Ramen

1. Buy Ramen Bag
2. Boil Water (Enough to cover noodles)
3. Chuck stuff from Ramen Bag in pot
4. Eat (Your choice if you want it with or without broth)

Next week's featured Recipe....Toast.

Garden Fresh Bruschetta

1 garlic clove, peeled and halved
14 slices French brea
4 medium tomatoes, seeded and diced (puree half of them)
1/4 cup chopped red onion
2 tbl olive oil
1 tbl minced fresh basil pluse 14 fresh leaves (optional)
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper

Rub cut side of garlic over one side of each slice of bread. Place bread, garlic side down, on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees 5 minutes on each side. In a bowl, combine all ingredients. Top bread with mixture. Garnish each with a basil leaf (optional). Yummy! Yields 14 servings!

Crock pot turkey

We had a great meal in R.S. this month

Turkey breast
1 can whole berry cranberry sauce
3/4 bottle Russian salad dressing
1 pkg. dry onion soup mix

Throw it all in the crock pot for 7-8 hrs. Unwrap the mesh on the turkey breast and break apart. Serve with egg noodles. This is SO good and so easy! Mom

Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Here is the cookie recipe Kate wanted:

Blend: 3/4 C. Butter Flavor Crisco
1 1/4 C. packed brown sugar
2 Tbs. Milk
1 Tbs. Vanilla

Add 1 egg; Mix

Add: 1 3/4 C. Flour
1 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 C. chocolate chips

Bake 375 for 8-10 minutes.

To make them look fancy and taste even better, melt Andes mint chips and drizzle over cookies with a spoon. YUM!

Tuna Salad

A friend who used to work at a deli type place made this once and I've loved it ever since. It's one of my ultimate favorite lunches, especially because it's so versatile. The only real essentials in this recipe are lettuce, tuna, and an italian dressing that you love. But the rest add a lot, too:

Ingredients:

• lettuce (not iceberg!)
• 1 can tuna
• Ranch dressing or mayo to mix with tuna (you can also add shredded cheese to the tuna/mayo mix)
• salad add ins: cucumbers, tomatoes, capers (I don't like capers but my friend put them in her salad), green onions, olives, or just whatever you have!!
• Italian Dressing (I love the recipe for Italian Dressing on the salad dressing mixers Brooke gave us all for Christmas last year. Make it with balsamic vinegar. Or Newman's Own Balsamic Vinagrette is good on this, too, or you can even just mix balsamic vinager to oil in equal parts)

After mixing the mayo and tuna, place the tuna on top of the lettuce and salad add-ins. Top with dressing. Mix up the tuna into the dressing to eat, or eat however you like!! Enjoy!