Nate’s Cheese Ball

Stuff you’ll need and need to do:

  • 2 – 8 ounce blocks of cream cheese
  • 8 ounces shredded cheddar cheese (room temp)
  • 2 sticks or butter or margarine (room temp)
  • 1 pound of Velveeta
  • 1 Tbs onion chopped fine
  • 1 Tbs chopped pimento olives
  • 1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
  • 2.5 ounce jar of dried beef chopped

Mix and roll in crushed bacon thin crackers.  Makes 4 balls. Freezes well.

Carlos’ Con Queso

Stuff you’ll need and need to do:

  • 2# diced white onions
  • 2# diced tomatoes (fresh)
  • 2# diced jalapenos (pickled and drained well)
  • 1 # butter. Â melted to saute the veggies
  • add 6 tbsp of granulated garlic with the veggies to saute
  • once the veggies are soft, but not too mushy, add 30 # Velveeta a little at a time and melt. Â mix well as you add the (fake) cheese.

    That’s it. Personally would use fresh garlic and real chilis and japs.  Again for my taste, I would use chipotles not the canned japs. And yeah….this is for a freakin’ huge batch.

Carlos’ Salsa

Note:Â Unless you are having one hell of a party, you’ll need to scale this back just a tad….

Stuff you’ll need:

  • 8 pounds of peeled white onions.
  • 4 pounds of canned chilies (the not hot type, pickled), drained well
  • 2 pounds of canned pickled jalapenos, also drained well.
  • 8 tbsp salt
  • either 4 or 6 tbsp granulated garlic
  • 2 bunches of cilantro
  • 8 #10 cans of whole peeled tomatoes

Stuff you’ll need to do:

  • Use a food processor to medium dice the onions, chilies, japs, cilantro, and spices. Then add the tomatoes (not drained) and grind until the proper consistency is reached.