6/17/2019 – Made this with our corn, blueberries, cucumbers, and jalapenos. Nice crunchy salad. The jalapenos are not distinctive but add a zing that is nice. The feta cheese gives it a Mediterranean tone. Several of the quantities below were … Continue reading
Mary made this as a test for Piper and Olivia during their week with us. 1 cup banana1 cup blueberries1/4 scant cup of sugar2 cup vanilla greek yogurt Blended it to smooth purple stuff. Put into plastic popsicle makers and … Continue reading
This was our first preserved B&B Pickles made with our cucumbers from our garden. Mary had made some great B&B refrigerator pickles. The preparations below were inspired by the one at Better Homes and Garden here and in our copy … Continue reading
INGREDIENTS 3 to 4 cups coarsely grated zucchini1 teaspoon salt2 eggs, beaten1/3 cup flour1/2 cup grated mozzarella or cheddar cheese1/2 cup grated Parmesan or Romano cheese2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil or 1 teaspoon driedsalt and pepper to taste1/2 cup tomato … Continue reading
6/5/2019 – The recipe below was inspired by the “Easy Sweet and Spicy Bread and Butter Pickles” recipe at PinchAndSwirl.com. We liked it a lot and will make it again. … Continue reading
4/30/2019 – We have tried the LDG Kraut enough to know the first batch is very good. So this is a big batch as we have two small heads and two large heads of cabbage. This batch uses the two … Continue reading
Added garlic to our normal recipe for German-style sauerkraut with carrot. Note this ferment has 1.7% salt. The 1.8% ferments’ cabbage and carrots was crunchy but the brine was too salty to drink. The lower 1.7% brine turned out fine. … Continue reading
3/12/2019 – This dish was intended to create one Mary would like as much as Popeye’s Dirty Rice. We liked it the first meal when it was fresh and it was maybe better warmed in the microwave the next day. … Continue reading
During Piper and Olivia’s Spring Break 2019 visit we roasted 10 lbs. of legs and thighs to have during the week. Olivia always wants HER chicken, i.e. rotisserie chicken from HEB. This turned out very much like the store-bought in … Continue reading
The peanuts roasted here were from the sack Driskel Cotton Farms gave us in 2019. They were quite dry from the sack sitting on the floor in the laundry room for the past couple of months. They turned out good–not … Continue reading