Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 to 2 3/4 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar

Melt chocolate with butter in top of double boiler over hot water. Remove from hot water; stir in sour cream, vanilla, and salt. Slowly beat in confectioners’ sugar until desired spreading consistency is reached.  [...]

Dad’s Cheeseballs

16 oz cream cheese
1 ounce blue cheese
1 bottle Old English cheese (in the store “fake cheese” department; by Velveeta)
3 green onions, finely chopped
2 shots Worchester sauce
Mix well in a blender.  Refrigerate for an hour or so to firm it up (not absolutely necessary, but makes it easier to work with).  Divide in half.  Form into [...]

Fiesta Corn

2 – 16 oz cans of yellow or white niblet corn
8 oz garlic & onion flavored cream cheese
4 oz can diced green chiles.
Combine ingredients in a 1 ½ quart casserole and bake covered for 30 minutes in a 350 degree preheated oven.
6 servings – 4 WW points each…210 calories, 8 fat, 3 fiber

Spinach & Cheese Casserole

2 – 10 oz pkgs frozen spinach, thawed
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
6 T melted butter
6 eggs, beaten
16 oz cottage cheese
2 T flour
1 lb sharp cheddar cheese, grated
salt and pepper
Heat oven to 350.  Lightly grease 9X13 dish.  Drain spinach well, saute onion & garlic in 2 T melted butter.  Mix spinach with eggs, cottage and [...]

Oreo Truffles

I got this one from the Kraft Foods website. Nathan says they’re much better than what you’d get at an expensive chocolate store. Hey – if this is all it takes to keep him happy, I’m a very lucky woman.
1 pkg Oreo cookies
8 oz cream cheese, softened
16 oz semi-sweet chocolate, melted
Take all but [...]