Crab Dip

1 8 oz. package cream cheese softened
1 jar cocktail sauce
1 can crab meat


Spread cream cheese on platter.  Top with the cocktail sauce.  Add the drained crab meat on top.  Serve with crackers.

Christmas gifts 2014

Finally learned how to do the crocheted version.  Want to make a few for Christmas.

Spicy Tex-Mex Mix

We also enjoy this mix

2 1/2 cups lightly salted peanuts
3 cups corn chips
3 cups shredded wheat cereal-mini
2 1/2 cups lightly salted pretzels-mini
1 1/4 oz package taco seasoning mix
1/4 cup butter melted

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl, toss well to coat.  Store in an airtight container.  Makes 11 cups.

Pasta Angel Pin

 

I was given this pin several years ago.

 

Ornament from a cruise

My daughter and 2 of her friends went on a cruise in June of 2010 and she got this ornament for us.

Woodchucks

2 cups walnuts (or 1 cup black walnuts and 1 cup pecans)
1 cup pitted dates
1 cup brown sugar packed
2 eggs
3 1/2 cups shredded coconut, divided
Put walnuts and dates through coarse blade of grinder or chop coarsely using steel blade of food processor or blender.  Add brown sugar, eggs and 1 1/2 cups of coconut, mix well.  Shape mixture into 1" balls.  Roll balls in remaining 2 cups coconut and place balls on well greased baking sheet.  Bake in a preheated 375-degree oven 10-12 minutes or until coconut is toasted.  Cookies will be soft so be gentle, they will firm up when cooled. 

I am not fond of dates but my mom and several others are.

Berry Bubbles

1/2 cup baby shampoo
3/4 cup water
1/2 teaspoon salt
10-15 drops strawberry fragrance oil

Mix shampoo and water in a bowl.  Stir gently, add salt and stir until mixture slightly thickens.  Add fragrance oil.  Keep in sealed container.

I made some of this several years back.  I used different fragrances and labeled it with whatever it was.  Went over has a nice gift, given with other bath items we made an a luffa sponges we grew.