Mommy
Left over veggies
broth
spices
Collect leftover vegetables and meat in an air tight container in the freezer until you have enough to add to the soup. Consider adding spaghetti sauce, canned tomatoes, cubed potatoes, cooked rice, cooked noodles, beans, etc. to change it up. Thyme, marjoram, basil, and rosemary are great spices to add.
Bring chicken or beef broth to a boil. Add left overs and spices. Heat until veggies are hot.
This is a great way to not waste those last small servings of vegetables. The soup doesn't ever taste exactly the same but it's always good. Add some warm homemade bread and you will have full and satisfied tummies!
Love Always,
Mommy
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Twice Baked Potatoes
Mommy
Baked potatoes, cold
butter, melted
milk
cheese, shredded
bacon bits
Cut the cold baked potatoes in half length-wise. Scoop out the potato being careful to leave some potato and skin left to form a "shell". The potatoes will scoop much easier if they are cold. Combine the potato, butter and milk in a bowl and mix with a hand mixer until thick but smooth. (This will blend together easier if you warm up the cold potatoes.) Add the cheese and bacon bits. Place the potato shells on a baking sheet and spoon the mixture back into the potato shells. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-35 minutes or until hot. Sprinkle with additional cheese.
Twice Baked Potatoes is such wonderful meal. Add a salad or veggie and you have a great dinner. This is another meal that is easy to prepare in the morning and just put back in the refrigerator until it's time to cook it for dinner. I love meals that can be made in the morning!
Love Always,
Mommy
Baked potatoes, cold
butter, melted
milk
cheese, shredded
bacon bits
Cut the cold baked potatoes in half length-wise. Scoop out the potato being careful to leave some potato and skin left to form a "shell". The potatoes will scoop much easier if they are cold. Combine the potato, butter and milk in a bowl and mix with a hand mixer until thick but smooth. (This will blend together easier if you warm up the cold potatoes.) Add the cheese and bacon bits. Place the potato shells on a baking sheet and spoon the mixture back into the potato shells. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-35 minutes or until hot. Sprinkle with additional cheese.
Twice Baked Potatoes is such wonderful meal. Add a salad or veggie and you have a great dinner. This is another meal that is easy to prepare in the morning and just put back in the refrigerator until it's time to cook it for dinner. I love meals that can be made in the morning!
Love Always,
Mommy
Cheese Hint
Mommy
Shredding your own cheese is so much cheaper than buying pre-shredded cheese. We can buy a 2.5 lb block of high quality Tilamok Cheddar Cheese at Costco or Sams and shred it in the food processor. Our cost comes out to half of what we would spend per cup on already shredded cheese.
Joshua is allergic to so many things but we discovered that he can eat Tilamok cheese. This was a fantastic discovery! It was due to the fact that Joshua could eat this cheese but not others that Mommy really took a hard look at the cost of shredding a block of cheese instead of buying already shredded cheese. Joshua's allergies have been a blessing in so many ways! The Lord has really used his dietary limitations to teach Mommy so much about healthy foods and has helped our family learn a tremendous amount about working around obstacles. I praise the Lord for the way He has made Joshua and for giving us the wisdom we need to help Joshua be healthy and comfortable.
Shredding your own cheese is so much cheaper than buying pre-shredded cheese. We can buy a 2.5 lb block of high quality Tilamok Cheddar Cheese at Costco or Sams and shred it in the food processor. Our cost comes out to half of what we would spend per cup on already shredded cheese.
Joshua is allergic to so many things but we discovered that he can eat Tilamok cheese. This was a fantastic discovery! It was due to the fact that Joshua could eat this cheese but not others that Mommy really took a hard look at the cost of shredding a block of cheese instead of buying already shredded cheese. Joshua's allergies have been a blessing in so many ways! The Lord has really used his dietary limitations to teach Mommy so much about healthy foods and has helped our family learn a tremendous amount about working around obstacles. I praise the Lord for the way He has made Joshua and for giving us the wisdom we need to help Joshua be healthy and comfortable.
