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"Anything Goes" Pink Saturday - September 16, 2017

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Ham and egg cups for breakfast.

 

 

 

 

 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. I used a twelve cup muffin pan which I sprayed with Pam.

 

Line the muffin cup with sliced ham. We then layered cooked onion and Swiss cheese.

 

Top with one egg in each cup. We also added salt, pepper and a bit of Sriracha.

 

You could use your choice of meat or fillers. Bake on the center rack for 15 minutes.

 

You need to watch carefully the last few minutes for the egg white to set.

 

We like our yolks runny, so 15 minutes was perfect for us.

 

Remove from oven, and let rest in pan for 5 minutes.

 

Whites continue to set from the residual heat. We really enjoyed this, and hope you will, too.

 

 

 

 

        

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Tristan at Enchanted Revelries

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful, stunning, and fun pinks!

 

 

 

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Penny dresses her pumpkin in one of her favorite shirts!!!

 

 

 

 

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Strawberry Discovery

 

 

I love strawberries!

 

Really, love strawberries!

 

You see, I have thirty years of not loving strawberries

which I feel obligated to level.

It is hard for me to believe that I hated strawberries for thirty years.

 

My revelation occurred on my thirtieth birthday.

A few of my friends surprised me with a party.

My friend, Linda, had prepared fresh strawberries and dip.

They were some gorgeous strawberries.

And, I felt had to try some - just to be polite, you know.

Glory hallelujah!

 

Now I eagerly await strawberry season every year.

I can't get enough of those beauties!

 

Yesterday I made Strawberry Pie.

It is beautiful.

And, it tastes beautiful, too.

I wish I could share some with you.

 

 

Here's my recipe - just in case you can't stop by for a slice of mine.

 

Strawberry Pie

1 unbaked pie crust                              3/4 cup sugar

2 tablespoons cornstarch                    1 cup water

1 package (3 ounces) strawberry gelatin

2 ½ quarts fresh strawberries, quartered

Fresh mint, optional

 

Place pie crust in 9 inch pie pan, and line with a double thickness of heavy duty foil.  Bake at 450° for 8 minutes.  Remove foil; bake 5 minutes.  Cool on a wire rack.

 

Combine sugar, cornstarch and water in a saucepan and stir until smooth.  Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in gelatin until dissolved.  Refrigerate for 15-20 minutes until slightly cooled.

 

Arrange strawberries in crust.  Pour gelatin mixture over berries. Refrigerate until set.  Serve with whipped cream and garnish with mint if desired.  Yield: 6-8 servings.

 

I was fresh out of mint, so I had my slice with a fresh basil leaf.

My husband and mother opted for whipped cream.

 

You can lower the sugar content by reducing the sugar from 3/4 cup to 3 tablespoons, increase water from 1 cup to 1 1/2 cup, and use one package of sugar-free gelatin instead of one package of regular gelatin.

 

 

Yes, I Baked A Cherry Pie

 

 

Looks delicious, doesn't it?

 

And, even though I say so myself, it was delicious.

 

I have a cherry story for you today.

My husband loves cherries.

Cherry cobblers.  Cherry pies.  Cherry ice cream.  Cherry turnovers.

Jars of maraschino cherries.  Chocolate-covered cherries.

You name it, he loves it.

Me, not so much.

 

You know we have been married 44+ years,

and I have made a few cherry cobblers and cherry turnovers.

Few being the optimal word.  Very few to be perfectly clear.

 

And, I believe this cherry "thing" is genetic.

My husband's father liked them,

and our son likes them.

 

What is a girl to do when it is time to bake a pie?

I baked my grandson's favorite, pecan pie, for Thanksgiving.

I baked my mother's favorite, pumpkin pie, for Christmas.

And, I even baked my favorite, sour cream raisin pie, for Christmas.

 

So...I announced I would bake my husband's favorite pie next.

I just knew he was going to say he wanted sweet potato pie.

All these years I have been thinking his favorite pie was sweet potato.

 

But, no.  I was wrong.  He and our son both said cherry pie

was their favorite.

 

We just celebrated our son's thirty-ninth birthday.

(Someone please tell me how thirty-nine years have passed.)

And, I bet you can guess what I made for his birthday dessert.

 

You guessed it.

Cherry Pie

 

 

♥My two guys loved it.♥

I promise to bake more cherry pies.

 

Today at am joining Michael for Foodie Friday 

 

at Rattlebridge Farm.

