44 thankful Recipes

christmas with louise, as a joke , my brother, jay, used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before christmas. he said all he wanted was for santa to fill them., what they say about santa reviewing behavior and checking the list twice must be true because every christmas morning, although jay s kids stockings overflowed, his poor pantyhose hung sadly empty., year i decided to make his dream come true. i put on sunglasses and with a hat pulled down and went in search of an inflatable love doll. they don tsp sell those things at walmart., i had to go to an adult bookstore downtown. if you ve never been in an x-rated store, don tsp go. you ll only confuse yourself. i was there an hour saying things like, what does this do you re kidding me! who would buy that finally, i made it to the inflatable doll section. i wanted to buy a standard, uncomplicated doll that could also substitute as a passenger in my car so i could use the car pool lane, during rush hour. finding what i wanted was difficult. love dolls come in many different models. the top of the line , according to the side of the box, could do things i d only seen in a book on animal husbandry. i settled for lovable louise. she was at the bottom of the price scale. to call louise a doll took a huge leap of imagination., on christmas eve , with the help of an old bicycle pump, louise came to life., my sister-in-law was in on the plan and let me in during the wee morning hours, long after santa had come and gone, i filled the dangling pantyhose with louise s pliant legs and bottom. i also ate some cookies and drank what remained of a glass of milk on a nearby tray. i went home, and giggled for a couple of hours., next morning my brother called to say that santa had been to his house and left a present that had made him very happy but had left the dog confused. she would bark, start to walk away, then come back and bark some more. we all agreed that louise should remain in her panty hose so the rest of the family could admire her when they came over for the traditional christmas dinner., my grandmother noticed louise the moment she walked in the door. what the hell is that she asked. my brother quickly explained , it s a doll. . who would play with something like that granny snapped. i had several candidates in mind, but kept my mouth shut. where are her clothes granny continued., boy , that turkey sure smells nice, gran, jay said, trying to steer her into the dining room. but granny was relentless. why doesn tsp she have any teeth again, i could have answered, but why would i it was christmas and no 1 wanted to ride in the back of the ambulance saying, hang on granny! hang on! ., my grandfather , a delightful old man with very poor eyesight, sidled up to me and said, hey, who s the naked gallon by the fireplace i told him she was jay s friend. a few minutes later i noticed grandpa by the mantel, talking to louise. not just talking, but actually flirting. it was then that we realized this might be grandpa s last christmas at home., dinner went well. we made the usual small talk about who had died , who was dying, and who should be killed, when suddenly louise made a noise that sounded a lot like my father in the bathroom in the morning. then she lurched from the panty hose, flew around the room twice, and fell in a heap in front of the sofa. the cat screamed. i passed cranberry sauce through my nose, and grandpa ran across the room, fell to his knees, and began administering mouth to mouth resuscitation. my brother fell back over his chair and wet his pants laughing and granny threw down her napkin, stomped out of the room, and sat in the car., it was indeed a christmas to treasure and remember. later in my brother s garage, we conducted a thorough examination to decide the cause of louise s collapse. we discovered that louise had suffered from a hot ember to the back of her right thigh. fortunately, thanks to a wonder drug called duct tape , we restored her to perfect health., louise went on to star in several bachelor party movies. i think grandpa still asks about her whenever he can get out of the house

all-purpose flour, uncooked quick-cooking oats, light brown sugar, butter or margarine, softened, reduced-fat cream cheese, softened, low-fat sweetened condensed milk, almond extract, comstock , thank you, or wilderness more fruit light cherry fruit filling

comstock , thank you, or wilderness more fruit cherry fruit filling, light brown sugar, ground cinnamon, refrigerated buttermilk biscuits, butter or margarine, melted

dark chocolate cake mix, thank you brand cherry pie filling, eggs, almond flavoring, pure vanilla extract, dark chocolate frosting

bacon, diced, onion, finely diced, garlic cloves, crushed, tomatoes, peeled and seeded or 410 g canned tomatoes, fennel seed, thyme, cooked rice, chicken stock, cooked ham, chopped in small pieces, shrimp, peeled and deveined, yellow pepper, cut in strips, green pepper, cut in strips, drops hot pepper sauce

unflavored gelatin (such as 2 envelopes of knox gelatine), granulated sugar, boiling water, sour cream, cool whip, fruit pie filling , such as thank you brand

this tart is inspired on ahmed1 s twix chocolate pie. you can check his recipe at, chocolate-pie.html >twix chocolate pie, only different thing i did was to use dulce de leche, instead of homemade caramel., hope you find it ok ahmed , thanks for this creation.

