Squash soup

3 leeks white part only
4 medium carrots
5 Table spoons butter
3 lbs squash peeled and cubed
6 cups chicken broth
3 medium zucchini peeled and sliced
salt
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/4 white pepper
1 cup half and half
1/2 c milk

Grated Parmesan cheese and chives optional

In a large pot dutch oven or kettle sauté the leeks and carrots in butter about 5 min over medium heat. Add squash, zucchini, salt, thyme, and pepper bring to boil.
reduce heat simmer for 30 minutes.

puree in batches and return to heat Do not boil

add cream & milk mix well

Garnish with parmesan cheese and chives

12 servings about 3 1/2 quarts

chocolate syrup

1/2 C Coco powder
1 C Water
2 C sugar
Salt
Vanilla

Chicken paprika

1 lb chicken thighs cut up seasoned.
1 onion chopped small
2 cloves garlic chopped fine
3 tablespoons paprika
1 can diced tomatoes
1 cup rice
2 (apx) cups water
1/2 cup sour cream

cook onions with a little salt in pan until tender. add chicken and garlic. when chicken is cooked through add paprika. cook this way for a couple minutes. add tomatoes. simmer about 1/2 hour. taste and adjust seasonings. add rice and water to pan and cook until rice is tender about 20 minutes. taste and adjust seasonings. off heat add sour cream.

i added 2 shakes of Tabasco chipotle sauce

this is usually a colder weather dish

Country gravy

1/2 lb bacon
1/2 lb sausage
1 onion chopped

brown sausage and bacon with onion
while browning you may want to add thyme, a bay leaf, and a pinch of sage

add milk (I put in a little above browned sausage)
a pinch of nutmeg
bring just to a boil and set to simmer
[check seasonings while heating up ]

mash together into a paste butter and flour (if u warm the butter in the microwave it helps)

with milk just above simmer add flour-butter and whisk in (a whisk breaks up the butter-flour better) until you get desired thickness

you might notice it looks a little grainy. if you add a little heavy cream it will round out the look of the gravy

Fried rice

marinade barely to cover
equal parts
soy sauce and rice vinegar
garlic paste and ginger paste
(if u can fine a grater like i had, paste is fresh and it is easy)
[you can use beef, chicken or pork] sliced as thin as u desire

fried rice
cooked rice (apx 1/2 cup cooked rice per adult)
vegetables
chopped onion
scrambled egg

soy sauce and rice vinegar to season
sesame oil to finish

heat oil in pan until very hot
add egg and scramble
add onion, cook until almost tender

add meat cook most way through
add vegie cook till warm
add cooked rice
season to taste with rice vingar and soy sauce
off heat finish with sesame oil

you'll remember this goes pretty fast and constant stirring is needed

Dandelion Jam

Pick 4 cups fresh flowers
trim so only have the yellow heads (no stems and only a little green)rise


in pot boil yellow flowers in 4 cups of water for 4 minutes

strain

discard flowers

place liquid (3cups) back in pan add 4 cups sugar and one box pectin

bring to boil. boil 10 minutes

should be a light to clear and smell like honey.

pour hot liquid into 5-6 pint jars and place lids on and rings to seal.

Chinese chicken salad

3 chicken breasts

1 head of lettuce

Sliced almonds

Green onions

 

 

Dressing for this salad

4 T sugar

Sesame seeds

2-3 t salt

¼ t pepper

4 T white vinegar

Cook on low heat cool then add

¼- ½ C oil