a few recipes

This holiday season I have been oober proud of myself! I have actually went to the grocery store ON MY OWN, baked and cooked!
For me going to the grocery store was huge.....anxiety and panic. I used- to hate to have anything with the shopping & preparation of food and only consume until now. Does this mean I have on my big girl thong....?!!! I believe I do! I actually like trying new recipes ( okay.... 5 ingredients or less), going to the grocery store and cooking. Maybe because consuming isn't that important to me these days and I am becoming a bit of a health nut....

I am jotting down some of my favorite recipes I have made this Thanksgiving & Christmas:

Eggless Sweet Potato Casserole

I had to double the recipe for my family

*marshmallows are excellent on top of the crust topping too :)



6 sweet potato—cooked peeled & mashed (3-15oz cans)

¼ cup evaporated milk

¼ cup orange juice

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

½ cup white sugar

½ teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons butter, melted

½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon



1/3 cup butter, melted

¾ cup packed brown sugar

½ cup all purpose flour

¾ cup chopped pecans



1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease one 2 Quart casserole dish and set aside

2. Blend together the sweet potatoes, evaporated milk, orange juice, vanilla, sugar, salt, 3 tablespoons butter, nutmeg and cinnamon. Pour into prepared dish

3. Prepare the topping my mixing together the 1/3 cup butter, brown sugar, flour and pecans. Sprinkle over casserole and bake for 45 minutes or until hot


MAGIC COOKIE BARS

1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 vanilla wafers
14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
small bag of white chocolate chips
3 1/2 ounces coconut flakes


Preheat oven to 350 F. (325 F. for glass dish.) In 13x9-inch baking pan, melt butter in oven. Sprinkle crumbs over butter; pour condensed milk evenly over crumbs. Top evenly with remaining ingredients; press down firmly. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool thoroughly before cutting. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
Makes 24 bars.

Serving Size: 12.