Holiday Recipe Exchange sent/received thread...COMPLETED!!

[msdznyduck]

Received from Msdznyduck. Nice recipes, good items (cool whisk, holiday kitchen towels, scented candles, sprinkles).

Thanks!

your welcome....that was really quick. Just mailed on Mon pm

 

[Meriweather]

Susan...I love cranberry cookies. Throw some chocolate chips in and that is one of my favs too.

I have forgotten which recipes I have posted, so forgive me if I repeat


* Exported from MasterCook *

Italian Sausage Soup

Recipe By :Sunset
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soup

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 large onions -- chopped
2 cloves garlic -- minced
5 cups beef broth
1 pound Italian sausage
1 1/2 cups dry red wine
28 ounces Italian-style tomatoes -- broken up
1 tablespoon basil
1 tablespoon sugar
1 medium green pepper -- seeded and chopped
2 medium zucchini -- sliced 1/4" thick
2 cups dry bow tie pasta -- 1 1/2" size
1/2 cup parsley -- chopped
salt and pepper

In a 5-6 quart pan, combine onions, garlic and 1 cup broth. Boil on high heat, stirring occasionally, until liquid evaporates and vegetables start to brown, 10-14 minutes. To deglaze, stir in 3 tablespoons water to release browned bits.
Cook, uncovered until liquid evaporates and mixture begins to brown again, about 1 minute. Repeat deglazing step 3 more times until mixture is richly browned. Add sausage and 1/2 cup more water. Stir gently until liquid evaporates and meat begins to brown, 8-10 minutes.
Add remaining 4 cups broth. Stir to loosen browned bits., then add wine, tomatoes and their liquid, basil, sugar, green pepper, zucchini and pasta.
Cover and bring to boil over high heat. Simmer until pasta is just tender to bite, about 15 minutes.
Serve hot, with parsley, salt and pepper.
(If made ahead, let cool, then cover and chill up until the next day. Reheat to simmering).

 

[Meriweather]

Bringing the list over....hope I can delete some today

Okay...now only 7

Still waiting are (if you have received and I missed it let me know):

jayna22 (mailed 10-24)
mommytotwo (mailed 10-19)
meriweather (mailed 10-18)
DisneyCP2002 (mailed 10-22)
msdznyduck (elf mailed 10-25, other mailed 10-26)
scoutsmom99 (mailed 10-22)
raamartin (mailed 10-22)

 

[MinnieM3]

I had several packages waiting for me when I got home from work last night. It's so much fun unwrapping

From Beth (MinnieM3), I received the following:

maroon towel with a turkey on it (I hung this in my bathroom)
a box of sparkly fruit
and a yellow bowl for the sparkly fruit---it's already displayed in my kitchen

Now.....to the recipes (and her comment):

Cheese straws----an old Charleston recipe
Mint strips---which she makes every Christmas
Norma Jean's #1 Ham biscuits---a bit of a twist on an old favorite)
24 hour ambrosia salad---I'll never hear the end of it if I didn't make this!!
Italian bacon-wrapped mushrooms--easy and so yummy!
Chocolate bourbon pecan pie---the ONLY thing my brother admits I do well

I'm going to definitely try the last one as my DSIL loves pecan pie and the salad sounds really good and easy to make.

Thanks, Beth for all the gifts and recipes; I look forward to trying them.

Cindy

Oh yay yay! I'm so happy to hear this! You're more than welcomed!!

 

[MinnieM3]

Package #2 from Jen (Jbdreamer)...and it's her first exchange...or rather first two exchanges as she got my name for both the Halloween candy and the recipe exchanges. So, I had a rather large box on my front porch last night. It was so much fun going through it all.

Jen sent me the following recipes:
--Cheesy potatoes----potatoes are my favorite food along with cheese!!
--Chocolate mint sticks
--Peanut butter bon bons---my mom used to make regular bon bons every holiday when I was a kid....maybe I should try to do it this season.
--Hard candy
--Broken glass jello salad
--Cookie Grandma's sugar cookies

She also sent a red and green Christmas basket full of goodies to assist in the recipes' preparation: four boxes of jello for the salad, orange and green food coloring for the candy, and cookie cutters (holly, Santa & tree) and candy sprinkles for the cookies.

