Sift together flour and baking powder. Add butter and sugar and mix until all particles are fine. Stir in pecans. Mix well. Pat into bottom of well greased 9×13-inch pan. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes, remove and cool.

Pecan Topping
2 Eggs
3/4 cup dark Corn Syrup
1/4 cup Brown Sugar, firmly-packed
3 tablespoons Flour
1/2 teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoons Vanilla
3/4 cup coarsely chopped Pecans
30 Pecan Halves

Beat eggs until foamy. Add corn syrup, brown sugar, flour, salt and vanilla. Mix thoroughly. Pour over partially-baked crust. Sprinkle with chopped pecans. Or if desire, mix chopped pecans into filling and arrange pecan halves over top (one for each bar). Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes and let cool in pan. Cut into about 48 bars (about 1 1/2 inch x 1 1/2 inch). Place a pecan half on top of each bar. Makes 2 1/2 dozen bars.

3 1/2 cups pitted Bing Cherries

1/3 cup Lemon Juice

1 package (3oz) Orange Gelatin

3/4 cup chopped Pecans

1 bottle (3oz) sliced Stuffed Olives

Drain cherries; add water to cherry syrup and lemon juice to make 1 3/4 cups liquid. Heat; pour over gelatin and str until dissolved. Chill until partially set. Add Cherries, pecans add olives. Pour into individual molds or shallow pan; chill until firm. Service on Lettuce with mayonnaise

Black Cherry & Olive Salad

6 Apples
1/2 cup Red Cinnamon Candies
1/4 cup Sugar
2 cups Water
1/2 cup broken Pecan Pieces
10 Dates, pitted and chopped
1/2 cup diced Pineapple
1/4 cup Salad Dressing

Pare and core apples. Cook candies and sugar in water until dissolved; add whole apples and cook slowly until transparent but not soft. Chill. Combine remaining ingredients; stuff apples with this mixture and serve on lettuce. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon, if desired.

1lb. Elbow Macaroni
1/2 cup Vinegar
1/2 cup Salad Oil
1/4 teaspoon Paprika
Salt and Pepper to taste
3/4 cup chopped Pecans
1 cup Ham, cut in strips
1 cup American Cheese, cut in strips
3/4 cup chopped Green Pepper
1/4 cup sliced Scallions

Cook macaroni in boiling salted water until tender. Drain and rinse with cold water. in large bowl, combine vinegar, oil, salt and pepper. add macaroni and remaining ingredients. Toss lightly. Cover and chill at least one hour before serving. Makes 8-10 servings

Pecan Turkey Stuffing

12 cups fresh White Bread cubes
1 1/2 cup coarsely chopped Pecans
1/2 cup chopped Parsley
1 tablespoon Poultry SeaSoning
2 teaspoons Salt
1/2 teaspoon Pepper
1/2 cup Butter
3 cups chopped Celery
1 cup chopped Onion
In large bowl, combine bread cubes, pecans, parsley, poultry seasoning, salt, pepper; toss to mix well.

In medium skillet, melt butter and saute celery and onion until golden — 7 to 10 minutes. Add to bread mixture; toss lightly until well mixed.

Use to fill prepared turkey. Makes 12 cups, enough to stuff a 16-lb. turkey, 16 servings.

Whole-wheat bread cubes my be substituted for the white bread cubes. Add a teaspoon of sage to the spice, if desired

2 cups Pecans (finely chopped in blender)
1 tablespoon Wheat Germ
1 unpeeled Apple, Cored and diced
1 banana, sliced
1 unpeeled Pear, cored and diced
1 cup seedless Raisins
1 teaspoon Brown Sugar
Reconstituted Nonfat Dry Milk Solids

Combine all ingredients except milk. Moisten mixture with milk.
Serve. Yields 4-6 servings

in a small bowl, beat butter until smooth and soft. Beat in the honey, then mix in pecans. Use immediately or keep refrigerated. Allow to soften before using. Makes about 1 cup.

March, 2011 Bizarre and Unique Holidays

Month:

• Irish American Month
• Music in Our Schools Month
• National Craft Month
• National Frozen Food Month
• National Irish American Heritage Month- designated by Congress in 1995.
• National Nutrition Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Women’s History Month
• Poetry Month
• Red Cross Month
• Social Workers Month

Did you Know? March was named for the Roman God “Mars”

Week Celebrations:

• 2nd Week National Bubble Week
• 2nd Week Crochet Week

Each Day:1 National Pig Day1 Peanut Butter Lovers’ Day2 Old Stuff Day3 I Want You to be Happy Day3 If Pets Had Thumbs Day3 National Anthem Day3 Peach Blossom Day4 Employee Appreciation Day first Friday in March4 Holy Experiment Day4 Hug a GI Day4 National Salesperson Day - first Friday in the month5 Multiple Personality Day6 Dentist’s Day6 National Frozen Food Day7 National Crown Roast of Pork Day8 Be Nasty Day8 International (Working) Women’s Day9 Panic Day10 Middle Name Pride Day11 Johnny Appleseed Day11 Worship of Tools Day - guys, you can relate12 Girl Scouts Day12 Plant a Flower Day13 Ear Muff Day13 Jewel Day14 Learn about Butterflies Day14 National Potato Chip Day14 National Pi Day- Why today? Because today is 3.14, the value of Pi.15 Everything You Think is Wrong Day15 Ides of March15 Incredible Kid Day15 Dumbstruck Day16 Everything You Do is Right Day16 Freedom of Information Day17 Submarine Day - the hero sandwich or the boat??17 Saint Patrick’s Day18 Goddess of Fertility Day18 Supreme Sacrifice Day19 National Quilting Day - third Saturday of month19 Poultry Day20 International Earth Day20 Extraterrestrial Abductions Day20 Proposal Day21 Fragrance Day22 National Goof Off Day23 National Chip and Dip Day23 Near Miss Day24 National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day25 Pecan Day25 Waffle Day26 Make Up Your Own Holiday Day27 National “Joe” Day28 Something on a Stick Day29 National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day29 Smoke and Mirrors Day30 National Doctor’s Day30 I am in Control Day30 Take a Walk in the Park Day31 Bunsen Burner Day31 National Clam on the Half Shell Day