Hens in a Blanket

1 (9 oz.) pkg. chicken breast tenders
1 (8 oz.) can refrigerated crescent rolls
Cheddar cheese slices

Preheat oven to 400.

Unroll crescent rolls; separate into triangles. Top each
triangle with a chicken tender and slice of cheese. Roll up,
starting at wide end. Bake on a cookie sheet for 10 to
12 minutes, or until golden brown.

Lumpia Shanghai

This recipe was given to me by Sis. Mackert and let me tell you, it is very delicious!!!

3 lbs Ground Beef or Ground Pork or Ground Chicken
1/2 bag of carrots shredded.. I used my food processor.
1 large Onion diced very small or I used my food processor.
5 Stalks of Celery shredded.. I used my food processor.
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp of season salt
a little soy sauce to taste
a little black pepper to taste
4 eggs
2 tsp Sesame oil
2 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
3 Pks Lumpia Wrappers
Plus if you have it, I added one Pork cube to my recipe for flavor.

Note: With the carrot, onion, and celery, I used my food processor and it worked great and was a whole lot less work.

Directions: Mix all together ( I used plastic gloves because it is sticky ). Now take about a tablespoon or more of mixture and add to center of lumpia wrapper in a line that resembles a long tube across the wrapper and follow directions on how to roll it on the package. Remember to roll these very tight because when you fry them you don't want them coming apart. I make a huge amount of the mixture and roll up several Lumpias and freeze them for a later date for a good fellowship food.

Serve with: Philippino sweet chili sauce or your favorite sweet and sour sauce. Or make your own homemade sweet and sour sauce with. Recipe follows.

Home made sweet and sour sauce:
ketchup, Lemon Juice, brown sugar, black pepper, garlic salt, dried onion, chili sauce, and corn starch for thickening. Add these ingredients to your liking and cook in a small pot on stove. Yummy!

Zucchini Pancakes

2 cups shredded zucchini (2 whole zucchinis in my case)
1/2 bread crumbs
1/2 cup italian cheese blend
2 eggs
1 T. minced garlic (about 4-5 cloves)
olive oil (enough to make a nice frying layer in the pan)
salt and pepper (to taste)

Shred zucchini using a cheese grater. Take towels and pat shredded zucchini to remove majority of water.

Mix together zucchini, bread crumbs, cheese, garlic, salt, and pepper. Heat olive oil in a frying pan to medium heat. Drop in small globs of zucchini into heated olive and press down with fork to flatten. Cook 2-3 minutes on each side or until golden brown.

Serve with ranch dressing or other dipping sauces!

Sausage Delight Appetizers

1 pound ground sausage (such as Jimmy Dean)
1 1/2 cup buttermilk baking mix (bisquick)
1 cup grated cheese

Defrost sausage and mix all ingredients in bowl till well incorporated. Roll into balls and bake in foil lined pan at 350 for 40 minutes or till golden.

Parmesan Bacon Wraps

These little guys are awesome for the holidays or anytime!!! I used them for a PotLuck one time and as soon as I put them out there they were gone, so make lots of them!!!

1 lb (or more) bacon, cut in half
1 box Club crackers or Waverly wafer crackers
Parmesan Cheese

Cut the bacon in half. Add a small amount of parmesan cheese on each cracker.
Wrap 1/2 piece of bacon around cracker and put on rack over pan (a broiler rack will work too or a jelly roll pan with wire cooling racks)

Place in a 250 degrees oven and bake really slow for 1-1/2 to 2 hours until brown and crisp. Cool and freeze until needed.

To reheat the crackers just put them in a 300 degrees oven (thawed bacon wraps) just until warm. You may want to drain them on a paper towel first before putting them out to eat.

Tortilla Roll Ups

Flour Tortillas
Cream Cheese
Ham
Roast Beef
Red Sweet Pepper (comes in a jar)
Pickle spears cut lengthwise into 4 pieces
leafy lettuce (not iceberg)
mayonaisse
olives
grated cheese

This is just a guideline so choose what you like and go for it. You can omit and add whatever you like.

Spread ingredients and fillers on tortilla. Roll up and fasten with toothpick. Cut and arrange nicely on platter.

Imelda's Lumpia

This recipe comes straight from the Philippines from my friend Imelda who hails from Tarlac, Pampanga.

1 package lumpia wrappers (egg roll wrappers)

Filling Ingredients-
1 potato chopped in small pieces
1 carrot chopped or grated
2 stalks celery chopped
One pound ground turkey or pork
3-4 heads of garlic
1 egg
salt

Mix all filling ingredients in a bowl. Put a Tbsp of filling in each lumpia wrapper and roll up making sure it is sealed. You can fry them right away or you can freeze them to fry later on.