flour, margarine or butter, chopped walnuts, cream cheese, softened, confectionary sugar, cool whip, chocolate thank you pudding

a is for vitamin a. we all know that vitamin found in carrots, but it s also found in green vegetables like asparagus and artichokes, asparagus , cut into 1 inch pieces, artichoke bottoms (hearts) cut into quarters, b is for broccoli. former president bush was famous for not enjoying broccoli, but his wife barbara loved it, and she was dedicated to the cause of reading, all across this country. i hope you ll join me in thanking barbara bush for all of her work with literacy., heads of broccoli (and their trimmed stalks ) cut into pieces, is for carrots , yummy! i love carrots; they re sweet, crunchy and good for the eyes, teeth and bones., carrots, peeled and cut into pieces, d is for daikon , a vegetable used a lot in asian cuisine. it adds a wonderful flavor to soup., daikon, peeled and cut into pieces, is for lemongrass , which is used a lot in asia. if you can tsp find it, you can substitute a little lemon juice, or a little of its peel., minced lemongrass or 1/2 tsp yellow lemon peel, grated, m is for maize, the native american word for corn, kernels of 3 ears of corn, n is for nutmeg, a wonderful spice that smells good too, nutmeg, o is for onion. my favorites are the big white ones, the sweet yellow ones, and the spring green ones, white onion, peeled and diced, yellow onion, peeled and diced, green onions, diced, v is for vegetable; the vegetable of your choice that isn tsp in the pot yet (maybe cabbage, squash, bell pepper, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, garlic cloves, anything you can think of!), v is also for victory. while i stir this soup, i thank god for my victory over illiteracy. not only can i read wonderful recipes, i can write them too, for you to read and to enjoy preparing, w is for water, which won tsp be necessary if you cover the pot while the soup is simmering (this may be a good moment for you parents to explain to your kids how liquid evaporates, or rises in the form of steam)., if your pot is uncovered , add 1/4 cup water, if you plan to use a lid, you can chop some watercress or water chestnuts, to make sure that there is a w in the soup.

dried figs, quartered, golden raisins, dark raisins, dried, pitted fruit (apples, peaches, pears or apricots), chopped, nutmeg, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, flour, eggs, bourbon, molasses (sorghum preferred), butter, dried chopped persimmons (chopped dates may be substituted, thank goodness), coarsely chopped walnuts, candied orange peel, candied ginger

cake, yellow cake mix, egg, butter, melted, cream cheese, softened, pumpkin, eggs, vanilla, butter, melted, powdered sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, yellow cake mix , without pudding, butter, melted, egg, cream cheese (thighs here i come!), eggs, please see cooking instructions below (this will be after the pumpkin instructions)., thank you

eggs, milk, vanilla, flour, brown sugar, light brown, salt, baking powder

all-purpose flour, divided (thanks to the suggestion from ngdarlen add more flour till the dough is biscuit dough consistency), granulated sugar, baking powder, fresh grated lemon peel, salt, baking soda, shortening, egg, lightly beaten, buttermilk, unthawed frozen blueberries (keep frozen right up until adding to dough), butter, melted, granulated sugar, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg

ground beef, onion, green pepper, kidney beans, chili beans, tomato juice, bloemers chili base (you can use other brands but i have found bloemers to be the best tasting and thanks to the internet), bloemers chili powder (2-3 package, again bloemers is the best tasting), spaghetti (if you like )

mix and sift 3 times, flour, teasp.allspice, teasp.cinnamon, teasp.nutmeg, teasp.baking soda, butter, sugar, beaten eggs, fruit cocktail, chopped nuts, chopped apple, dates or raisins, teasp. vanilla extract, teasp. lemon extract, combine the two groupes together, bake in a cake pan or tube pan, let cool before removing from pan, if that s not bad enough ,serve a big old glob of rich whipped cream on top,with a side bowl of home made vanilla ice cream, good memories!! think i ll make it again soon ., thanks for looking.

sugar-free jello, cream cheese, sugar substitute, preferably splenda, eggs, beaten (thanks suzy for the suggestion) or 1/2 cup egg beaters egg substitute (thanks suzy for the suggestion), half-and-half, boiling water, sugar-free syrup, any flavor

pepperidge farm frozen chocolate cake, chocolate pudding (i use thank you brand), cartons cool whip, crushed heath candy bars