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Farm Kitchen:  What have you been making??  |
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lovelady
True Blue Farmgirl
533 Posts
Toni
Indiana
USA
533 Posts |
 Posted - Oct 14 2009 : 09:44:52 AM
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What has been going on in your kitchens? Anything exciting and new for supper? Or old and reliable? What have you been eating?
Monday we had Swiss steak, Garlic-Parmesan orzo, homemade bread, and squash cookies for dessert.
Last night was baked chicken strips with honey mustard, macaroni and cheese, and green beans. For some reason, I never make macaroni and cheese. I like it, but I just don't think about it when planning our meals.
Tonight I think we are going to have Cheeseburger soup, biscuits with apple butter, and maybe something for dessert. Or I might just let the apple butter count as dessert since I am feeling a bit lazy.
Last week I tried new recipes for Butternut Soup, French Bread, and Chocolate Cake, and they all turned out great. I think everyone was surprised at the Butternut Soup. My parents came down for a few days to visit, and when I told my mom what I was making for supper that night she sounded a bit skeptical. She is always up for trying new things, though, and I could tell she didn't expect it to be as good as it was. Even my husband liked it, and he is not a huge fan of squash. He is going to have to get used to it though, because my garden produced a bumper crop this year! |
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MasterGardener
True Blue Farmgirl
572 Posts
Chandra
Louisiana
USA
572 Posts |
Posted - Oct 14 2009 : 10:53:16 AM
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Let's see, this week week was Indian Lentil-Vegetable Stew served over brown rice with a Greek salad stuffed in a pita pocket & last week was grilled chicken pizza with B-B-Q sauce instead of pizza sauce.
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-:¦:- ((¸¸.•´Farmgirl Sister #64
She considereth a field, and buyeth it; with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Proverbs 31:16 |
Edited by - MasterGardener on Oct 15 2009 07:11:23 AM |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Oct 14 2009 : 12:08:21 PM
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Curry Sweet potato Shepherds pie--that's always the 1st "autumn" request from my husband. He finished the last a few days back, but then got sick with some bug, so I've been making chicken noodle soup and grilled cheese for the last few nights.
Tonight, it's pork chops with mustard sauce, wild rice and broccoli.
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
2195 Posts |
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herbquilter
True Blue Farmgirl
891 Posts
Kristine
Bonney Lake
Wa
USA
891 Posts |
Posted - Oct 15 2009 : 12:28:56 PM
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Last night we had beans, but not just any beans...we grew them in the garden, Jacob's Cattle Beans (gasless). We have a son (14yrs) named Jacob. Never grew dry beans in western WA, but they grew well and we saved seed to grow more next year. They were cooked with ham bone, onion, garlic & a mild hot pepper. Oh so yummy!
Tonight is Homemade Mac & Cheese. I put some cooked pumpkin in it. This is one of our family's favorites and they want lots of leftovers:)
Blessings,
Kristine ~ Mother of Many & MRET ~ Energy Healing & Wellness Coaching Sessions
http://herbalmommasda.blogspot.com/
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4739 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
4739 Posts |
Posted - Oct 15 2009 : 3:12:40 PM
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Today is my husband's birthday, so I am making his favorite dinner and dessert. He is Persian, so we are having egg plant Khouresh (beef stew, tomatoes, onions, egg plants, lime juice and spices), saffron rice, stuffed grape leaves and noon (Persian bread). For dessert, cranberry/walnut scones. I also baked up a huge batch of pecan squares to take to work tomorrow for my last day there. I've been baking & cooking for 4+ hours this afternoon! Phew, I'm beat!
Dawn in IL |
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lovelady
True Blue Farmgirl
533 Posts
Toni
Indiana
USA
533 Posts |
Posted - Oct 15 2009 : 4:59:23 PM
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Everything you all are making sounds so good!
Maryjane~Pumpkin Bread has got to be one of my all-time favorites! I am going to be making some this weekend, I hope.
