What’s Cooking in
Weaverville
the Kitchen of
Handy Mart
Keitha Ruiz?
getting a facelift
Taco Soup ½ cup melted butter
1 box powdered sugar
1 lb. ground beef 1 cup butter, softened
Sometimes it takes a new 1 can Rotel tomatoes* 2 eggs
kitchen to bring out the best 1 can dark kidney beans 1 tsp. vanilla
cooking skills in a person! Like 1 can light kidney beans 1 can crushed pineapple,
many of us, Keitha Ruiz of 1 can pinto beans drained
Weaverville began cooking when 1 can whole kernel corn 4 large bananas, sliced
she first married. But it wasn’t 1 pkg. taco seasoning mix 1 – 10 oz. Cool Whip
until four years ago when she 1 jar taco sauce ½ cup chopped pecans
and her husband moved into their cherries
new home that she discovered Brown ground beef. Drain beans
a newfound love for cooking. and corn. Mix all together in Crock Combine cracker crumbs and
“This may sound strange but it Pot. Cook on low for four hours. melted butter. Press into 9x15
was my love for our new kitchen Serve with cornbread or crackers. pan. Mix powdered sugar, one
that really created my love for *Rotel tomatoes and taco sauce can cup butter, eggs and vanilla until
cooking,” she recalled. “Having a either be mild or hot, depending on fluffy. Spread over crust. Spread
Handy Mart, the gas and convenience store at the corner
more spacious and updated place taste. This recipe doubled fills a large pineapple over mixture. Arrange
to cook was really exciting for me. Crock Pot. bananas over pineapple. Spread
of Monticello Road and North Main Street in Weaverville,
Now I enjoy cooking so much Cool Whip over bananas. Sprinkle
is expanding its space. Construction crews are rebuilding
more.” Keitha loves to collect Cheese Ball with nuts. Garnish with cherries.
a section of the structure that has been torn down.
new recipes and enjoys preparing Chill overnight.
Owner Sunny Patel said the new Handy Mart will be three
a wide variety of dishes, including 3 pkgs. cream cheese
times larger than it is in its current form. Patel expects
Italian, Mexican and southern 3 pkgs. corn beef Cream Cheese Pound the store to be ready in approximately 20 days.
style foods. 1 medium onion
Cake
Keitha grew up here in the 1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
Weaverville area. Following her ½ tsp. Accent
1 ½ cups butter, softened
graduation from North Bun-
1 – 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese,
combe High School in 1985, she Soften cream cheese. Chop two
softened
Deputies cont...
earned her associate’s degree in packs of corn beef. Chop onion. Mix
3 cups sugar
business from Asheville-Bun-
Continued from page 1
all ingredients. Chop remaining corn 6 large eggs
of Figueroa’s vehicle uncovered a
combe Technical Community beef and roll cheese ball on beef.
3 cups all-purpose flour
felony counts of possession of a con- kilogram of cocaine. Following the
College. Keitha has worked in
1/8 tsp. salt
trolled substance, cocaine trafficking discovery, troopers with the N.C.
a variety of clerical and mana-
Simply Sinful 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
and maintaining a vehicle for use of Highway Patrol called the Bun-
gerial positions over the years,
a controlled substance. combe County Sheriff’s Office to
including employment with the
½ cup pecans Beat butter and cream cheese
Figueroa, 26, was stopped around make the drug arrest. A kilogram
WNC Alzheimer’s Association,
1 stick butter or margarine at medium speed with an electric
2:30 pm on Sunday near Asbury is approximately the equivalent of
Young Life at Windy Gap, and
1 cup flour mixer until creamy. Gradually add
Road and U.S. Hwy. 19/23 in 2.2 pounds.
Boyles Furniture Company out of
1 – 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
Candler. Lt. Ross Dillingham of Figueroa was taken to the Bun-
Hickory. She has been employed
1 qt. Cool Whip Add eggs, one at a time, beating just
the Buncombe Couny Sheriff’s Of- combe County Detention Center
part-time for Sunny Hill Nurser-
1 cup powdered sugar until blended after each addition.
fice said the stop was made by the and placed under a $30,000 secured
ies since 2007, where she works in
2 boxes instant chocolate pudding Combine flour and slat; gradually
N.C. Highway Patrol and a search bond.
accounting and human resources.
3 cups milk add to butter mixture, beating at
She is also the founder of “Sprig
low speed just until blended. Stir in
of Joy”, a Christian outreach
Melt stick of butter, add pecans vanilla. Spoon batter into greased
ministry to women and teenage
and flour. Mix Well. Press into 13 x and floured 10-inch tube pan. Get the Good Stuff
girls. This ministry seeks to help
9-inch pan. Bake 15 minutes at 375º. Bake at 300º for one hour and 45
women experience ‘the fullness of
Let cool. Mix cream cheese, powdered minutes or until toothpick comes
joy’ in everyday living through
sugar, 1 cup Cool Whip until creamy. clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for
the use of creative humor and
Spread mixture on crust. Mix choco- 15 minutes; remove from pan, and
inspirational drama (for more
late pudding with three cups milk, let cool completely on rack. JASON’S AUTOCARE
information, please visit Keitha
spread on top of cream cheese mixture.
at www.sprigofjoy.com). Keitha’s
Top with rest of Cool Whip.
husband, Greg, has worked as
an aircraft mechanic at Mis-
& AUTOBODY
Banana Split Cake
sion Hospitals for the past four
This report filed by Loren
years, servicing the Mountain
2 cup graham cracker crumbs Metts for the Tribune.
37 Reems Creek Rd.
Area Medical Airlift (MAMA).
Weaverville, NC 28787
They are the proud parents of
their son, Matt. They are active
members of North Asheville Bap-
“What’s Cooking 828.645.9100
tist Church, where Keitha enjoys
serving in the life group, music, in the Kitchen of”
women’s and youth ministries. In Nationwide
her free time, she loves to write,
Anyone interested in being featured in our “What’s Cooking in
read and shop. Here are a few of
the Kitchen of” column, please contact the Weaverville Tribune Warranty
her favorites recipes to share:
at 645.8911.
jasonsautocare.mechanicnet.com
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