What’s Cooking in
Weaverville
the Kitchen of
Cole, Lunsford
Audrey Webb?
to marry
Chocolate Torte 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rogers of Mrs. Sammy Lunsford of Marshall.
1 stick butter 1 Tbsp. garlic powder
Weaverville announce the engage- A spring wedding is planned.
Like many busy women, Audrey
1 cup self–rising flour
ment of their daughter, Jessica Cole,
Webb of Weaverville loves it when-
1½ cups of crushed pecans (save a few Preheat oven to 350º. Cook
to Ray Lunsford, the son of Mr. and This special to the Tribune.
ever she can find a little extra time in
the kitchen to try her hand at a new
to garnish top) spinach in microwave, draining
recipe. Audrey has enjoyed cooking
1 large Cool Whip completely (you will need to squeeze
for quite some time. Her mother,
1 cup sugar dry with paper towel). Mix all
Glenda Johnson of Asheville, has
1 - 8 oz. cream cheese ingredients together and shape into
taught her countless things in the
1 large package instant chocolate one-inch balls. Place on large baking
kitchen over the years. “I loved be-
pudding sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes.
ing around my mom in the kitchen
3 cups milk Spinach balls may also be chilled
when I was young,” she recalled.
before baking.
“As I got older and went into high
Preheat oven to 350º. In 9 x 13 pan,
school, I remember taking a home
melt butter. Add flour and pecans. Mix Sweet Potato Casserole
economics class that taught me
ingredients together and press down to 3 cups cooked and mashed sweet
even more about cooking.” Once
create crust. Bake about 10 minutes, potatoes
she was out on her own, Audrey
watching carefully as not to burn. Allow 1 cup sugar
also remembers her father (Walter
to cool. Mix cream cheese, sugar, and ½ cup melted butter
Johnson) making delicious steak
half container of cool whip together. 2 beaten eggs
dinners for her family. Audrey still
Spread onto cooled crust. Mix chocolate 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
enjoys cooking today and prepares
pudding and milk. Pour over cream ½ cup evaporated milk
casseroles, salads and fresh fruit
cheese mixture and spread remaining
dishes most often. “I like cooking
Cool Whip on top. Garnish with re- Topping:
complete meals the most,” she said.
maining pecans and refrigerate. 1 cup brown sugar
“I have a great collection of recipe
½ cup flour
books and also love to pick up new
Banana Pudding 1/3 cup melted butter
ideas and recipes from watching the
1 box vanilla wafers 1 cup chopped pecans
Cooking Channel.”
Bananas (about 8) 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Audrey grew up in the Asheville
1 large vanilla pudding mix (to 1 tsp. cinnamon
area and is a 1977 graduate of
cook)
Erwin High School. Following
3 cups milk Preheat oven to 350º. Mix first
her graduation, she completed
1 Cool Whip six ingredients together and pour
the dental assistant and hygienist
in greased baking dish. Bake for
program at Asheville-Buncombe
Line medium bowl with wafers. Peel 20 minutes. While cooking, mix
Ray Lunsford and Jessica Cole.
County Technical Community
and slice banana, alternating layers of topping ingredients together and
College. Audrey worked as a
bananas and wafers until you reach spread on top of casserole. Bake for
hygienist for three years before
top of bowl (the top layer should be another 20 minutes.
becoming a mother. She and her
wafers). Add pudding to milk and cook
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family moved to Charleston where
as directed. Pour over wafer and banana Broccoli Corn Casserole
they lived for four years before mov-
mixture. Allow to cool, then cover with 1 slightly beaten egg
ing back to Weaverville. Audrey
Cool Whip. Sprinkle crushed wafers on 1 10 oz. package frozen chopped
stayed at home with her children
top to garnish. broccoli, partially thawed
Tire & Tinting
for many years and began working
1 frozen tube of corn, heated in
in the public school system once
Quick and Easy Roast microwave
they were all in school. She started
Any roast of your choice 1 small chopped onion
attending Mars Hill College in
2 cans Campbell’s Golden Cream of ¼ tsp. salt
1997 and completed her bachelor’s
Mushroom soup ¼ tsp. pepper
Name Brand New and Used Tires for low, low prices
degree in elementary education in
2 cans of mushrooms or packages of 1 cup grated sharp cheddar
2002. She loves her job as a fourth
fresh mushrooms cheese
Custom Window Tinting
grade teacher at North Buncombe
Water to cover roast ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
Elementary School, where she has
½ stick melted butter
Wash the roast thoroughly. In Crock 1 cup Pepperidge Farm Herb
5 free tire rotations with purchase
worked for the past seven years.
Her husband, Keith, has worked
Pot or slow cooler, add soup and some Stuffing mix
A $100 value!
as a civil engineer for McGill As-
water. Place roast in pot, adding mush-
rooms either now or later. Cook for six In mixing bowl, combine egg,
(proof of purchase required)
sociates for over 20 years. They are
the proud parents of three children:
to eight hours on low. broccoli, corn, onion, cheeses, salt,
Kristen, Hannah and Byron. They
and pepper. Mix stuffing and but-
M-F 8-5:30 / Sat. 8-1
are members of Crossroads As-
Spinach Balls
ter together, tossing to coat. Stir
sembly of God in Asheville where
2 – 10 oz. package frozen chopped
¾ of butter mixture into vegetable
7 Creek View Dr. 828-989-9582
Audrey enjoys serving in the chil-
spinach
mixture. Put in ungreased baking
(next to Erwin HS)
1 small onion, finely chopped
pan. Sprinkle with remaining ¼ cup
828-254-0680
dren’s ministry. In her free time,
Audrey enjoys crafts and flower
1 small package of Pepperidge Farm
of stuffing mixture. Bake uncovered
gardening, and especially likes to
Herb Stuffing
at 350º about 35 minutes.
go camping and canoeing. Below
½ cup of Parmesan cheese
are several of her favorite dishes to
4 well-beaten eggs
Advertise in the Weaverville Tribune
make. Enjoy!
¾ cup of melted butter This report filed by Loren
Metts for the Tribune.
645-8911
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