Mama's Cheese Ball

3 - 8 ounce packages of Cream Cheese
1 jar dried beef
1 small jar of Pimento (well drained)
diced green pepper and onion to taste
pecan chips to cover

Directions

Let Cream Cheese come to room temp.  Chop dried beef in a food processor into small pieces.  Mix together cream cheese, dried beef, drained pimento, green peppers and onions.
Let chill in refrigerator to make it easier to fix into a ball.
After it has chilled, form into a ball and roll in pecan chips.
Store in refrigerator until ready to serve. 
Serve with Wheat Thins crackers

Apple Pie Dip with Cinnamon Crisp Chips

My dad saw this recipe on a KY-3 news segment in Missouri one day.

It was presented on their noon newscast by

Lola's Pastries and Eatery

in Nixa, MO.

Sounds very yummy!

I think this would be a good party type food,

it wold also be great around the Holidays

and even for a great Tailgate Party!

Apple Pie Dip

16 ounces of Cream Cheese, room temp

1/4 Cup of Apple Juice

1/4 Cup plus 2 tbsp of Brown Sugar, Packed

1 tsp of cinnamon

1/4 tsp of nutmeg

1 tsp of Vanilla

2 Medium Apples. chopped fine (1 red, 1 Granny Smith)

1/2 cup of toasted pecans, chopped

Mix the cream cheese with brown sugar; add apple juice, stirring until smooth and creamy.  Mix in remaining ingredients by hand until well blended.  Keep in refrigerator until ready to serve.

Chips

12 8-inch flour tortillas

1/2 cup of melted butter

1 1/2 tsp of cinnamon

1/2 cup of sugar

Brush melted butter over top of tortillas.  Mix the cinnamon and sugar together and sprinkle over butter tortillas.  Cute into eights and place on cookie sheets.  Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10  minutes until lightly browned.  Cool and Serve.

Grape Salad

Scott's mom started making this a couple of summer's ago
and it is very, very tasty~

Usually when Mam ma makes something, she can't tell us the recipe...
but she could for this one!
I apologize that the photo is off-- I can't figure out how to fix it--
and it's causing me to twitch...
might need to go and make a grape salad
to keep my mind off of it!

Grape Salad

8 oz. Sour Cream

8 oz. Cream Cheese

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 tsp. Vanilla

4 Cups Green Grapes

4 Cups Red Grapes

1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted

1/2 cup Brown Sugar

Mix Sour Cream, Cream Cheese, granulated Sugar, and Vanilla.

Toss in red and green grapes and mix until fruit is coated well.

Top with Brown Sugar and Pecans.

Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.

YUM!

Fourth of July Cookout

Here are a couple of the things that I took to the Fourth of July cookout! Everything was so yummy!



Mexican Avocado Dip
from Taste of Home recipes

1 16 oz can of Re fried Beans
1 cup of Sour Cream
2/3 cup of Mayonnaise
1 envelope of Taco Seasoning
1 4oz. can of Chopped Green Chilies
4 medium ripe Avocados
2 tsp of Lime Juice
1/4 tsp of salt
1/4 tsp of garlic powder
1/2 c thinly sliced green onions
1/2 c fresh tomato
1 can (2 1/4 oz.) black olives
2 cups shredded cheese