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Cheesy Onion and Herb Bread

2013-05-22T15:09:04Z

Do you have “Italian night” at your house? We do. Every Thursday. Most of the time it’s pizza, but other times it’s pasta of some kind. Mostly spaghetti with tomato sauce. The usual sides for our Italian night are a simple tossed green salad and garlic bread. I mean, really, who doesn’t like buttery, yummy garlic bread? But every once in a while, I make the “good stuff.” This ooey-gooey cheesy onion-y herb-y bread. No, it’s not good for you, and you’re not supposed to eat it three times a week. But for an occasional indulgence, it is incredibly delicious! And I thoroughly believe that an occasional indulgence is good for the soul.

I’ve had this cheesy onion and herb bread recipe for a long time. It came from a 1980′s sorority cookbook which I cannot find now to save my life. I’d love to give the recipe creator credit, so if you have a Beta Sigma Phi cookbook from sometime in the 1980′s and you find this recipe, please let me know!

I used to make two or three loaves of this cheesy goodness and a huge pot of spaghetti with meat sauce when we’d have a bunch of people over for a casual dinner. The bread was always the hit of the party. Spaghetti-schmagetti…people just wanted this bread!

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Chicken and Artichoke Casserole

2013-05-17T18:25:16Z

To me, there’s nothing better for supper than a one-dish meal. Protein, veggies, and sometimes starch all in one pot. No muss, no fuss, not much cleaning up. Add a salad and some bread and you’re good to go. Right?

Some of the best one-dish meals are, of course, casseroles. I’ll bet you have dozens of casserole recipes, don’t you? I sure do! They’re a great way to use up leftover chicken or roast or turkey. Combine one of those with some veggies, a sauce (or soup), and some cheese and you’ve got yourself a casserole. I was looking for a casserole recipe a few weeks ago to use some chicken and rice and came across this great one that also included artichokes. I fiddled with the ingredients a bit and this is what I wound up with. Chicken mixed with drained, marinated artichoke hearts, cheese, rice, and veggies. So, so good.

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Lime Congealed Salad

2013-05-15T15:25:04Z

Congealed salad. Jello salad? What do you call it? In the southern states, we mostly go with congealed, but you may know it by other names. Gelatin salad. Jelly salad. Whatever you call it, here’s a fabulous recipe for it.

No Sunday dinner, family reunion, or gathering of friends in the South would be complete without at least one congealed salad on the table. Indeed, it is not unusual to find three or four. And although you might confuse a congealed salad with dessert, they are always, always, served as a side dish with the main meal. It has to do with that sweet-salt combination that Southerners love.

Now before you go turning your nose up at congealed salad, look at its origins. Congealed salad, I believe, descended from the very Victorian jellies produced by famed chefs during that time period. Some of those creations were very complex and were both savory and sweet. Dessert jellies were highly prized and available mostly to the more well-to-do of the time. And they remain nearly as popular today. I saw Nigella Lawson make one recently with jellied white wine and raspberries. Can’t wait to try that!

Then along came Jell-o and made flavored gelatin widely available at an affordable price to masses. Suddenly everyone could afford a wiggly, jiggly dessert or jelled salad. Thank you, Jell-o.

I have probably two or three dozen different congealed salad recipes, and today I’m sharing one of my favorites with you. Its base is lime jello which is combined with cream cheese, crushed pineapple, pecans, celery, and marshmallows. Yum and double yum. I made it this time with sugar-free gelatin and low-fat cream cheese and it was just as delicious as the more indulgent version. I just know you’re gonna like this one!

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Strawberry Cobbler

2013-05-10T21:25:04Z

I always know that it’s really, truly Spring when I start seeing road-side signs for U-Pick strawberry patches. It just makes my day to see those little signs because, first, they usually mean cold weather is gone for a while and, second, all that wonderful spring and summer produce is about to start flooding the markets! I just adore fresh produce straight from the farm. It’s so completely different from the things that have been trucked in from who knows where and stored in a cold, dark place until ready to sell. You never know how long that tomato or those oranges have been around. It could be weeks.

