Best Lemonade I have EVER made!!!

Made this recipe this morning... but changed it up a little. I juiced 4 lemons. Added 1/2 cup truvia to the lemon juice and mixed this together with 2 qt of cold water. Pretty good... definitely better than Kool - aid and almost as good as chick-fil-a:)

5 Cup Fruit Salad

Since I was a little girl I remember my mom making this dish... and one of the things I loved about it was even though it is filled with dessert type things we could eat it as a side dish:) One little girl wouldn't like that!!! I now let our children enjoy it right along side their Thanksgiving turkey or Easter ham... it is a FAVORITE!!!

5 Cup Fruit Salad

2 pkg. Dream Whip (made according to box)
2 cans pineapple chunks
2 cans mandarin oranges
1 jar cherries
bag of marshmallows

Mix together. Refrigerate for a couple of hours and enjoy!!!

***You can also add walnuts if you want but we leave those out because of sensitivities to nuts:)

Oreo Cookie Dessert

 

 

 

 

This is a dessert that my sister in law, Tamara Greenwood, has been bringing to family functions for a while now. It is super yummy and creamy. It is a recipe that has been in her family for a long time. I like the how recipes get grafted into other family recipe collections; through marriage, friendship and great dinners together. :)

 

 

1 pkg. oreos (leave 1 out for crumbling on top) Use half of pkg. for first layer and other half for second layer

1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese softened

1 stick margarine softened

1 small box instant vanilla pudding

2 cups milk

½ cup powdered sugar

12 oz. cool whip

 

(Best if made the day/night before)

Allow cream cheese and margarine to soften and then mix.  Mix pudding with cream cheese/margarine mix, milk and powdered sugar for 2 minutes with electric mixer.  Stir in cool whip.  Make 1 layer of cookies, pour half of mixture over 1^st cookie layer, put another layer of cookies and pour rest of mixture over, crumble 1 cookie crust (take out cream and eat it!) on top.