Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

(This was one of the soups at Turin's birthday party)

1 whole chicken

1 whole celery bunch, diced

2-3lbs large carrots, diced

1 small onion, diced

Seasonings (add the following seasonings to 12 cups of water):

2 tsp. Garlic pepper

½ tsp. basil

1 tsp. celery flakes

1 tsp. Lawry’s salt

¼ tsp. Tyme

¼ tsp. Poultry seasoning

¼ tsp. Rosemary

3 bay leaves

12 chicken bouillon cubes

Optional: 4 drops of hot sauce

Optional: Rice or Noodles- I've used homemade noodles and I've used egg noodles and both have tasted great.

Dissolve cubes in water. Add chicken. Boil (a gentle boil) chicken until tender. Remove chicken, set aside and cool. Add diced carrots, celery and onion to broth. Add seasonings. Simmer until tender. While vegetables are simmering, remove chicken from bones. Add meat to broth. Simmer 30min or more. I usually let it simmer for a couple of hours. Add pre-cooked rice or noodles.

Pumpkin Cake

Cake:
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
4 eggs beaten
2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
2 cups pumpkin

Icing:
1/2 cup butter
1 x 8 oz cream cheese
2 tsp vanilla
2 cup powdered sugar

Mix dry ingredients together

Then mix beaten eggs with sugar and add to flour mixture
Add pumpkin into batter last

Pour into large cookie sheet pan and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes
Cool and then frost with icing
--Submitted by Lindsay

Classic Potato Salad

We just tried this for the first time tonight and we LOVED it.

• 8 medium potatoes, cooked and diced (we used red potatoes)
• 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 celery ribs, sliced
• 1 cup minced onion
• 5 hard-boiled eggs
• paprika

Directions

1. Boil peeled potatoes in salted water till done. Cool to room temperature.
2. Place diced potatoes in lg bowl.
3. Mix next 7 ingredients in another bowl.
4. Add to potatoes.
5. Add celery and onions and mix well.
6. Stir in eggs.
7. Sprinkle a little paprika on top.

*We left out the celery, onion and paprika because we didn't have it and it was still delicious. Enjoy!

Strawberry Salad

1/2 part spinach
1/4 part romain lettuce
1/4 part red leaf lettuce
1/2-1 cup sliced strawberries
Grated swiss cheese
1 bag slivered or sliced candied almonds
Green Onions (optional)

To candy almonds:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
Combine sugar and water with almonds over medium to high heat until the moisture is gone and almonds are golden brown. Cool immediately.

Dressing:
2 cups strawberries
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup oil
2 Tbsp cider vinegar
1-2 Tbsp poppyseeds
--Recipe submitted by Lindsey Bingham