Thanks, Jen for sharing your family recipes and getting me some of the ingredients. Cindy

Wow! I remember borken glass jello salad from my childhood!!! Had not thought about that in a million years! Could you or Jen post that recipe if it's not too much trouble???? Huh, huh, pretty please??

 

[Meriweather]

* Exported from MasterCook *

Blueberry Swirl Cheesecake

Recipe By :Quick Cooking
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Desserts

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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16 ounces cream cheese -- softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 graham cracker pie crust, 9 inch
21 ounces blueberry pie filling -- divided

In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Add eggs, beating just until combined.
Pour into crust.
drop 1/2 cup pie filling by heaping teaspoonfuls onto the cream cheese mixture. Cut through with a knife to swirl the pie filling.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on wire rack. Chill for 2 hours. top with remaining blueberry filling.

 

[raammartin]

No mail at my house today.

 

[scoutsmom99]

Nothing here today! My pacakge will hopefully, arrive by tomorrow or Monday I would think. I was told 4-10 days for the package to arrive at its final destination

 

[ADisneygirl]

* Exported from MasterCook *

Blueberry Swirl Cheesecake

Recipe By :Quick Cooking
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Desserts

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
16 ounces cream cheese -- softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 graham cracker pie crust, 9 inch
21 ounces blueberry pie filling -- divided

In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Add eggs, beating just until combined.
Pour into crust.
drop 1/2 cup pie filling by heaping teaspoonfuls onto the cream cheese mixture. Cut through with a knife to swirl the pie filling.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on wire rack. Chill for 2 hours. top with remaining blueberry filling.

Ooooh... another one for my cheesecake collection! Thanks Nancy!

 

[Meriweather]

Yep...so what other flavors do you want, ADisneygirl?

No one else received anything today?

Me neither

Hopefully tomorrow.

 

[mommytotwo]

Nothing here today.

 

[Meriweather]

They should be getting close

Got to get this one wrapped up because the Holiday Yankee Candle exchange starts Tuesday

 

[JennaTX]

I got a lot of great recipes from cvemom (Jan) in the mail today:

Sandy's Spritz (a great cookie recipe)
Cream Cheese Mints (my kids will love)
Breakfast Casserole (I will have to try this on Xmas morning)
Fruit Cobbler in Dessert Bowls
Lots of great "Mug" recipes to give as gifts (these are great, I did not have any)
Pineapple Upside Down Cake (Yum!)
Jumonville Sugar Cookies
Nutmeg Logs (These will definately be on my Christmas Eve table)
Loaded Oatmeal Cookies (DH's favorite)
Black Eyed Pea Salad (my Dad will love this recipe)
Cream Puff Dessert
Sundried Tomato Pesto from Tony's Town Square at WDW
Heath Bar Cookies
Easy Swirl Cookie Cups

These are all such great recipes, there is not one that I do not think I will like. I also received a really cute Pooh Pet ID Tag and a Disney Note Pad. Also I will be receiving another gift a new cookbook from her church (those always have the best recipes) in the next week or so.

Many thanks to Jan (and her sister Sandy) for getting this together, especially with everything else you have going on! I am sure some of these will now become part of my family's favorites!

 

[Pooh67_68]

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Got to get this one wrapped up because the Holiday Yankee Candle exchange starts Tuesday

Woo hoo!!!!!!!!!! I am there!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[sjh801]

Thank you!
Mine arrived on Wednesday but this is the first I have gotten online since. I will post details after school today.

Another Crazy Week!!!

