We barely have anything left in the garden. I picked as many tomatoes that were starting to turn as I could and placed them on our covered picnic area to ripen. My mother-in-law says she had tomatoes ripen all the way up until Thanksgiving last year doing it this way, so I thought I’d try [...]
Posted on October 16th, 2009 by admin
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We love the Artisan Bread at Safeway except that it’s $3.60 a loaf!! I found a great recipe with beautiful instructions at An Oregon Cottage here. The bread was excellent and had that great Artisan crust. It only has 4 ingredients, yeast, whole wheat flour, white flour, and salt that you can keep on hand so that you [...]
Posted on October 15th, 2009 by admin
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We made a revision to our dinner menu tonight because we had so many ripe cherry tomatoes. So I made one of our favorites, Tomato Basil. I’m so excited that I could eat it because with my last pregnancy I couldn’t stand the smell of garlic.
Tomato Basil
Cherry Tomatoes a big bowl sliced in half
Basil a [...]
Posted on August 31st, 2009 by admin
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Goulash
from the Miller Family Cookbook
1-1 1/2 lbs ground beef
1/2 small onion, diced
2 garlic cloves
2 TBSP chili powder
2 tsp cumin
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 cans diced tomatoes or one quart of home canned tomatoes
1 3 oz can tomato paste
1/2 to 1/4 cup water if you use store bought tomatoes
1 can olives, sliced (optional)
24 oz macaroni noodles, [...]
Posted on August 30th, 2009 by admin
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Mom’s Vegetable Soup
1 cup green beans snipped and cut bite size
1 carrot peeled and chopped
1 onion
1/2 head of kale or cabbage chopped
1 jar home canned tomatoes
3 cups beef broth
1 tsp vegetable oil
Sautee carrots, onion and green beans in 1 tsp of vegetable oil. Add canned tomatoes and broth. Add cabbage or kale, simmer until soften. [...]
Posted on August 23rd, 2009 by admin
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Warm Beans with Tomatoes, Basil, and Garlic Mayonnaise
from the Miller Family Cookbook
Garlic Mayo=1 cup Mayo + 3-4 cloves of garlic minced
1 can of beans (kidney, limas, chick-peas or black beans)
1 1/2 pounds of fresh green beans
5 TBSP red wine vinegar
5 TBSP olive oil
2 TBSP chopped basil
salt and pepper
1/2 pound of cherry tomatoes
Blanch or steam green [...]
Posted on August 9th, 2009 by admin
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Sweet and Sour Ginger Chicken
2 cups cooked chicken chopped (I just roasted it in the oven ahead of time)
2 carrots julaine diced
1 bell pepper sliced
2 inches of ginger either diced or grated
1 can of chunked pineapple, reserve 1/2 cup of juice
1/2 c cider vinegar
3 TBSP soy sauce
1/2 c sugar or splenda
3 TBSP corn starch
Stir fry the [...]
Posted on August 9th, 2009 by admin
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Santa Fe Chicken Salad
Chicken, cooked chopped
Lettuce, chopped
Tomatoes, chopped
Red Pepper, chopped
Green Onion, chopped
Corn
Black Beans
Olives, sliced
Sour cream
Salsa
Corn Chips
Combine ingredients and enjoy.
Posted on July 20th, 2009 by admin
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I don’t think anybody can beat this fresh salsa recipe. If you can please post a link to your recipe in the comments or just leave your recipe in the comments. My sister says this salsa is good even if the tomatoes aren’t.
My Sisters’ Fresh Salsa
3 medium Tomatoes diced
1 handful of Cilantro
2-3 clove Garlic peeled
1 [...]
Posted on June 25th, 2009 by admin
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We actually now call this “chicken en sanet” because I made this for dinner once and my friend was over. This was just after getting back from France and she thought I was making some kind of fancy French dish called chicken en sanet. Not really it was just Chicken on Sunday.
2 cups long grain rice
2 [...]
Posted on June 8th, 2009 by admin
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