Monday, May 27, 2013

Easy Potato Salad


Mom’s Easy Potato Salad
Ingredients:
8 potatoes, cooked and diced into bite size pieces
8 eggs, hard boiled
3/4 cup dill or sweet pickles, diced
2 celery stalks, diced
1 cup mayo (I like to use Light Miracle Whip… yes I’m a Miracle Whip girl)
2 to 3 Tablespoons yellow mustard
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon white vinegar
Salt and Pepper to taste
Salad supreme seasoning, optional to sprinkle on top
Directions:
Bring two pots of water to a boil. In one pot boil your potatoes for about 40 minutes, or until fork can easily pierce through the potato. Drain water off of potatoes and let them cool. In the other pot boil your eggs for 15 minutes. When they are done, drain and rinse them under cold water. Put in fridge to cool.
Once done cooling, put your potatoes, diced celery, and pickles in a big bowl. Dice the eggs and add it to the bowl.
Sauce:
In a separate bowl mix your mayo, mustard, sugar, vinegar all together. Pour your sauce over the potatoes in the big bowl and mix. Add salt and pepper to taste. If it is dry, you can add more mayo to get it the texture you like. Top with salad supreme. Can also save 1 hardboiled egg to slice and add it to the top.

Pumpkin muffin bites


Pumpkin Muffin Bites
Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1 cup oil (or 1 cup applesauce)
4 eggs
1 (15 oz) can pumpkin puree
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups flour
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray mini-muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray.
In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar and oil on medium speed. Add eggs one at a time and add pumpkin until well combined.
With mixer on low speed, add dry ingredients and blend for 1 minute. Fill each muffin cup with 2 tsp of batter. Bake for 10-12 minutes (or until a toothpick inserted in pumpkin bite comes out clean. Cool bites in pan for 8 minutes, turn onto wire rack to cool completely. Frost with cream cheese frosting.
*from Six Sisters Stuff
4 oz cream cheese, room temperature
1/4 cup butter, room temperature
3-4 cups powdered sugar
2-3 Tablespoons milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
Mix cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar to butter mix and pour in milk to create desired consistency. Add in vanilla and beat frosting at medium speed until light and fluffy. Spread or pipe onto pumpkin muffins.