Oatmeal With Cinnamon Apples

I saw this recipe on mfp a few minutes ago.  My husband LOVES apple pancakes.  While this isn't an apple pancake, I look forward to making this for him.


Oatmeal With Cinnamon Apples
1/3Cup Oatmeal (Old Fashioned) --- @ 100 Calories 
1/3 Cup Non Fat Milk -- @ 30 Calories 
A little less than 1/3 Cup Water 
1 small/medium Gala Apple (Cut into small squares) -- @ 80 Calories 
2-3 Tbsp of Splenda Sweetner (to taste) 
1-2 tsp of Cinnamon 

Cook your Oatmeal per the directions. While it is cooking cut up your apple and place the cubes in a bowl and microwave for 2.5 minutes on high - this will cook them and make them tender. Then add your Splenda and Cinnamon to the apples mix well and cook in the microwave for another 20-30 seconds on high. This should result in a nice tender apple in a tasty cinnamon sauce. 

Crock Pot Cabbage Casserole

I just saw this recipe on a forum, and it reminded me of one I already had.  This one uses brown rice, which I think is a good itdea.


Lazy Cabbage Roll Casserole

1 green cabbage (about 1.5 lbs) 
1 lb lean ground beef (I used sirloin) 
1 cup long grain brown rice, uncooked 
28 oz can tomato sauce, divided 
1 tsp thyme 
salt & pepper to taste 

This will work in a 4-quart crock pot. 

Cut the cabbage in half (then in quarters to cut the core out easily). Cut one half into roughly 1" pieces and break up the layers a bit as you place them in the bottom of the crock pot. If desired, salt the cabbage a bit and toss to mix. 

In a mixing bowl, combine the rice, ground beef, about 1 cup of tomato sauce, thyme, salt & pepper. Press into a layer on top of the cabbage in the crock pot. 

Cut the remaining half head of cabbage like the first half and salt (if desired), placing it on top of the meat/rice layer. 

Top with remaining tomato sauce (try to cover all the cabbage a bit). 

Cook on low 8-10 hours. 

Makes 4 very generous servings. 

Cal: 532 
Fat: 21 g 
Sodium: 1251 (without added salt) 
Carbs: 58g 
Fiber: 10g 
Sugars: 13.5g 
Protein: 31g 

Three Bean Salad

My mom used to make a three bean salad that was a favorite around the house.  A friend asked me to bring the recipe, and since I was typing it out anyway, I thought I'd share it over here, too!

Three Bean Salad

Salad

2 cans of yellow beans, drained

2 cans of green beans, drained

2 cans of kidney beans, drained

1 red and / or green pepper, cleaned, rinsed, and sliced

1 red onion, sliced and salted (Mom used a regular Vidalia onion, but I think a red one is prettier)

Place above ingredients in a bowl and mix together.

Dressing (or "juice" as Mom called it)

2 cups of sugar (I use Splenda™ instead so it is more diabetic friendly)

2 cups of apple cider vinegar

2 cups of water

2 capfulls  of extra virgin olive oil (Mom used Vegetable oil, but I prefer olive oil)

Mix the above ingredients well in a bowl.   Taste and add more Splenda™ if it isn't sweet enough for you.  Pour over the bean mixture.  Place in the refrigerator and let it marinate for at least six hours.

Macaroni (Not) and Cheese (Sort of)

Miss me?  Yeah, me too!  What I mean is, yes, I miss you too...

I was looking over the blog this morning, when I realized that I never shared with you the recipe for what was my favorite food as a child.  My mother called it "Macaroni and Cheese".   Stop laughing.   She did not use macaroni noodles, nor cheddar cheese.  She used kluski noodles, butter, and cottage cheese.

Boil the noodles according to directions and drain.

Melt the butter in a pan in the oven at 350 degrees.  Remove from the oven.  Stir the drained noodles around in the butter.

Pour cottage cheese over the noodles evenly.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Serve on plates, salt and pepper (maybe even paprika and garlic salt) to taste.

My mom use to used to fry the noodles in butter, then heat with cottage cheese on top.     I prefer to make this in the oven, because then I don't have to stand over it and watch it.  It comes out the same.

This recipe is delicious at any time, but I find myself remembering it mostly on Friday's during Lent, when we (Catholics) are supposed to refrain from eating meat.   (Not much of a sacrifice with this recipe, though.)

Ham Sandwich

I know. You know how to make a ham sandwich, right? I thought so, too! Then I read The Tea Shop mystery series by Laura Childs and found this recipe. (Sorry, I don't remember which book this was in... you will have to read them all!)

Ham Sandwich

Two slices of raisin bread

1 teaspoon of dijon mustard

1 teaspoon of apricot preserves

3 slices of ham.

Spread the teaspoon of mustard on one slice of bread, the preserves on the other. Place the ham over the preserves, and the slice of bread with the mustard face down over the ham. Slice into triangles.

Ms Child's worded the recipe a bit differently. I am just describing the way I did it. I would have never thought of using raisin bread or preserves with ham and mustard, but the combination was delightful, and I wanted to share it with you. I hope Ms. Child doesn't mind.

Goose Stuffed With Sauerkraut

In honor of the goose reduction in Bend this week, we are going to post goose recipes this week. I will look up my Momma's Goose Stuffed with Sauerkraut recipe over the weekend, but thought that we should kick this off early (I need to get ready for work). I found this delightful looking recipe at

CatholicCultureDotOrg. , and thought I would share this.

Roast Goose with Sauerkraut

Pecena Husa se Zelim

DIRECTIONS

Remove all fat from inside goose. Rub inside with salt, pepper. Stuffing: Heat 1 tablespoon goose fat in pan. Fry onion in fat until golden brown. Wash sauerkraut. Drain. Combine sauerkraut, onion. Add pepper, caraway seeds. Bring mixture to a boil. Grate potato into sauerkraut. Cook until mixture thickens. Add wine gradually, being careful not to make stuffing too moist. Stuff goose. Skewer or sew opening. Place in roasting pan, breast side down. Roast goose at 325°. Prick skin all over. Drain fat from pan as it accumulates. Roast 3 3/4-4 1/4 hours. At 2/3 of roasting time, turn goose breast side up for remaining period. If necessary, increase temperature to 425° at end of roasting to add color and crispness to skin. When goose is tender, remove from pan. Skim fat from gravy. Serve goose, being sure to carve across breast in 1-1 1/2-inch-wide slices instead of lengthwise. Yield, 8 servings

Recipe Source: Catholic Cookbook, The by William I. Kaufman, The Citadel Press, New York, 1965

Barbequed Camel and Friends (a repost)

This is not a joke, this is an actual recipe. This is a genuine Bedouin recipe translated into English. Who knows, next time you want to have a "different" type of barbeque, why not go for it?

100 servings
½ day 2 hours prep
1 whole camel, medium size
1 whole lamb, large size
20 whole chickens, medium size
60 eggs
12 kg rice
2 kg pine nuts
2 kg almonds
1 kg pistachio nuts
110 gallons water
5 lbs black pepper
salt


Skin, trim and clean camel (once you get over the hump), lamb and chicken.
Boil until tender.
Cook rice until fluffy.
Fry nuts until brown and mix with rice.
Hard boil eggs and peel.
Stuff cooked chickens with hard boiled eggs and rice.
Stuff the cooked lamb with stuffed chickens.
Add more rice.
Stuff the camel with the stuffed lamb and add rest of rice.
Broil over large charcoal pit until brown.
Spread any remaining rice on large tray and place camel on top of rice.
Decorate with boiled eggs and nuts.
Serves a friendly crowd of 80-100.


I have never actually made this, so do let me know how it turns out.