Veggie Pot Pie

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• 3 med potatoes
• 3 ribs celery
• 1 sm onion
• 3 carrots
• 1 c. frozen peas
• 2 c. veg. stock
• 1 tsp. thyme
• 1 tsp. garlic salt
• 1/4 c. flour
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper
• frozen Pie crust
• olive oil
• 1 Tbs. butter

  Pre heat oven 350.  Saute veggies in olive oil and butter until tender but not falling apart.  Add flour and seasoning cook for a min.  Deglaze pan with stock to make a rue.  Add peas and turn off heat.  Use ramekins to cut circles out of pie dough.  Fill ramekins with filling and place crust on top.  Bake for 30 min or until golden brown.

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Veggie Pot Pie Tutorial

Chop veggies

Cut out crust

Saute veggies.  Make rue

Cover with pie crust and bake on cookie sheet.

Having your pumpkin and eating it too!

 Every year I spent our hard earned money on pumpkins for my kids to hack up and through away in a week.  Not this year, we shall eat that pumpkin pie, bread and soup and decorate the porch as well.  Pumpkin puree is about $3 a can and its full of preservatives.  It was really no trouble to make i had to clean the pumpkin out any way.  So heres how.

Mmm pumpkin goodness!

Cheese Enchiladas with Poblano Sauce

  Serve these Enchiladas with Refried Beans and Tex-Mex Rice and your family will say ole'

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• 2 Tbs. butter
• 1 small onion chopped
• 2 pablano peppers, charred, peeled and diced
• 1 or 2 Jalapeno peppers charred, peeled and diced(optional for heat)
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 12 corn tortillas 
• 3 cups of monterey jack cheese, grated
• oil

   Saute onion in butter then add peppers and cream heat for 2 min and place into a blender.  Using a kitchen towel over the lid just to be safe blend until smooth(steam will escape when you open the lid to the blender so beware).  Return mixture to the pan and cook for 5 min.  Soften tortillas, by quickly frying them in a skillet filled with 1 inch of vegetable oil and lay onto paper towels.  Place grated cheese in the tortillas and roll up.  Place into a 9x13 pan.  Cover with sauce and heat in 350 degree oven for 10 min or until cheese is melted. Serve with beans and rice.     makes 12


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Cheese Enchilada with Poblano Sauce Tutorial

Roast poblanos and jalapenos

Place into baggie and let cool.

Peal deseed and chop

Saute' chopped onion until translucent, add peppers, cream and salt.
Place ingredients into a blender and blend(be careful)  

Return to pan and heat.

Fill softened tortillas with cheese and roll up.  Cover with sauce and heat as stated in recipe.

Tex-Mex Rice

  On the quest for the perfect Mexican Rice recipe?  Here it is!  You will never make another one again, its quick and easy.   And it goes perfectly with Cheese Enchiladas with Pablono Sauce.

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• 2 c. instant rice
• 2 c. water
• tbs. garlic salt
• 1 tbs. Mrs. Dash southwest seasoning
• 2 green onoios, chopped
• 1 jalapeno seeded, chopped
• 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 tbs. butter
• 1tbs. olive oil
• 1 c. canned corn, drained

  In a dutch oven or heavy pot saute onion and peppers in butter and oil for 3 min or until tender but not done.  Add rice and seasonings and toast for another 3 min.  Last add water and corn stir and cook for 5 min. remove from heat cover and let stand for 5 min.     Makes 6 servings.

Refried Beans

  Ok this is so simple I can't believe im writing it.  We eat a lot of pinto beans, at least once a week.  And I always make enough extra beans so that we can have refried beans later in the week.  This saves money and they are much better than the nasty canned kind.
   First I make a large crock pot with 3 cups of beans cover with water and 1/2 an onion and 2tbs. salt and cook 5 to 6 hours.  The next day or so use the left overs as follows.  There are no exact measurements here.

1.   Drain the extra juice off the beans
2.   Place in cast iron skillet 
3.   Mash with a potato masher while cooking on medium heat
4.   Add a desired amount of Cholula hot sauce
5.   Cook until thickened 5-10 minutes

Picante' Sauce

1.   1- 14.5 oz. can diced tomatos 
2.   2 fresh red peppers(banana or bell)
3.   1 jalapeno
4.   2 green onions
5.   1/2 tsp. minced garlic
6.   1/3 of a lemon juiced and zested
7.   2 tbs. of bitter greens,  musclin mx, mizuna(or cilantro)
8.   1/2 tsp. sugar
9.   1 tsp. pickled jalapeno peppers

  Ruff chop all the veggies.  Combine everything in the blender being careful not to over blend.

Sopaipillas

These golden little nuggets lightly dusted with cinnamon sugar and drizzled with honey are the perfect finnish for Cheese Enchiladas with Pablano sauce.