A couple of weekends ago, BeeBop and I made a Saturday morning trip to one of our favorite produce markets specifically to get their fresh strawberries. They pick them every morning so you know what you’re buying has just come from the field. I grabbed a bunch of them, froze most to use later, and made this delicious cobbler with the rest.

This strawberry cobbler is fantastic when fresh berries are just coming to market, but it’s also a great reminder of summer time when you make it in the dead of winter with some of the berries you put away in the freezer! Most people like their cobbler with a little ice cream or whipped cream, but I’ve always preferred mine just drizzled with a bit of heavy cream or half and half. Yum!

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Chicken, Bacon, and Swiss Sandwich

2013-05-07T16:48:56Z

Weeknight suppers can be hectic, can’t they? Sometimes the afternoon completely gets away from me and by 5:00 I haven’t even thought of what to cook for supper. I’ve been working all day and suddenly it’s time to get in the kitchen and I’m at a standstill. What the heck am I going to make!? And for those of you with school-age children and all their activities, it’s even more difficult. Been there.

On busy days, for me, there’s just nothing like a sandwich for supper. A fantastic meal all in one package. Now, let me just say for the record that one of the last things I ever want to eat is a cold sandwich. I do sometimes, but it’s never because it’s high up on my list. Just something about cold meat between cold bread that I dislike. I know. I’m weird. So, when I make supper sandwiches you can bet that they’re going to be something warm. Like this Chicken, Bacon, and Swiss Sandwich.

This sandwich was a kitchen “accident” that happened last week. It was one of those busy days when I had no idea what to make for dinner. I went to the kitchen and started rummaging around in the fridge to see what I could put together quickly. I had a couple of chicken breasts and some bacon so that’s where I started. While the chicken was cooking, I thought of some leftover slices of Swiss cheese that were taking up space so I added those in, too. Lucky for us this kitchen accident turned out like it did. It came together in about 20 minutes start to finish and it was delicious! Unlike the tomato-sauce-dropped-on-the-floor kitchen accident that happened earlier. Never mind.

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Black-Eyed Pea Salad

2013-05-21T11:19:24Z

It’s May 3 and I’m wearing a sweater. A sweater, y’all. We should have sunny skies and temperatures in the 80′s. What we have is wind, clouds, rain, and mid-50′s. What the heck is going on with the weather! I want blue summer skies with warm days and summer food. I want to picnic by the lake and stroll through the farmer’s market. Instead, I’m thinking of starting a fire in the fireplace. This is just nuts.

But I’m keeping my hopes up and I know that we’ll have a beautiful, warm summer soon. And when that first really pretty warm day comes around, maybe we’ll fill our picnic basket (or at least our dinner table) with delicious recipes like this one.

This black-eyed pea salad is very similar to the traditional three-bean salad that is a staple at Southern picnics, pot-lucks, and church dinners, although it’s a lot lower in sugar than that recipe. It’s easy to make, easy to transport, and almost everyone likes it. Even the little ones enjoy it, though they may pick out the onions :-)

I made this recently and took it to Uncle J’s house for an impromptu family get-together. Uncle J served us fried chicken, potato salad, and green beans and this salad complimented that menu quite nicely.

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Pineapple-Blueberry-Basil Galette

2013-05-01T13:55:22Z

This post is sponsored by Pillsbury. All thoughts are my own.

A few days ago I was asked if I’d be interested in creating a recipe using Pillsbury’s refrigerated pie crusts. I immediately responded with a very emphatic “Yes!” since this is one my favorite products! As you may know, homemade pie crust dough and I have a somewhat sketchy history. It doesn’t like me and I don’t like it. Oh wait, I love to eat it, I just can’t make it! I’m not sure I could produce a beautiful pie crust if my very life depended on it. It’s one of those cooking attributes that I just didn’t get. So, it was a happy day for me when Pillsbury came out with these beautiful refrigerated pie crusts.

For years, I used the frozen pie crusts. And they were fine. Except, that they were just almost too perfect. Stamped out and pressed pristinely into their little aluminum pans. You could make a pretty pie, but you couldn’t do anything else with them, really. Then these beautiful refrigerated pie crusts came on the market and I could make all kinds of new recipes! Regular pies, of course, hand pies, tarts, and gorgeous galettes.

