• 2 cans condensed milk
• 8 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 4 cans of water (use the empty milk cans)

Caramelize a bundt cake pan - about 3/4 cup sugar and a bit of water, until it thickens and takes color (the lighter the color the sweeter it is).

Mix eggs, add condensed milk and vanilla. Add the water and mixed till blended.

Pour in caramelized pan. Place that pan in a larger pan with water in the oven. Bake at 350 between 1 and 1 1/2 hrs - depends on your oven.

Cool in the fridge, unmold and enjoy