Potato salad

Potato salad

• 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup chopped celery
• 1/2 cup chopped white onion
• 3 large hard-boiled eggs, chopped
• 1 cup mayonnaise or boiled dressing

preparation

Cover potatoes with salted cold water; by 2 inches in a 3-quart saucepan and simmer uncovered until just tender, 15 to 25 minutes, depending on size of potatoes. Drain in a colander and cool slightly.

While potatoes are simmering, whisk together vinegar and salt in a large bowl until salt is dissolved.

When potatoes are just cool enough to handle, peel and cut into 1-inch pieces, adding to vinegar mixture as cut, and toss gently with a rubber spatula to combine. Let cool to room temperature, then add remaining ingredients and salt and pepper to taste and stir gently to combine. Serve at room temperature or chilled.

Egg Salad

At my daughters request.... ;-)

Summer egg salad:

• 8 hard steamed eggs, chilled and peeled
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh juice from 1 lemon
• 1/3 cup finely diced celery 1 small stalk)
• 1/4 cup finely sliced scallions,(About 4 scallions)
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Experimental Black bean burgers

We love black beam burgers... And I have been looking for a great recipe... Usually I find that the black bean burger 'centers' stay a bit mushy when the outside gets well done... SO as I was surfing the internet I came across a tip to BAKE your black beans, for 20 minutes, which helps get rid of the extra moisture...  Although I did that, in this somewhat crude recipe, ( I mix things up and don't measure), Mine were actually  little dry, although NO ONE minded in this household!  I added below, to add a little bit of olive oil to make up the difference in the dryness.  I did prefer them to being wet and mushy inside though...

I added a few things I don't usually add... I chopped up Cashews, as I thought that might also help absorb the extra moisture... which added a wee bit of crunch. (REALLY GOOD!) I used up some fresh salsa when I sautéed the onion, and added a 1/2 clove of garlic... and made my own bread crumbs...  and fontina... Inside and outside the burger.

DELICIOUS!!!   I'm sure you can adapt any recipe... This is (sort of) what I did below... They were incredibly tasty... Definitely the best we have ever made...

Experimental Black bean burgers:

2 cans black beans, drained, and baked on a cookie sheet on foil, at 350 for 20 minutes

sauté, onion, garlic and salsa together...

1/2 onion

1/2 Clive of garlic

4tbs if fresh salsa​

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After baking the beans, I put them in the Cusinart to blend up, then in a bowl with the bean mush added:

​I added aprox: 1/2 tsp of each:  

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Chili order

Paprika

Cilantro

Red pepper 

Cumin

Salt

2 tbs mayo

1/2 cup of fontina cheese

1 egg

1/4 cut of 

​finely ​

chopped cashews

​Add, ​

1cup of homemade Bread crumbs

Drizzle of olive oil 

​to add a bit of moisture...​

​Stir

 it all together, make patties, and fry in a little bit of canola oil.... 

My bread crumbs were made this way:​

3 pieces of bread

Handful Of cashews

2tbs toasted sesame seeds

Basil

Oregano

Parsley

 (Makes more then you need) 

stuffed peppers

I have not made these yet, But I hope to soon!
will comeback and comment after I do!

Prosciutto & Four cheese pizza

Prosciutto & Four cheese pizza (yummy by complete accident)
pre heat oven to 400.

I thought I was being very clever to make pizza dough into my bread maker. I thought I was way ahead of my "game" in getting dinner ready… Once the bread maker BEEPED, I went to start making the pizzas, only to find it had BAKED the loaf, because I put it on the wrong setting. LOL!  Now, it's dinner time and what do I do?

I went ahead and sliced my freshly made bread into thin slices, and laid them on a cookie sheet brush with olive oil.
I grabbed a little cup and mixed a 1/4 cup olive oil with a nice splash of balsamic vinegar and brushed each piece of bread with the mixture thoroughly…

I then sprinkled some onion powder and
Garlic salt on the bread slice...

Next, I spread goat cheese on each piece, laid a piece of Prosciutto on, then sprinkled 
grated fontina, gruyere, and mozzarella on top, and baked for a 5-10 minutes on 400. Or until the cheese got nice and bubbly…

I do not have fancy measured directions, I shredded as much cheese as I had.  haha! As it was an accidental YUMMY meal… We plan on making that accident again, soon!

YUMMY!!!

Black Bean Burgers

Black Bean Burgers

We loved these… We have been looking for a good black bean burger recipe, and all around we enjoyed them, One thought was to add salsa and parmesan cheese… must try that next time… with guacamole!

INGREDIENTS:

1 (16 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed 1/2 green bell pepper, cut into 2 inch pieces 1/2 onion, cut into wedges 3 cloves garlic, peeled

1 egg 1 tablespoon chili powder 1 tablespoon cumin 1 teaspoon Thai chili sauce or hot sauce 1/2 cup bread crumbs

DIRECTIONS:

1.	preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C), and lightly oil a baking sheet.
2.	In a medium bowl, mash black beans with a fork until thick and pasty.
3.	In a food processor, finely chop bell pepper, onion, and garlic. Then stir into mashed beans.
4.	In a small bowl, stir together egg, chili powder, cumin, and chili sauce.
5.	Stir the egg mixture into the mashed beans. Mix in bread crumbs until the mixture is sticky and holds together. Divide mixture into four patties.
6.	baking, place patties on baking sheet, and bake about 10 minutes on each side.

Homemade Hot chocolate recipe

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• Homemade Hot chocolate powder
• (Add TBS of chocolate powder and fill cup with hot water) 
• Beatrice tested and approved...
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• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 2 cup cocoa powder, preferably Dutch-processed
• 2 1/2 cups powdered non-fat milk  (NOT whole milk, which tends to lump)
• 2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1 cup of non dairy creamer

Store in Large Ball Jars, for a year. ;-) If you don't drink it all first.