 

 

Cookies By My Grandson

 

 

I have shared with you that my wonderful grandson

 

usually bakes something for dessert

 

after our Sunday family dinners.

 

Here is another one of his favorites.

 

 

3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

 

• 1 cup peanut butter, either smooth or crunchy
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg

 

Preheat oven to 375 F.

Mix all ingredients together.

Form into balls about the size of a walnut.

Place on a cookie sheet, and flatten slightly.

Sprinkle with sparkling sugar, if desired.

Bake 10-12 minutes or until set.  Cool.

 

 

Yum!!!

 

 

 

Recipes For Grandsons

 

 

Most of you know that I am the proud grandmother of the world's

best grandson.  Said grandson just so happens to be the only child

of my son, the world's best son.

I know, I know.  That sounds slightly prejudice,

but I do have insider knowledge.♥

 

My grandson and I started spending time together in the kitchen

when he was just a little bitty fellow.  Now he thinks his

grandmom is a good cook.  You see, there is a method

to my madness.

 

Today I am sharing a recipe that I knew would be perfect.

My grandson is fifteen years old now,

and he still bakes something after our Sunday Family Dinners.

He has progressed to the point that he doesn't need my help.

It has become a fond tradition for all of us.

 

Chocolate Hazelnut Crescents

• 1 9-inch pie dough
• 1/2 cup hazelnut chocolate spread (I used Nutella.)
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• coarse sugar

Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.

Roll out pie crust  and slice into 18 triangles, like pizza.

Cover completely with hazelnut chocolate spread. Roll each slice into a crescent, starting with the wide end. Place crescents on baking sheet, leaving about an inch for possible spreading.

Brush the top of each with melted butter and sprinkle with coarse sugar. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes until they are lightly golden brown.

Remove from oven and serve immediately.

 

 

Oh my goodness!

These are delicious.

They would be good for breakfast or brunch,

and as a pastry or dessert.

 

Bean Salad

 

 

 

Ever wonder why I don't share many recipes here?

Even though I really enjoy cooking and entertaining?

 

Well, the answer is that I am really not much of a recipe cook.

I am more often a "fly by the seat of your pants? cook.

Oh, yes!  The other reason is I never remember to take a photo.

Following is a perfect example.

 

My husband had been wanting a smoker,

and just last week he ordered one, it was delivered

and he smoked for the first time.

 

He smoked two pork butts,

and they smelled and tasted so good.

We got rolls to make sandwiches,

and our son and grandson were bringing chips and dessert.

 

I called my girlfriend to come over to join us.

Then I decided I better throw together some kind of side dish.

I looked in the pantry and pulled out a can each of

black beans, cannellini beans, corn niblets

and a jar of chopped pimiento.

(Just about any kind of bean would work.)

 

Next I look in the refrigerator vegetable drawer

and pulled out a zucchini, some fresh parsley

and some green onions.

I also pulled a pack of diced pancetta out of the freezer.

 

I rinsed and drained the beans, corn and pimiento

and poured them in a medium sized bowl.

I diced the zucchini, chopped the parsley and green onion

and added them to the bowl.

Finally, I added the diced pancetta (which I cooked on a paper towel

in the microware for about one minute) to the mix.

 

I seasoned to taste with rice vinegar, salt, white pepper

and stevia (any sweetener would work).

 

The salad not only looked colorful, it was delicious

and received rave reviews.

 

So, there is a share of a lot of my kind of cooking.

Spur of the moment, appetizing, easy

and what I have on hand.

 

Hope you don't mind the lack of measurements and specifics.

Maybe one of these days I will remember to take a photo.

 

 

Delicious and Warming

 

 

 

BLT Soup

 

Can you hear me sighing?

Oh my goodness.  So, so good.

 

About a month ago, my husband and I went to Merritt's Store & Grill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to get some lunch.  Merritt's is one of our favorite places to eat, and it is always busy.  They have minimal inside seating plus a few tables for eating outside.  That day the inside seating was taken, and it was way too chilly for dining outside.  We ate in my husband's Explorer.  This included lip and finger licking.  We each had a cup of soup and we shared a burger.  The soup was BLT, and it was so...good.

 

Monday three of my cousins came over to visit, and I offered to fix lunch.  With my mother, there were five of us.  I thought of BLT soup, and even though I didn't have a recipe, I made up my own.  Of course, I had to accompany the soup with grilled cheese sandwiches.  Everyone loved it, so I am going to share what I did with you.  Unfortunately, I forgot to take a photo.  The photo I am sharing is from Merritt's Facebook page.  My cousin, Teresa, brought dessert from Cheesecake Factory.  Totally worthy of another sigh.

