A few weeks ago, we had a potluck here at work. I made one of my favorite go-to snacks, green chile pinwheels. It was also the last week of school, so I made an extra batch of pinwheels and sent them with my husband, Mark, to school. (Mark teaches seventh-grade math.) At the end of the day, he brought home the empty plate and two requests for the recipe. The pinwheels are simple to make. That’s probably why they’re among my favorites, and I was thrilled to share the recipe. As I was writing, I wondered about you and your favorite go-to snacks and potluck dishes. Care to share?

Green Chile Pinwheels
8 oz. softened cream cheese
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/2 cup chopped green chiles (or good New Mexican salsa!)
4 flour tortillas

Mix the cream cheese, garlic salt, and chiles. Divide the cream cheese mixture into fourths and spread each fourth onto a flour tortilla. Roll up each tortilla. Cover the rolled tortillas with plastic wrap, and stick them in the refrigerator until just before time to serve. Then cut the rolled tortillas into one-inch slices and enjoy.

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1. 08 Jul 2009 at 4:35 pm # 8.  Carol Hughes
   
   

   Here’s a recipe for Chocolate Oatmeal Drops
   2 c. sugar 1 tsp. vanilla
   1/2 c. cocoa 3 c. oatmeal
   1/2 c. milk 1 c. nuts or 1/2 c. peanut butter (optional)
   1/2 c. butter (1 stick)

   Mix sugar, cocoa, milk and butter in a sauce pan. Bring to boil and boil for one minute, stirring constantly. Add vanilla, then pour mixture over oatmeal and nuts (if desired). Mix thoroughly until mixture thickens. Drop onto waxed paper, using tablespoon. (Flo Price)

   This is easy to do at school if you have a hot plate. You just have to warn kids about how very hot this gets when boiling!! After it cools a little, kids can help scoop mixture and place on wax paper.

2. 08 Jul 2009 at 4:28 pm # 7.  Ellen
   
   

   One of my favorite chicken recipes is:

   Skinless Chicken Breasts

   1/2 Bottle of Catalina Salad Dressing
   1 pkg. of dry Onion Soup
   1 can of whole cranberry sauce

   Mix three ingrediants in a bowl and pour over chicken
   Bake 350 for an hour or until chicken is tender.

3. 08 Jul 2009 at 11:51 am # 6.  Wendy
   
   

   Here is an easy dessert.

   Chocolate Truffle

   Layer the following in a glass dish:

   Chopped Little Debbie’s Brownies
   Chocolate pudding(I buy the gallon can, already made)
   Cool Whip

   Put as many layers as you want. The more layers you put, the prettier it looks!

   Then top with sliced strawberries. I have also grated a chocolate hershey bar for topping when strawberries were out of season.

   Everybody raves over this dessert no matter where I take it. People always ask me for the recipe.

4. 08 Jul 2009 at 11:49 am # 5.  Trisha Orend
   
   

   I will give this recipe a try for my next home child care get together. Thanks for posting. I love the quick and easy and of course tasty recipes.

5. 08 Jul 2009 at 11:23 am # 4.  Pat
   
   

   Another easy roll up idea or for a spread for Ritz crackers is just to mix a package of dry Italian salad dressing mix to 8 oz. of softened cream cheese. You can then either form into a ball to serve with crackers or spread on the flour tortillas, chill them, and slice like you do for the green chili pinwheels. Just an idea!

6. 08 Jul 2009 at 11:12 am # 3.  Pat
   
   

   Thanks so much - will take these tonight to a get together next week! Wonderful idea to post recipes - especially quick and easy ones!

7. 08 Jul 2009 at 10:06 am # 2.  Audrey
   
   

   Thanks! I’m having a summer get together with some teachers from school and was just wondering what to serve. I’ll give it a try.

8. 08 Jul 2009 at 9:10 am # 1.  Janie
   
   

   Sounds really good, I am going to try!!

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