Mom's Apple Dip

 This recipe is a staple when it comes to our BYU football tailgating parties. There is  often a race to get to this dip first because it is always the first thing gone from the snack table. 

8 oz. softened cream cheese

½ c. brown sugar

 ½ c. white sugar

1 t. vanilla

1 pkg. Heath or Skor bits

Mix with beater and serve with apple wedges.

Mom's Spinach Dip

  Every Christmas Eve next to the cheese ball sits this spinach dip. We munch on it with French bread while playing rook or scum. This recipe was given to my mom from a friend several years ago and has since become a food staple. 

Knorr Spinach Dip

1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, and squeezed dry

1 container (16 oz.) sour cream

1 c. mayonnaise

1 pkg. Knorr vegetable recipe mix

1 can ( 8 oz.) water chestnuts drained and chopped

3 green onions chopped (optional)

Salad Dressing with Grandma

 I remember as a young girl being so impressed that my grandma made her own salad dressing. Extended family dinners at Grandma’s house always had a salad with avocado and this famous poppy seed dressing that was always stored in its white bottle on the second shelf on the fridge. 

Poppy Seed Dressing

¼ c. sugar

1 c. salad oil

1/3 c vinegar

 1 ½ T. poppy seeds

½ t salt

1 t. dry mustard

1 t. onion juice

Mix all ingredients and shake. Store in the fridge. 

Grandpa's Famous Malts

Grandpa is famous for his malts and you rarely left his house without the offer of one. Grandpa used his malts to show his love to his family and all guests. Grandpa said his malts were so good because they were made with lots of love. The malts were always chocolate

Grandpa’s Wonderful Chocolate Malt

Directions: Place in mixer 2 quarts of milk. Add 1 pint vanilla ice cream, 6 large tablespoons of chocolate malt powder, and 5 tablespoons of chocolate syrup. Mix thoroughly and ENJOY!

Chili Sauce with Grandma

Every fall Grandma makes this delicious chili sauce from the garden and sends them to all her children and grandchildren to enjoy. Grandma got this recipe from her mother and always made it growing up with the fixings coming from their very own garden. This is especially good on her famous pot roast.

12 large ripe tomatoes

 1 green pepper

4 apples

 4 onions

2 T. salt

 1 t. cloves

1 t. cinnamon

 1 t. ginger

3 c. sugar

2 c. vinegar

Scald tomatoes, peel and chop into small pieces. Dice onions and pepper fine. Add salt, vinegar, sugar, and simmer 1 hour, stirring frequently. Add grated apples and simmer ½ hour or until sauce begins to thicken. Add spices and simmer about 10 to 15 minutes more. Bottle and cold pack for 20 minutes. Makes about 6-8 pints.

Spicy Carrots

Mark, Owen, and I loved to experiment in the kitchen! Living in Mexico and South Texas gave us a love of spice and we invented this “carrot surprise”. We would make large batches and store them in little Ziploc bags to take to school with us.  No one else was brave enough to try it but we loved it and still have fond memories of our time together in the kitchen. 

 3 carrots

¼ c. lemon juice

1 t. chili powder

Peel or chop carrots, and mix with lemon juice and chili powder.

Cherry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream with Mom

The fourth of July wouldn’t be complete without this delicious cherry chocolate chip ice cream. In our family this ice cream is as standard as firework when it comes to celebrating Independence Day.  My mom invented this recipe a couple years ago when she saw a bottle of maraschino cherries next to her batch of vanilla ice cream. The chocolate came as an added bonus later. 

4 eggs

2 ½ c. sugar

5 c. milk

4 c. heavy cream

2 t. vanilla

 3 t. maraschino “juice”

½ t salt

Large bottle of maraschino cherries ( drained and halved)

1 bottle of Magic Shell Chocolate Sauce

 Cook briefly and then cool eggs, sugar, milk, heavy cream, vanilla, cherry juice, and salt. Add maraschino cherries, add to mixture. Put in ice cream freezer churn. When almost ready add  Magic Shell. Finish churning process and freeze.