April Gourmet Dinner Night

Warm BlueCheese, Bacon & Garlic Dip Robin Perry

7 slices bacon, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup half and half
1 cup blue cheese crumbles
2 T chopped fresh chives
3 T chopped smoked almonds

Cook bacon until almost crisp. Drain excess fat from skillet. Add garlic and cook until crisp.
Preheat ovet to 350. Beat cream cheese until smooth. Mix in half and half. Stir in bacon mixture, blue cheese and chives. Transfer to 2 cup oven proof serving dish and cover with foil. Bake for about 30 min. Sprinkle with chopped almonds.


Fruit Flan Cake Carolyn Perry

1 white or yellow cake mix
1/3 cup flour
4 eggs
1 1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup oil

Fill 2-3 large greased tart pans 1/3 full. Bake at 325 fir 18-20 min. Let stand 5 min and then dump out. Fill center with fruit and serve.


Orange Drink McCall Richardson

2 Liters orange soda (Sunkist is best)
1 Large can pineapple juice (42 oz.)
1 can evaporated milk
1/2 bag of ice

Pour all ingredients into large punch bowl. Mix and serve.


Thai Chicken Wraps Andrea Summerhays

Flour tortillas ( I love the fresh ones from Walmart Market Fresh)
Apricot Preserves
Rice
Avocado
chow mein noodles
cilantro
peanut sauce (I like Bangkok Padang)
chicken cooked in Yoshidas original gourmet sauce

Layer all ingredients onto tortilla and top with peanut sauce.


Fruit Dip Carolyn Perry

1 small package lemon pudding
1 small container coolwhip

Mix up pudding per instructions. Let sit 5 min then fold in 1/2 container coolwhip.


Potstickers Kami Galbraith

1 10 oz. can white chicken
1 8 oz can water chestnuts, finely chopped
1/2 c. green onions, thinly sliced
1 t. fresh ginger, finely grated
1 T soy sauce
1 egg beaten
1/2 cup mayo
1 clove garlic minced
24 wonton wrappers
Sauce:
1/2 cup red pepper jelly
1/4 cup rice vinegar
2 T soy sauce

Preheat oven to 425. Combine all potstickers ing except wrappers. Brush edges of each wrapper with water. Place a small scoop of filling in the middle, wrap and seal edges. Spritz with oil. Bake 12-15 min until edges are golden brown.
For sauce place jelly in small bowl. Heat in microwave for thirty to forty seconds until warm. combine with vinegar and soy sauce. Whisk until blended.


Cabbage Chicken Salad Lu Anne Reese

1 large shredded cabbage
1 bunch green onions, sliced
2 pkgs. Ramin noodles
Shredded Chicken
Sesame seeds

Mix together and put in the refrigerator to chill.

Dressing:
2 pkgs. Seasoning from ramin noodles
1/2 cup oil
2 T cider vinegar
3 T soy sauce
4 T sugar
1/2 tsp pepper

Mix together in bottle, pour over salad when ready to eat.

Bake at 400 degrees for 8 minutes. Slivered almonds, sesame seeds, and broken noodles. Add to salad and toss.