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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 7:56 am 
We are having a potluck Tuesday at work. Torn between healthy and not! LOL
spinach salad with mushrooms, pecans, craisins and feta
or
marinated veggies
or
http://thepioneerwoman.com/tasty-kitchen/recipes/desserts/pecan-pie-caramel-cheesecake/#respond
supposed to bring mashed potatoes and an appetizer to my dads for thanksgiving. my grocery store was selling 5lbs of premade tators for $6....bought 2! LOL going to just doctor them up.
appetizer wise, was thinking a veggie tray with various dips served in hollowed out pumpkins but there ain't a pumpkin in site! could just use orange bell peppers to make it look 'fall-ish'.
or i have a 'fancy' queso dip.
can you tell i am not motivated at all!!
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-11-2002
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 8:17 am
Gosh, that cheese cake looks delish. I already went and copied the recipe. Thanks for sharing, Annie!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 11:03 am
Here is a great Holiday Potatoes Recipe
Creamy Mashed Potatoes/Day Before Mashed Potatoes
9 potatoes, peeled and cubed
6 oz cream cheese
1 cup sour cream
2 tsp onion powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
2 T butter
Bring large pot of salted water to a boil. Drop in potatoes and cook until tender but firm,
about 15 minutes. Transfer potatoes to a large bowl and mash until smooth. Mix
in the cream cheese, sour cream, onion powder, salt, garlic powder, pepper and butter.
Cover, refrigerate 8 hours, or over night.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a medium baking dish. Spread potato
mixture into the prepared baking dish, and bake about 30 minutes.
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 11:30 am
If I wasn't being lazy and bringing the premade mashed potatoes, that almost the exact recipe i use!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 4:20 pm
LOL, I was just thinking you could doctor up the premade potatoes.
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 5:41 pm
k. i made a sweet. was talking to a co-worker this morning at church and asked him what people bring that i was torn between healthy and sweet. he said bring sweet! LOL
so i combined a couple of recipes and came up with Caramel Apple mini cheesecakes. Pretty easy.
crushed up vanilla wafers and sprinkled in the bottom of the individual mini baking cups. (i was worried about too think of a crust, but i think having more of a cookie layer would have been better)
creamed together (2) 8 oz cream cheese, two eggs, 1/2 tsp vanilla, 3/4 cup sugar. then added in caramel and chopped up pieces of apple pie filling (just till i thought it was enough)
filled the cups about 3/4 full baked 15-18 minutes.
mixed together the rest of the pie filling and caramel and some cinnamon. took a couple of pieces of the pie filling and placed them on top of the cupcake then drizzled some caramel sauce over it and then lightly dusted it with cinnamon.
they are pretty good.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 8:04 pm
sounds yummy!
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 8:10 pm
look at this cool veggie presentation. i am going to do this on thursday.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, November 22, 2010 - 4:48 pm
Wow, that is really awesome. Guess you have to make stuffed peppers after T-day is over, LOL, I guess you could stuff the peppers with leftover turkey or dressing.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, November 22, 2010 - 5:28 pm
If the peppers have been sitting out for hours, I would toss them. You can buy the cheap peppers rather than spending good $$ for the Dutch ones.
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Monday, November 22, 2010 - 6:54 pm
I probably am probably going to toss the leftovers in a soup unless they had dip on them. I keep most of my produce like peppers on the counter so not really worried about them sitting out.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, November 22, 2010 - 7:19 pm
The ones you leave out on your counter are intact aren't they? They haven't been cut open and exposed to the air (for hours, and not to mention the germs from people). I would NOT eat anything that sat out that long that people were breathing on.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Monday, November 22, 2010 - 7:39 pm
A friend of mine used that presentation at a party, and it was very attractive. He used baby carrots, small celery sticks, the baby pickles, olives, marinated green beans and tomatoes in different color peppers as in the picture. He used a bread bowl from Panera for the dip, and put it in the center of a large platter with the peppers around it. Have fun!
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Monday, November 22, 2010 - 8:37 pm
good thing you aren't invited, cost! 
thanks baby, i bought some bread bowls for dip too.
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Glenn
Member
07-05-2003
| Monday, November 22, 2010 - 8:56 pm
Annie, are you available for potlucks with strangers. Most of these guys aren't torn between healthy or not.
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 4:59 am
LOL sure!!!
the cheesecakes came out ok. i ended running out of apples so i sauted some pecan pieces in caramel and cinnamon and topped the rest with that. those look much better!!! i was tempted to scrap off the apples and top the rest that way, but so many people don't like or are allergic to nuts that i won't.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 8:08 am
Annie, it's not the potluck. It's using the peppers afterward!
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 3:34 pm
not invivted to that either! LOL
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Sunday, January 02, 2011 - 2:08 pm
u guys are too funny.
I am with you Texannie.......after I paid $1.50 - $2.00 for each colored bell pepper, I am gonna cook and eat them some how........
so what did you end of making out of them???
I love that idea for presentation of veggies. Think I'll steal it sometime.
Hey maybe our friends are just not as germy as Costa's.....
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, January 02, 2011 - 2:49 pm
Wouldn't cooking them kill any germs anyway?
The presentation is lovely!
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Sunday, January 02, 2011 - 3:00 pm
This is referring the month-old bell peppers post (lol).
I used to make a goulash dumpling recipe with bell peppers replacing the meat, and darned if it wasn't the best-tasting thing ever. I used Knorr's Goulash seasoning pack, and treated it like a thick stew. It's really delicious. To me bell peppers have almost a meaty texture when cooked, maybe that's why it works.
I have the same problem: Three unused bell peppers about to go bad. They are really one of my favorite veggies so hope to use them.
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/beef_goulash_with_dumplings/
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Sunday, January 02, 2011 - 4:29 pm
i made a big old pot of veggie soup and lived to tell about it! LOL
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, January 03, 2011 - 8:19 am
Can't you chop up bell peppers and freeze them for use later?
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