9 aka food Recipes

food cake mix (pillsbury is best ), eggs (or as called for by your cake mix), oil (or as called for by your cake mix), water (or as called for by your cake mix), instant chocolate pudding mix, crushed pecans, nestles milk chocolate chips, nestles peanut butter morsels, ready to spread pillsbury milk chocolate frosting, extra chocolate chips, for topping, pecans, for topping

white rose potatoes (fist-size, not russet) or 5 -6 medium red potatoes, boiled in their jackets, cooled, peeled and nicely diced in 1/2 inch cubes (fist-size, not russet), apple, peeled cored and finely diced (i use gala or fuji), carrot , cooked till tender but not mushy, diced into small cubes, frozen peas, lightly blanched and cooled, frozen corn kernels , defrosted, mayonnaise, to taste (best foods or hellman s, that s what they have in brazil), sliced pimento-stuffed green olives, salt and pepper, to taste (sometimes, i use lawry s )

cheesecake filling (i use philadelphia ready to eat ), fresh lemon zest, grand marnier, vanilla extract, salt, sugar, cinnamon flavored animal crackers (i use cats cookies from trader joes, the regular flavor), flour, baking powder, egg, milk, vegetable oil (for deep frying), powdered sugar (optional), blueberry syrup (recipe below ) (optional)

ground beef, bread, broken into small bits (potato bread works great, but i usually use white bread), onion soup mix, dry, salt, to taste (because of the soup mix , you may not need it, although we still do), pepper, ketchup, garlic powder, parsley flakes, eggs, brown gravy mix, water

all-purpose flour, baking powder, fine salt, unsalted butter, at room temperature, granulated sugar, sugar, egg yolks, pure vanilla extract, grated orange zest, coarse sugar , aka sanding or crystallized sugar, royal icing , recipe follows, meringue powder (egg white powder), water, sugar (about 3 3/4 to 4 cups or 1 box), as desired

greek yogurt (whole foods carries it, as well as most major-chain grocery stores, just ask. as a last resort, use), cucumber, fresh lemon juice, salt, garlic, minced, extra virgin olive oil, dill, oregano

nestle toll house holiday shapes and morsels, crispix cereal, honey roasted peanuts, goldfish shaped pretzels, marshmallows, vanilla candy coating (almond bark)