RBJ'S Spreadable Fruit Dip
1/3 Cup or more of Strawberry Almond or Rhubarb Strawberry Spreadable fruit
8 oz. softened cream cheese
8 oz. cool whip

Mix well.

Serve as a dip for fresh fruit, pretzels, or crackers. Fill cakes, or serve on brownies or angel food cake. It is so yummy you might want to just eat it with a spoon!

Use the Spreadable fruit out of the jar as ice cream topping, for pancakes, waffles, on toast, English muffins or top a bagel with cream cheese and the fruit spread.

Fiesta Cajun Cheese Dip
2 cans Fiesta Cheese Soup
16 oz. sour cream
1 pkg. Thunderbird Ranch Cajun Dip Mix
1/4 cup milk

Blend all ingredients together
Microwave until hot or put in small crock pot

Serve with tortilla chips

Frozen Fruit Dip Salad
8 oz. softened cream cheese
Thunderbird Ranch Fruit Dip Mix
1 can (11 oz) mandarin oranges, drained
1 jar (10 oz) maraschino cherries, drained
1 can (8 oz) crushed pineapple, drained
1/2 cup chopped pecans
8 oz. Cool Whip

Beat Fruit Dip Mix with softened cream cheese until fluffy
Set aside 16 oranges for garnish
Add the pineapple and pecans to cream cheese mixture.
Fold in whipped topping and remaining orange segments
Fold Into 9x9 dish and score portions
Garnish each portion with reserved orange segments and maraschino cherries

Freeze until firm (cover with wrap)
Remove from the freezer 10 minutes before serving

Yields: 12-16 servings

Fruit Dip Smoothie
2 Cups vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt
2 Tbls Fruit Dip Mix
1 Cup milk or Vanilla Soy Milk
1 Cup crushed ice

Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth
Serve immediately

Serves 2 to 3

Tip: Add 1 to 2 cups fresh or frozen fruit (bananas, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, etc.)

Prairie Berry Pie
1 graham gracker pie crust (8")
Prairie Berry Mix
8 oz. softened cream cheese
8 oz. Cool Whip

Combine Prairie Berry Mix with softened cream cheese until blended
Fold in Cool Whip (blend)
Pour into graham cracker pie crust

Chill for 2 hours

Tip: Top with fresh fruit if desired.

Chipotle Baby Back Ribs
1 packet Thunderbird Ranch Chipotle Meat Rub
2 full racks of baby back ribs
Bonnies's Country Classics TexMex Barbeque Sauce

Rub Chipotle Meat Rub generously over rib racks until ribs are covered.
Place ribs in shallow pan with 1 1/2 inches of water.
Cover with foil and bake in 350 degrees oven for 2 hours.
Cool for 1/2 hour and place on grill and baste with
Bonnie's Country Classics TexMex Barbeque Sauce.

Approximately 6 servings

Chipotle Drummettes

1 Tbls. Thunderbird Ranch Chipotle Meat Rub 1/3 cup vegetable oil 24 chicken drummettes (about 2 pounds)

Blend Chipotle Meat Rub with oil in large bowl.
Add drummettes; toss well to coat.
Place coated drummettes on foil-lined baking pan;
bake at 425 degrees F for 25 minutes.
Turn drummettes over; bake an additional 20 minutes.

Dip cooked drummettes in prepared Thunderbird Ranch Blue Cheese Dip mix or in Chipotle Dip prepared by adding 1 scant Tbls. Chipotle Meat Rub in 8 oz. sour cream

Grilled Bread
Follow Ingredient list from back of the bread package.

Follow directions from back of the bread package, but instead of baking in oven, bake in a covered grill using the folliwng tips:
Grill Tips:
Ideally, use a three-burner gas grill with the two outside burners on medium and the middle burner off.
Preheat grill to 350 degrees.
Place bread pan in the middle over the off burner.
Bake for 45-55 minutes until brown and bread is pulling from sides of the pan.

On a two-burner gas grill, preheat grill until 350 degrees.
Turn off one side and place bread pan on off side leaving the other side on medium to maintain temperature.
Bake as above.