Looking for old recipe - it was called "Family Pie"

[skand]

lol Yall are funny!
Guess it must be a southern thing. Yummy good, though.
Ya know, studies have shown that the more you neglect yourself to eat before the holidays makes you eat more, therefore that's where the guilt and added holiday weight gain comes from.
Gorge yourself before the holidays, ya look at the buffet and go, no thanks, I'm already full.
lol

 

[Chicabee19]

Eating lightly in the weeks coming up to the holidays, I lose a few pounds.

I eat exactly the same as always during the holidays - being deprived doesn't make me eat more, it just makes the food taste extra good so I am satisfied with what I do eat!

I gain only 4 pounds instead of 8.

 

[bulldog-girl]

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Same here chic-I do so appreciate the taste more and I find I do eat less of the sweets as they are so rich. We try not to have losts of sweets around the house anyway. I am too tempted, so I enjoy the holidays when I get a reason to make the goodies to take to holiday events.

 

[skand]

lol will someone come get this halloween candy out of my house?!
I keep finding it no matter where I hide it.
I try not to make too much for the holiday meals, that way I'm just not tempted to eat. I taste test too much while cooking.

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Sounds almost like crazy crust peach cobbler:

CRAZY CRUST PEACH COBBLER

1 stick butter
1 c. sugar
1 c. self-rising flour
3/4 c. milk
1 lg. can sliced peaches (No. 2 1/2)
Sugar

Melt butter in oblong pan (about 8x12x2). Make batter of sugar, flour and milk. Mix well and pour over butter. Spoon peaches over batter (juice and all). Sprinkle sugar over top. (Sprinkle cinnamon if desired.) Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes 1 hour or until brown.
Note: You may use any kind of canned fruit.

 

[Chicabee19]

I keep finding it no matter where I hide it.

LOL!

I think my DH solved the Halloween candy eating problem around here. He brought home crap I can't stand. After just 2 days of eating non-dark chocolate whatever... I put it all in his coat pocket and he found it when he got to work.​

 

[skand]

lol best place to hide it! Jim keeps griping bout that this year, the girls didn't get any candy that he likes. Me, I love suckers, and they got tons of those dum-dums.

 

[chickens4jojo]

Those recipes sound great & now I am hungry.....again.

 

[Athena]

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Skand....

Do you know what I used to do with ALL the Halloween candy??

I used to freeze it, and then, when time came, make gingerbread houses out of pint size milk cartons....

Use graham crackers, and glue them up onto the milk carton with "royal icing"... You can google it and find the recipe.. its basically confectionary sugar, egg, ....boy my youngest is 18 now, so, I have to go from memory!!

Materiels needed are:
small empty, dried milk cartons, graham crackers, royal icing and candy.

I was a PTA vice prez for years when the kids were small, and that was my yearly event... coming to school, and making ginger-bread houses with the kids. First, It was my daughters 2nd grade class, the following year, it became the entire 2nd grade class... (6 classes) ...and the third year, the entire school, K thru 6th grade. We had nightly classes complete with parents in the school cafeteria, till everyone that wanted to make one, made them!

Very popular and fun.

Right after Halloween, I sent home notes to the childrens parents, to save their Halloween candy... it saved parents the anguish of their kids eating too much candy, and it gave the kids soemthing to look forward too.. besides,the kids just loved making them. You should see the artistry that came out...

Then with royal icing, "glue" then onto a white chinet plate..and decorate the landscape... small green jelly trees.. wreaths, flowers... etc..

Great family event!

 

[Leah-yes I know I'm crazy]

Athena- you are right about the Ginger Bread houses and halloween candy. Been doing it for years. Our tradition is to make them the day after thanksgiving, but we use a hard gingerbread recipe. We scope out the Halloween candy for "construction material" as soon as it comes in the door.