Good - Fix-it and enjoy-it! 5-ingredient recipes: quick and easy - for stove-top and oven!

Cover illustration and illustrations throughout the book by Cheryl Benner Design by Cliff Snyder FIX-IT AND ENJOY-IT! 5-INGREDIENT RECIPES Copyright 2008 by Good Books, Intercourse, PA 17534 International Standard Book Number: 978-1-56148-627-4 (paperback edition) International Standard Book Number: 978-1-56148-629-8 (hardcover gift edition) International Standard Book Number: 978-1-56148-628-1 (comb-bound paperback edition) Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2008023273 All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner, except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, without permission. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Good, Phyllis Pellman, 1948 Fix-it and enjoy-it 5-ingredient recipes : quick and easy - for stove-top and oven! / Phyllis Pellman Good. p. cm.

Includes index. ISBN 978-1-56148-627-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-56148-628-1 (comb. : alk. paper) 1. paper) 1.

Quick and easy cookery. 2. Cookery, American. I. Title. TX833.5.G674 2008 641.5'55--dc22 2008023273 Table of Contents About
Fix-It and Enjoy-It 5-Ingredient Recipes You need a good supply of gumption, dogged persistence, and stubborn intentions if you want to cook and eat at home these days.

Most of us live crowded lives. Most of us find it nearly impossible to sit down to a meal with our family or friends, especially during the week. Yet we believe in the benefits of shared mealtimes at home. Kids develop a greater sense of well-being and perform better at school. A table spread with tasty food can give all of us relief from the many electronic screens that are hungry for our attention. The kitchen table can be a tempting meeting place.

BUT HOW DOES THE FOOD GET THERE?! Youre holding one solution Fix-It and Enjoy-It 5-Ingredient Recipes ! The more than 780 recipes in this handy, lip-smacking collection offer you a way to prepare quick, make-it-again meals. And you dont need to be a cooking genius to be successful with these recipes. Remember! Each recipe has only 5 ingredients or fewer. All of the recipes come from home cooks from across the country. What qualifies as a 5-ingredient recipe? 1. 2. 2.

Water does not count. 3. Salt and pepper count as one ingredient. 4. Ingredients listed as optional do not count. 5.

Non-stick cooking spray does not count. 6. The base over which the recipe is to be served (for example, crackers or chips, rice, pasta, or potatoes) does not count. The pass-it-on tradition Good cooks love to share their recipes. They dont possess them; they pass them on. This collection holds favorite recipes from many home cooks.

These recipes workand they are loved. They have been tested around countless tablesand theyve been begged for! Thank you, home cooks and recipe-testers, for sharing your gems and your know-how. We all benefit from your generosity. Because of you, we all have a greater chance of eating well and of being richly sustained in body and spirit. So choose a recipe and start cookingeven if youre short on time or confidence in the kitchen. Remember, whenever you use Fix-It and Enjoy-It 5-Ingredient Recipes , youre in the company of fine home cooks, and they are cheering you on! Fruit Dip Linda Eberly Miller Harrisonburg, VA Stacy Stoltzfus, Grantham, PA Diane Eby, Holtwood, PA Janet L.

Roggie , Lowville, NY Makes 12 cups Prep Time: 510 minutes 7 ozs. marshmallow cream 8-oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened 2 Tbsp. orange juice concentrate, not reconstituted 1 tsp. grated orange zest 1.

Beat the ingredients together with an electric beater. Chill. 2. Serve with an assortment of fresh fruit (apples, oranges, kiwi, bananas, grapes, strawberries, and more) cut into bite-size pieces. Tips: 1. You can change the flavor of this dip by substituting other fruit juices for the orange juice: strawberry, lime, blueberry, peach, cherry, and so on.

Or add herbs and/or spices to complement your selection of fruit: ground ginger, ground cinnamon, chopped mint and/or lemon verbena, and others. 2. If you cut the fruit in advance of serving, dip apples (and any other fruit that may turn brown) in lemon juice. 3. Keeps 1 week+ in refrigerator. Marshmallow Fruit Dip Joyce Shackelford Green Bay, WI Makes 3 cups Prep.

Time: 15 minutes 8-oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened 6-oz. container cherry yogurt 8-oz. container frozen whipped topping, thawed 7 ozs. marshmallow cream assorted fresh fruit, cut up 1.

In a medium-sized bowl, beat cream cheese and yogurt together, either by hand or with a mixer, until blended. 2. Fold in whipped topping and marshmallow cream. 3. Serve with cut-up fresh fruit. marshmallow cream 8-oz. pkg. strawberry cream cheese spread, softened 12 Tbsp. milk, optional 1. milk, optional 1.

Mix marshmallow cream and cream cheese spread together and chill. If too thick, stir in a little milk. 2. Serve as a dip for cut-up fresh fruit or as a topping for pound cake. Note from tester: We spread our leftover dip on graham crackers. (or half an 8-oz. pkg.) cream cheese, softened 1 cup whole berry cranberry sauce 1 cup thawed whipped topping 1. pkg.) cream cheese, softened 1 cup whole berry cranberry sauce 1 cup thawed whipped topping 1.

Beat cream cheese and cranberry sauce with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. 2. Gently fold in whipped topping. 3. Cover and refrigerate at least one hour, or until ready to serve. Dairy Maple Fruit Dip Eileen Eash Carlsbad, NM Makes 1 cups Prep Time: 10 minutes 8-oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened cup sour cream cup sugar cup brown sugar 2 Tbsp. maple syrup 1. maple syrup 1.

Beat all ingredients in mixing bowl, either by hand or with a mixer, until smooth. 2. Chill. Serve with cut-up fresh fruit. Pumpkin Dip Irene J. pkg. cream cheese, softened cup brown sugar cup canned pumpkin 2 tsp. maple syrup tsp. cinnamon 1. cinnamon 1.

Place first 3 ingredients in a medium-sized bowl. Beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. 2. Add syrup and cinnamon and beat until smooth. 3. 4. 4.

Serve with apple slices, pound cake, banana or zucchini bread, or gingersnap cookies. A Tip Beginner cooks should always measure carefully. With more experience you learn to adjust recipes.