Fruit Tart

This recipe can be made in a flash if you use prepared ingredients. BUT it is delicious if it is all homemade.

2 pie crust

5 cups fresh fruit(berries, cut up peaches)

16 oz strawberry glaze*

1/2 cup whipped topping**

    Heat oven to 450F. With a round fluted cookie cutter, cut ten 4-inch rounds from pie crust. Place rounds on the backside of a muffin tin. Pinch 5 equally spaced pleats on the side of each crust. Prick each pastry with a fork, generously.

    Bake for 9 to 13 minutes or until lightly brown. Cool about 30 minutes or until completely cooled. Remove from tins.

    While they cool, combine fruit and glaze in a large bowl. Refrigerate until completely cool, about 30 minutes.

    Just before serving spoon in 1/2 cup fruit mixture into each tart shell. Then top with topping.

*Glaze

    1 1/2 cups sugar 

    3 T cornstarch

    1 pkg strawberry jello

    3 pints strawberries, hulled and halved

    Put 1 1/2 cups water, sugar, cornstarch and jello in a saucepan. Stir and bring to a boil. Cook until it starts to thicken, then remove from heat.

    **whipping cream

Sausage Balls

 3 cups Bisquick

1 pound ground sausage

10 ounces sharp cheddar cheese

1/8 cup water

    Mix all the ingredients well. Roll into 1 1/2 to 2 inch balls and bake at 350°F for 15 to 20 minutes.

Oven-Roasted Chili Corn

 8 ears fresh corn in husk

1 recipe chili butter

Sliced green onions and/or lime zest

    Preheat oven to 350°F. Place corn on sinner rack. Roast 45 minutes or until tender. Cool slightly. Remove husk and silks; spread each cob with 1 tablespoon chili butter. Serve with green onions and lime.

Chili Butter

1/2 cup butter

2 limes, juiced and vested

2 t ancho chili pepper

1 t chipotle pepper

4 cloves crushed garlic

    Combine all ingredients. Cover and refrigerate at least 30 minutes. Will keep up to one week.

Vera's Easy Cookie

1/2 pound butter

1/2 cup sugar

2 1/4 cups plain flour

Powdered sugar

    Cream butter and sugar. Then add flour and mix in completely. Form into a roll. Wrap in wax paper and refrigerate over night. Slice into 1/4" rounds and bake at 375°F for 8 to 10 min. Watch carefully. Bake to light golden brown. Dust with powdered sugar when cool. These will keep for several weeks stored in a tin.

    This is truly an easy cookie. It is great with a cup of coffee or tea! ☕️

Bisquick Rolls

 One cup sour cream 

2 cups Bisquick

1 stick butter (or margarine), melted

     Mix and bake at 350°F is it safe until lightly golden brown.

    Please can be easily changed simply add some  cheddar cheese or garlic and chives in. I’m sure you could think of other alterations.

Baking mix

8 cups self rising flour

 1 1/2 cups shortening 

Taco Chicken

 Smallish boneless skinless chicken breast 

Taco spice packet

Salsa

Sour cream

    Pat dry the chicken breast. Dredge them in the taco spices. Place in baking dish and bake at 350°F for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and put about 2 tablespoons of salsa on each chicken breast. Bake for 20 more minutes. Add a large dollop of sour cream on top.

Gravies

 Giblet Gravy:

Drippings 

Flour

Small pieces of meat-from Gizzard, liver, neck or any chop pieces

Boiled egg-chopped 

Water

Salt and pepper

Giblet gravy is made from the drippings of a roasted chicken or turkey. While the drippings cool, brown flour (for a chicken maybe 2 tablespoons, for a large turkey as much as half a cup-this of course depends on the volume of liquid) in a frying pan preferably cast iron. Stir constantly and remove all small flour bubbles. Brown until the flour is  golden brown but be careful the flour burns easily. Allow the flour to cool (this will take some time). Whisk the flour into the drippings. Add the rest of the ingredients. The amount of each of these ingredients is of course dependent on the volume of drippings. It is determined by the strength of the drippings flavor. Always remember you can add more but you can’t take away. So taste it and add more if you need it. If  the gravy is not thick enough, you can add more flour but you must take some of the liquid and let it cool. Then whisk the flour in. Now add it back to the rest of the gravy. Simmer the gravy for 15 or 20 minutes covered. [Note: drippings are key😋]

Beef, Pork, and Fried Chicken Gravy:

Drippings

Flour

Water

Salt and pepper

Whisk water and flour (determined by volume and strength of drippings) and pour into a drippings that are in an appropriate size frying pan. Add the salt and pepper. Simmer on low for 15 to 20 minutes covered. You can add more water if it is too thick or more flour if it is too thin. To add flour you must remove some of the liquid-allow it to cool. Whisk in the flour and then stir it back into the gravy.

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Easy Baked Chicken

 Boneless skinless chicken 

   Any sauce-Cream soup, sour cream, salad dressing, taco sauce, sweet and sour sauce, etc.

Any dry coating-Bread crumbs, crushed crackers, crushed cereal, finely chopped nuts, seasoned flour or cornmeal etc.

Pat the chicken dry. Cover the chicken with your choice of wet ingredients and then roll in your choice of dry ingredients. Bake @ 350°F for roughly 40 minutes. This time will be determined by the size of your chicken. The time given is for a relatively small piece of chicken.

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Pork Tenderloin!

 

Option 1:

Ketchup

Soy Sauce

Brown Sugar

Mix the 3 ingredients to the consistency of ketchup. Spread these on the tenderloin generously. This meat can be grilled or broiled or roasted. In my opinion grilling is the best.

