Dad's Meatless Spaghetti Sauce

2 T veg oil (maybe a little butter)
1 onion
Green peppers
zucchini
summer squash, etc
Can also use mushrooms, etc.

Saute on low heat til onions clear
Add 4-5 diced tomatoes
May also add celery (dad didn't)
1 tsp Italian Seasoning
1/2 tsp celery seed
bay leaves
1/2 tsp thyme
Simmer

Add 1 cup tomato juice or use chicken broth.

Grandpa Sterling's Tarter Sauce

lemon
salad dressing or mayo
olives
onion
sugar

(Easter Ham) Baked Ham

1 3-6 lb ham
1/2 c. brown sugar
1 can sliced pinapple
maraschino cherries
or cloves

Place ham fat side up in a roasting pan. Score ham at 2 inch intervals in a diamond pattern. Mix brown sugar with 3/4- 1 c. pinapple juice and a little cherry juice. Place pineapple slices on top of ham and secure a cherry in the middle of each with a toothpick. Spread the br. sugar liquid over the ham, and cover with foil. Bake at 325 for 1 hour or maybe more. Baste the liquid over several times during baking. Let the ham set and rest a while before slicing.

Note: Grandpa uses cherries instead of cloves, but most scored ham has cloves poked. You could use both.

Onion Casserole

1/2 c. margarine, divided
1 med. onion thinly sliced
6 c. coarsely chopped onion
1 T. flour
6 slices bacon cut in 1/2 inch pieces
pinch nutmeg
2 eggs
1 tsp salt
2/3 c. light cream
1/8 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp dried leaf thyme
1 c. shredded Swiss cheese

Melt 1 T. butter in large skillet. Add sliced onion and cook 'til tender but not brown. Remove and reserve. Add remaining 3 T. butter, add chopped onions and cook, covered over low heat about 35 min or until tender and slightly golden. Remove from heat, sprinkle with flour and mix well. Cook bacon until well done but not crisp. Drain. Beat together eggs, cream, seasonings. Add cooked chopped onions, bacon and 1/2 cheese. Mix well and put into baking dish. Arrange cooked onion slices over top and sprinkle remaining cheese on top.

Bake at 375 for 30-35 min. or until golden brown and knife inserted in center comes out clean.
Serves 6-8

In our ward at Logan the R.S. has a yearly bake-off when the men all bring a dish he has cooked. The dishes are judged, and Grandpa Sterling won the Bake-off with this recipe. We have an award in our kitchen which is a golden muffin trophy. I think he is the only man to win it twice. He once won with a cake called "Better Than Sex Cake". Maybe it was the name that brought about the win.