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• 1 package dry yeast
• 1 Tbs. sugar
• 1/2 cup warm water(115 deg)
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 Tbs. butter flavored shortening
• 1 c. buttermilk(115 deg)
• vegetable oil for frying

  In stand mixer dissolve sugar and yeast in warm water.  Let stand for 5 min.  Soften shortening in microwave for 10 to 15 sec.  Add shortening, buttermilk and salt to yeast mixture.  Mix until combined.  Add flour 1 cup at a time.  Mix for 2 min.  Mixture will be sticky.  Turn onto a floured surface and knead for a min.  Place in greased bowl, cover and let rise for 1 hour.
  Punch dough down cover and let rise 1 more hr.  Turn onto floured surface and roll out with a rolling pin.  Cut into rectangles with a pizza cutter.  Pour 2 to 3 inches of oil into a dutch over or heavy pan.  Heat oil to 375 degrees.  Fry a few at a time turn over when they puff up and become golden brown.  Drain on paper towels.  Dust with sugar and cinnamon.  Serve warm with honey.  Makes 12


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Sopaipilla Tutorial

Mix water, sugar and yeast.  Let bloom 5 minutes.

Add salt, melted shortening and warm buttermilk(115 degrees).  Add flour one cup at a time.

This is what is it will look like.... sticky!

Turn onto floured surface and knead.  Place in oiled bowl, cover and let rise 1 hour.

After 1 hour punch down recover and let rise 1 more hour. 

Turn onto floured surface and roll out.  Cut into rectangles with a pizza cutter.

Carefully place into 375 degree oil.  Flipping once cook each side to golden brown.

Halloween Placemats

Your little Monsters will love to eat their meals on these Spooky Placemats

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Berry-Melon-Salad

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Ingredients

• 1/4 cup orange Juice
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 Tbs. olive oil
• 1 tsp. dijon mustard
• 10 oz. bag baby spinach
• 1 pint fresh strawberries (or your favorite berry)
• 1/2 of a cantaloupe (or your favorite melon)
• 2 green onions

Directions

1. Combine the first four ingredients together to make the dressing.
2. Cut cantaloupe into bite sized pieces or use a small melon baller.
3. Cut the strawberries into bite size pieces.
4. Slice the green onions and their tops very thinly.
5. Place spinach into a very large bowl and toss with the dressing, melon, strawberry and onions.
6. Refrigerate for several hours to allow flavors to meld together.

Hershey Bar Cake Recipe

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Hershey Bar Cake

Ingredients

• 2-1/2 cups white cake mix (try our bulk recipe)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1-1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup whipped cream cheese
• 2 Tbs. milk
• 1- 5.1 oz instant chocolate pudding mix
• 3 cups cold milk
• 8 oz whipped topping
• 2 Hershey chocolate bars

Cooking Directions

1.  To make the cake layer, combine the first 4 ingredients and place into a 9x13" cake pan and bake in an oven pre-heated to 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the middle.
2.  For the cream cheese layer, cream together powdered sugar, whipped cream cheese and 2 Tbs. milk.
3.  For the chocolate pudding layer, combine the pudding with cold milk and chill while your cake completely cools.
4.  Now spread the cream cheese mixture over the cooled cake. Then spread on the prepared pudding mix and the whipped topping. Finish it by grating frozen hershey bars over the top. Refrigerate and enjoy!

Bulk White Cake Mix Recipe

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Ingredients:

4 c. all-purpose flour
4 c. cake flour
6 c. sugar
1/4 c. baking powder
2 tsp. salt
2-1/4 c. vegetable shortening

Directions:
Combine all the dry ingredients and then cut in the shortening with a pastry knife until it is very fine.  Place in a 1 gallon airtight container.  Store for up to 3 months in a cool dry place.

Cake Ingredients:

4-1/2 c. white cake mix
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/3 c. vegetable oil
2/3 c. milk

Directions:
In a large bowl mix, eggs, vanilla and oil.  Then stir in the milk.  Place into a 9x13" greased and floured cake pan.  Bake @ 350 for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle.

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Best Banana Bread

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Ingredients:

• 1/2 c. butter, softened
• 1 c. sugar
• 1/2 c. brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 c. all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 3 very ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 c. of nuts (optional)

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees.

2. Grease and flour a 9x5" loaf pan.

3. Cream together butter, sugars, vanilla and eggs.

4. Combine the flour, soda and salt and add to the butter mixture.

5. Last add the mashed bananas and nuts.

6. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle.

7. Let cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes before removing from the pan.  Then let cool for 30 minutes before slicing.  

Makes 1 loaf.

Blueberry Streusel Muffins

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Streusel
Ingredients:

• 2/3 c. all-purpose flour
• 1/3 c. brown sugar
• 1/3 c. sugar
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• pinch of salt
• 1/4 c. unsalted butter, melted

Muffin

Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 c. all purpose flour
• 1 Tbs. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 c. sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2/3 c. buttermilk
• 1/4 c. unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 1-1/2 c. frozen blueberries

Directions:

1. For streusel combine flour, sugars, cinnamon and salt.  Then stir in the melted butter with a fork until mixture forms pea size chunks.  Set aside for topping later.