 

[sjh801]

I got a lot of great recipes from cvemom (Jan) in the mail today:

Sandy's Spritz (a great cookie recipe)
Cream Cheese Mints (my kids will love)
Breakfast Casserole (I will have to try this on Xmas morning)
Fruit Cobbler in Dessert Bowls
Lots of great "Mug" recipes to give as gifts (these are great, I did not have any)
Pineapple Upside Down Cake (Yum!)
Jumonville Sugar Cookies
Nutmeg Logs (These will definately be on my Christmas Eve table)
Loaded Oatmeal Cookies (DH's favorite)
Black Eyed Pea Salad (my Dad will love this recipe)
Cream Puff Dessert
Sundried Tomato Pesto from Tony's Town Square at WDW
Heath Bar Cookies
Easy Swirl Cookie Cups

These are all such great recipes, there is not one that I do not think I will like. I also received a really cute Pooh Pet ID Tag and a Disney Note Pad. Also I will be receiving another gift a new cookbook from her church (those always have the best recipes) in the next week or so.

Many thanks to Jan (and her sister Sandy) for getting this together, especially with everything else you have going on! I am sure some of these will now become part of my family's favorites!

Quick "You're Welcome" as I head to school. I'll get back online later tonight...I hope!

 

[TeresaNJ]

to Wendy, aka Miss Bubbles. I am so sorry it took me so long to respond. We returned home from WDW late Friday night, had a Halloween/Birthday party we were throwing for Saturday evening, so had to do all shopping early Saturday morning and spent the rest of the day preparing for the party, so never got the mail on Saturday. Finally on Monday after work, went out to the mailbox for the mail, and there your package was!! What a wonderful surprise!

I just adore everything you sent. Included in my package were:

1. Delicious sounding recipes such as "cranberry & white chocolate cookies", "oatmeal-chocolate cookies", "cheesy chicken enchiladas", "sausage balls", "good enough for company ham bake", "pineapple dip", "christmas crunch casserole", "reindeer crunchies", "cake pan potatoes", "black bean salsa". Yum, yum, can't wait to try them out!.

2. olive green kitchen towel, matches my kitchen perfectly
3. adorable red mitten picture frame, "I love this!!"
4. snowman note pad, "I also collect snowmen, how did you know this Wendy??, you have my tastes down to a tee"
5. Miss Piggy and Kermit ornaments, "so cute, and love the Muppets too"
6. Ghirardelli chocolate caramel coffee, "you must be a mind reader, as I looove coffee, chocolate and caramel"
7. lucious "french toast" fragrance candle in a mini ball jar, "this is adorable, and I also loooove candles!!"
8.THE CUTEST Santa mini book that I can use for either photos or as a mini scrapbook!!! "Yea!!!, which do you think I'm going to use it for?? The scrapbook of course"

I really can't thank you enough for all the thought you put into this wonderful collection of presents. I will use everything will joy.

 

[justjulie]

Thanks to ScoutsMom99 (Lisa) for a wonderful package. Included were the following recipes:

Fruit Slushies
Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts (perfect for holiday entertaining!)
Lazy Morning Brunch (yum - planning on this for Christmas morning)
Caramel Biscuit Ring-a-Round
Wild Rice Soup
Wild Rice Broccoli Bake
Hot German Potato Salad (I've always wanted this one)
Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies (Christmas baking is about to start!)

And the following wonderful "extras"

kitchen shears
printed Kleenex
long handled spatula and spoon
the cutest "Let it Snow" soap
pot holders
Christmas Notes
Magnetic Printed note paper

Lisa you have no idea how much I can use these things. I had to use the kitchen shears to open the note paper because (a) I had no paper to write one and (b) my scissors had gone MIA! My potholders are on their last legs (and my kitchen is green - perfect!). Everything else will be put to good use.

Thanks for a great exchange and thanks, too, to Meriweather for organizing my favourite exchange!


JustJulie

 

[Meriweather]

Bringing the list over....hope I can delete some today....but we are doing VERY well for only a week since mail by date

Okay...now only 6

Still waiting are (if you have received and I missed it let me know):

jayna22 (mailed 10-24)
mommytotwo (mailed 10-19)
meriweather (mailed 10-18)
msdznyduck (elf mailed 10-25, other mailed 10-26)
scoutsmom99 (mailed 10-22)
raamartin (mailed 10-22)