[libertarian27]

Most vegetables are something God invented to let women get even with their children. ~ P. J. O'Rourke ~

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May 7 - National Roast Leg of Lamb Day

May 8 - National Coconut Cream Pie Day - National Empanada Day

May 9 - National Butterscotch Brownie Day

May 10 - National Shrimp Day

May 11 - National Mocha Torte Day

May 12 - National Nutty Fudge Day

May 13 - National Apple Pie Day - National Fruit Coctail Day

[libertarian27]

Weekly Cooking Thread Ping list:
(to be added/deleted - please post on thread or PM)

Last week’s recipe recap:

Appetizer* 10 TOMATILLO AVOCADO SALSA
Appetizer* 25 Quick Asian Shrimp Appetizer
Dessert* 23 Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Meal* 3 KILLER CHILI
Meal* 4 Pasta Carbonara
Meal* 14 Picadillo (Shredded Beef)
Meal* 21 Egg’s Benedict Casserole
Side* 11 Ham and Spinach Saute
Side* 24 Better Than KFC’s Cole Slaw
Soup* 5 Ham Soup

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2712792/posts?page=37#37

Thought it would be fun to search through our memories and remember our Mom’s favorite go-to recipes when we were growing up - Have some of your mom’s favorite recipes?

If you’ll be spending time with mom this weekend ask for some of her great recipes. If your kids are visiting you - write down some of your great recipes to give to them!

[FrdmLvr]

Here is a quick and delicious crock-pot recipe that my husband made a few days ago. Not sure which website he found it on but he said it was very easy to make. ( I have to admit, it probably wouldn’t have appealed to me and I probably wouldn’t have made it. But I’m glad he did!):

Beef Burger Stroganoff

1 1/2 lbs. lean gd. beef
3 slices bacon, diced
1 med/lg onion
2 Tbsp flour
1/4 tsp paprika
1 tsp salt
1 can (10 3/4 oz) cream of mushroom soup
2 tbs red wine
1 C sour cream
cooked, flat noodles

In large skillet, throughly brown ground beef and bacon. Drain. In crockpot, mix together drained beef, bacon, onion, flour, paprika, salt. Stir in undiluted soup and wine. Cover pot and cook on low 4-5 hrs. Stir in sour cream, tempering sour cream first. Let stroganoff heat through again before serving.

Serve over noodles.

Serves about 4-6.

[hattend]

My mom made the BEST spaghetti sauce. When we visited relatives back east the first thing she had to do was make a batch of her spaghetti sauce.

Unfortunately, this excellent recipe died with her in 2009. Unless my siblings are lying, nobody asked her for the recipe. I KNOW it’s laying around her someplace... my mission in life is to find it.

I know it involved lots of red wine.

I’ll look around and see what other mom’s recipes I can find when I get off work. She made a Cuban Chicken and Rice that is very unique...if you like citrus based sauce on chicken and rice. My favorite is black beans and rice, cubano style.

No, she/we aren’t Cuban, but I was born there and my parents lived there in the mid 50s as my dad played winter baseball in Havana.

[Library Lady]

I love recipes! Please add me to your ping list. Thank you.

[illiac]

Riverbend Camarones

1 pound 21-25 count shrimp
1 pound bacon
2 green bell peppers
2 red bell peppers
1 large onion
12 mushrooms
1 pound shredded mozzarella cheese
1 cup guacamole
1 cup sour cream
Your choice of Spanish rice

Heat up the grill. Season shrimp with a southwestern blend spice mix ( I like Emeril’s), wrap each shrimp in 1/3 slice of bacon. Skewer the shrimps on pre-soaked wooden skewers. Place on heated BBQ and cook until bacon is done.

In the mean time, slice the veggies and get them cooking on the stove in a little olive oil. When nearly soft, they are done.

Put shrimp on a baking pan and cover with mozzarella (room temp) and bake just until the cheese starts to melt.

Plate the veggies and spanish rice. Put shrimp over the veggies. Add a scoop of guacamole and a scoop of sour cream.

Enjoy!

[daisy mae for the usa]

A few years ago, my darling husband made a “mothering cake” for me on Mother’s day. It is very rich to the taste, and has no flour in it. Here is a link that gives very helpful directions.

http://www.astray.com/recipes/?show=Mother%27s%20cake

However, if I were going to be with my mom this Mother’s Day, I would make this cake. I’ve never tried it, but it looks so elegant and has a spring fresh feeling to it. Link:

http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/mothers-day-cake-recipe/index.html

For kids who want to make a cake for mommy “all by myself” this recipe is perfect, yummy, and can be adapted to suit the child’s tastes. This was made for me for one of my birthdays and I loved it! Link:

http://kidscooking.about.com/b/2011/05/07/ice-cream-sandwich-cake-recipe-2.htm

[Fast Moving Angel]

Mom used to make a pretty passable chili with a pound of ground beef (browned, grease drained), a can of kidney beans (drained), a chopped onion, a can of tomato soup, chopped garlic and some chili powder. She used a lot of canned soup in her cooking — that was pretty big in the ‘50s — so I got hold of a Campbell’s cookbook. There are lots of good recipes in there, very easy and economical.

[bgill]

With the garden coming in, I posted this over on the gardening thread yesterday so thought y'all might like this as well. It's nothing special, just a little something different and uses up a bit of your fresh garden spinach. We had these as a side for a spinach and mushroom quiche.

