Vegetables, Recipes, Fruit and VeggieVille

Need Your Help

2012-01-14T20:22:00.000-08:00

I am sorry that I haven't posted for a long time. The truth is my family has been going through a lot of bad times and we could not afford to keep our Internet. I am living with my daughter now in a studio apartment along with my 3 year old grandson. We couldn't celebrate the holidays except to pray. All we had was one string of lights. There was no tree, no dinner, no gifts,not even

Leftover Pie Fillings

2010-12-16T10:29:00.000-08:00

I made several batches of Kolacky cookies and I found it slightly cheaper to use pie filling then preserves. Even though I bought small cans I still had a lot leftover, so this morning when I made my grandsons pancakes I added a heaping tsp of each filling, blueberry, raspberry, and apple right to the dough. I then fried the pancakes as usual.. I did add a couple tablespoons of sugar also to

Green Beans Almandine

2010-12-15T10:26:00.000-08:00

I'm sure many of you have made this dish, Green Beans Almondine or at least have eaten it. My family used to just have mixed vegetables with our holiday dinner. When I had my own family I started making the green bean casserole, however my hubby hates cream of mushroom soup and won't eat anything that contains it. I was never that crazy about it either so this year I made the almondine.

Serve Baked Potatoes Like A Pro

2010-11-13T08:43:00.000-08:00

Potatoes are a great comfort food and one of the most popular vegetables as a side dish. Of the many ways potatoes can be enjoyed, baked is a favorite especially when eating out. It's the perfect excuse to enjoy the butter and sour cream most of us use as toppings.Usually restaurants serve them on your plate in the foil they were baked in with the steaming centers puffed out. Here's an easy

Avocado Eggroll

2010-09-10T09:17:00.000-07:00

The other day my son took me to a restaurant that had American food with an Asian twist. He had been there several times before and loved the food. In particular he was hooked on these avocado egg rolls. He insisted on ordering them for me to try. They were incredible though a little expensive. They were small and served sliced down the middle lengthwise. The filling was of course

Spicy Garbage Eggs

2010-08-20T12:01:00.000-07:00

My 23 year old son lives with us but with his schedule I barely see him. However the other day he got to go in late so I offered breakfast. He usually eats out or at his restaurant and my husband and 25 year old daughter barely eat at all. So I was excited to have someone to cook for. My son prefers scrambled eggs, and so I came up with this recipe. He said they were incredible the best he's

My Cold Vegetable Soup

2010-08-15T18:50:00.000-07:00

This cold vegetable soup is very much like Gazpacho except that instead of a tomato or vegetable juice base I leave in the juices that come from my tomatoes and cucumbers. When you make this soup make it for your and your family's personal taste. This means put in it what you like and as much of it as per your taste. This is what I put into my soup: tomatoes cucumbers jalapeno pepper

Amazing Two Finger Potato Salad

2010-08-11T12:33:00.000-07:00

Lately I've gone crazy with this summers bounty of produce. It helps that there's so much of it that most stores are having great sales. So I bought some beautiful, buttery, Yukon Gold potatoes and made potato salad with them. I call this salad Amazing because my son who is a manager at a small restaurant tasted it and said it was amazing. He is my best measurement of a successful dish. He

Brighten Breakfast

2010-05-09T10:24:00.000-07:00

I've always liked cream of wheat cereal but admit it needs some sugar which I'm not supposed to have. I haven't had it for years. My daughter gave me a box of it and for kicks I sliced up a banana and put it in the bowl with the cereal and the water then into the microwave. When I took it out it smelled wonderfully of bananas and it tasted sweet from the fruit without adding extra sugar.

Fruits and Vegetables for Great Flavor

2010-05-04T23:16:00.000-07:00

I love to cook and come up with new recipes. Today my son went to the grocery store and brought back some pork chops, potatoes, and soda. Having very little else in the house I really had to think about what I wanted to do with those nice thick boneless chops and all those potatoes. Even with a broken oven it didn't take long for me to come up with a delicious recipe for pork chops and

The Reality of Amounts and Portions

2010-04-28T06:01:00.000-07:00

I hear a lot of people on TV complain that they can't eat so many fruits and vegetables everyday. I don't know if that's because they're trying to sell juicers and blenders or if they really believe that. People that don't like fruit are likely to believe this. Here's the big however, because of Americans being used to such large portions of food most of us don't realize that 1/2 of a

Love Onions?

