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To: libertarian27

The garden is producing so we’ve been having lettuces and greens on the menu this week. Looks like tomatoes and squash will be on the table by next week. Here’s a quick little garden spinach dish we enjoyed a couple days ago with some on sale mushrooms.

Spinach

In a skillet, saute thinly sliced 1/4 onion and a handful of sliced mushrooms in 1/4 C ham juices (from the Easter ham). Add a bag of fresh baby spinach to wilt and cook through. No need to add salt because the ham juice is salty and adds a nice flavor.

BTW, don’t throw out that Easter ham bone. Pick it clean and freeze the meat bits to use later in soups or casseroles. Freeze the bone to use next winter in a pot of pinto beans. Also, pour the ham juice into tiny freezer containers or pour into ice cube trays and then bag them up. When you need that bit of flavor for a dish, just throw in one or two of the cubes.

Eggs were on sale this week. If you have excess eggs, freeze them in ice cube trays. They can be separated with yolks in one cube and whites in another for easy baking use. When you use them, thaw them on the counter rather than nuking them so you don’t cook them.


11 posted on 04/30/2011 9:12:27 AM PDT by bgill (Kenyan Parliament - how could a man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
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Well, I’m jealous. Here in north Idaho we are still having freezing night, days in the 50 degree range, and some snow. Won’t have any tomatoes until August. I did order some heirloom tomato plants and am anxiously waiting to try them. Sure wish I was in Texas....


15 posted on 04/30/2011 9:29:13 AM PDT by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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