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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Julie's Pasta Salad & Applesauce Oaties



I know I haven't posted in a while, but our budget is pretty tight so I haven't been doing much in the kitchen lately.  I made the pasta & cookies for a Mother's Day picnic on Sunday (my mom  & Frank came for a visit). 

This is my own pasta salad recipe.  The unmarked cans in the photo are Mexican corn.  I also added some parmesan cheese.  Turned out pretty good, and everyone seemed to enjoy it!




My mom had requested oatmeal raisin cookies for Mother's Day, so I decided to use this recipe I had never used before.  Much better than "regular" oatmeal raisin.  The applesauce in them made them very moist & the cinnamon & nutmeg gave them a nice kick.  I also added 1 teaspoon each of vanilla & lemon extracts.  They called for chocolate chips, but I used butterscotch, and I couldn't afford the walnuts the recipe mentioned (would have been even better with nuts).  These were excellent, and everyone loved them.  I'll make them again.

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