2. For the muffins Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.

3. Grease and flour 1 gumbo muffin tin(6 holes) or 1 regular muffin tin (12 holes).

4. In a large bowl combine the first 4 ingredients.  

5. In a 2 cup measuring cup combine buttermilk, egg and vanilla.

6. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir by hand just until combined.  

7. Now stir in the melted and cooled butter and then fold in the frozen blueberries.

8. Divide the batter evenly into the muffin tins and top with the streusel mixture.

9. Bake for 23 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted.

10. Remove muffins from the muffin tins and place them on a wire rack to cool.

(This prevents soggy bottoms).

ENJOY!

Makes 6 jumbo and 12 regular muffins.

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Pizza Dough II

(Cracker style Crust)

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Ingredients:

• 3-1/2 c. bread machine flour(High in gluten)
• 1 c. warm water(115 degrees)
• 1-1/2 tsp. active dry yeast
• 2 tsp. sugar
• 3 Tbs. olive oil
• 1 tsp. salt

Directions:

1.  In a stand mixer with a dough hook attachment, add water sugar and yeast.  Let stand for 5 minutes.  

2.  Then add the oil, flour and salt; mix on low for about 4 minutes.  Stop when a ball forms.

3.  Place the ball into a large bowl and cover with plastic wrap.  Let the dough rise for 24 hours in the refrigerator before using.

4.  Turn the dough out onto a floured surface.  Separate int0 4 pieces. Using a rolling pin roll dough out into 16" circles.

5.  Dust the pizza peal(or pizza pan) with cornmeal.

6.  Top pizzas as you wish and bake:

• In a conventional oven bake in a@500 degree(pre-heated) oven for 10 minutes or until nice and crispy. 
• In a brick oven heated to 475 degrees for 5-10 minutes and turned half way through.   

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Pizza Sauce

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Ingredients:

• 1-4 0z can of tomato paste
• 1-1/2 c. water
• 1/3 c. olive oil
• 2 cloves of garlic, grated with a zester
• 1 Tbs. of Italian Herb Blend(Mountain Rose Herbs)
• salt to taste

Directions:

Mix everything together and refrigerate overnight. 

This gives the flavors time to meld together.

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Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake

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Cake Ingredients:

• 1 c. apples* peeled and chopped
• 1/4 c. brown sugar
• 1-1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 c. unsalted butter, softened
• 2 c. granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1-8 oz. container of sour cream
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 c. all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. salt

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.  Combine the first 3 ingredients and set aside.

2. Cream together butter and granulated sugar.  Add eggs one at a time.  Then stir in the sour cream and vanilla.

3. Combine flour, baking powder, 1 tsp. cinnamon and salt: gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture.

4.  Spoon half of the batter into a greased 9" spring form pan.  Spread the apple mixture over the batter within and inch from the edge.  Cover with the remaining batter.  Now sprinkle on the streusel topping.

5. Bake for 1 hour and 25 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean when inserted into the middle.
Let cool for 10 minutes then remove from the pan and drizzle cream cheese icing.

Streusel Topping

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
• 1/3 c. brown sugar
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 c. cold unsalted butter cut into pieces
• 3/4 c. nuts (optional)

Directions:

Combine flour, sugar and cinnamon.  Cut in the butter with a fork or pastry blender.

Cream Cheese Icing

Ingredients:

• 1-3oz. package of cream cheese, softened
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1-1/2 c. powdered sugar
• 3-4 Tbs. milk

Beat together cream cheese and vanilla: add powdered sugar.  Then add as much milk as you need to get the right consistency.

*Golden delicious or Granny Smith are good choices for this recipe.

Fall Gardening

This was my first time to plant in the fall and im hooked.  I love being able to pick lettuce every night.  I happen to live in the perfect climate for fall gardening, if your not sure about your location call your local extension office they will have lots of advice and free pamphlets.

Spring mix

                                                                         

Red Romane

Romane

Bibb

Butter Head

Turnip greens

Jalapeno that i planted in the spring.(See if you can find the lizard)

Bulk Cornbread Mix

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Ingredients:

• 7-1/2 c. all-purpose flour
• 4-1/2 c. cornmeal*
• 2 c. sugar
• 1/3 c. baking powder
• 6 tsp. salt

Directions:
  Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl.  Making sure that it is very well combined.  Place into a 1 gallon container and label with the following directions.

Makes 6 batches.

Directions for Baking:

• 2 1/3 c. mix
• 2 eggs
• 1 c. milk
• 1/4 c. unsalted butter(melted)
• 2 Tbs. vegetable oil

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.  Combine all the ingredients and pour into a greased and floured 10" round skillet.  Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

*Note: If your cornmeal is very coarse you may want to process it in a blender to make it finer.

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