Cooking With Margaret

  Snack Mix  Ingredients Mix 1 Large Box of Crispix (18 oz)  1 Bag of Goldfish (6.6 oz)  4 Cups of Cashews (or mixed nuts) 2 Cups of Cheerios 4 Cups of Sesame Sticks  4 Cups of Snap Pea Crisps (optional) Seasonings 1 Cup of Butter  1/3 Cup of Worcestershire  3 Tablespoons of Lemon Juice  2 Teaspoons garlic powder  Directions Preheat oven to 250 degrees In a large bowl combine snack mix ingredients (leave out snap pea crisps) In a saucepan melt butter Allow butter to lightly cool Add the remaining liquid/sauce ingredients  Toss the cereal mix with the sauce mix, until evenly coated  Spread out, evenly on sheet pans  Bake for 45 minutes Stirring every 15 minutes, rotating pans Spread on paper towel allowing to cool Stir in snap pea crisps (if using) Enjoy!

   Cashew Curry Chicken Salad Ingredients                   Salad   1 rotisserie chicken   1 large onion, small diced   1/2 the heart of celery, diced   1 bunch of Italian parsley, minced, divided  2 cups of whole roasted salted cashews, roughly chopped                 Dressing  Combine in a bowl 2 1/2 tablespoons curry powder 1 teaspoon turmeric  1 tablespoon of salt  Remaining 1/2 of parsley 2 cups of mayonnaise 1 tablespoon of  white wine vinegar          Directions  In a bowl, shred the chicken Add celery and onions Add 1/2 the parsley Add dressing  Add cashews Stir   Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or overnight   Serve  Wonderful with toasted bread, in a salad, or by itself Enjoy! 

Garlic Dip With Herbs Makes About 4-6 Cups of Dip Ingredients 3- 8oz boxes of cream cheese, softened  3 cups cottage cheese 2 tablespoons milk/heavy cream 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 bunch of chives 1 bunch of parsley 10 cloves of garlic Salt to taste Paprika, for garnish Directions  In a bowl of a mixer fitted with a whip attachment, whip cream cheese, cottage cheese and milk, and Worcestershire (*adding more milk at end if needed to adjust consistency*)   In a food processor combine the remaining ingredients and pulse until finely chopped Add to mixing bowl and whip until fluffy Taste to adjust seasoning Sprinkle with paprika Serve *Can be made ahead (recommended*) so the flavors can blend and get stronger

Tips And Tricks To Making Boxed Cake And Brownie Mixes Taste Homemade Everyone loves a good cake, or a delicious brownie, but quite a few people can be intimidated by making a  (or just baking alone) recipe from scratch based on all the measurements and “work” that can go into just cake.  Which is why many choose to use box mixes for a shortcut or just because they don’t have time. This post is to help those who use boxed mixes make them taste homemade. Everything below are tips and tricks used by friends, family and myself when using a boxed mix.  **Some of these changes may alter the cooking time of the cake Sift the mix, this allows all of the ingredients to get recombined after sitting on a shelf, in a box, for who knows how long  Oil vs Butter Now when it comes to using boxed mixes it should always be a 1:1 ratio of whatever fat you use, but changing out the oil for butter that has been melted, then cooled, can make a delicious difference  Water vs Milk, Cr...

This recipe was given to my mom by a close family friend. I’ve tweaked it and changed some ratios on add ins and other things, so enjoy!  Here is the story it came with: "A woman from the American Bar Association called Mrs. Fields Cookies and asked for the recipe. She was told there was a "two-fifty" charge for the recipe. She assumed it was $2.50, and charged it to her Visa. When she received her statement and discovered that it was indeed "two-fifty"; Two HUNDRED and Fifty dollars. In order to get her money's worth she is passing it on to everyone. Make a copy and give it to a friend with a blessing."  Mrs. Fields Cookies Preheat oven to 375 degrees  2 cups Butter, room temperature  2 cups Sugar 2 cups Brown Sugar 4 eggs, room temperature  1 tablespoon of vanilla  3 1/2 cups flour 6 cups ground oatmeal  (put small amounts into a blender and blend until it turns to powder. Measure first, then blend) 2 teaspoon salt 3 teaspoon baking powder 3 teaspoon...