1. Tuna Filled Cheese-Noodle Ring
2. Crazy Crust Pizza
3. Frost on the Pumpkin Pie

• 8 oz. pkg. wide noodles
• Boiling water, salted
• 1 cup milk
• 3 eggs, well beaten
• 2 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese
• dash pepper

Break noodles in 1-inch, pieces; cook in boiling, salted water according to package directions. Drain. Scald milk; pour into eggs gradually, stirring constantly. Add to noodles with 1 1/2 Cups of cheese, 1 teaspoon salt and pepper. Mix well. Spoon into well-greased 10" ring mold. Set mold in pan of water. Bake in 325' oven 45 minutes. Unmold on baking sheet, sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese. Put under broiler until cheese browns. Slide ring into large serving plate. Fill center with Tuna Green Bean Mushroom Sauce or Chicken and Peas in Celery Sauce (recipes follow). - Mrs. Ralph Cope

Tuna Green Bean Mushroom Sauce

• 10 1/2 or 11 oz. can condensed mushroom soup
• 2 cups cooked green beans
• 7 oz. can tuna, drained
• 1/2 cup milk

Combine ingredients and heat to boiling.

Chicken and Peas in Celery Sauce

• 10 1/2 or 11 oz. can condensed celery soup
• 2 cups cooked peas
• 1 cup diced chicken
• 1/2 cup milk

Combine ingredients and heat to boiling.

Batter

• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning or leaf oregano
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup milk

Topping

• 1 1/2 lbs. ground beef or 1 cup thinly sliced pepperoni
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 1 can (4 oz.) mushrooms (optional)
• 1 cup pizza sauce or Hunt's Herb Sauce
• 1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese

In medium skillet, brown ground beef, seasoning to taste with salt and pepper (no need to brown pepperoni, if used). Drain well. Set aside. Lightly grease and dust with flour 12- or 14-inch pizza pans or 15x10 jelly roll pan. Prepare batter. Combine flour, salt, Italian seasoning, pepper, eggs, and milk. Mix until smooth. Pour batter into pan, tilting pan so batter covers bottom. Arrange topping of meat, onion, and mushrooms over batter. Bake on low rack in oven at 425 degrees F for 25-30 minutes until pizza is deep golden brown. Remove from oven. Drizzle with pizza sauce and sprinkle with cheese. Return to oven for 10-15 minutes. Serves 3 or 4. - Mrs. R. M. Moore

• 1 cup pumpkin (not pie filling)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 quart vanilla ice cream

Combine all the above ingredients into ice cream. Let ice cream melt enough to mix good. Fold in pumpkin and pour into crust and freeze.

Crust

• 1 1/2 cups ginger snap crumbs or graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 cup sifted confectioner's sugar
• 1/2 cup melted butter

Mix together and pat into pie pan. A ginger snap crust is best. You may use graham cracker crust. - Mrs. Gerald Fugit

The Blue Denim Gourmet
25th Anniversary Collector's Edition
by The Junior League of Odessa, Texas
ISBN: 0-9612508-2-8