2010-04-01T12:09:00.000-07:00

If you don't know by now I love onions and yesterday with virtually no food in the house I made a dinner that was so super tasty I had to pat myself on the back. Here's what you need: 2 onions 2 cups egg noodles, cooked 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts Garlic salt Lemon pepper Extra virgin olive oil 1 tblsp. sugar 3 tblsp. margerine, or butter Chop onions into large pieces. Place in

The Real Estate Bailout and Homebuyers Tax Credit

2010-02-25T15:18:00.000-08:00

It's great to improve our health with eating more fruits and vegetables, but now we've got a stimulus package to improve the health of our economy in the form of this Real Estate Bailout It's a first-time homebuyers tax credit of $8000. It ended at the end of November, 2009 but it seemed to work well although there still were a lot of people who never heard of it and didn't take

Sweet Potato Casserole

2010-02-06T15:32:00.000-08:00

Sweet Potatoes have become a new favorite in our house. They taste great and are so much better for you than regular potatoes. Of course, this recipe is all about flavor and texture which this dish has an abundance of. Don't wait for a holiday, it's great any day of the year. 7 large or 6 lbs of sweet potatoes, pealed and cubed 1/4 cup butter or margarine 1/2 cup orange marmalade 1/4 cup

Make Use of Your Cresent Rolls or Puff Pastry

2010-01-31T21:02:00.000-08:00

You can use this idea for fruits or vegetables. If you've got a family that just doesn't like vegetables, try getting some puff pastry or dough for cresent rolls. Melt some margarine and add some of your favorite shredded cheese to it. Get a brush and brush some of the mixture onto the dough. Add some finely chopped veggies on top of that and roll it up. You can do it in individual

Carrot Fritters

2010-01-20T17:31:00.000-08:00

Here's a recipe I found for carrot fritters I know your kids would like. It's a great way to get them and maybe even you to eat some yum yum veggies. Here's what you need to make them; 6 cups of water 2 1/2 cups carrots chopped fine 1/4 cup all purpose flour 1/4 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. pepper 2 eggs, separated 3 tbls. milk 2 tbls. onion ,chopped fine 2 tbls. fresh parsley, minced vegetable to deep

Why We Don't Eat Enough Fruits and Vegetables

2010-01-14T14:19:00.000-08:00

This post is the second part of a post I wrote on my other blog, Healthy Life Food We looked at the two main reasons I could see for us not eating what we should of fruits and vegetables. The first, as was discussed on Healthy Life Food was afforibility. The second is we simple don't like them. While I'm aware that not everyone likes the same things I would first like to point

Leftover Appetizer Trays

2010-01-09T14:25:00.000-08:00

I should have entered this post before the holidays were over, but I wanted to remind you about leftovers. We purchased large vegetable appetizer trays for x-mass and new years. You know the ones with the dip in the center and carrots, pea pods, broccoli, celery, and cherry tomatoes surrounding it. I didn't want to waste any of it because they weren't cheap and the veggie's were nice

So This Is Christmas

2009-12-24T07:18:00.000-08:00

This is my favorite time of the year for trying new and exciting recipes, most importantly for appetizers, snacks, and desserts. Of course I love to make any dish but I really adore eating bite size buffet style. I saw this really yummy looking recipe made with lunch meats, turkey, ham, and roast beef slices. The jist of it was that you take a slice of the meat and smear some cream

Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts

2009-10-17T13:57:00.000-07:00

I hadn't gone shopping so I didn't have many ingredients, I simply used what I had in my kitchen. I took my boneless skinless chicken breasts and cut a horizontal slit in each one being careful not to cut all the way thru. I opened my can of chopped spinach and added very little salt, some pepper, and some ranch dip I had made with sourcream and Hidden Valley ranch powder. Maybe just

Good Use For Spinach

2009-10-16T13:09:00.000-07:00

When I was a kid I hated spinach. My mother didn't make it often but when she did we had to eat it. I liked vegetables and the problem really didn't have anything to do with taste. It was because it was so long and stringy I would choke on it. It wasn't until I was an adult that I tried it again and loved it. I'll eat it cooked or raw. Now, understand that my husband and son like

Vegetables With Sesame

2009-10-15T10:32:00.000-07:00

If you've got leftover red cabbage or are just looking for a new way to make your vegetables, here's a recipe I found that will just hit the spot! 2 red bell peppers 2 green bell peppers 2 medium zucchini 4 small carrots 1 tbls. olive oil 1/2 small head red cabbage, thinly sliced 1/4 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. pepper 4 tsps. white wine vinegar 1/4 cup water 1 tbls. sesame seeds 1. Julienne

Dessert

2009-10-14T10:09:00.000-07:00

For dessert I've been having frozen plain bananas. They were on sale for 29 cents a pound so we bought a bunch. The problem with bananas in my house is they usually go uneaten and have to be thrown out. So when I do buy them I wait until they are firm and ripe and then I peel them, cut them in half and wrap them in plastic wrap. Put them in the freezer and they are wonderful. What I

The Rest of The Red Cabbage

2009-10-13T08:53:00.000-07:00

I had bought a head of red cabbage for my vegetable soup but only used about a quarter of the head. What to do, what to do with the rest of the cabbage. I just made some pea and carrot salad, so I didn't want to make cole slaw too. I'm probably the only one in my family who's going to eat it anyway so I needed to use the cabbage for something else. My mother used to make cabbage &

The Set Aside Chicken

2009-10-12T08:33:00.000-07:00

As I said before I had a lot of leftover chicken so I made a to die for chicken salad. I combined the chicken, garlic, onions, celery, green pepper. I then used that new mayonaise made from olive oil with some pepper. It was great, I had it on crackers, rye bread, white bread, toast, and toasted onion bagels. Mmmmmmmmm! I like to add some kind of chopped nuts or seeds like