Left Overs Hints
Mommy
The Wilkes Team showed us an easy way to warm up left over rice or noodles and it works great for warming up food for Joshua. Boil some water and add the cold rice or noodles to the water. It only takes a minute or two once the water boils to get the food hot again.
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Have a air tight container in the freezer to add the small amounts of left over vegetables, meat, etc. from meals. Keep adding to the container until it is full. Have another container to collect left over sauces. Make Left Over Soup by adding the frozen leftovers to broth. See recipe ideas in the soup section.
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Don't toss left over baked potatoes! Peel and shred them for hash browns, cube cold potatoes and freeze them to add to soup later, or make twice baked potatoes!
Don't toss those leftovers! If they don't get fed to the chickens there are lots of ways to use them for the next meal! :) It's easy to be wasteful but you can save money on the grocery bill with just a little planning of how to use those leftovers!
Love Always,
Mommy
The Wilkes Team showed us an easy way to warm up left over rice or noodles and it works great for warming up food for Joshua. Boil some water and add the cold rice or noodles to the water. It only takes a minute or two once the water boils to get the food hot again.
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Have a air tight container in the freezer to add the small amounts of left over vegetables, meat, etc. from meals. Keep adding to the container until it is full. Have another container to collect left over sauces. Make Left Over Soup by adding the frozen leftovers to broth. See recipe ideas in the soup section.
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Don't toss left over baked potatoes! Peel and shred them for hash browns, cube cold potatoes and freeze them to add to soup later, or make twice baked potatoes!
Don't toss those leftovers! If they don't get fed to the chickens there are lots of ways to use them for the next meal! :) It's easy to be wasteful but you can save money on the grocery bill with just a little planning of how to use those leftovers!
Love Always,
Mommy
Mrs. Wuench's Salad Dressing
Mrs. Wuench
Olive Oil
Kosher Salt
Alessi Balsamic Vinegar
Pour olive oil over lettuce. Sprinkle with a generous amount of coarse kosher salt. Lightly pour on some balsamic vinegar.
We used to attend Dallas Reformed Baptist Church with the Wuench family. We knew them from a previous church we both attended when we first moved to Texas. They are a sweet family. Mrs. Wuench was the "go to" person for salad anytime we needed a salad for a meal. Several of us ladies were finally able to watch and figure out how she did this. It isn't hard, we just didn't have the correct ingredients! This recipe just does not taste the same if you use a brand other than the Alessi Balsamic Vinegar. This is a simple but delicious dressing for our salad and it is one of Hannah's all time favorites. It tastes great on baby spinach or lettuce.
Love Always,
Mommy
Olive Oil
Kosher Salt
Alessi Balsamic Vinegar
Pour olive oil over lettuce. Sprinkle with a generous amount of coarse kosher salt. Lightly pour on some balsamic vinegar.
We used to attend Dallas Reformed Baptist Church with the Wuench family. We knew them from a previous church we both attended when we first moved to Texas. They are a sweet family. Mrs. Wuench was the "go to" person for salad anytime we needed a salad for a meal. Several of us ladies were finally able to watch and figure out how she did this. It isn't hard, we just didn't have the correct ingredients! This recipe just does not taste the same if you use a brand other than the Alessi Balsamic Vinegar. This is a simple but delicious dressing for our salad and it is one of Hannah's all time favorites. It tastes great on baby spinach or lettuce.
Love Always,
Mommy
Chicken Fried Steak and Gravy
Daddy taught Mommy and Mommy modified it slightly
Steak
Cubed steak
milk
salt
pepper
flour
grease
Pound cube steak thinner if desired. Soak cube steak in a baking dish with milk. Soak meat while getting the rest of the meal ready to cook.
Heat grease (palm shorting, lard, Crisco, etc.) in a large cast iron skillet over medium heat. Place a big pile of flour on some wax paper on the counter. Place one piece of meat in the pile. Salt and pepper the meat. Push the flour into the meat, flipping the meat over to coat both sides. Carefully lay meat in the hot oil. Cook in oil until meat is cooked through and both sides are browned. Try to avoid turning the meat too often as it will loosen the coating. Place cooked meat on a platter in a warmed over until all the meat is cooked.
