Saturday, August 23, 2008

Easy Peach Cobbler

large can sliced peaches
1 box yellow cake mix
1/2 c. margarine or butter, melted

Pour can of peaches into a 9x13 baking dish. Mix cake mix with melted margarine until crumbly. Sprinkle over top of peaches. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

by Shelley F.

Ham & Asparagus packets

6 ham steaks
4 red potatoes, thinly sliced
20 asparagus spears, trimmed
white sauce
aluminum foil


White Sauce:
2 T. butter
2 T. flour
1/4 t. salt
1 c. milk
Melt butter in a sauce pan over medium heat. Stir in flour and salt. Add milk and stir until thickened.

On a rectangle of foil place a handful of potatoes. Top with ham steak and 3-4 asparagus spears. Spoon white sauce over the top. Bring up foil sides and fold over twice. Fold up ends. (Make a tin foil packet.)

Grill outside @ 450 degrees (that's about medium-high) for 13-15 minutes.
Or, you can bake in your oven for about 20 minutes.

Makes 6 packets.

by Catherine S.

Yummy Cheesy Dutch Oven Potatoes

(for a deep 12" dutch oven)

2 packages bacon
lots of potatoes
1 onion
1 can Sprite
16 oz. sour cream
2 lbs. cheddar cheese, grated

Cook the bacon until crispy. Pull bacon out and set aside, but leave the grease.
Cut potatoes in 1/4" pieces, put in dutch oven and fill until almost full. Cut onion into large rings and put on top of potatoes. Pour 1/2 - 3/4 can of Sprite all over potatoes. Sprinkle on seasoned salt. Mix all together, cover and cook until potatoes are done but not mushy. Stir every so often.
Add 2/3 - 3/4 container of sour cream, bacon and 1 lb. cheese. Mix. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top and replace lid. Cook until cheese is melted.

*can use less cheese if desired.

by Sariah R.