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Home-Made Cottage Cheese

5/31/2014

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Got milk beginning to spoil?  Grandmaw NEVER let milk go to waste!  Her cottage cheese was good for any meal.  No one back then would THINK of pouring soured milk down the drain.  Such waste!

This recipe is thirty and begins with the many healthy bacteria that infest our air.  It is these delicious beauties that transform any dish when set out on the counter to culture.  You can make this healthy, preservative free recipe when ever the need arises to use clabbered milk.  

1/2 gallon Clabbered Milk
1 tsp. salt
1 tab. butter or sweet cream per quart

Take out that milk that is beginning to sour and let it clabber. Once completed, take out a larger pot and fill half way with water.  Allow to boil, and place any utensils you are using it it for 30 seconds to clean. Put heat down to medium. Place clabbered milk and salt in another smaller pot and place that pot into the larger one. Heat on medium until curd separates.  DON'T BOIL!  When mixture gets too hot it becomes tough. Wait until heating is finished BEFORE adding salt and cream.  Mix well and drain.  Stir in cream.  Refrigerate.
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Memorial Day Red, White, and Blue Upside Down Cake

5/26/2014

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I leave you with this picture since I have little time to get this out to you for those that want a special treat.  But, I ask you now to envision swirls of powdered sugar glaze and a few sliced strawberries in between and you have a delicious red, white, and blue upside down cake!

I unmolded my blueberry cake last night and had a revelation!  It looked dark, pitted, and mute - in need of some Memorial Day sprucing, and I came up with just the idea!  Swirl powdered sugar icing in thin smooth strokes across the top, and add halved strawberries allowing the blueberries to peer through!  A soon to be masterpiece ready to adorn any table!

1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
1 1/4 cups fresh or frozen blueberries

1 1/3 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg
1/2 cup butter or margarine melted
2 tab. vanilla or plain yogurt
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 tab. milk
1/2-3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla

4-5 sliced strawberry halves

Heat oven to 400 degrees.  In a square or round cake pan, melt butter in oven.  Stir in brown sugar, orange juice, and top with blueberries.  

In a large bowl whisk next four ingredients.  Add egg, milk, melted butter, and stir until moistened.  Pour over blueberries.  Bake 18-22 min. or until golden.  Cool 10 mins. before inverting.  

When inverted and cooled mix milk, powdered sugar, and vanilla until a thick creamy glaze ensues.  Drop spirals over top of cake until delightful swirls appear like on the croissants at the bakery.  Top with fresh sliced strawberries.  Refrigerate leftovers.
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Microwave Frozen Panini Sandwiches

5/24/2014

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Usually in the local Food Bank bag I receive a good portion of meat.  This meat can be often categorized in the ground beef or chicken department.  Lately, for some reason, I've acquired generous portions of lunch meat, but mostly the ham varieties.  Because I receive several packages at once, I must freeze portions for later use.

Well, yesterday looking at a few packages set upright and sentinel in my freezer another idea hit!  Also included, in clear view, on the second shelf was an ample supply of sub rolls that I attained recently.  I have two teenage boys I am always on a quest to find lunch snacks that can be made quickly for easy retrieval.  Here's a great recipe that can be made quickly, packed in your freezer for future use, and grabbed whenever the hunger monster hits.

1 pound package of sliced ham
4-6 sub rolls cut in half
4-6 slices of America processed cheese slices
2 tab. dish margarine
1 tsp. garlic salt
1/4 tsp. pepper

Mix margarine, garlic salt, and pepper in a bowl well.  Cut sub rolls in half lengthwise.  Lightly butter one side of the half.  Place several slices of ham and cheese on the roll.  Spray Forman Grill with Pam.  Place sub rolls on grill, closing top, placing a weight such as your tea kettle on top.  Wait until light turns red.  Lift and slice each roll again in half.  Quickly place in freezer.  Can be retrieved at anytime from the freezer and microwaved for 1 -1/12 minutes. Much healthier and cheaper than Hot Pockets!
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Baked Apple Puffs

5/17/2014

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Some days life just grabs you by the heels and slows you down.  Nothing seems to be working well, and the last thing you think of may be making a special treat for your family.  But, research shows that engaging your mind in an activity that requires no brain power may be just what you need.  A simple task such as Baked Apple Puffs will help you disengage and make a wholesome, thrifty, quick treat for you family meal tonight.  

These ingredients may already be a staple in your pantry.  With a can of apple pie filling, package of tortillas, and some raisins your set.  These take minutes to make, fill your home with an irresistible aroma, and come out piping hot.  YUM!

4-6 flour tortillas
1 can apple pie filling
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup raisins
cooking spray
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tab. milk

Remove tortillas from refrigerator and let stand for 15 minutes.  Heat oven to 375 degrees.  Mix together pie filling, cinnamon and raisins.  Evenly divide filling onto the center of the tortillas.  Fold both sides over filling.  Fold bottom half of tortilla up then top half down to close.  Place seam side down on baking sheet sprayed lightly with cooking spray. Spray tops and sides of tortillas lightly with cooking spray.  Bake for 8-10 minutes or until light golden.  In a bowl mix together powdered sugar and milk.  Drizzle over apple puffs. Serve warm.
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BBQ Pork Sandwiches

5/10/2014

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I hope you had a chance to buy up on all those pork roasts that have been on special.  So much can be done with the leftovers - sandwiches, stir fries, and pasta creations.  I include a family favorite; the easy to do BBQ Pork pull.  Once that roast has been served for dinner, cut of some good size hunks and try the recipe below.  All you need is some soft hamburger buns, a salad, and you've got dinner pronto!

1-2 pounds of roasted pork
1/2 -3/4 cup water
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
Bottled BBQ sauce

Cut up pork into 1-2 inch cubes.  Place in pot, and top with water.  Water should come 1/2 way up the sides to where the pork tops.  You'll need this to soften those meat fibers and allow the shredding to begin.  Add 1/2 cup of the BBQ sauce to this. Stir in salt and pepper.  Every 15 minutes take two forks and begin to shred the pork. Add more water if the consistency is dry.  Keep doing this until it reaches that delightful pulled pork consistency. Once the meat is shredded, add more BBQ sauce to taste.  Some like it swimming in it, while others enjoy a dryer context.  You decide.  Just slop on some good buns, and dinner is served!


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BBQ Rub Pork Roast

5/3/2014

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Pork as been on sale for great prices lately.  I've seen it for as low as $1.69 a pound.  Where ever you are, grab a large one!  With 8 - 10 pounds of meat, you'll have leftovers for days.  Why not incorporate this BBQ rub into delicious Sunday night dinner?  Then on Monday have pulled pork sandwiches?  I know the expense of buying a large portion of meat like this can be a bit intimidating.  But, you are not looking at the total picture!  You will actually save money by getting three meals out of it this week!

Go ahead, get out there and get the whopper your budget will allow this week.  Come home season it, let it marinate in the refrigerator overnight and throw it in the oven Sunday morning.  Done!

(1) 8-10 pound pork roast
1/2 cup brown sugar - packed
1 tab. chili powder
2 tsp. paprika
1 tsp. garlic salt
1 1/2 tsp. salt 
1 tsp. pepper

Mix all ingredients except pork in a bowl.  Wash pork roast and pat dry.  Rub ingredients over top and sides of pork roast.  Place in refrigerator overnight to allow spices to marinate.  Take out and place in 325 degree oven roasting 45 minutes per pound of meat.  Take out and let rest for 20 minutes before cutting into serving slices.

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