Spinach Chips (or kale or basil or bok choy or whatever greens):

Cover cookie sheet with parchment paper - a must or it'll stick. Lay out fresh spinach leaves in a single layer (it's fine for some to overlap). Spray lightly with cooking spray or spritz with flavored oil. Sprinkle on dry seasonings you like such as cajun, italian herbs, lemon pepper, garlic salt, etc. Bake at 225 degrees for 25 minutes or until leaves are crisp. They will be very delicate. Serve as a side accompaniment or snack.

[bgill]

Here’s a quick lunch I’m eating now.

Tuna stuffed celery:

4 oz cream cheese block, softened
4 oz mayo
1 tablespoon sweet relish
1 small can tuna
celery stalks

Stir together and serve on celery.

[andyk]

There were a couple of really simple dishes that my mom would make a few times a year, and it was always a real treat. One was the potato pancakes. Oh man I miss those. The other was a real simple egg noodle and diced ham mix with olive oil and parmesan. So simple, but it always seemed really exotic whenever it was made. :)

[Tamar1973]

I can’t call this a true recipe, more like a technique.

My grandmother used to make cinnamon rolls with pie crust. She’d take the leftover pie crust scraps, roll them out, dust them with cinnamon and sugar. Then she’d roll them, cut them and bake them at 350 for about 10-15 minutes and we’d have mini cinnamon rolls.

[Focault's Pendulum]

I Can't Believe It's Not A Packaged Biscuit Appetizer!

This is an old appetizer I just resurrected. I forgot how good it was.

Based on one package of these

Doesn't have to be a brand name, just so long as there are ten biscuits in a pack.

1 egg beaten with one tablespoon of water
3 rashers (strips) bacon.
1 small onion

Saute bacon till almost crisp. Reserve bacon fat in pan

Saute onion in bacon fat until almost translucent.

While you're doing all this separate biscuits and roll out to at least 3 times size. it should be about 4 inches around.

Sop up the excess bacon fat from the onions (Paper towels are great for this.

Incorporate bacon into pan with onions and mix well.

place 1 half to full teaspoon of mixture onto flattened biscuit . Fold over to half moon shapes and seal with a tine fork.

Brush on egg wash for that shiny exterior and bake according to the biscuit directions.

Allow to cool slightly before serving.

This can be doubled, tripled and quadrupled. It can be pre prepped the night before and refrigerated....egg wash at last minute, add 5 minutes to bake time.

[rightly_dividing]

This recipe is common online, but this one differs in that it does not use mashed potatos, but rather chunks, because that's the way my mom did it!

Mom’s Salmon Patties

3 medium potatoes
2 small cans salmon
2 eggs, beaten lightly
1 cup corn meal (maybe more or less)

Peel, dice, and boil potatoes, let cool. When cool, mix all ingredients, add small amount of milk if necessary to make the mix gooey. Form into patties the size of hamburger patties, but can be thicker. Fry in enough oil to come up half way on patties. Cooks quickly, in about 3 or 4 minutes or so. Can be tricky to flip. Experience makes it better each time! Makes about 6 – 8 patties. Enjoy ! Note: you can substitute tuna or crab meat for variety!

[Grammy]

My new favorite soup...

Italian Chicken Soup

Ingredients:
1/2 cup EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
6-8 cloves garlic, minced
2 cup chopped carrots (4- med.)
2 cup chopped celery (4 Stalks w/ leaves)
1 1/2 cup chopped sweet onions (2- med or 1 large)
1/2 cup green bell Pepper diced
1/2 cup red bell Pepper diced
1/2 cup orange bell Pepper diced
1/2 cup yellow bell Pepper diced
1 bunch scallions - diced
2 pound skinned, boned chicken breast,
(cut into strips and then 1/2-inch chunks)
12 cups chicken broth
2 - 14 1/2 oz. Cans diced tomatoes (Italian seasoning)
1 can condensed tomato soup
1 can corn
1 tsp. ground black pepper
1 tsp. ground white pepper
1/2 tsp. Oregano
1/2 tsp. Sweet Basil
Just a pinch of Rosemary
8 oz. Pasta
1 zuchinni, diced

Preparation:
1. In a large heavy pot heat oil over medium heat. Add garlic and saute 1 minute. Stir in Carrots, celery, peppers and onions. Cook 4 to 6 minutes, until crisp-tender.
2. Add chicken and cook 4 to 6 minutes, stirring often.
3. Add broth and tomatoes, soup and scallions, and remaining spices, increase heat to high, cover and bring to boil. Reduce heat to simmer and cook 30-40 minutes.
4. Stir in zuchinni and allow to soften. Stir in pasta (pre-cooked separately/rinsed)
5. Ladle into bowls and sprinkle with chopped parsley, if desired.

Yield: 16 yummy servings

The soup is even better the second day, although the pasta will absorb quite a bit of the broth. If necessary, add some more chicken broth when you reheat it.

[bert]

last week or so I asked for info on Artisan Bread. I was provided lots by the good guys on these threads

I have successfully baked 5 loaves, the last two were very good......tough crust, holes inside, very good flavor. The amazing thing is that once you get the hang of it, it is really very easy and uncomplicated. The video shows all you need to know

Thanks.....

[BunnySlippers]

May 7 - National Roast Leg of Lamb Day

Leg of lamb was over $85.00 at the market last week. Anyone else with this experience?

[elli1]

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