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About once a month, we join with Uniktings (& sometimes other local businesses) to hold a Fun, festive, foodie, goodie.. Girls Night Out... (Men come too.)
Anyhoo... we've gotten rave reviews about our Food!
So... here's a new page on our site for our recent menus!
ENJOY!!
 

Cajun Crab Dip
 1 lb jumbo lump crab meat
 1 tsp hot sauce
 1 tsp worchesershire suce
 1/2 cup mayonnaise
 1/4 cup cream cheese
  2 cloves minced garlic
 1 green onion, minced
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, gently mix together all ingredients until well combined.
Transfer mixture to a baking dish and bake 20-30 minutes.
Serve with crackers or toasted baguette slices.
 
 

Twist & Shout Chicken-Noodle Casserole
1 can Campbells Cream of Mushroom soup
1/2 cup milk
1/4 t pepper
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
1 can mixed vegetables
2 cups (or more) cooked and cubed chicken
2 cups cooked and drained corkscrew noodles
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Stir soup, milk, pepper, Parmesan cheese, vegetables, chicken and noodles together in a 1 1/2 qt. casserole dish.
Bake at 400 for 25 minutes or until hot.  Stir.
Top with cheddar cheese and bake 5 more minutes.
 

Favorite Bundt Cake
1 yellow cake mix box
1 package instant choc. pudding mix
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup sour cream
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup water
4 eggs
1cup chocolate chips
 
In a mixing bowl, combine dry cake mix, pudding mix and sugar.  Add the sour cream, oil and water.  Mix well.  Add the eggs one at a time and mix well.  Stir in chocolate chips. 
Pour into a greased and floured bundt pan.  Bake at 350 degrees F for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.  Cook for 10 minutes.  Remove from pan and cool completely.  May add chocolate or white chocolate sauce or syrup as a drizzle over cake. (Change it up by changing the cake or pudding flavor and using white chips instead of chocolate.)
 

Chicken Casserole
(an old recipe handed down from Ruby in Knoxville and tweaked by Joy)
Ingredients:  Chicken; I cook about 5 chicken leg quarters (the original recipe called for 8 chicken breasts).  You can use as much chicken as you choose.  I've even used a whole chicken before.  Cook the chicken on the stovetop in a pan of water with salt and pepper. for about an hour until  it's done.  Pull chicken off the bone and cut up into bite size pieces.  Spread chicken in bottom of baking pan.
  1 can of each Cream of Chicken Soup and Cream of Mushroom Soup.. spread on top of the chicken.
  1 stick of butter (melted)
  1 8oz. pkg. of Pepperidge Farms Herbal dressing... mix with the butter.  Then spread mixture ove top of pan.
  Pour 2 cups (more or less) of the chicken broth over top of the stuffing.
Bake at 325 degrees for 35 minutes.
 
If you missed the great Chili last year, be sure to pay attention .... we are sure to have it again this year when the weather gets warmer:
Joy used "Aunt Evie's" recipe as follows and got rave reviews:
Brown 2 lbs ground beef in pan with 1t. crisco, 2 T. bacon drippingsand 1t blue bonnet.  Add an onion chopped, salt and pepper, and 1 t. sugar.
When browned, put in larger pot.
Add 1 pkg. Chili-o seasoning. Stir and add 24oz.Picante sauce, 28 oz. diced tomatoes, 1 t sugar, 2 or 3 cans of beans (kidney, pinto, choice).
(For our LARGE pot for the Gift Shop, I added another package of Chili-o,3 more cans of beans, another can of both the tomatoes and the picante sauce.)
Heat, stirring occasionally until all the mix is thoroughly heated.  We served with crackers or corn chips and shredded cheese!
 

Mardi-gras Punch
12 oz can frozen orange juice, thawed
12 oz can frozen lemonade, thawed
1 qt apple juice, chilled
2 qt. ginger ale, chilled
Orange, raspberry, and lemon-lime sherbert
1 pt. vodka- optional but suggested  :)
Mix all together except sherbert.  Add ice, and spoon of scoop sherbert so it floats on top!

Bacon Tomato Dip Recipe
1/2 t garlic powder
1 t black pepper
1 cup sour cream
1 cup mayonnaise
1 lb crispy cooked bacon
1 lg diced tomato
1/4 cup chopped onions
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
optional 1/4 cup green pepper
Mix all ingredients except bacon and tomato.  Cut or tear bacon into small pieces.  Stir in bacon and tomato pieces.  Cut up iceberg lettuce (about 1/4 head) into tiny pieces and stir into mixture.
Serve with wheat thins or Ritz crackers.
 

We have also been blessed to have items catered by
Custom Catering .. owner, Dava Ford!
Call her for your events at 423-883-4746

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Don't miss Custom Catering with Dava Ford!!
Dava has brought several suprises to share with us!
If you need an event catered, call her at 423-883-4746.
Her menus are available at CustomCatering12.tripod.com

In case you missed it... or if you want MORE:
MEXICAN DIP
16 oz sour cream
8 oz cream cheese
1 pkg taco seasoning mix
Mix these 3 ingredients and put in bottom of baking dish.
Spread top with shredded iceburg lettuce & 2 cups mild cheddar cheese.
Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Before serving, add chopped tomatoes & chopped chives.  Serve with scoop chips.  (recipe from Azaliea Lamar's collection)
 
Prior GNO recipe:
Christine's Pasta Salad... thanks to Chris Masley for the contribution (one of Joy's favorites)
Prepare a bag of tri-color pasta as reccommended.
Drain and mix in chopped cucumber, sliced cherry tomatoes, onion, black olives, and a bottle of Kraft Zesty Italian Salad dressing.  Toss well!  YUMMY!!
 
 

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