After another rain this week I was in the garden pulling up weeds. To bad we can't eat them as they sure seem to be more and more after each rain and no matter how much you try to keep them hoed out it about seems impossiable.
Any way I wanted some green onions for a big bologna sandwich and I pulled some up.
I just had to have one before I brought them in so I ate me a small one. You would be surprised at how tender and crisp this onion was. So to test it out I ate another one. Oh yea, not washed. But I removed all of the outer stems and they were clean. lol.
This one was also crisp. So from now on after it rains is the time to pull onions. Just don't get stuck in the mud. lol.
The rain must make them crisp. It sure helps with pulling them up. Mine were getting big so the white stem part was getting tough.
The next day I found out that they were not like they were when I brought them in.
Wonder if you could pour some water on them and let them get wet and it do the same thing.
Nothing is better than a big green onion and a bologna and mustard sandwich for lunch or dinner if you are to tired to cook.
Have you ever tried a split banana pepper on a bologna sandwich or crushed plain potato chips. Give this a try, it is so, so good.
Oh and make sure you give your hubby a great big kiss after you have ate your onions. lol.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
SWEET POTATO MARSHMALLOWS
4 Large Sweet Potatoes
2/3 Cup Brown Sugar, packed
2 Tablespoons Orange Juice
1 Teaspoon Orange Zest
1/2 Teaspoon Nutmet
2 Cups Sweetened Shredded Coconut
1/2 Cup Regular Sugar
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1 Bag Large Marshmallows
In a 350 oven, bake the potatoes until they are tender then peel them and mash them. Or if you are pressed for time just cook them on them on a stove (put water up to the top of them)until tender and then peel. Stir in brown sugar, orange juice, zest and nutmeg. In a separate bowl toss the coconut and the regular sugar and cinnamon. Press the mashed potatoes around each marshmallow and make a 2 or 3 inch ball. Then roll the balls in the coconut mixture and bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Watch as the expanding marshmallows may cause them to burst open.
2/3 Cup Brown Sugar, packed
2 Tablespoons Orange Juice
1 Teaspoon Orange Zest
1/2 Teaspoon Nutmet
2 Cups Sweetened Shredded Coconut
1/2 Cup Regular Sugar
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1 Bag Large Marshmallows
In a 350 oven, bake the potatoes until they are tender then peel them and mash them. Or if you are pressed for time just cook them on them on a stove (put water up to the top of them)until tender and then peel. Stir in brown sugar, orange juice, zest and nutmeg. In a separate bowl toss the coconut and the regular sugar and cinnamon. Press the mashed potatoes around each marshmallow and make a 2 or 3 inch ball. Then roll the balls in the coconut mixture and bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Watch as the expanding marshmallows may cause them to burst open.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
CANDY MESS
My son called me Sunday and was asking me if I had ever made any Potato Candy. I told him no but I had heard of it. Potato Candy is nothing but Peanut Butter Roll the easy way.
So he began telling me how to make it. I got to laughing telling him there is no way you could use a 2lb. bag of powdered sugar in this. That is way to much sugar. So he told me to go try it. Now I just had a half of bag of sugar and I thought hay that will do. So I cooked me a "medium" potato as I said no way just one little small potato would work. We Ky. people like to make bigger batches of everything lol.
I took my potato, after it had cooked and took a hand potato masher and mashed it up then put it in a flat bowl to cool down and then started adding my powdered sugar. Ok, so what happened, the more sugar I added the more syrup I got.
Where was all of my sugar going to. lol. The potato began to turn to water and as I added the sugar it just got thinner and thinner. No wonder it called for a 2lb. bag of this sugar. So I just pitched it all in the garbage as guess what, I had put way to much potato in the bowl.
When it says a small potato it means just a tablespoon to start out with and that 2lb. bag of sugar, you will use it up quicker that you expect. You had better have 4 lbs. of sugar. lol.
I told him to go to you tube and see how they were making it there. I learned real quick that one potato can sure go a long way in making candy.
I have always made the cooked peanut butter roll and all that mixing with a hand mixer can sure get to you. No wonder they sell it for $10 to $12.00 a roll at these fund raisers. It is worth every penny of it.
So I went today to get me some more powdered sugar but this time I got 4lbs. If I mess up I will have more sugar to add.
But I am wondering just how many calories one bite of this candy will be. Just make sure you are not dieting as one piece will ruin a diet for two weeks. lol.
Look up a recipe for potato candy. It is real simple to make if you will follow directions and not be like me think I will just add just a little bit more of this and that......
So he began telling me how to make it. I got to laughing telling him there is no way you could use a 2lb. bag of powdered sugar in this. That is way to much sugar. So he told me to go try it. Now I just had a half of bag of sugar and I thought hay that will do. So I cooked me a "medium" potato as I said no way just one little small potato would work. We Ky. people like to make bigger batches of everything lol.
I took my potato, after it had cooked and took a hand potato masher and mashed it up then put it in a flat bowl to cool down and then started adding my powdered sugar. Ok, so what happened, the more sugar I added the more syrup I got.
Where was all of my sugar going to. lol. The potato began to turn to water and as I added the sugar it just got thinner and thinner. No wonder it called for a 2lb. bag of this sugar. So I just pitched it all in the garbage as guess what, I had put way to much potato in the bowl.
