Sour Cream Orange Dip

Ingredients:

1/4 cup butter or margarine softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 medium orange
1 cup sour cream
Assorted fresh fruit


Directions:
1. Zest 1 tbsp orange zest from orange.
2. Juice 1/4 cup from orange.
3. In small bowl mix butter, sugar and orange zest until well blended.
4. Gradually stir in sour cream and orange juice until smooth.
5. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
6. Serve with fresh, cut up fruit arranged on a chilled platter.


Little Tip: Dip can be used as a sauce to spoon over cut up fruit in dessert glasses.


*courtesy of Pampered Chef

Orange Fruit Cups

Ingredients:

3 Oranges
2 cups sliced or cut up fresh fruit (apples, bananas, strawberries, kiwi, melon)
Flaked coconut (optional)
Fresh mint leaves (optional)

Directions:

1.Use knife to cut V-shape cuts into each orange crosswise. Remove orange segments from orange halves.
2. Cut orange into bite sized pieces. Toss with remaining fruit.
3. To serve spoon the fruit mixture into orange cups. Garnish with coconut and mint leaves if desired.


*courtesy of Pampered Chef.

Oriental Dressing

Ingredients:

3 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 clove of garlic, pressed
1/2 tsp of minced fresh ginger root
S&P to taste

Directions:
1. Whisk ingredients together
2. Pour over salad, toss and serve


Little Tip: to toast sesame seeds place on baking sheet in 350 oven for 2-3 minutes.

*courtesy of Pampered Chef

Heavenly Tasting Cheesecake

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups of crumbs of choice for crust of choice (see below)
1/4 cup melted butter
3 pkgs (250g) each of Cream Cheese
3/4 cups sugar
3 eggs
Selected Add Ins (see below)

Directions:
1. Combine crumbs and melted butter. Press into bottom of 9" springform pan.
2.Beat Cream Cheese and sugar together until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time and mix just until blended. Add your selected Add Ins and pour into crust.
3.Bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes, (when center is almost set).
4.Cool completely then refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight.

Selected Add-Ins:

For Chocolate Lovers Cheesecake use chocolate crumbs. Add 6 squares of melted and cooled baker's chocolate and 1/4 cup of Amaretto Liqueur to the middle. On top drizzle melted chocolates and top with roasted almonds.

For White Chocolate Cranberry Cheescake use vanilla crumbs. Add 4 squares of melted and cooled baker's white chocolate, a handful of cranberries and orange zest to the middle. On top put some orange slices, dried cranberries, and white chocolate curls.

For Citrus Mint Cheescake use graham crumbs. Add a spoonful each of juice and zest from a lemon, lime, and orange as well as some chopped fresh mint. On top put lemon, lime and orange slices and mint sprigs.

For Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake use ginger crumbs. Add 1 cup canned pumpkin, handful of toasted chipped pecans, a dash of nutmeg and a dash of cinnamon. On top put Cool Whip whipped topping, toasted pecans and cinnamon sticks.

*courtesy of Philadelphia Cream Cheese package.

CoolWhip Pudding Pie

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups Oreo Baking Crumbs
1/3 cup melted butter
1 1/2 cups milk
1 package (4 serving size) Jello Instant Pudding of choice
2 cups thawed Cool Whip whipped topping

Directions:
Combine Oreo Baking Crumbs with melted butter in a 9" pie plate. Press against sides and bottom of pie plate.

Beat milk with Jello Instant Pudding until thick. Fold in Cool Whip topping.

*courtesy of a Cool Whip Whipped Topping container lid.

Spoon into crust. Chill 30 minutes or until set. Top with additional whipped topping.