Dreamcicle Salad

2 (3oz) orange gelatin powders
1 (3oz) cook and serve tapioca pudding
2 cans mandarin oranges, drained
3 cups water
1 tub (8oz) whipped topping

Bring water to boil, add jello and pudding, stirring well for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Cool, then add whipped topping and oranges. Chill in fridge until set.

Hot Sausage Dip

From Natalie McWhorter and Natalie Barfuss

2 lbs. of hot sausage
2 pkgs of cream cheese
1 lg container sour cream
1 lg purple onion, chopped
3 bell peppers, chopped
2 tomatoes diced

Cook sausage (don't drain) place in crock pot, add soft cream cheese and sour cream. cook for several hours. 1/2 hour before serving add veggies.

Serve wih corn chips or over baked potatoes.

Blackberry Jello

1 lg jello to match fruit
2 bananas cut up
1 lg can crushed pineapple
1 pint sour cream
2 cups boiling water

Put half of mixture in 8X10 pan put in fridge until set.
When set add sour cream then funish by putting the rest of the jello mixture on top of the sour cream

Taco Soup

Brown 1 lb. hamburger. Season with salt pepper, onion, and garlic so that it tastes good. In a pot add seasoned hamburger, 2 cans black beans rinsed, 2 cans of kidney beans rinsed, 2 cans Rotel, 1 8 oz. can of tomato sauce, 1 packet taco seasoning and enough water to make it look like a soup. Bring to a boil. Serve over chips with cheese and sour cream.
Other things you can add: corn, green chilis, more chili powder.
Freezes well.

From the kitchen of Anna Hegsted

Lara's White Sauce

1 brick cream cheese
3/4 c. milk 1/2 c. parmesan cheese
dash of nutmeg

Cook in microwave, 2 minutes or until smooth.

Tastes very good on pasta with veggies and grilled chicken. Probably tastes good as the sauce for pizza. My kids mix it with spaghetti sauce.

From the kitchen of Dede Hegsted