Curried Chicken Puffs

My grandma Fish is an amazing cook. This is yet another family favorite from my her. These Chicken Puffs are absolutely delicious, and a great main dish for any meal.

Curried Chicken Puffs

Cream Puffs
1 cup water
½ cup butter or margarine
1/8 teaspoon salt

Filling
¼ cup finely chopped green pepper
¼ cup finely chopped onion
1 medium clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon curry powder
1/3 cup chopped water chestnuts

To make cream puffs: In saucepan, combine water, butter, and salt; bring to boil. Add flour
all at once, stirring rapidly until mixture forms ball. Remove from heat; beat in eggs, one at
a time, until smooth. Drop by teaspoonfuls on un-greased cookie sheet in 50 small mounds.
Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes or until puffed, brown and dry; cool.

To make filling: In saucepan, cook green pepper and onion with garlic and curry in butter
until tender. Remove from heat; stir in remaining ingredients. Cut tops off cream puffs with
sharp knife. Fill each with about 1 tablespoon filling. Replace tops. Bake at 400 degrees for
10 minutes or until hot. Makes 50 appetizer cream puffs.
Elaine Fish

1 cup sifted flour
4 eggs

1 can (10 ¾ ounces) condensed
cream of mushroom soup
1 ½ cups finely chopped cooked chicken
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 tablespoons chopped chutney

Grandma's Pineapple Banana Crunch

Everyone on my dad's side of the family knows how awesome my grandma's punch is. It is always requested at any family function (parties, reunions, dinners, Thanksgiving, Christmas). Even though we have this recipe, and have made it quite a few times, she always seems to make it best out of anyone.

Pineapple Banana Crunch

Dissolve & cool: 3 C. sugar and 6 C. water

Add:
1 large 46 oz. can pineapple juice
Juice of 3 lemons
1 C. frozen orange juice
5 crushed bananas

Freeze, stirring occasionally until frozen. It takes a day to freeze.

*Variation: Add 1 small cherry jello to water and sugar mixture

Mix frozen fruit with diet cherry soda. Add a scoop of pineapple
sherbet in bottom of each cup.

Hye Kyung's Green Beans

My aunt Hye Kyung is a great cook! She can always come up with things on the fly. She is a vegetarian and so usually makes awesome vegetarian meals. This has become a family favorite after we had it years ago at a family Thanksgiving. It is absolutely delicious!

Hye Kyung's Green Beans
1 pound fresh green beans
1 cup pine nuts
1 cup sliced carrots
1 Tbs olive oil
1 Tbs butter
1 Tbs minced garlic
1 tsp garlic salt

Cook green beans in a skillet with olive oil. Add minced garlic and garlic salt. Cook over medium heat until almost soft. Add carrot slices and pine nuts. When all ingredients are cooked, remove from pan and add butter. Serve.

Grandma Fish's Cherry Dump Cake

This recipe came from my Grandma Fish. Is is very rich, but it is absolutely delicious as well. I have been eating dump cake since I was around five. I cannot remember a time when it was not a family favorite. It is called Dump Cake because it is extremely easy to make. You just have to dump the ingredients in a pan and cook it. I cannot count the number of times I have made this dessert. It is that good! I should issue a warning though, it can be addicting! :)

Cherry Dump Cake
1 can cherry pie filling
1 box white or yellow cake mix
3/4 cup butter, melted
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1 cup flaked coconut

In a 13x9 Pyrex pan spread cherry pie filling evenly. Then pour over dry cake mix. Pour melted butter on top. Then sprinkle with walnuts and coconut. Cook for 55-60 minutes at 325 degrees.

Grandma Fish's Fruit Salads

My father is a diabetic, and so it is always hard to find desserts that he can have. We use sugar free jello for this fruit salad, which makes it a lot healthier than most desserts. It is a great summer dessert because it is fresh and light.We love it and have been making it for years.

1 package sugar free orange jello
1 15 oz can of mandarin oranges
1 8 oz can of pineapple
1 package frozen sugar free whip creme

Prepare jello according to package directions in a 9x13 glass Pyrex. Drain cans of fruit and add them (mandarin oranges and pineapple) to the jello in the Pyrex. Refrigerate a couple hours until set. Serve with sugar free whip cream.

Grandma Ellertson's Potato Salad

My mother's grandmother is Grandma Ellertson. My mom remembers visiting her grandmother before a cross-country trip driving across the United States with her siblings. On this visit Grandma Ellertson gave my mom and her siblings some of her homemade potato salad. My mom said she could not get enough of that potato salad on that trip. She LOVED it! It has been a favorite of hers, and consequently her own family (including me) ever since.

6 medium potatoes
8 oz cubed Dill pickles
1/2 cup Pickle Juice
1/8 Mustard
6 Boiled Eggs
4 green onions
1 cup Miracle Whip
1 tsp salt
1 Tbs paprika

Cook potatoes. Peel them. Cube potatoes. Combine other ingredients with potatoes in large bowl. Mix. Sprinkle with paprika.

Howard's Veggie Omelets

My dad's omelets are famous in my household. It is just one of those food items that tastes the best when he makes it. I have honestly never had better anywhere else. We have been making omelets for years because they are a great breakfast item. They are very healthy because they contain protein, dairy, and lots of vegetables.

To make an omelet for one person:

Beat 2 eggs,
Add salt and pepper to taste.

Pour in buttered skillet.

Add
1/8 cup chopped yellow onion
1/8 cup red pepper
1/8 cup cheddar cheese
1/8 cup sausage

Once the bottom of the omelet is cooked, flip one side on top of the other. Cook thoroughly, then eat!