TX State Conference

HLAA Grapevine Chapter

Improving the quality of life for people with hearing loss

Information Share (recipes or other information requested by members)

This is a downloadable pdf file. It is a card you can attach to your visor with rubber bands to give to police officers, parking attendants - anyone to whom you need to explain how to best communicate with you.

Wes Allen's Hearing Loss Visor Card

Kim Brownen Dip Recipe from 2008 Holiday Party

Kim says the dip everyone liked so much is a special dip from Central Market called the "Love Dip." If you prefer to make it yourself, she's provided the recipe:

Love Dip

Ingredients:

1 (8-oz.) package cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup tomato salsa

1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1/8 teaspoon white pepper

1 teaspoon minced garlic

1/4 teaspoon crumbled dried tarragon or 2 leaves fresh tarragon

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon chopped cilantro

1/8 teaspoon lemon juice

Mix all ingredients in a blender until smooth, except the lemon juice. Once mixed, add lemon juice to taste. Serve with crackers, crudite' or totrilla chips.

Cynthia Boyd Cookie Recipe from 2008 Holiday Party

This N Thats (from Mary Rutledge)

Ingredients:

1 large loaf white bread

1 8 oz. package cream cheese

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

1 cup margarine, melted

Cinnamon & sugar

Cut crusts off bread slices. Roll each slice out flat with a rolling pin. Mix cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar, egg and vanilla together. Spread mixture on each slice. Roll up and dip in margarine, then in mixture of sugar & cinnamon. Place on cookie sheet and freeze. To serve, remove from freezer and cut each roll into three pieces. Place on cook sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Makes about 72 small rolls.