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Sweet Potato Casserol
3 cups Sweet potatos, creamed and mashed 1/2 cup Sugar 1/2 cup Butter, melted 2 eggs 1/3 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup flour 2 1/2 tablespoons butter 1 cup chopped pecans
1. Heat oven to 350 F. 2. Combine potatoes, sugar, butter, eggs, milk and vanilla mix well. Put in baking dish. 3. Combine brown sugar, flour, 2 1/2 tbs butter, and pecans, mix and sprinkle on potaotes. 4. Bake 25 min Serves 8-10
Note * I use about 3 to 4 large sweet potato's for this. |
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Corn Casserole
2 cans (15 oz) cream corn 4 eggs beeten 4 tablespoons sugar 4 tablespoons flour 1/2 sleeve of Ritze crackers crushed 1/2 stick butter melted
1. Heat oven to 350 F 2. Mix corn, eggs, sugar, flour in a 2 qt casserole. 3. Cover with crackers, pour melted butter over. 4. Bake 45-60 min |
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I love cast iron pans! I got my first one when I was a bout 15 and loved it. Now I pick them up when ever I see them cheep at yard sales or in surplus stores. This past weekend I got two lucky finds at .50 a piece! Can't beet that price.
I like cast iron for many reasons. First they are durable it would take a lot of effort to break one! Second they can be used on any electric or gas stove and also wood or open fire. You can't do that with glass or Teflon pans or even steel as many have plastic handles now. They also put a little iron into your diet.
Many people think that they are hard to clean but that's not so! A properly seasoned pan is as slick as a non stick pan, more so in my opinion. They also heat much more efficiently and because they keep there heat they use less energy.
When you first get your pan give it a good cleaning. Soap and water is all that needed if it's in good shape. If it's very very rusty then give it a sanding. You can use sand paper or my dh often will use his grinder with a sanding pad and give it a light buffing. Then wash it well. Dry it well I like to do this on the burner on medium heat or in the oven. Then put on a thin coating for oil. Lard is the best and traditional but veggie oil will also work. Don't use butter especially salted butter it'll make the pan rust lol.
After coating you need to heat it. You can place in in the oven at 350F for an hour. Put it on the top rack upside down and a cookie sheet on the bottom rack to catch the drippings.
You can also do it on the stove top and that's what I most often do. Place a little lard in the pan and warm it up on the burner. About medium heat. Use a few thick layers of paper towel to coat the pan with the melted fat. Let it sit on the heat for a few minutes then wipe out with another thick pad of paper towels. Turn off the heat and let it cool, then wipe out again. This has always worked for me and it's the way my dh showed me how to season a pan.
If you ever get food stuck on your pan you can either scrap it with a metal spatula under hot running water. Or put some water in it and bring it to a boil. Let it simmer for a bit and then it should easily scrap off. Many people say to never use soap on cast iron. This is because soap will remove your layer of seasoning. But I have never had any problems using a little dish soap on my pans. I just reseason as needed.
If you ever see any sings of rust or have problems with sticking food just reseason your pan. After many using's you'll get that nice deep black pan you might remember your Grandmother using.
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Well today I made up a batch of zucchini relish. Here's a few pic's. Just before straining:
Cooking:
My camera couldn't pick up the colors in the jars
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but funny enough it did work with the pickles I did yesterday. I did 6 quarts of pickles yesterday and 8 pints of relish today. 
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I thought I'd share a few of my favorite canning recipes. These are staples at our house!
Zucchini Relish |
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I love rice a roni but I wanted to find a cheeper alternative! This taste just like it and much cheeper. Also makes a LARGE batch enough for leftovers for dh lunch or to make fried rice with.
Rice-a-Roni Beef Style
2 cups rice 2 tbs dry onion 2 tbs dry parsley 3 tbs beef bouillion 4 tbs butter 2 tbs soy sauce 5 cups water
Combine all in a pot and bring to a boil. Turn down low and simmer for 20 min, stir and serve. |
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Ok I know the weather is a bit hot for this lol. But I like it on the cooler nights!
Hot Cocoa Mix
4 cups drky milk powder 2 cups sugar ( you can use less if you don't like it really sweet) 1 cup powder non dairy creamer 1 cup unsweetended cocoa
Messure 1/3 cup of mix into a mug and add boiling water. Yummy!
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Here is the quick mix recipe I use:
8 cups flour 1 1/2 cups dry milk 1/4 baking powder 1 tbs salt 1 1/2 cups lard
Mix this all together, cutting in the lard. Use as you would Bisquick. For pancakes I use 3 cups mix, 1 egg and 2 cups water some times a big more is needed. |
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A few weeks ago a friend of mine tried making sourdough from a mix of kefir milk and flour and it work well! So I decided to give it a try to. Mix together 1 cup kefir milk and 1 cup whole wheat flour. Cover and let sit for about 4 days, each day stir it. By the fourth day youll see it starting to separate and get runnier. Add 1 cup of water (not chlorinated) and 1 cup of flour. Let it sit over night. Once its bubbling nicely its ready to use. Use in any of your sourdough recipes. This worked very well for me. The only problem I had was none of us are used to the strong sour taste. I may try adding more sweetener to it and see how we like it. |
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*Yawn, stretch* Well it's been a good day over all here :-). Today I managed to get all the dishes done, vacuumed the living room, meals made and cleaned up from, all the girls bedding and clothes washed and half done dh laundry. So that's 6 loads of laundry done and one in the dryer now and one more waiting to go in. Tomorrow I want to wash our winter stuff (jackets ect.) and our bedding. The latter will have to wait till dh is up in the afternoon. I don't think he would appreciate me pulling it all off the bed while he's sleeping LOL! I also got a fair bit of decluttering done to. Laura is such a helpful little girl and loves to be busy. I see the sweet beginnings of a very helpful daughter there. And little Rebecca is starting to want to help a lot to. :-) And Rachel is starting to take longer naps and that lets me get a few more things done! :-D
Today for lunch I made some thing different for a change. I put 1 quart of tomato sauce (home canned) in a 9x13 pan and added parsley, time and basil to taste then put some boneless skinless chicken breast on top. Covered with foil and baked for 30 min. Then took the foil off and toped with shredded mozzarella cheese and cooked till it was melted nicely . Served this over cooked pasta. It was yummy!
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Well I decided to wait on making the ketchup. I was missing to many ingredients. I did make the yogurt but it didn't set :-(. I was using raw goat milk, maybe I didn't heat it enough...But I do have some milk separating for cream cheese. That should be ready tomorrow.
I'm finding getting the days organized with 3 kids under 3 and the youngest 5 weeks old a real challenge! Especially with dh on second shift. Any tips from other mom's in the same spot?? I'm really trying to plan meals a head and use my slowcooker. Thats a big help on its own!
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