JAYPLAY
October 19,2000
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Kansan food critics Amanda Kaschube, Flossmoor, ill, senior, and Amber Stuever, Conway Springs senior, prepare a mixture for their "I Can't Believe They're Cookies" recipe. Photo by Nick Krug/KANSAN
Creative cooking, college-style
Recipes on the web
By Amanda Kaschube and Amber Stuever
Log on to thee Web sites for more recipes and cooking information.
AllRecipes.com
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FreeRecipe.org
HouseRecipe.com
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MyRecipe.com
Foodies.com
the staple diet of any college student usually includes a mixture of food from McDonald's, Burrito King and the ever-
popular Pizza Shuttle. As healthy and nutritious as scrumptious treats from these vendors sound, we took it upon ourselves to find easy — and tasty — recipes that even a 20-year-old frat boy couldn't mess up. So cut these out and add them to your recipe book.
Your stomach will thank you.
Banana Foster
Serves: 4 to 6
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup firmly backed brown sugar
3 medium bananas, sliced
1/3 cup light or dark rum
1 quart vanilla ice cream
Melt the butter over medium heat in a medium saucepan. Add the brown sugar and stir until a thick syrup forms. Add the sliced bananas and stir to coat evenly. Remove from the heat and stir in the rum.
Place scoops on ice cream in four to six bowls or parfait glasses and top with the banana mixture. Serve immediately.
Layered Mexican Dip
Mr. Food
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and diced
1 tomato, chopped
Serves: 32
1 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
1 (8 ounce) package shredded cheddar cheese
1 (6 ounce) container guacamole
1 (9 ounce) can bean dip
12 ounces sour cream
1 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
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Ouesadillas
In a clear pie pan, or similar dish, spread a layer of bean dip. Top the bean dip with a layer of guacamole. Allow the layers to thicken in the refrigerator for approximately 20 minutes.
In a mixing bowl, while the bean dip and guacamole chill, combine the sour cream and taco seasoning. When the chilled mixture is sufficiently thickened, spread a layer of the sour cream mixture over the layer of guacamole. Top the sour cream layer with the grated cheese. Garnish the layers with the jalapenos and tomatoes.
Serves:10
1 package of shredded cheese
1 package of soft taco shells
1 can of salsa
Assorted vegetables (tomatoes, onions and green peppers)
Melt cheese on shells in large pan. Add salsa and veggies. Take shells off the pan and fold in half and flip. Cut into wedges and serve.
Pizza Bagels
Recipes Today
Serves: 1
begun
1/4 cup pizza sauce
1/4 cup mozzarella cheese
1 bagel
Spoon sauce onto bagel insides. Top with cheese. Bake in 350 degree oven for five to seven minutes. Cheese should be melted and golden.
— Recipes Today
Dirt Cake
Serves: 6-10
1 pound Oreo cookies
Large vanilla instant pudding
1 pound crisp cookies
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
Large vanilla instant pudding
8 ounce Philadelphia Cream Cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
18 ounce Cool Whip
Gummy worms candy
L medium sized plastic flower pot (no holes)
L plastic flower for the top
Crush the Oreo cookies. Set a handful aside for topping later. Add margarine to the cookies and mix well. Set aside.
Prepare the vanilla pudding as directed on package. Add powdered sugar; blend well. Add cream cheese by breaking it into little pieces; blend well. Add one-half of the Cool Whip; mix well.
Put a layer of Oreo mix in the bottom of your pot. Add a layer of mix. In this layer, you can add a few gummy worms. Add a layer of Cool Whip. Add layer of Oreo mix. Add layer of the pudding mix. Again, add gummy worms; and layer of Cool Whip; and Oreo mix. Last layer — the Cool Whip and Oreo cookies that you saved from the beginning.
Top with flower as design.
—I don't cook.com
I Can't Believe They're Cookies
Serves: 2 1/2 dozen
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
Mix ingredients together and shape into 1 inch balls. Flatten with a fork on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes, until golden brown.
— I don't cook.com
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