Gravy
grease from cooked meat
flour
milk
salt
pepper
Scrap the bottom of the skillet to loosen browned on coating. Add flour, stirring well until a thick paste forms. Add a bowl full of milk (app. 4-5 C or so). Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir over medium heat until gravy thickens.
Fried Potatoes
Potatoes
grease
Peel and slice the potatoes. Fry them in the Fry Daddy until cooked.
The first time Daddy made this meal for Mommy I almost fell over! Not growing up in the south, I have never seen so much grease in one place at one time! But, it was one of the most amazing meals I had ever had. It quickly became apparent that my life with Daddy would require complete mastery of this recipe. :) I know the directions are a bit vague, but you will quickly get the hang of it as you make it with me. This is one of Daddy's all time favorite meals ever! Daddy tears up bread and pours gravy over the meat and bread. This is a very messy meal to make but if you clean as you go it isn't too bad and it makes Daddy so happy! I want you children to master this recipe as well. It's a Southerland tradition! :)
Love Always,
Mommy
Steak
Cubed steak
milk
salt
pepper
flour
grease
Pound cube steak thinner if desired. Soak cube steak in a baking dish with milk. Soak meat while getting the rest of the meal ready to cook.
Heat grease (palm shorting, lard, Crisco, etc.) in a large cast iron skillet over medium heat. Place a big pile of flour on some wax paper on the counter. Place one piece of meat in the pile. Salt and pepper the meat. Push the flour into the meat, flipping the meat over to coat both sides. Carefully lay meat in the hot oil. Cook in oil until meat is cooked through and both sides are browned. Try to avoid turning the meat too often as it will loosen the coating. Place cooked meat on a platter in a warmed over until all the meat is cooked.
Gravy
grease from cooked meat
flour
milk
salt
pepper
Scrap the bottom of the skillet to loosen browned on coating. Add flour, stirring well until a thick paste forms. Add a bowl full of milk (app. 4-5 C or so). Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir over medium heat until gravy thickens.
Fried Potatoes
Potatoes
grease
Peel and slice the potatoes. Fry them in the Fry Daddy until cooked.
The first time Daddy made this meal for Mommy I almost fell over! Not growing up in the south, I have never seen so much grease in one place at one time! But, it was one of the most amazing meals I had ever had. It quickly became apparent that my life with Daddy would require complete mastery of this recipe. :) I know the directions are a bit vague, but you will quickly get the hang of it as you make it with me. This is one of Daddy's all time favorite meals ever! Daddy tears up bread and pours gravy over the meat and bread. This is a very messy meal to make but if you clean as you go it isn't too bad and it makes Daddy so happy! I want you children to master this recipe as well. It's a Southerland tradition! :)
Love Always,
Mommy
Lettuce Hints
Mommy
To core a head of iceberg lettuce, hold the lettuce with the core side down. Quickly and firmly whack the core on the counter top. This will break the core all the way around. Flip it over and remove the core.
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Wash lettuce right before using. Washing it ahead of time will cause it to spoil more quickly unless you can dry it. If preparing the lettuce ahead of time a paper towel in the bottom of the bowl will help absorb the excess water. Water will cause the lettuce to spoil.
Salads are so versatile. You children and I really like to have salad for lunch. There are many easy and tasty salad dressings that you can make at home. So, eat more salad! :)
Love Always,
Mommy
To core a head of iceberg lettuce, hold the lettuce with the core side down. Quickly and firmly whack the core on the counter top. This will break the core all the way around. Flip it over and remove the core.
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Wash lettuce right before using. Washing it ahead of time will cause it to spoil more quickly unless you can dry it. If preparing the lettuce ahead of time a paper towel in the bottom of the bowl will help absorb the excess water. Water will cause the lettuce to spoil.
Salads are so versatile. You children and I really like to have salad for lunch. There are many easy and tasty salad dressings that you can make at home. So, eat more salad! :)
Love Always,
Mommy
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