Chocolate Sauce

In a glass bowl, mix:

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 TBSP cocoa
2 TBSP flour
1/8 tsp salt

Add:

2/3 cup milk
2 TBSP corn syrup
1 TBSP butter or margarine

Microwave 2 - 4 minutes, or until boiling. Stir well. Microwave an additional 2 - 5 minutes, stirring every 1 1/2 minutes, until sauce reaches desired thickness. Mix in 1 tsp vanilla . Let cool at room temperature and serve over ice cream.

*D: Easiest chocolate sauce ever. I realize cocoa may not be a product everyone has on hand. If you don't always have cocoa, I recommend you get some. It's a versatile ingredient that you can use for a lot of different recipes and baking techniques.

This is my Mother-in-law's recipe, and she only ever adds 1 TBSP cocoa. I usually do 2.

The longer you microwave the sauce (the second time), the thicker it is.

***Do NOT try to speed up the cooling process. It will turn into a chocolate brick. I'm not kidding.*** Pin It

Easy Cheesy Tuna Casserole

1 can Cream of Chicken soup
3 cups cooked pasta
1 can of tuna
1 cup shredded cheese

In a glass baking dish, mix pasta, soup, and tuna. Top with cheese and bake at 350* until cheese is melted.


*D: Easy, right? You know, I don't love tuna casserole, but I could eat this once a week. The tuna flavor was very subtle because there is only one can.

Variations: Use cream of mushroom instead, top with french fried onions or seasoned bread crumbs, add in half a bag of frozen peas, top with fresh tomatoes.

This is a small recipe - it only calls for 3 cups of cooked pasta. If you have more than 3 people in your family, I'd double it. I did not measure how much cheese I put on top. I just grated cheese and covered the top with a layer - that's my favorite part!

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