RECIPE SWAP: FROM SOUP TO DESSERTS: READERS SHARE THEIR FAVORITE RECIPES

Each week in Recipe Swap we seem to have a nice variety of recipes and this week is no exception. We have everything from soups and vegetables to desserts to share with you. I think you will enjoy making one or more of them this week. I'm sure many of you will be busy planning your Easter brunch and lunch menus, so be sure to share your favorites with other readers.

Cordy Voepel has sent in a couple of her favorite recipes. She's a very good cook and I'm anxious to try her Poppy Seed Turnovers. She said in her note, they are very good and can be made ahead and put in freezer until ready to use.

Poppy Seed Turnovers

2 pounds ground beef

1/2 cup chopped onion

1 cup cream of chicken soup

1 cup water

Brown ground beef and onion. Add soup and water. Simmer 20 minutes and cool.

Make pie crust and add 3 tablespoons poppy seeds to crust. Roll out and cut out round circles. Place meat mixture in middle, fold and press edges with fork. Bake on cookie sheet at 400 degrees until lightly brown.

Make Ahead Dessert

1 can Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk

1 (8-ounce) carton whipped topping

1 large can crushed pineapple, or can use other fruit

juice of two lemons

Line a 9x13-inch pan with graham cracker crumbs or use 2 graham cracker crumb pie shells.

Mix all filling ingredients together and chill.

This will last a long time or can be frozen.

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A Cape Girardeau cook shares a family favorite. Before we know it our gardens will be full of squash and we will need good recipes to use up some of the abundance.

Ladonna's Yellow Squasherole

1 pound yellow squash

2 tablespoons onion, diced

1/4 cup mayonnaise

1 egg, beaten

1 1/2 teaspoons sugar

1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

2 tablespoons margarine

Combine squash and onion together. Cook together and drain. Pour into baking dish.

Mix together the mayonnaise, egg, sugar, cheese and margarine. Pour over squash in baking dish.

Top with buttered bread crumbs.

Bake in 350 degree oven for 30 to 45 minutes.

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Another Cape Girardeau reader shares a wonderful recipe for chicken pot pie. It may be a little different than your used to, but I think you will enjoy the wonderful flavor of the combination of ingredients.

King's Arms Tavern Chicken Pot Pie

2 broiler fryers (2 1/2 to 3 pounds each)

2 ribs celery, chopped

1 medium onion, sliced

1 bay leaf

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon white pepper

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup flour

10 ounces frozen peas, cooked

4 ribs celery, diced and cooked

4 carrots, sliced and cooked

1 3/4 cup potatoes, diced and cooked

1 egg

2 tablespoons milk

Pastry Crust Mix, as needed

Preheat oven to 375 degrees 10 minutes before pies are to go into oven.

Put chicken on to cook with water to cover.

Add 2 ribs celery, chopped, the onion, bay leaf, salt and pepper.

Bring water to boil. Reduce to simmer and cook till chicken is done.

Remove fat and strain stock.

Discard skin and bones, cut chicken into large pieces.

Melt butter and stir in flour.

Cook 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Add enough chicken stock, stirring constantly, to achieve desired consistency. Simmer 5 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.

Divide chicken and cooked vegetables equally into 6 to 8 individual casseroles.

Add sauce to amount desired, lifting chicken and vegetables so sauce will flow down and around.

Mix egg and milk to make egg wash.

Cover each casserole with pastry, brush with egg wash and puncture with fork in several places to allow steam to escape.

Bake at 375 degrees until crust is golden brown. Serve piping hot.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings.

Pastry Crust Mix

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons sugar

1 cup shortening

ice water

Mix dry ingredients. Blend in shortening until of pebble consistency. Store in refrigerator until needed. Moisten mix with ice water to hold dough together.

Roll out on lightly floured board.

Instead of using individual casseroles, put in large casserole and top with refrigerator canned biscuits. Bake according to biscuit directions.

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We had a request for broccoli or cauliflower soup recipes. Both of the recipes we will include today are very good, you can adjust to your personal taste.

Broccoli Soup

2 packages (10 ounces each) chopped frozen broccoli

8 ounces fine egg noodles

3/4 cup chopped onion

3 tablespoons oil or margarine

6 cups water

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

6 cups milk

6 chicken bouillon cubes, or equivalent of chicken base

1 pound Velveeta or Cheddar cheese, chopped

pepper to taste

Saute onion in oil in large container. Add water and bouillon cubes, heat to boiling. Stir until dissolved. Add noodles and salt and cook 3 minutes. Stir in broccoli and garlic powder and cook 4 minutes. Add milk and cheese, stirring continuously. Add pepper. Don't allow to boil. As soon as cheese is melted, the soup is done.

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Our second recipe comes from a Cape Girardeau cook who is a soup lover. I'm sure her recipe is very delicious, too.

Broccoli and/or Cauliflower Cheese Soup

4 cups chicken broth

4 cups broccoli or cauliflower, cut into bite size pieces

1 pound processed cheese

2 cups milk

Simmer vegetables in chicken broth 10 to 15 minutes.

Add cheese and milk and heat until cheese is melted. Stir occasionally.

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To close Recipe Swap this week, we have a request for batter dipped and deep fried corn on the cob. I know several area restaurants serve this delicious vegetable. If anyone has the recipe, please send it in so we can help our reader find her recipe.

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I have one last recipe to share with you. A reader sent it in, and must know my family well because the names are correct! I hope you enjoy this fun recipe and I'll see you next week.

Aspirin Cake

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Turn down the TV, remove toys from countertops. Measure 2 cups flour, get baking powder. Remove Ross' hands from the flour. Put flour, baking powder and salt into sifter. Vacuum mixture off kitchen floor that Ross spilled. Get egg. Answer the phone. Separate egg and warm Lexie's snack. Help Ross figure out where the alligator is hiding in his bedroom. Grease pan. Answer the doorbell. Take 1/4-inch of salt from greased pan. Look for Lexie. Put mess in trash can, dishes in dishwasher, call My Daddy's Cheesecake and order a cake. Take two aspirins, call it a day.