I know you're going to love this recipe contributed by Susan Meeks
CHERRY CHEESE PIE
Ingredients:
1 ready made graham cracker pie crust
1 8 oz package of softened cream cheese
1 8 oz container of whipped topping
1/2 cup powdered sugar
canned pie cherry filling
Directions:
Mix cream cheese, whipped topping and powdered sugar and pour into pie crust. Top with cherry pie filling and refrigerate.
Now, how easy is that! Thanks Susan. I'm sure gonna make this. Yum!

Ambrose the cat, hero of THE NINE LIVES OF CHRISTMAS, thinks we should have a recipe up here in honor of him. (He already has a contest and now he wants a recipe, too. Sheesh.) To keep him happy, here is one I think you will all enjoy. I must give credit to DeeDee, who entered a fabulous recipe when we were searching for ones for next year's book. DeeDee, you inspired me. This is similar to yours... only not quite as much work :)

Mix the following Ingredients together in a large bowl, then store in an airtight container:
2 cups Corn Chex cereal
2 cups roasted peanuts
2 cups broken pretzels
2 cups Reese's Pieces
2 cups white chocolate chips
This stuff is deadly. I probably gained a pound from all the sampling I did. Thanks a lot, Ambrose.

Special thanks to Becky who contributed this recipe! She says, "... feel free to add more or less of each ingredient to satisfy your taste. You can also add in things like cranberries, raisins, nutmeg or anything else your heart desires."
Ingredients:
1 bag (16 oz) shredded cabbage with carrots
1 heaping Tb mayonnaise (Becky uses Vegenaise)
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
2 tsp agave nectar or sugar
1/2 tsp maple syrup
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 apple, skinned and cubed
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds, raw or roasted
Directions:
Put your clean cabbage into a bowl and add mayonnaise, vinegar, sweetening, maple syrup and cinnamon. Mix well. Next add apple cubes and toss together. Let rest in the fridge until ready to serve. Toss in pumpkin seeds just before serving.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup warm milk
1/4 cup warm water
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups flour
1 package yeast
2 cups shredded sharp cheddar (or other sharp) cheese
1 tsp sugar
3 eggs

Directions:
Melt butter in warm milk and water. In large bowl, combine 1 1/2 cups flour and all other ingredients (including butter and milk mixture). Beat 3 minutes at medium speed. By hand, stir in remaining 1 cup flour. Cover and let rise in a warm place until light, 45 - 60 minutes. (Dough doesn't double in size.) Generously grease the bottom and sies of a 9 X5 loaf pan and dump in dough. Bake 45 - 50 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from pan and cool on rack.

Well, now, I'd post something but how can I compete with some of the great recipes you're sending in for our summer contest. Check 'em out - good stuff on the contest page!

Here's a fun recipe you can enjoy with your family this Easter. I've had it in my recipe box for years. Don't remember where it came from but do remember that it's yummy and fun!
Ingredients:
2/3 cup butter
1 cup light brown sugar, packed
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp almond extract
2 3/4 cups cake flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 1/4 cup milk
24 small chocolate eggs, unwrapped
Directions:
Heat oven to 350. Grease 24 medium muffin tins or line with baking cups. Mix butter, sugars, eggs and extract in large mixing bowl until blended. Sift together dry ingredients and add alternately with milk until everything is well mixed. To hide the surprise fill muffin cups 1/3 full with cake batter then place unwrapped chocolate egg in the center of each. Top with remaining batter until 3/4 full. Bake 18 - 20 minutes or until done. Cool.
Decorate with butter cream frosting tinted in pastel colors and jelly bean eggs or shredded coconut tinted green.

Okay, here's a yummy, easy to make dessert for you and your Valentine. I just created and tested this (oh, the sacrifices I make for my readers) and it's - hic! - yummy.
Ingredients:
4 scoops vanilla ice cream
1/2 cup Chambord raspberry liqueur
2 Tb. chocolate syrup
Directions:
Whip this up in your blender until creamy then pour into two martini glasses. Top with raspberries and a swirl of chocolate sauce.

It's that time of year when we like to stay warm inside while the snow falls and the wind blows. It's time for hot cocoa and movies and board games and ... soup for supper. I love making soup for dinner. I not only get a great meal out of the deal, I also get great leftovers. Here's a nice, hearty soup recipe I got years ago from my friend Marcy. I love it and I think you'll enjoy it, too.


POLISH SAUSAGE AND POTATO SOUP
2 Tb. butter or oil
1 lb Kielbasa sausage, sliced
1 cup chopped onion
2 cups chopped celery and leaves
Cook these until tender
Next add:
4 cups sliced cabbage
2 cups sliced carrots
1 bay leaf
1/2 tsp dried thyme
2 Tb vinegar
1 tsp salt
1 beef bouillon cube
6 1/2 cups water
Cover and cook 1 to 1 1/2 hours
Add:
3 cups cubed potatoes
Cook another 20 minutes
Serve with a hearty bread and you're good to go.

Just in time for the holidays! Makes about 6 dozen
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs (about 65 wafers)
1 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
9 ounces of canned/packaged mince meat
1 cup chopped nuts
1/3 cup chopped candied cherries
2 Tb. cocoa
1/2 tsp brandy flavoring
Powdered sugar or flaked coconut
Directions:
In a large bowl,  stir together all ingredients except the powdered sugar or coconut until well blended. Using about 1 tsp mixture, roll into balls; coat with powdered sugar and place on wax paper-lined baking sheets. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm. Store in fridge.

It's apple season! And don't we love all those amazing apple recipes? (By the way, apologies to all my Super You subscribers for forgetting the main ingredient in Sheila's Apple Crisp Muffins - the apples! Sheesh. You want a half cup of finely chopped apples for those.)
I thought it would be fun this month to share my mother's wonderful apple crisp recipe, one of my favs of the season. Here it is.
Ingredients:
2 or 3 large apples
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
1 tsp cinnamon
Directions:
Grease a large pie pan (with more butter- yum!). Core, peel, and slice apples and arrange them in the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon. For the topping, work together the sugar, flour, and butter until crumbly. Spread over sliced apples and bake at 350 for thirty minutes. Serve warm with whipped cream. (Heck, you've already got the butter in there you may as well go all the way!) Enjoy.