Hodges Family Recipes

From cooks.com 1 pkg. frozen spinach, thawed 1 jar marinated artichokes, chopped 8 oz. cream cheese 8 oz. sour cream 3/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese 8 oz. shredded Monterey Jack cheese 1/2 onion finely chopped 1 stick butter red pepper flakes to taste In a large skillet saute onions in butter, adding ingredients while mixing and blending well after each addition. Add ingredients in this order: Spinach, cream cheese, sour cream, parmesan cheese, artichoke hearts, crushed red pepper flakes. From here it says to but it in a dish and then top with cheese and microwave until melted. This is how I do it. Taste so much better. Remove from heat and put into a oven save dish that you will be serving this in. Top with Monterey Jack cheese and place into oven at 350 until the cheese is melted and slightly browned. Serve with the yellow gold tortilla chips. Yummy!

By Julia Whitmer We use this to make homemade mini pizza's! 2 Cups Warm water 2/3 cup white sugar 1 1/2 Tbls yeast 6 Cups flour ( I have also done half white half wheat still trying to get it as fluffy and soft with just whole wheat .) 1 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 veg oil. In large bowl, dissolve the sugar and warm water, and stir in yeast. Allow to proof. Mix in salt and oil into yeast. Mix in flour one cup at a time. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth. Place in well oiled bowl, and turn dough to be covered. Cover with a warm damp towel.Rise 1 hour or until doubled. If making into loafs of bread punch down and divide in two and shape into loafs and let rise in pans for 30 -45 mins. For Pizza punch down in bowl and cover and let rise again for 30 to 45mins. Shape into little rounds and then before cooking poke with a fork. Bake at 400 for 8-10mins. Add toppings then bake again for about 5 -8mins if fresh if frozen ...

It comes from a book called Once a Month Cooking Family Favorites by Mimi Wilson and Mary Beth Lagerborg This is how my friend Naomi Persinger makes this: Fiesta Dinner 1 lb lean ground beef 1/2 cup onion 1/2 cup celery 1/2 cup green pepper (but I don't like green so I used red) 1 8 ounce can tomato sauce 2 cups beef broth 1 teaspoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt pepper 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic 4 ounces peas or corn frozen 6 ounces (3/4 cup) yogurt or sour cream (I did half of each instead of all of one) 1 teaspoon cornstarch Brown the beef and add vegetables. Saute vegetables until the onions are nearly translucent. Add the tomato sauce, beef broth, salt, pepper, and garlic. Mix the cornstarch and yogurt in a bowl and add to everything else (you can do this part after thawing too). Bring everything to a simmer and simmer until thickened. Cook 1/2 cup rice and add to everything else. That's it, it takes about 30 minutes total and was quite the kid pleaser at my house. When I ma...

2 cups sugar 1 cup honey 1/2 cup canned milk (condensed or evapoated) dash of salt 3/4 cup unpopped pop corn (you're gonna need to pop it of course...and don't try to cheat and use microwave popcorn...it just doesn't turn out right. Combine sugar, honey, canned milk and salt (and a little food coloring if you want to be fun) in a medium sauce pan. Stir , stir, stir! Bring to a soft boil on a med/high heat. Watch closely so that you can avoid boiling over! You're going to let it boil for a good 5+ mintues or until candy coating past "the test". When you know the coating is ready, pour it onto your popcorn and mix until popcorn is evenly coated. Let it cool for a few mintues, then form into balls. Place balls on wax paper to harden. Makes about 16 popcorn balls. I triple the recipe to make about 50. THE TEST: To test if the candy coating is done, get a cup of cold water and dribble a little of the mixture into the water. You will know that the coating i...

By Rachel Bailey Preheat oven to 325 3 cups of sweet potatoes mashed (about 3 small to medium sized sweet potatoes) 1 cup of sugar ½ cup of milk ¼ cup of butter 1teaspoon of salt 1teaspoon vanilla Peel and cut sweet potatoes into one inch cubes and cook in boiling water about 13 minutes or until easily mashed with a fork. Let cool to room temperature. Mash sweet potatoes and measure three cups. Combine remains ingredients with sweet potatoes with an electric mixer place in casserole dish. Topping ½ cup of brown sugar ½ cup of chopped pecans ¼ cup of flour 2 tablespoon of butter Combine brown sugar, pecans, flour together. Melt butter and then add to sugar mixture. Combine until well mixed. Then sprinkle on top of sweet potato mixture. Bake for 45-55 minutes.