A galette is actually my favorite kind of pie to make because it’s so easy and the result is always beautiful. I love these gorgeous freeform, rustic pies. And the fillings are limitless. Almost any fruit can be used in a galette. I’ve even seen savory ones with spinach and cheese. Just make a filling, pile it in the middle, and fold the crust up around it. Et voila – pie!

Now I know that you may be scratching your head a bit at the combination I’ve used for the filling of this galette, but be assured that this is one fantastic dessert. I love combining herbs with fruit and you simply won’t believe how well the basil plays with the tart pineapple and fresh summery blueberries. And guess what else…it’s cooked on the grill! Just make your galette and when you’ve finished cooking the burgers, pop it on to bake while you enjoy dinner. It gets a very slight smoky taste that only adds to its deliciousness. BeeBop declared this to be one of the best desserts I’ve ever made. That’s pretty high praise, y’all.

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Chicken Pie

2013-05-02T15:29:50Z

Good Monday morning, everybody! I hope y’all are as ready to tackle another week as I am. I have a to-do list as long as my arm for this week and I’m getting started early with this fantastic vintage recipe for Chicken Pie.

This recipe is one of those 1960′s-70′s recipes that I had almost forgotten about until I saw Trisha Yearwood make it recently on Food Network. I would guess that I made this old recipe hundreds of times “back in the day.” It’s so delicious and very easy. Especially if you take the fast route and use a purchased rotisserie chicken from the grocery store deli.

You probably noticed that there’s no “Pot” in the title. It’s just plain Chicken Pie, not Chicken Pot Pie. I think that’s because there’s nothing but chicken in it. No peas, no carrots, no onions…just chicken. The only real variation I’ve seen to this recipe is that some people will include sliced hard boiled eggs. I like it that way, too. However, once you start adding veggies to the recipe, well then you just have a regular old chicken pot pie. Why don’t you try this one without veggies and see what you think?

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Creamy Ham and Red Bell Pepper Pasta

2013-04-24T19:30:40Z

This is another one of those recipes that just “happened” while I was cleaning out the fridge. Really. I had a tiny little bit of cream cheese left over from another recipe, a bit of whipping cream, half a red bell pepper, and a package of ham cubes that were all going to need to be used within a few days. So, I grabbed an onion, some garlic, and a few other things and this is what I ended up with!

I’ve already made this “clean out the fridge” recipe twice. For me to make a recipe twice in the space of a week means that it’s most definitely a keeper. We’ll enjoy this over and over and I hope your family loves it as much as we do.

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Strawberry Icebox Cake

2013-04-22T15:42:17Z

If you’re a regular reader of Never Enough Thyme, you know that I always do two posts a week. Without fail. It’s usually Tuesday and Friday. However, with everything that was going on in our country last week, I just didn’t have it in me to do a “happy little post.” The tragedies in Boston and West, Texas, just kinda took the wind out of my sails and I couldn’t come up with words to write here. But I’m starting to get back into the swing of things and hope you enjoy today’s recipe. I’ll try to have two more for you this week to make up for my absence last Friday. Let’s all hope for a better week and remember to support all those folks who need our good thoughts right now.

Today’s recipe was inspired by one that I saw recently on The Kitchn. It’s an old-fashioned icebox cake. As far as I can tell, icebox cakes originated in the 1920′s as a way for Nabisco to promote some of their cookie wafer products. The original ones were simply cookies layered with whipped cream and allowed to stand until the cookies softened and became very much like a thin cake layer.

Well, since this is a vintage recipe you know I had to give it a try! The recipe on The Kitchn used all graham crackers layered with whipped cream and fresh strawberries. Yum. However, I happened to have a few Nabisco Chocolate Wafers leftover from the Fresh Strawberry Pie with Chocolate Cookie Crust that I did a few days ago, so I thought maybe a chocolate layer among all that goodness wouldn’t hurt anything. I was right. Didn’t hurt the recipe at all :-)

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