Brunelle family recipes

Main course entrees

Pork Stuffing 

2 lb ground pork
1 medium onion, chopped
1/4 tsp pepper
Heaping 1/2 tsp poultry seasoning
Heaping 1 tsp Herb-Ox Chicken Instant Bouillon & Seasoning
1 1/2 c. Pepperidge Farm Herb Seasoned Stuffing Mix (blue package)

Combine pork and other ingredients except for stuffing mix in a large saucepan. Add boiling water to just cover. Cover (vented) and heat to a simmer on top of stove for 40 minutes, stirring frequently. With a pierced spoon, transfer meat to an oven-save bowl, mixing in stuffing mix along the way. Use
about 1 C of remaining liquid to moisten (when separating, should see liquid at the bottom).
Bake in oven at 350 degrees for 50 minutes to 1 hour, until a nice crust forms on top.

Squash 

1 large butternut squash, cubed and peeled
1/2 c. brown sugar, loosely packed
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Sprinkle nutmeg
3/4 stick butter

Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan. Pour in cold water, not quite covering. Cook until tender.

Drain most water but not all. Mash with butter.

Desserts

Pumpkin squares

4 eggs

1 cup cooking oil

1 2/3 cups sugar

1 can pumpkin (16 oz)

2 cups all- purpose flour

2 tsps baking powder

2 tsps ground cinnamon

1 tsp baking soda

Cream cheese icing

Beat eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until fluffy. Stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and soda. Add to pumpkin mixture and mix thoroughly. Spread into ungreased 15x10x1 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 for 25-30 mins. Cool. Frost. 

1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup butter, softened 

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups powdered sugar

Cream the cheese and butter. Stir in vanilla. Beat in powdered sugar until smooth. 

Graham cracker fudge

1 cup evaporated milk

2 cups sugar

1 stick butter

1 package (6 oz) chocolate chips

1 cup graham cracker crumbs

(1/2 cup chopped walnuts)

Dash salt

Put butter, milk, and sugar in saucepan and bring to boil. Boil 10 minutes. Add chocolate bits and cook until bits are melted. Add crumbs and nuts. Pour mixture into greased 8x8 pan and let cool. 

Black bottom cupcakes

1 8 oz package cream cheese

1 unbeaten egg

1/3 cup sugar

1/4 tsp salt

Mix well with mixer

Add 1 6 oz package chocolate bits

In another bowl:

1 1/2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup cocoa

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup water

1/3 cup oil

1 tbsp vinegar

1 tsp vanilla

Line muffin tins with cup wrappers. Otherwise don't grease pan

Fill 1/3 full of chocolate batter

Add 1 tsp cream cheese batter to each

Bake at 325 for 25 mins. Makes about 22 cupcakes

Apple (crumb) pie recipe

Foods Mary likes

• They all loved the sauteed squash we made
• Pork couple times a month
• Chicken tenders from her friend Dana's mother
• Best egg, dip tenders in egg, cover with Italian bread crumbs (Progresso). Fry in vegetable oil in pan just for not sticking. Cut out the tendons from the tenders
• Macaroni salad, cubing red green peppers, scallion, macaroni, cucumber, Hellman's mayo from Cecile
• Used to be a marinade in sirloin tips, marinade recipe with a squeezed lemon and olive oil, garlic powder and minced garlic and dried basil (3 tbsp)
• Tuna melt. Bumble bee in water, Hellman's mayo, celery in tuna, no onions. They use wonder bread. Butter and fry in fry pan and flip. American cheese. Mary usually gets tuna provolone and onion
• Loved burger with onion on burger in past. Cheese burger. Two slices American cheese. Calise rolls in deli.
• Doesn't like hot dogs
• Mary makes a Waldorf salad from memere with chicken (roasted, cubed, celery, apples, mayo)
• Rice pilaf?? Near east. They would add bullion cube
• Claire's shrimp recipe
• They like a shrimp recipe with Ritz crackers but Mary did not
• Summer village chicken marinade I had
• Chicken tenders, pork and squash and rice, hamburger, and then steak in last year. She doesn't like whole chicken or chicken salad.
• I thought of Macaroni and cheese, Spinach and artichoke dip, lobster bisque)
• Snowflake rolls with flour on the top
• Broccoli, canned corn
• Old clam chowder recipe from Barbara? Canned clams and bottles of clam juice, onion, celery, potatoes, half and half, flour, butter
• Corn chowder made with cream of corn with bacon but Jacques doesn't eat bacon now
• And she likes the roast potatoes I made