Option 2:

Just sprinkle Montreal steak seasoning on the meat. Grill, roast or broil. Both options take 30 to 40 minutes to cook.

Two Ingredient Biscuits

 

2 cups self-rising flour

1 to 1 1/2 cups heavy cream 

Mix the two ingredients using enough cream to make a stiff but still sticky dough. Pat out the dough according to how you like your biscuits-thick or thin. Cut and place on a pan and bake in a preheated oven. 425°F The length of time will depend on your oven and how thick your biscuits are. Somewhere between 10 and 15 minute

This recipe can also be used to make drop biscuits. 

Hamburger Barbecue

                       

1 T veg. oil

1 large onion, chopped

1 lb. ground chuck

1 t. salt

Dash of pepper

½ c plus 2 t catsup

½ c sweet pickle relish

1 t prepared mustard

1 T Worcestershire Sauce

1 t chili powder

          Heat oil and add onions and meat. Cook until brown. Add salt and pepper. In bowl mix catsup, Pickle relish mustard, Worcestershire and chili, stir into meat.

Country Fried Pork Chops

 

Place pork chops one at a time in a plastic bag with flour and salt and pepper. Shake until covered well. Place in a frying pan with a small amount of heated oil. Brown on both sides. Mix 2 or 3 Tbsp flour with about 1 cup of water. Pour the water over the pork chops and cover pan. Allow the chop to simmer for 20 to 30 minutes.

Add extra water if needed.

Candied Sweet Potatoes

Candied Sweet Potatoes

Bake sweet potatoes(very orange, firm, smoothish, skin) until soft-about an hour

Generously cover with sugar-maybe 1 cup to 6 large potatoes 

Dab butter generously over the potatoes

        Bake at 350° F until butter and sugar are bubbly and gooey. You may want to baste the sugar if it is not all melting.

Egg Salad

 6 eggs hard boiled

6 Tbsp mayonnaise 

1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar 

2 tsp mustard

Salt and pepper

       Mash eggs and mix in the rest of the ingredients.

Tomato Pie and Pastry

    These is a great summer recipes, made with homegrown tomatoes they are absolutely delicious!      

                       

1 ¼ to 1 ½ cups flour

2 t baking powder

½ to 1 t salt 

½ cup shortening

½ cup sour cream

1T fresh Basil

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Mix and refrigerate at least 2 hours. Roll out to ¼ inch thick and bake about 20 minutes. Poke holes and then add ingredients

5-7 tomatoes (I never use this many) If you are using homegrown tomatoes you may want to slice them and let them drain some where other than on the crust.

Layer of onions

1 to 2 T fresh basil

Combine:

1 cup cheddar cheese

1 cup mayo 

Spread on onion and bake 350 for 30 to 40 minutes until bubbly. Top with crisp bacon.

This is really, really good. Great for a luncheon.

2^nd Filling

4 or 5 Tomatoes

8 oz mozzarella cheese

2 T fresh Basil

salt and pepper

1 T olive oil

Layer and bake at 400 until yummy.

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BRAZILIAN VINAIGRETTE SALSA

 

 

INGREDIENTS

• 1 large onion, diced

• 4 tomatoes, diced

• 1 green or red bell pepper, diced (optional)

• ⅓ cup chopped parsley

• ¼ cup white wine vinegar

• ½ cup olive oil

• Salt and pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

1 Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.

2 Season with salt and pepper and serve.

         Serve with black beans and rice.

Texas Hash (Spanish Rice)

1 lb. ground beef

1 large onions, chopped

1 bell pepper

2 cans tomatoes

1 cup uncooked rice

2 t. salt 

½ t. black pepper

2 t. chili powder

 

Cook onions and green pepper slowly until onions are translucent. Add meat and saute until it loses red color; add tomatoes, rice, and seasonings. Arrange in large casserole. Cover and cook at 350 about 45 minutes. Remove cover and bake 15 minutes longer. Serves 4.

I usually add a little water to make sure the rice cooks.

This recipe freezes very well. Freeze before cooking. When I make this recipe I always make twice as much as I need so I have it made for another time when I am busy.

Beef Stew

1 pound beef stew

4 med carrots

3 med potatoes 

3 celery stalks

1 med/lg onion

2 14.5 oz. cans diced tomatoes 

Salt and pepper to taste

 1/4 cup flour or cornstarch

1/2 cup water

Brown beef in pot you intent to cook the stew. Add all remaining ingredients except flour and water in order given.  Whisk the flour and water and pour over the other ingredients. Cover and cook at 275° F for 5 hours.

Serve over rice.

Dump Cake

Put in a pan in this order.

1 can pie filling ( or 2 cups of homemade pie filling)

   ( if you use peach cut them up well)

1 can crushed pineapple

1 yellow cake mix

1 can coconut

1 c nuts ( I use pecans)

2 sticks butter or marg. (melted and poured over top)

Bake at 350 for about 45 min. or until rich golden brown. Serve with ice-cream.

Serves 12               

Lemon Muffins

2 cups flour

½ cups white sugar

3 t baking powder

1 T grated lemon zest

½ t salt

¾ c milk

1/3 c vegetable oil

1 egg

      Heat oven to 400°F. Grease bottoms only of 12 muffin cups or line with baking cups.

      In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, lemon zest and salt; mix well. In a small bowl, combine milk, oil and egg; blend well. Add dry ingredients all at once; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened (batter will be lumpy).

      Fill cups 2/3 full. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 1 minute before removing from pan. Serve warm.