Gwen's Mock Pierogi.

1. For 1 hour, sautee: 2 onions in 2-4 sticks of butter, AND all contents--juice and all--of a bag of sauerkraut (1#).
2.  A.fter one  hour, mix with prepared and strained .kluski (noodles; "Newmill," or Jewish product).

Ravioli Lasagna.

Frozen raviolis (I did half meat & half cheese)
1 pkg frozen chopped spinach (10 oz. blocked works; set out 1 hr. early to thaw; press out any water), or fresh
tomato sauce (I just used the 28 oz. Hunt's can)
shredded mozzarella (no more than an 8 oz. bag)

*Use approximately a 8 x 11" glass Pyrex dish to bake in.

1. Spread 1/2 cup hot pasta sauce into a greased baking dish.
2. Layer with 3 cups frozen meat or cheese ravioli (no need to thaw).
3. 1 and 1/2 cups fresh spinach (or half of the thawed spinach).
4. 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
5. 1 cup pasta sauce.
6. Repeat the layers (ravioli/spinach/cheese).  Top with any remaining sauce.
7. Cover with any remaining  mozzarella (aim for 1/2 cup).
8. Bake uncovered at 350 for 45 minutes, or until edges are bubbly and cheese is melted.  Let stand 5 minutes.

Ice Cream Cake, Mom's Ice Cream Birthday Cake Recipe.

IRIS!!!

1 pkg. Oreos
1 stick butter (1/2 cup)
1/2 gal. vanilla ice cream (good idea if it is softened a bit for spreading)
1 sm. carton Cool Whip
Hershey's chocolate syrup
nuts (optional, obviously)

1. Crush Oreos and add to melted butter; stir until coated well.  Set aside 1 cup, and put the rest on the bottom of your cake pan/tray, or whatever.
2. Layer the softened ice cream over the crumbs.
3. Layer Cool Whip on top of that.
4. Drizzle with syrup and nuts.
5. Top with crumbs; freeze.

Lemon Bars, Mom's.

9x 13 in. pan.

1 cup shortening (*1 1/2 stick margarine + 1/2 stick butter)
2 cups four
1/2 cup powdered sugar

4 eggs
2 cups sugar
6 Tbsp. lemon juice

4 Tbsp. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
pinch of salt

DIRECTIONS:

1. Mix 1st 3 ingredients with pastry blender until you have really small pieces coated with flour.
2. Spread in bottom of pan (butter pan 1st) evenly; pat down.
3. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
4. In original pan, mix eggs with a spoon, and add sugar and lemon juice.
5. In separate bowl, mix last 3 ingredients.
6. 1 minute before the 20 minutes is up, mix the 2 mixtures together.
7. Take crust out of oven, and pour mixture over crust.
8. Return to oven for 25 minutes (approx.) @ 350 degrees.  Take out when golden brown.
9. Once out, sprinkle with powdered sugar...and spread even with fingers once cooled a little.

ENJOY!

Corn//Bacon Salsa. Monica's Cottage Hit.

1 lb bacon
2 lbs frozen corn
1-2 cloves garlic
salt & pepper
Small tub feta
1 avocado

1. Using a meat scissors, cut bacon into small pieces in a frying pan. Fry until brown and only drain HALF THE FAT. 
2. Put back on the heat and ad the garlic to the bacon for a minute. Then add the corn and a good shake of salt and pepper. Stir corn occasionally, until its heated through - about 7 minutes? The bacon grease adds flavor. Taste to see if it needs more seasoning.
3. When corn is all cooked, take off stove and add feta and stir through. Then cut up the avocado and stir through. The feta doesn't melt as much if you put it in with the avocado so I do this first.  ENJOY!