Kristine~I think I have seen those beans in some of my catalogs, they are beautiful! And the way you make them sounds delicious! Now, you need to give me some pointers on Mac and cheese, please!
Dawn~Your husband is a lucky man! I bet that dinner takes alot of work, but it sounds wonderful. And congratulations on your last day of work, I remember reading that you were unhappy there. |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Oct 15 2009 : 6:21:26 PM
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Soups for the freezer: chicken and everything, beef and everything, 14 bean with veggys, also stews: lamb and rice and veggy, chunky beef and everything.Then of course my specialty cook-off winner, hot/spicy chilli.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4739 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
4739 Posts |
Posted - Oct 15 2009 : 7:22:34 PM
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Thanks Toni! My husband loved dinner and it was a ton of work but well worth it! I'm really relieved that tomorrow is my last day at work too. That was worth leaving!
Dawn in IL |
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Shmemily
Farmgirl in Training
26 Posts
Emily
Hillsboro
Ohio
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 06:26:17 AM
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| We're having guests this weekend so after work here is the planned dinner for when they arrive: pumpkin lasagna, herbed garlic bread, tossed salad with lime vinegarette. And then for dessert almond cheesecake and banana nut bread for breakfast in the morning! I love having guests. :) |
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 08:01:39 AM
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Wow you girls are making me hungry! Your menus sound great!
I experimented this week with a Crockpot Chicken Tortilla Soup. I don't always like using the crockpot but cook or sear the meat first along with sautéing the onions, etc. and that makes a difference. The soup came out wonderful and I have some for the freezer :)
Today I am making:
~Honey-Pumpkin Pie for my honey
~Dinner isn't very exciting: Grilled Sirloin tip steak w/sweet potato fries and tossed salad
~I am trying a Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookie recipe that Not Quite June Cleaver shared
~Oatmeal Molasses Bread
and some Elderberry Syrup from dried elderberries for medicinal purposes (or pancakes ;))
~Sharon
By His Grace, For His Glory
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Cycling Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
86 Posts
Carrie
Alberta
Canada
86 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 08:31:03 AM
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Morning!
It's my day off and I just finished making Challah egg bread (3 loaves) with sesame seeds sprinkled on them...and some cinnamon raisin rolls.
They are still rising, but soon the smell of baking will be permeating through the air. Delish!
For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Luke 6:38 |
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
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countrymum
True Blue Farmgirl
97 Posts
Lorie
PA
USA
97 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 09:33:27 AM
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Let's see:
Monday was stuffed pork chops,mashed potatoes,gravy,and broccoli
Tuesday, chicken parm.,garlic bread, salad
Wednesday was pot roast,carrots and potatoes
Thursday, sausage & peppers,green beans & pumpkin custard for dessert
Tonight will be beef barley soup, to use up the leftover roast.
"Life is brief & very fragile. Do that which makes you happy."- Flavia |
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MommaJ9
True Blue Farmgirl
157 Posts
Kimberly
Longview
Washington
USA
157 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 4:48:27 PM
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Kristine, I had good luck with the Jacob's Cattle Beans too! In fact, we ended up canning them so they would be ready to use!
Wednesday was beef stew and cornbread
Thursday was lentil burritos
Tonight, homemade taco pizza!
Had a craving for homemade Chex mix, so I made up a pan...the kids couldn't believe that we had a Christmas goody early!
Farmgirl #783
http://jabezfarm.blogspot.com |
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laurzgot
True Blue Farmgirl
1680 Posts
Laurie
Alvin
Texas
USA
1680 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 6:55:15 PM
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Monday was pork chops,baked potato, peas
Tuesday Stuffed French bread (homemade a few days before) stuffed with pork sauage and beef yum and a tossed salad
Wednesday sloppy joes with homefries (baked) manderin oranges and beet salad fall shaped butter cookies
Thursday homemade pizza, lettuce, tomatoe with avacodo
Tonite homade mac and cheese, green beans
tomorrow I'll have to make some chex mix and plan on making a batch of English Muffins and Blueberry muffins over the weekend
Laurie
suburban countrygirl at heart |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
1054 Posts
Anne
Portland
Or
USA
1054 Posts |
Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 09:17:55 AM
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Made the first pumpkin pie of the season - DH ate that in a couple of days.