When it says a small potato it means just a tablespoon to start out with and that 2lb. bag of sugar, you will use it up quicker that you expect. You had better have 4 lbs. of sugar. lol.
I told him to go to you tube and see how they were making it there. I learned real quick that one potato can sure go a long way in making candy.
I have always made the cooked peanut butter roll and all that mixing with a hand mixer can sure get to you. No wonder they sell it for $10 to $12.00 a roll at these fund raisers. It is worth every penny of it.
So I went today to get me some more powdered sugar but this time I got 4lbs. If I mess up I will have more sugar to add.
But I am wondering just how many calories one bite of this candy will be. Just make sure you are not dieting as one piece will ruin a diet for two weeks. lol.
Look up a recipe for potato candy. It is real simple to make if you will follow directions and not be like me think I will just add just a little bit more of this and that......
Thursday, June 2, 2011
NEW COLORS FOR ROOMS
This blog will show you pictues of different paints that people have used in different rooms. http://favoritepaintcolors.blogspot.com/
WON'T LAST LONG CAKE
This cake will bake up a brown color so don't think it is scorched or burnt. It is a very moist cake. You can leave out the cherries if you like.
11/3 Cup Vegetable Oil
3 Cups Sugar
1 Cup Crushed Pineapples with juice
2 Cups Mashed Bananas
1 Cup Chopped Pecans
3 Cups Flour
11/2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
2 Teaspoons Baking Soda
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 Cup Maraschino Cherries (optional)
Spray and flour a 9 or 10 in. bunt pan. Preheat the oven to 350. Mix together all ings. Cut cherries in half and add them. Pour into the pan and bake for 11/2 hours on 350. Do not over bake. This is a very moist cake.
11/3 Cup Vegetable Oil
3 Cups Sugar
1 Cup Crushed Pineapples with juice
2 Cups Mashed Bananas
1 Cup Chopped Pecans
3 Cups Flour
11/2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
2 Teaspoons Baking Soda
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 Cup Maraschino Cherries (optional)
Spray and flour a 9 or 10 in. bunt pan. Preheat the oven to 350. Mix together all ings. Cut cherries in half and add them. Pour into the pan and bake for 11/2 hours on 350. Do not over bake. This is a very moist cake.
EASY PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING
1 Container Betty Crocker White Whipped Forsting
1/3 Cup Peanut Butter
1/3 Cup Marshmallow Cream or Fluff
In a large bowl combine the frosting, peanut butter and the fluff or marshmallow cream using a spatula to mix with. Spread frosting onto cooled cupcakes of your choice and place in the ref. to chill. It has a better taste when chilled.
1/3 Cup Peanut Butter
1/3 Cup Marshmallow Cream or Fluff
In a large bowl combine the frosting, peanut butter and the fluff or marshmallow cream using a spatula to mix with. Spread frosting onto cooled cupcakes of your choice and place in the ref. to chill. It has a better taste when chilled.
POTATO SOUP WITH SMOKED SAUSAGE
1 Lb. Smoked Sausage cut into 1/4 in. slices 7 Medium Potatoes (peeled and cut in large chunks)
1 Medium Onion, chopped
2 Tablespoons Butter or Marg.
4 Chicken Bouillon Cubes
1 Lb. Coby-Jack Cheese, shredded
1 Small Can Evaporated Milk, may need more
2 Tablespoons Flour or Cornstarch
Salt and Pepper to taste
In a medium skillet melt the butter on low. Add the onion and cook until it is translucent. In a large pot add the potatoes and enough water to cook them. Put the water over top of them and then add in the onion. Add the salt and pepper and bouillon cubes. Bring all this to a boil and cook on medium heat for 25 minutes. The potatoes should fall apart. Add the smoked sausage and cook for 7 more minutes. Add the cheese and let cook until the cheese is melted.(About 4 minutes) Stir ever now and then. Next add the evaporated milk and stir again and then take some of the soup and put in a small bowl. Add the flour or cornstarch to this and stir good so it will not be lumpy. Add this back into the potato mixture and cook for 3 minutes more. Serve with cornbread or hot rolls or crackers.
1 Medium Onion, chopped
2 Tablespoons Butter or Marg.
4 Chicken Bouillon Cubes
1 Lb. Coby-Jack Cheese, shredded
1 Small Can Evaporated Milk, may need more
2 Tablespoons Flour or Cornstarch
Salt and Pepper to taste
In a medium skillet melt the butter on low. Add the onion and cook until it is translucent. In a large pot add the potatoes and enough water to cook them. Put the water over top of them and then add in the onion. Add the salt and pepper and bouillon cubes. Bring all this to a boil and cook on medium heat for 25 minutes. The potatoes should fall apart. Add the smoked sausage and cook for 7 more minutes. Add the cheese and let cook until the cheese is melted.(About 4 minutes) Stir ever now and then. Next add the evaporated milk and stir again and then take some of the soup and put in a small bowl. Add the flour or cornstarch to this and stir good so it will not be lumpy. Add this back into the potato mixture and cook for 3 minutes more. Serve with cornbread or hot rolls or crackers.
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