This lush smooth soup from Thai-Lao cuisine lends itself beautifully to a Thanksgiving feast. Large wedges of cooking pumpkin, with pale gray-green skins, are sold in Caribbean and Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian groceries. Choose the pumpkin with the reddest flesh. You can also use North American pumpkin or kabocha squash.

serves 8
You might need to buy:
  • cooking pumpkin
  • vegetable broth
  • loosely packed cilantro leaves
  • coarsely ground black pepper
  • minced scallion greens
You might need to buy:
  • shortening
  • brown sugar
  • white sugar
  • egg
  • vanilla
  • flour
  • salt
  • quick oatmeal

Wonderful mild chocolate brownie like dessert.

serves 24
You might need to buy:
  • sugar
  • flour
  • soda
  • salt
  • margarine
  • cocoa
  • water
  • buttermilk
  • eggs
  • vanilla
Belongs to Layne R Waffle Cookies 

Something different. Colorful

You might need to buy:
  • shortening
  • sugar
  • vanilla
  • any fruit flavor jello
  • salt
  • baking powder
  • flour
Belongs to Layne R Muddy Buddies 

Fun and easy to make. Looks rather like dog food

serves 12
You might need to buy:
  • Chex cereal
  • chocolate chips
  • peanut butter
  • butter or margarine
  • vanilla
  • powdered sugar
Belongs to Layne R Goodie Bars 

Good when you are in a hurry.

You might need to buy:
  • small package Special K Cereal
  • chunky peanut butter
  • sugar
  • white corn syrup
  • melted chocolate chips
Belongs to Layne R Snickerdoodles 
You might need to buy:
  • shortening
  • egg
  • salt
  • cream of tartar
  • sugar
  • soda
  • flour

Traditional danish cookie.

You might need to buy:
  • thick applesauce
  • soda
  • shortening
  • sugar
  • eggs
  • sifted flour
  • cinnamon
  • nutmeg
  • salt
  • chocolate chips
  • cjopped nuts if desired

Also known as Rice Krispie Treatas

serves 24
You might need to buy:
  • (10 oz or about 40 regular marshmellows or 4 cups mini marshmellows
  • butter or margarine
  • Rice Krispies

a good summer soup but kinda labor intensive

You might need to buy:
  • vegetable broth
  • 1Tbs grated fresh ginger
  • whole clove
  • generous pinch cinnamon
  • nutmeg
  • 2tsp maple syrup
  • evaporated milk
  • corn starch
  • orange juice