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Recipes You've Never Heard of Outside Your Family
Really you just play around with it until it is the sweetness that you like.
Approximate: 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/2 cup peanut butter, 2 tablespoons honey. Top that with sliced ripe bananas and you have a masterpiece.
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Thank you! I hope you enjoy the recipes. I have a large family and these are all recipes that we cook often. Enjoy! More recipes are coming. In fact I'm meeting my sisters for a whole week of cooking and photographing starting next week. It will be a marathon and we will love every minute of it. :)
Help me name my food blog
Thank you for the compliments! Please share the link to your food blog. Most of the photos are mine, some are not. I've been getting better with the photos each time. Hope you enjoy the recipes.
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Thank you Sam - you said it so simply - it was right in front of my eyes!
Help me name my food blog
Thank you all for your replies. Below is the name of the blog. Here's the link:
http://hugsfromhome.wordpress.com/
Hugs from Home: Recipes and Stories
Mama's Cafe
Recipes You've Never Heard of Outside Your Family
We still love cinnamon toast! Have you ever had egg in a basket?
My husband's dad used to make Eggs in A Basket for the kids when they were young. This is an easy way for your grandchildren to eat eggs and a good thing for beginner cooks to make.
1 slice of bread – you can experiment with different kinds of bread: white, whole wheat, sour dough, texas toast, etc.
1 egg
Butter for the bread and pan
Salt, pepper, nutmeg (optional)
Butter your bread on both sides. Using a small juice glass or biscuit cutter, cut a circle out of the center of your bread. Heat your pan with a small amount of butter and place your buttered and cut bread in the pan. Break an egg into the center. Season with salt, fresh ground black pepper, and a touch of grated nutmeg (optional). You could even add a little grated cheddar cheese. You decide if you want the yellow to be cooked or not. Once the white part begins to cook, flip and cook the other side.
Recipes You've Never Heard of Outside Your Family
In the Louisiana hot summer Sunday evenings, we would mix peanut butter and honey with a dash of vanilla, spread it on fresh bread. YUM, YUM!
Recipes You've Never Heard of Outside Your Family
Fried Bologna sandwiches are the bomb! Nothing better - you must use miricle whip though and mustard. My mom would mix them together before spreading on the bread. YUM!
Recipes You've Never Heard of Outside Your Family
Shrimp Destin - A Sunday evening tradition. Growing up in Louisiana, it was a way to use up left over shrimp.
Sunday evenings are a special time in our home. It’s a time when all the family gathers, discusses their plans for the following week and just catch up with each other. This dish allows you the extra time to spend with the family. It’s simple, delicious, and easy clean up.
Serves 4 -5
2 lb. Large Shrimp
2 French rolls, split lengthwise, toasted, and kind of flattened out
1 teaspoon chopped fresh Italian parsley
1 teaspoon dill
1/8 teaspoon ground pepper
1/8 teaspoon salt
cajun seasoning – optional
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon white wine
1 stick butter (you can use 1/2 stick butter and 1/4 cup olive oil)
2 tablespoons butter (add just before removing dish from fire)
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1/4 cup chopped green onions
Peel and devein shrimp. Saute green onions and garlic in butter (minus 2 tablespoons) until onions are tender. Add shrimp, wine, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes or until shrimp are pink. Add dill, parsley and 2 tablespoons butter. If you want a little more punch, you can add some cajun seasoning. Spoon shrimp mixture over toasted french roll and serve immediately. May also be spooned over rice.
Recipes You've Never Heard of Outside Your Family
I found this Avocado salad recipe in a 1952 cookbook. Here goes:
Grapefruit, Avocado, and Cream Cheese Salad
2 grapefruit
1 avocado
1/2 cup french dressing
crisp lettuce
3 oz. package cream cheese (may substitute with cottage cheese)
paprika
Pare whole grapefruit, removing white membrane as well as skin. Cut out the sections, using a very sharp knife. Peel avocado, remove seed and clice 1/2 inch thick. Marinate both fruits in French dressing. Chill thoroughly. Just before serving, arrange drained fruits on lettuce leaves with a boall of cream cheese in the center of each plate, than add a dash of paprika to the cream cheese. 5 servings.
French Dressing Recipe
2/3 cup salad oil
1/3 cup cider vinegar
3/4 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons sugar
1/16 teaspoon dry mustard
1/16 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon paprika
Combine all ingredients by beating thoroughly with a rotary beater. Beat or shake well just before serving. Make 1 cup.
Recipes You've Never Heard of Outside Your Family
Cowboy Stew - aka - Mexican Surprise
This recipe is so special to our family and my husband makes it often. It’s a delicious, comfort meal.
My husband, Mark, began making this dish in 1980. It started out as Mexican Surprise because IT IS A MEXICAN DISH. The name change came about one night when the children said they didn’t want Mexican food, so having already started the dish, Mark said he was making Cowboy Stew. He made up a little song….“Cowboy Stew, I love you….” He sang this song while cooking the Cowboy Stew and the children thought he was something else. Even today they will ask him to sing the song.
1-1/2 lb. ground beef
3 clove garlic, minced
6 green onions, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 small can green chilies, chopped
1 regular can of crushed tomatoes (not the large can)
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 teaspoon cumin
1 can Rotel ‘Mexican’ diced tomatoes and green chilies
1/2 cup salsa
1 can black beans or any bean of your choice
1 package Spanish rice
Cilantro, fresh
Salt & Pepper to taste
Shredded Cheddar Cheese
Brown ground beef and drain, saute garlic and onions, add remaining ingredients and simmer for 30 minutes. Top each serving with cheese. This dish is even better the next day….if there’s any left.
We eat this dish with Doritos chips and salad. Plain Doritos are the best!
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I need your ideas on naming my food blog please!
The idea of a food blog came about when my daughter moved to Chicago. She called saying there were several family favorites that she truly missed. I began to think that a food blog would be a good way to share family recipes and the stories that surround them so she could have a little hug from home anytime she wanted one.
Louisiana native, Memphis living, restaurant lover who is always looking for that quaint, unique, original restaurant to visit over and over, passionate about swapping old family recipes, believes that family recipes and the stories that surround them are a great way to remember traditions that bond families.
Please help!
Patti
(aka Yia Yia - my grandmother name)
