My best stuff
These are the things I cook or bake or make that I get the most positive response from, sort of the foods I have a reputation for. A list.
Delectable
- Chicken and dumplings {hands-down favorite}
- Olive balls
- Crab Spread with Bookbinder’s Cocktail Sauce
- Pizza Rolls
- Mac & Cheese (NOT Kraft!)
- Garlic-Butter White Sauce Vegetable Lasagna (with meatballs and marinara on the side, of course)
- Garlic Mashed Potatoes {soooo creamy wonderful!}
Savory
- Spinach-Artichoke Dip with Pita Chips or warm, crunchy tortilla chips
- Italian Nachos with crispy-fried won-ton chips
- Green Chile
- Swedish Meatballs
- Garlic-Cheese Biscuits
- Cilantro Salsa
- Chicken Filling for Tacos and Quesadillas
Juicy
- Iced tea. Amber lusciousness.
- Lemon-Lime Sherbert Punch. The green-glow refreshment.
- Cucumber Sandwiches (crunchy AND juicy)
Crunchy
- Chimichangas, Rocky-style
- Sesame Cabbage Salad
- Popcorn Salad
- Lime-Cilantro Slaw
Sweet
- Lemon-poppyseed cake
- Lazy Peach Dessert
- Old-fashioned Fruit Pizza
- Strawberry Shortcake
- Pumpkin Spice Cake (inventing my own cake flavors is my favorite)
- Peanut Butter Balls
- Butter Cookies
- Sugar Cookies on sticks {they really are as delicious as they look!}
- Cream Cheese Icing
Yummy
- Bacon-Corn Chowder
- Broccoli-Cheese Soup
- Potato Soup
- Runzas (Ok, yes, in Nebraska I referred to these as mystery-meat-sandwiches, but mine are pretty tasty and sometimes called Harvest Burgers or Kraut Burgers here in Colorado, but I still call them Runzas).
Tried once ~ no one ever wanted again:
- Deep-fried pickles (I liked them)
- Corned Beef and Cabbage (it was St. Patrick’s Day, we were going to watch “The Quiet Man.” Who knew?)
Plan to try soon ~ will these make the cut?
- Crispy Zucchini Chips
- Zucchini Cakes (like potato cakes, only…)
- Deep-fried Candy Bars {OH YES I am going to try these!}
Things I never make anymore, but love and should do again
- Apple Crisp
- Cheesecakes {with a “surprise” crust}
- Cinnamon Rolls
- Cream Puffs
- Filled Savory Puffs
- Salmon Chowder
- Shrimp Gumbo
- Red Beans and Rice
Tredessa has been after me for years now to recipe-ize these things, and many others, for very few of them have a written “recipe.” So I am trying to do that, including the story of where and from whom I got the recipe and variations she could try. And it stretches me. I cook by “sense,” what seems or feels like it will work? The door is always open for disaster. Tredessa is meticulous and follows known, tried-and-true procedure with a guarantee of a perfect product. So in this particular arena, I guess I am pretty brave. Haha. But it all goes with my philosophy about food in general:
If you use ingredients you adore, in almost any combination, they will be scrumptious!
Tell me your best recipe that should become a favorite of mine!!…Jeanie
NOTE TO SELF: Get three recipes to Dessa this week!
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