 

• Two 28 ounce cans crushed tomatoes with basil
• One quart box chicken stock
• 2/3 cup Hormel real crumbled bacon
• Season to taste - I used kosher salt, ground white pepper, garlic powder, Hungarian paprika, onion powder, cayenne pepper and sugar.
• One pint heavy cream

 

I heated it in my crock pot on low for two hours.

 Garmish with shredded iceberg lettuce. 

 

Cooking Country Ham

 

 

Country Ham, for my family, is a once a year treat. 

And, this is what we call country ham.

Right out of the oven.

 

According to Wikipedia, Country ham is a variety of cured ham, typically very salty. Country ham is first mentioned in print in 1944, referring to a method of curing and smoking done in the rural parts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, Kentucky and other nearby southern states.

 

I spent most of my life living in south Florida. 

Every year my mother ordered a country ham 

from North Carolina to be delivered to 

my daddy as one of his gifts.

 

Now that we are living in North Carolina, 

every December my husband and I drive to 

our hometown to purchase a country ham 

and a bag of sausage.  We don't eat ham or sausage

often, and that is why it is a holiday only treat for us.

We purchase ours from Bear Pond Fresh Market in

Henderson, North Carolina.

 

When I was a young child visiting my grandmother, I

always rode with her to Frazier Brothers Grocery.

Frazier Brothers is now Bear Pond Fresh Market. 

She always purchased bags of sausage there 

every winter because "they kill the hogs 

as soon as the first frost and make fresh sausage".

What did I know?  I am a city girl,

but I can attest it is delicious sausage.

 

My daddy loved it so much that he would have his

mother freeze a bag which when visiting her

the two of them would wrap and put in his suitcase

for his flight home. 

Can you imagine that in this day and time?

 

My daddy had his tried and true method

for cooking country ham,

and I thought I would share it with you today.

 

By the way, we still have some country ham left.

Why don't you come on over for a

cup of coffee and ham biscuit?

 

Scrub ham in warm water and cut off hock, if desired.  (I soak the ham in a sink filled with cold water for about eight hours.) 

Place in large roasting pan with skin side up with 8 to 10 cups of water.  Cover pan tightly, and place in cold oven.  Set temperature to 500 degrees.  Never open door once ham has been placed in oven.  Count cooking time when oven temperature reaches 500 degrees.  Cook for 15 minutes, turn oven off and leave for 3 hours. 

Turn oven on again and after reaching 500 degrees allow to cook for another 15 minutes.  Turn off and leave ham in oven 6 to 8 hours. 

After removing from oven, take off skin and excess fat.

Pink Saturday - November 9, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

Pecan Pie

 

• 1 unbaked pie crust
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup corn syrup
• 3/4 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 3 beaten eggs
• 1 cup chopped pecans 

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Place crust in pie pan.  Stir together remaining ingredients, and pour into pie shell.

Lightly cover edges of crust with foil, and bake for thirty minutes.  Remove foil, and continue baking additional thirty minutes.  Remove and let cool completely before serving.

 

 

 

Happy

 

 

 

Pink Saturday !

 

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This weekend we are

 

Celebrating The Season.

 

Pink Saturday theme weeks will

 

continue through year-end.

 

 

Now, show us your seasonal 

 

photos and/or anything pink (of course).

 

 

 

 

        

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and a very special thank you to those

that take the time to leave me a comment.

It is you that make Pink Saturday special.

 

 

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Most Clicks on Pink Saturday, November 2. 

 

 

 

   Connie at Living Beautifully 

 

  

 

 

 

Connie pins and shares are always gorgeous!

 

 

You can visit her post here.

Congratulations, Connie

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Which one caught my eye?

 

Every week after the close of Pink Saturday,

 

I scan all the thumbnails to see

 

which is the first one to catch my eye.

 

 

 

 

 

Sweater Pumpkins!

 

Nita Stacy at Mod Vintage Life 

 

  

 

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Another Broken Egg

 

 

 

Lobster and Brie Omelet

 

ordered by my son.

 

 

 

Supreme Omelette

 

ordered by my grandson.

 

 

 

Smoked Salmon Benny

 

ordered by me.

 

 

They look delicious, don't they?

 

And, they were.

 

 

I recently treated my son and grandson

 

to breakfast at Another Broken Egg.

 

 

Read the Another Broken Egg story here.

 

(These photos were made with my phone.)