Picnic Meal Plans: In the Good Ole Summertime
Fabulous Coleslaw | Easy Italian Beef | Teresa's Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Fabulous Coleslaw
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Medium |
| Serves: | 10 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | In the Good Ole Summertime (Picnic Meal Plans) |
| 8 | cup | cabbage, shredded |
| 1 | medium | carrots, fresh, whole |
| 2 | Tb | onions, diced |
| 0.33 | cup | sugar, granulated |
| 0.5 | tsp | salt, table |
| 0.25 | tsp | Nature's Seasonings |
| 1 | pinch | pepper, fresh ground |
| 0.25 | cup | milk, whole |
| 0.5 | cup | mayonnaise |
| 0.25 | cup | buttermilk |
| 1.5 | Tb | vinegar, white |
| 2.5 | Tb | lemon, juice of |
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Shred one medium carrot and mix with shredded cabbage and minced onion. In a separate bowl, combine sugar, salt, Nature's Seasonings, pepper, milk, buttermilk, vinegar, lemon juice, and mayonnaise and beat until smooth. Add cabbage mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
Easy Italian Beef
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Slow Cooker / Crock Pot Cooking |
| Meal: | In the Good Ole Summertime (Picnic Meal Plans) |
| 3.5 | lb | beef, roast |
| 1 | 6 oz can | pepperonchini |
| 1 | 10 oz bottle | beer |
| 1 | 10.5 oz can | beef broth |
| 0.7 | oz | Italian salad dressing mix, dry |
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Combine all ingredients in a large crock pot. Cook on low for six to eight hours or until beef is very tender and falls apart. Serve on Italian rolls or bread.
Hint: During the last hour of cooking, you may add one or two sliced fresh green peppers.
Teresa's Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Medium |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | In the Good Ole Summertime (Picnic Meal Plans) |
| 3 | large | egg |
| 1 | cup | raisins |
| 1 | tsp | vanilla |
| 16 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 1 | cup | sugar, brown |
| 1 | cup | sugar, granulated |
| 2.5 | cup | flour, all-purpose |
| 1 | tsp | salt, table |
| 1 | tsp | cinnamon. ground |
| 2 | tsp | baking soda |
| 2 | cup | oats, old-fashioned rolled |
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine beaten eggs, raisins, and vanilla and cover with plastic wrap. Let stand for one hour. Cream together room temperature butter and both sugars. Add flour, salt, cinnamon, and soda to sugar mixture and mix well. Blend in egg-raisin mixture and oatmeal. Dough will be stiff. Drop a heaping tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheets and bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
Delicious: Soaking of the raisins is the secret!