Anne in Portland, OR
"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them" Eyeore from Winnie the Pooh
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herbquilter
True Blue Farmgirl
891 Posts
Kristine
Bonney Lake
Wa
USA
891 Posts |
Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 3:26:03 PM
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Kimberley,
I would like to have them canned too. We didn't get enough to do that. How much did you grow? We were just happy that they fully matured here.
Blessings,
Kristine ~ Mother of Many & MRET ~ Energy Healing & Wellness Coaching Sessions
http://herbalmommasda.blogspot.com/
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herbquilter
True Blue Farmgirl
891 Posts
Kristine
Bonney Lake
Wa
USA
891 Posts |
Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 3:27:08 PM
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Kimberley,
I would like to have them canned too. We didn't get enough to do that. How much did you grow? We were just happy that they fully matured here.
Tonight - Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Swiss Chard, Garden Huckleberry Pie
Blessings,
Kristine ~ Mother of Many & MRET ~ Energy Healing & Wellness Coaching Sessions
http://herbalmommasda.blogspot.com/
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 1:46:59 PM
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Mary Beth, Your cake looks SO GOOD! I love Pineapple Upside Down Cake :)
I made a super easy custard pie recipe today.
Crazy Quilt Pie - From a GBP book
2 cups milk
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
1 stick butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350. Add ALL of the ingredients in a blender. Blend on a medium setting for the count of ten. Pour into a deep dish pie pan and bake for 45-55 minutes. The flour drops while baking and forms a crust. Everyone at church loved it :)
This week is experimental week :)
I will be trying:
~Curried Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie (I just had to look up the recipe after Jonni mentioned it :), plus my honey is roasting a turkey this week and I will be trying the recipe with chunks of turkey instead of ground)
~Baked Sausage Stuffed Apples
~Quesadillas de Camarones (By Pioneer Woman)
~Oh, I am also making up my own Brine recipe for the above mentioned turkey, I will keep everyone posted!
~Sharon
By His Grace, For His Glory
http://merryheartjournal.blogspot.com/ |
Edited by - Calicogirl on Oct 18 2009 1:47:19 PM |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13628 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13628 Posts |
Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 3:32:38 PM
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Sharon,
We made the Butternut Squash soup today . . . it IS YUMMY!!!!!
Thanks for your recipe!!!!
We'll be doing it again!
THANKS!
CJ
...from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665 |
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
3470 Posts |
Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 4:10:11 PM
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Mary Beth, what a beautiful pineapple upside down cake.I just made my first apple pie of the season last w.e It was soooo yummy. I even cut apple leaves out of left-over dough. It was pretty. I like foods with eye-appeal.
Judy
Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman- |
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MasterGardener
True Blue Farmgirl
572 Posts
Chandra
Louisiana
USA
572 Posts |
Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 7:19:57 PM
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Gumbo; with chicken, okra, andouille sausage...with rice and potato salad.
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((¸¸.•´ ..• -:¦:- -:¦:- Chandra
-:¦:- ((¸¸.•´Farmgirl Sister #64
She considereth a field, and buyeth it; with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Proverbs 31:16 |
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
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Autumn Leaves
True Blue Farmgirl
463 Posts
Jennifer
Northern
California
USA
463 Posts |
Posted - Oct 19 2009 : 4:45:15 PM
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I made my Aunt Minnie's soft molasses cookies, photo on my blog....
Warm Wishes
Jennifer
Never let yesterday use up too much of today - Will Rogers
http://jenscountrylife.blogspot.com |
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