A wonderful recipe for using up end of season cucumbers that are too large and seedy to use for other canning or dishes. The relish is sweet and sour with a wonderful aroma of pickling spices. It is sparkling green with bits of red and yellow sweet pepper. Perfect for gift giving during the holidays….
Month: October 2018
Shepherd’s Pie for 2
Easy dinner for just a couple of people. It only takes 1/2 pound of ground beef. This is perfect for left over vegetables or mixed frozen vegetables. Add a salad or a dish of applesauce to complete the meal. Cooking a hardy meal can be done even for just one or two people.
Pumpkin Pound Cake
Very easy pumpkin cake from a cake mix, canned pumpkin and box of pumpkin spice pudding. Since the pumpkin spice pudding is seasonal, butterscotch pudding will also make this pumpkin cake special. I won a ribbon for this recipe using the butterscotch pudding. So there is no excuse not making this pound cake anytime. I…
Making Bread Crumbs and Dried Bread Cubes
I like to make my own bread crumbs from bread that is at the end of it’s shelf life. It is also getting close to Thanksgiving and we enjoy stuffed turkey. It makes sense to find uses for stale bread. I sometimes make French toast or bread pudding with the extra bread. The breads I usually use…
Curly Kale Chicken Cannellini Soup
Hearty Fall soup that is easy to make. Kale is delicious in vegetable soups and adds great color to bean soups. Add some grated carrots and a chopped fresh tomatoes will make an appealing presentation to a bean soup. Serve it with corn bread or crusty rolls with lots of butter. I started with enough…
Ravioli From Scratch (Cooking for two)
There is nothing better then freshly made ravioli and the best part is you can fill them with what you have on hand. You don’t need to have a production line of family members to help make the dough, then roll it out and fill them. It is not as intimidating to make as it…
Drying Cherry Tomatoes
I have more little cherry tomatoes than I can possibly eat right now. Instead of letting them go to waste in the refrigerator, I am drying them and will store them like the expensive sun dried tomatoes you see in the produce department of the grocery store. When I had to replace my stove the…
Corn Waffles and Chicken
The corn waffles is the star of this meal. It not just any waffle but light and fluffy corn waffles. The waffle batter is made from cream corn and beaten egg whites folded in the batter. If you don’t have a waffle iron this batter makes a wonderful pancake. It is perfect to pair up…
Apple Lasagna
Delicious dessert to finish off a fall dinner. Easy to make using just 4 cooked lasagna noodles, ricotta cheese, and 1 can of apple pie filling. This recipe makes 6 servings and baked in a 9 inch x 7 inch baking pan. The noodles is layered with ricotta cheese filling and apple pie filling on…
Baked Eggplant BLT Sandwich
Looking for something different to make with a large eggplant? Try it in a sandwich, but not just any sandwich, a BLT with provolone cheese. You start by slicing the egg plant and baking the slices in the oven. Large eggplant can be bitter, so you can remove some of the bitterness. Also eggplant can…
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