Aunt Li's Buffalo Dip

 8 oz cream cheese

2 T. melted butter

2 c. shredded chicken, Costco rotisserie

1/2 c hot sauce

1/2 c mozarella cheese

1/4-1/2 c. bleu cheese dressing

Spread cream cheese in bottom of 8x8 oven proof dish. Combine chicken, butter, hotsauce in a separate bowl and spread on top of cream cheese. Top with bleu cheese dressing and mozarella cheese Bake in pre-heated 300 degree oven for 20 minutes. Serve with tortilla chips or Doritos.

Ellen's Shrimp Dip

8 oz cream cheese

1 pck pimento cream cheese

1 pck cream cheese with chives

Miracle whip for consistency

Ketchup to taste

Worcestershire Sauce to taste

Shake of garlic sauce

1 can shrimp

Great with veggies and chips

Lemon Cream Pie

 by Rachel Black

 Prep time: 30 Min  Serves: 8

Ingredients

1 c sugar

3-1/2 Tbsp corn starch

1 Tbsp freshly grated lemon rind

1/2 c fresh lemon juice

3 egg yolks, slightly beaten

1 c milk

1/4 c butter

1 c cultured sour cream

1 c heavy whipping cream

1 baked 9 inch pie shell

Directions

1. Combine sugar, cornstarch, lemon rind, juice, egg yolks and milk in a heavy saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thick. Stir in butter once thick and remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature. Once it is room temperature stir in the sour cream and pour the filling into the pie shell.

2. With the heavy whipping cream, beat it in a chilled metal bowl on high speed until stiff peaks form, add to a pipping bag and pipe rosettes on top of pie and garnish with lemon twists. Place in refrigerator until chilled, and serve

I am posting this because it is my new favorite pie and I don't want to lose the recipe!  I love the real lemon flavor!

Shrimp Cheese Ball

Aunt Lila's Shrimp Cheese Ball

2 8 oz. softened cream cheese

1 jar Kraft Old English cheese

1/2 c. grated cheddar cheese

1 T. Miracle whip

1 t. lemon juice

a couple of shakes of onion salt and garlic powder

1/2 t. dried chives

1 t. dried parsley
1 can of shrimp, drained
Mix all ingredients except shrimp together.  Add shrimp and lightly mix. 

 Chill for at least 30 minutes. 

 Shape into ball.

 Roll in chopped walnuts.
Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Serve with crackers.  

This is a long time Christmas favorite at the Ingersolls!  Thanks Aunt Lila!

Mango Salsa

So I seriously made my favorite salsa ever!  We are eating salsa like crazy around here because of all the delicious veggies!  This one for some reason was especially good and I wanted to record it before I forget what went into it.  It did help that every ingredient was especially fresh.

Mango Salsa

1 ripe mango, diced
3 med. sized garden tomatoes, diced
1 small red onion, chopped
1 jalapeno, diced (very small and removed most of the seeds...every seed left will make the salsa hotter)
1 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped
1-2 limes, squeezed (about 1/2 c. fresh lime juice)
2-3 T. sugar
fresh pepper, ground (to taste)
Mix and serve with lime chips...even good with regular tortillas.  Can be used as a topper for grilled salmon or other fish.

Sticky Fingers

  We tried this recipe on Conference Sunday.  Everyone loved the sticky fingers.   I got the recipe from one of my favorite blogs "Favorite Family Recipes".  I just made a few small changes to the recipe.  It is super simple and so much fun.  We made a sticky finger salad the next day and I want to try a sticky finger wrap!
Sticky Fingers Amazing Sauce:

3 T. Frank's Hot Sauce (it has to be Frank's...I found it at Kohler"s)
3/4 c. brown sugar
2 T. water

Mix together in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat until sugar dissolves. 

It is so easy and tastes just like Winger's sauce.
Now here is the other easy part!  Buy a bag of frozen breaded chicken fingers at Costco.  Bake according to directions.  I followed the instructions for a more crispy fingers by turning the fingers halfway through the baking time.  *This is different than the recipe on Favorite Family Recipes.  They suggest frying the fingers.

Pour the sauce on after you cook the fingers and delish!

I made 3 easy sauces for the fingers.

 Ellen's Homemade Buttermilk Ranch Dressing
(I make this dressing all the time.  It is my favorite ranch dressing!)

1 c. buttermilk
2 c. mayonnaise
1 1/2 t. accent
1 1/2 t. parsley flakes
1 1/2 t. dill weed
3/4 t. garlic salt
3/4 t. onion salt

Mix together and refrigerate.

For sauce number 2...I doubled the wing sauce and added some to a part of the dressing to make a copycat Creamy Amazing Sauce.

For sauce number 3...I added  about a tablespoon of bleu cheese to a cup of the dressing to make a bleu cheese dressing.  My new favorite bleu cheese dressing!

I hope you all have fun with this recipe and add your own to our family blog!