Baked Beans

• 2 large cans Pork n' Beans
• 1 lb bacon, cut in pieces
• 2 large green peppers, finely chopped
• 1 Cup brown sugar
• 1 Cup ketchup
• 2 medium onions, finely chopped
• 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  

Bake 3 hours at 350° or 1-½ hours in microwave. The beans are better the longer they bake (until sauce is thick). Bake in 4-8 quart pan with lid on. Take lid off about last hour. Stir occasionally.

Fry Pan Scalloped Potatoes

• 2 Cups milk
• 2 Tbsp flour
• small amount minced onion
• 1/2 cup cheese, grated
• garlic salt, to taste
• 2 Tbsp butter
  

Turn on electric fry pan to 300° and then make the sauce. Slice potatoes thin, then put in sauce. If you like more cheese, sprinkle more cheese on top. Turn fry pan back to slow cook at about 250° for 45 minutes.

Baked New Potatoes

• Red Potatoes
• Olive Oil
• Salt
  

Wash and cut new red potatoes into smaller pieces. Place in bowl. Coat with olive oil and kosher salt (larger salt crystals). Spread on cookie sheet and bake in 400° oven for 30 minutes until outside is crisp and a little browned and inside is tender.

Theme for July

By a narrow margin, this month's theme is

SIDE DISHES!

As always, continue to post any new recipes from the other month's themes at anytime and don't forget to vote for August's theme.

Super Easy Jello Salad

• 1 pkg. Large Jello (Strawberry or Raspberry flavor)
• 1 Lg. carton of Cool Whip
• 1 Lg. carton of cottage cheese
• 1 Lg. can of pineapple tidbits (do not drain)

You mix together all of the ingredients and refrigerate for at least 6 hours. It works best to make this the night or morning before you need the salad so that it can set-up. It is so good and always well liked at get-togethers.

Broccoli Slaw

• Mann's Broccoli Cole Slaw
• Sunflower Seeds
• Uncooked Ramen Noodles

Dressing:

• 1 Cup mayo
• 1/2 Cup sugar
• 2 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
  

Combine dressing ingredients in a separate dish that you can store in the fridge, and then use what you need for each serving.

Oriental Salad

• 1 head cabbage
• 4 green onions
• 1 pkg chicken Top Ramen Noodles
• 2 1/4 oz. almonds, toasted

Dressing:

• 4 Tbsp sugar
• 6 Tbsp cider vinegar
• 1 tsp pepper
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 Cup oil
• 1 Top Ramen Noodles seasoning packet (chicken)
  

Shake dressing together & refrigerate for several hours. Toss desired amount of dressing with cabbage. Add almonds, seeds & noodles last.

Snickers Salad

• 6 Granny Smith apples, chopped
• 16 oz Cool Whip
• 5 large Snickers Bars chopped into bite-sized pieces
• 1 small jar marshmallow cream
  

Mix Cool Whip and Marshmallow Cream together. Stir chopped apples and Snickers into cream mixture. Serve chilled.

Pretzel Salad

• 2 Cups coarsely crushed pretzels
• 3/4 Cup melted margarine
• 3 tsp sugar
• 8 oz cream cheese
• 1 Cup powdered sugar
• 6 oz Cool Whip
• 6 oz gelatin, strawberry or raspberry
• 2 Cups boiling water
• 2 (10 oz) pkg frozen strawberries
  

Preheat oven to 400°. Mix pretzels, margarine and sugar and put in 9 x 13 pan; bake for 8 minutes and let cool. Beat powdered sugar into softened cream cheese and stir into topping; spread over cool pretzel layer. Mix together gelatin, water and strawberries and set aside for 10 minutes. Pour over the first two layers and refrigerate.

7-UP Party Salad

• 7 oz 7-Up
• 1/4 lb marshmallows
• 3 oz lemon gelatin
• lg can crushed pineapple (do not drain)
• 3 Cups any kind of fruit
• Kool Whip

Sprinkle pudding mix over Kool Whip. Pour pineapple over. Add fruit. Chill one hour.