Banana Cream Squares

1/2 cup butter or margarine, cold
1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
1 tub (8 oz) frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 box (3.4 oz) instant banana pudding mix
3 medium ripe bananas, sliced

Heat oven to 375°F. Spray 13x9-inch baking dish with cooking spray. In medium bowl, cut butter into cookie mix using pastry blender or fork, until mixture is crumbly. Reserve 3/4 cup mixture for topping. Mix egg in remaining mixture until incorporated. Press crumbs evenly in bottom of dish. Bake 13 to 15 minutes or until light golden brown around the edges. Cool completely.

In 15 x 10x 1 inch pan or cookie sheet, place the reserved topping crumbs in a thin layer. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally or until light golden brown. Cool completely. Crumble into small pieces. Set aside.

In 3-quart mixing bowl, beat cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed, for 1 minute or until smooth. Add sweetened condensed milk. Beat until well blended. Beat in the whipped topping until smooth. Add the pudding mix and continue to beat for an additional 2 minutes or until everything is well combined.

Spread 1/3 of the pudding mixture onto cooled base. Arrange bananas in a single layer over pudding, Top with remaining pudding mixture and refrigerate for 10 minutes or until set. Sprinkle the cookie crumbs over the pudding. To serve, cut into 24 squares, 4 rows by 6 rows, and serve individually.

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/banana-cream-squares/0b9f0074-c5f5-48a3-979a-1a7f244df2fc

Crab snack

Kamaboko and Crab Dip
Ingredients:
1 block Kamaboko (the pink and white one)
1 (8 oz) package of imitation crab meat
1 block cream cheese
1/4 cup Mayonnaise
1/2 cup Green onions
Salt to taste
Black pepper to taste
1 box of Nabisco Ritz Crackers
Cooking Instructions:
Shred or chop the Kamaboko. Mix all 4 ingredients together.
Place all ingredients into a food processor and blend well, adding more mayonnaise if necessary to get the mixture to medium dip consistency.
Add salt or pepper to taste.

Serve on Ritz crackers, townhouse or rice crackers.

Best when eaten with either Ritz Crackers or Townhouse.
Not to mention a great filling for won tons!! which become none other than Crab Rangoon.

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Pineapple Chicken

Sweet Hawaiian Crockpot Chicken:



Ingredients:
1 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup light soy sauce
2 pounds chicken breast tenderloins.

Directions:
Add all ingredients to the crockpot and cook on low 6-8 hrs and they should just fall apart. Enjoy!

Pastele Stew

Ingrediments
6 cups chopped pork - bite size pieces
2 tbl spoons chopped garlic
4 bay leaves
1/2 round onion diced
1 30oz can bamboo shoots - slice to 1/8" thin slices no longer than bite size
small bunch cilantro (Chinese parsley) chopped about 1 cup when pau
1/2 cup of chopped green onions
2 small cans tomato sauce
1/2 cup of water (more if you think it's too thick for you
1 can olives - drain the water in the can added after everything else is prepared
1 tsp red chili pepper flakes
Achiote oil
As an alternative try using mushroom spear tips.

What to do?
Cook the pork first. Pork butt & belly pork cut cross-grain bite size then brown, then simmer with crush then cut small diced garlic & bay leaf and
Add 2 can (or 30oz)bamboo shoots stir it around a couple of minutes.
Add 1 can (or 6oz) Olives
Add the diced onions, cilantro, 1/2 bunch green onions, Chinese parsley diced small cut, stir for a couple of minutes.
Add 2 8oz can (or 1-16oz) tomato sauce tomato sauce and water.
Achiote oil is made using:
•1 cup olive oil
•2 1/2 tablespoons achiote (annatto) seeds
Then
1. Heat the oil and seeds in a small saucepan over medium heat just until the seeds begin a steady bubble (about 10 minutes).
2. Remove the saucepan from the heat and let stand for a minute.
3. Strain the oil.
Note: do not overcook or you will ruin the oil which is a majority of the flavor
Add the achiote oil using a strainer to strain out the seeds.
Add red chili pepper flakes and salt according to your taste.
Simmer for about 45 minutes. Then add the olives & mushroom spear tips after about 20 minutes of cooking.

Then . . . all pau.

Salads - Mac Salad & Gramma Lu's potato salad

HAWAIIAN Mac Salad -

Ingrediments:
any kine noodles, shell, twisty, elbow (large or small) or even mix 'em up.
6-8 Hard boiled eggs
3-4 celery stalks
Best foods mayonnaise
1 kamaboko fish cake

Directions:
boil the noodles, then cut to chunks
hard boil the eggs
fine chop the celery
cut the kamaboko into chunks or wedges like you see in saimin.
Take the cooked then drained noodles and mix in the celery, add in the hard boiled eggs, add in the kamaboko and stir up. Then add in the mayonnaise and stir up thoroughly.

As an additional surprise, I also hard-boil another 3 eggs and cut them in half making deviled eggs. then I stuff them into the top of the salad, just below the surface. Then when people scoop out their mac salad, they stumble across the deviled eggs for a surprise bonus to their salad.




Gramma Lu's potato salad:
6 big red potatoes boiled 20-25min
3 hard boiled eggs
1 stalk Celery
4 Sweet pickles & 1 tablespoon juice
3 green onions
Sour cream
4 slices crispy fried bacon
1 tablespoon bacon grease spooned over the potatoes, salt & pepper to taste
1/4 cup of mayonase and stir.
Stir in crushed fritoes

Escalloped Potatoes

Ingrediments
12 salad potatoes
1/2 onion
tillamook cheese
salt & pepper
small kine all purpose flour
ritz cracker crumbs
butter
milk

Directions
Peel potatoes
Slice medium thickness 1/4"-3/8"
Slice onions (not diced)
Slice tillamook cheese - grade 'em
Put together starting with layer of potatoes on the bottom of the casserole dish. Sprinkle with a couple of tablespoons of flour.
Add salt & pepper and dabs of butter.
Then layer with onions and cheese and then put another layer of potatoes etc.
Top it off with a layer of potatoes and sprinkle with cracker crumbs and dots of butter to the top of the pan.
Then pour milk over the whole thing until 1" from the top of the pan.

About 6 medium or 3 large whole potatoes or 12 salad potatoes are used for about 8-10 people
Use at least 1 whole onion and 5-7 pounds of cheese depending on the desired taste.
Use plenty of salt & pepper. If desired, sliced ham can also be woven in between the layers.

The size of the pan should be about a 6"x10" casserole glass or metal pan

Egg Plant Casserole

Ingrediments
Meat Sauce:
Hamburger - about 1 1/2 pounds
Tomato soup - 1 can
Catsup (Ketchup) (small kine, use squirts as needed)
round onion - 1/2 whole chopped/diced
celery about 2 stalks - chopped/diced
green bell pepper 1/2-1 whole - chopped/diced
salt & pepper to taste

Directions:
1st direction - Use Round Eggplant - sliced horizontally into 3/8" slices
Dip eggplant slices into beaten eggs (3 eggs) and coat with flour (all purpose) about 1/2 cereal bowl full.
Fry in hot oil until golden brown. Place in the bottom of a casserole cake pan.

2nd direction - Brown hamburger in a pot and pour out any excess fat/oil. Add chopped onion, celery, bell pepper (all chopped) and cook for a couple of minutes then add tomato soup. If sauce is too thick, add some water and/or catsup. Pour this mixture over the fried eggplant which is already in the cake pan. Bake uncovered at 375* for about 20-30 minutes until it boils on the edges.