Homemade Basil Pesto

The basil plant is out of control. Time to make some Pesto.


Homemade Basil Pesto

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup basil leaves
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup pine nuts
1 garlic clove, chopped
salt
freshly ground black pepper to taste

Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a food processor or high-speed blender.
Puree until smooth.

Makes about 1/2 cup.

Also try Tomato Caper Relish on page 20 in Tastes & Treasures cookbook.

Turkey Oreos

These may not be the most nutritious but they are easy and fun to do with your child for a special treat.
Found these on the PLR Fb page.
Ingredients:
Candy corn, Oreos, small peanut butter cups, whoppers and yellow, black and red frosting.

Easy Chicken Enchilada from Erica in Maryland

The fresh Kale inspired us.  It's like an edible bouquet from the garden.

Easy Chicken Enchiladas

Ingredients:
1 can condensed soup (chicken or mushroom)
1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup salsa
2 tsp chili powder
2 cups cubed and cooked chicken
1/2 cup shredded cheese (any flavor)
8-10 burrito size flour tortillas

Optional items
1 can black beans - rinsed
3/4 cup chopped peppers (red, orange or yellow)
1 can corn - drained
1 cup mushrooms sauteed or 1 can mushrooms
1 cup spinach or kale (sauteed) or frozen can be used

Directions:
Mix soup with sour cream, salsa, chili powder.
Mix 1 cup of soup mixture with cooked chicken, cheese and optional items.
Spoon into 8-10 burrito-size flour tortillas; fold over edges of burrito.
Place into 9 X 12 “ casserole dish.
Spoon remaining soup mixture over the top of the burritos. Cover with foil.
Bake 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

Saute chicken.

Spoon remaining soup over folded burritos.

Spooning mixture into flour tortilla.

Also try Historymaker Roy Drachman's Flat Enchiladas on page 134 Tastes & Treasures cookbook.

Turkey Centerpiece with Fruit

Thanksgiving edible centerpiece is fun to make. Let the family create it with you.

Use a melon and flatten the bottom, use a pear for head.
The child can do all the "feathers" with skewers of grapes and cheese.
Another option is to skewer apples and berries for "feathers". 

Thanks to  "Lizzie's everyday tips for living" for this great idea.

Cheese Ball Turkey

Here is a very attractive appetizer cheese ball. Ingredients are your favorite cheese ball with pretzel stick tail. Cheeseball recipe below.

But what should the head be made of? Beef jerkey head and neck?  Colby cheese beak with pimento? Green olive eyes? Get creative and make your own family tradition.

Find many more appetizer recipes in Tastes & Treasures cookbook.

CHEESEBALL

Ingredients:
1 pound bacon
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 green onion, chopped
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions:
In a large skillet fry the bacon. Remove the bacon from the skillet and drain on paper towels. Chop or break the cooled bacon into small pieces.
In a medium-size mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, bacon, mayonnaise, and green onions. When mixed well, form 2 balls out of the mixture. Cover and refrigerate 3 to 4 hours, or overnight.
Before serving, roll the cheese balls in the chopped pecans.

Thanks to RecipesFilledWithLove for this great idea.

ArtFest Booth this weekend

Carolyn Mendoza and her Historical League volunteers will have a booth at ArtFest in Scottsdale this weekend. With more than 200 artists working in many media from across the country, there is something for everyone. The Historical League will be selling Tastes & Treasures Cookbook, League aprons and Arizona Recollections and Reflections Commemorative Book.

Saturday-Sunday, Nov 17-18 from 10 am to 5 pm.
at Civic Center Plaza 7380 E. Second St., Scottsdale, AZ

Mud Hen Bars from Kay North

Originally found in a 1964 Good Housekeeping magazine article with Lady Bird Johnson, Kay has made these delicious treats many times. Renaming them Roadrunner Bars of Arizona, she brought them to the Children's Holiday Party meeting.

This 30th Annual Event will be held Saturday, Dec. 15 at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel. Tickets and info at www.HistoricalLeague.org

Base layer: Cream ½ cup shortening and 1 cup sugar in large bowl.  Beat in 1 whole egg and 2 egg yolks.
Combine 1½ cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ¼ teaspoon salt. Combine with first mixture. Grease or use cooking spray on 9 x 13 inch pan and spread batter. 

Sprinkle over batter: 1 cup chopped nuts, 1 cup mini marshmallows, ½ cup chocolate chips. 

Meringue: In clean mixing bowl, beat 2 egg whites until stiff. Fold  in 1 cup brown sugar. Spread over bars.
Bake at 350° for 30-40 minutes. Watch carefully.
Makes 24 bars