Applesauce Cake

1 2/3 cup flour
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons allspice
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vinegar

Sauce Ingredients
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup apple cider or juice
2 tablespoons cream

1. Heat oven to 350.
2. Mix flour, sugar, allspice, baking soda and salt.  Mix in applesauce, nuts, water, oil and vinegar and pour into greased 8x8 baking pan.
3. Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 35-40 minutes.  Cool slightly while preparing sauce.
4. Heat all sauce ingredients until boiling in a medium saucepan.  Boil for 3 minutes, stirring frequently.
5. Cut cake into squares and serve with sauce.

Beef Taco Bake

1 pound ground beef

2 cans (10 3/4 ounces) Campbell's® Condensed Tomato Soup

2 cups Pace® Picante Sauce

1 cup milk

16 corn tortillas (6-inch), cut into 1-inch pieces

2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (about 4 ounces)

Cook the beef in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat until well browned, stirring often to separate meat.  Pour off any fat.

Stir the soup, picante sauce, milk, tortillas and half the cheese in the skillet.  Spoon the beef mixture into a 2-quart shallow baking dish.  Cover the baking dish.
Bake at 400°F. for 30 minutes or until the beef mixture is hot and bubbling.  Sprinkle with the remaining cheese.

Adapted From Campbell's Kitchen

Haystacks

Cooked Rice
Cream of Chicken Soup
Sour Cream
Milk
Cooked Chicken
Cheese
Corn
Peas
Carrots
Pineapple
Mandarin Oranges
Sliced Olives
Chinese Noodles

Heat soup, sour cream, milk and chicken on stove.  Serve over rice with toppings.

Scalloped Macaroni and Ham

2 C. dried elbow macaroni

1/2 C. chopped onion

1/4 C. margarine or butter

1/4 C. flour

2 tsp. snipped fresh basil or ¼ tsp. dried basil

1/4 tsp. pepper

2 tsp. salt

3 C. milk

2 C. diced fully cooked ham

1 C. frozen peas

1 C. soft bread crumbs*

2 Tbsp. margarine or butter, melted

 Cook macaroni about 10 min. or until tender but still firm.  Drain well.  Meanwhile, for sauce, in a medium saucepan cook onion in the 2 Tbsp. margarine or butter till tender, but not brown.  Stir in flour, basil, pepper, and salt.  Add milk all at once.  Cook and stir till thickened and bubbly.  Remove from heat.  Stir in the cooked macaroni, ham, and frozen peas.  Transfer mixture to a 2 qt. casserole dish.  Toss together the bread crumbs and 1 Tbsp. margarine or butter.  Sprinkle crumbs on top of the macaroni mixture.  Bake in 350º oven about 30 min.  or till bubbly.

*Break up 3-4 slices of bread and put in blender on medium setting*

From Better Homes and Gardens

Ham Fried Rice

2 C. cold, cooked rice

¾ C. finely diced ham, pork, chicken, or bacon

2 eggs

2 Tbsp. finely chopped celery

1 Tbsp. green onion thinly sliced

Soy sauce

Heat frying pan or wok over medium high heat.  Lightly oil.  Add rice, meat, onions, and celery to pan.  Stir to break up rice and coat with oil.  When heated through, add egg and stir until cooked.  Add soy sauce to taste.

Braised Pork Chops

1 teaspoon rubbed sage

1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed

1 garlic clove, minced

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon pepper

4 boneless pork loin chops (1/2 inch thick and 4 ounces each)

1 tablespoon butter

1 tablespoon olive oil

3/4 cup apple juice, divided

1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley

Combine the sage, rosemary, garlic, salt and pepper; rub over both sides of pork chops. In a large nonstick skillet, brown chops on both sides in butter and oil. Remove.

Add 1/2 cup juice to the skillet; bring to a boil. Return chops to pan. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until meat juices run clear, basting occasionally. Remove chops to a serving platter and keep warm.

Add the remaining juice to the skillet. Bring to a boil, loosening any browned bits from the pan. Cook, uncovered, until liquid is reduced to 1/2 cup. Pour over pork chops; sprinkle with parsley. Yield: 4 servings.

From Taste of Home 

Cornbread and Bacon Stuffed Pork Chops

6 pork rib or loin chops, 1 to 1 ¼ in. thick

4 slices bacon, cut into ½ in. pieces

1 medium onion, chopped  (½ C.)

1 small green pepper, chopped (½ C.)

1 C. corn bread stuffing

½ C. water

½ tsp seasoned salt

¼ tsp. pepper

½ tsp dried marjoram leaves

½ C. shredded cheddar cheese

 Make a pocket in each pork chop by cutting into the side of chop toward the bone.  Cook bacon in 12 in. skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp.  Stir in onion and bell pepper.  Cook 2-3 min. stirring occasionally, until vegetables are crisp-tender; remove from heat and drain.  Stir in stuffing crumbs and water until well mixed.  Stir in cheese. 

Sprinkle both sides of pork with seasoned salt, marjoram and pepper.  Fill pockets with a bout ⅓ C. corn bread mixture.  Cook pork in same skillet over medium heat, turning once, until browned.  Place pork in ungreased  9x13 pan.  Cover tightly with aluminum foil.  Bake on 350º for 45 min. Uncover and bake about 15 min. longer or until pork is slightly pink when cut near bone.