Vanilla Butter Icing

Blend ¼ cup soft butter margarine and 2 cups confectioners’ sugar. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla and about 2
tablespoons light cream (or milk).

Colleen's Famous Sugar Cookies

¾ cup shortening (part butter or margarine softened)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla or ½ tsp lemon extract or rum extract
2 ½ cups Gold Medal flour (not self-rising)
1 tsp baking powder
Mix thoroughly the shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Blend in flour, baking powder and salt. Cover dough;
chill at least 24 hours.
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Roll dough 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured cloth covered board. Cut into desired
shapes with cookie cutters. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until very light brown.
Makes about 4 dozen 3 inch cookies.
Freeze and then frost using Vanilla Butter Icing.

Tortilla Soup

2 cups no salt – added tomato sauce
1 ½ cups water
1 cup bottled salsa
1 cup frozen whole-kernel corn
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp dried basil
1 (14 oz) can fat-free, less sodium chicken broth
Cubed cooked chicken
1 (16oz) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 garlic clove, minced
1 ½ cups (6oz) shredded, reduced fat cheddar cheese
30 fat-free baked tortilla chips
Combine first 10 ingredients in a large saucepan; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 12 minutes.
Ladle into bowls; sprinkle with cheese. Serve with chips. Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 1 1/3 cups soup, ¼
cup cheese, and 5 chips). Colleen says it tastes great with sour cream added on top.

Lasagna

6 lasagna noodles
10-oz pkg. chopped broccoli
1 ½ cups cottage cheese
½ tsp dried basil (crushed)
¼ tsp dried oregano (crushed)
¼ tsp pepper
½ cup chopped onion
¼ cup water
1 ½ cups spaghetti sauce
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
2 tbsp parmesan cheese
I cook the noodles in my Dutch oven pan and I cook the broccoli according to the directions on the package
before I layer the lasagna.
Stir together the cottage cheese, basil, oregano, and pepper in a small bowl.
Combine onion and water in a small pan; bring to boiling. Cover and cook until onions are tender; drain; stir
into spaghetti sauce.
Spray a 13x9 baking dish with cooking spray and then layer as follows;
½ of noodles in the baking dish; top noodles with ½ of the sauce mix, all the broccoli, all the cottage cheese
mix, and ½ of the mozzarella cheese; layer remaining noodles, mozzarella cheese, and sauce mix; cover with
foil and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake 5-10 minutes more; sprinkle with parmesan
cheese and let stand for 5 to 20 minutes before cutting it.