Welcome To My Morning Corn Beef Hash

Peel 2 large baking potatoes & 1 Vidalia onion

Chop onion and add to simmering oil of your choice in a stainless steel pan.

Chop potato, clean up work area while onions sautee

Place potatoes in microwavable bowl into microwave for 1 min on high

Simmering onions

Add potatoes to the simmering onions.

Cover and simmer for  5 mins.

Scrape bottom of pan

Use a fork to stir in the can of corn beef.  

 Sautee another 5 mins.

Serve along side your favorite style of egg with toast. ENJOY!

Molasses Crumb Cake

Jardinami's PA Dutch Crullers Like Mother Used To Make...Shrove Tuesday Delight!

Mine were on the larger side, got a baker's dozen

* 3 eggs
* ½ cup cream, sweet or half and half
* ¼ oil 1 tsp vanilla 
* I also add a 1/2 teas. of mace if you have it or prefer it.
* 1 tsp. double acting baking powder
* 1 pinch of salt
* ¼ cup sugar
* 3½ to 4 cups flour

Beat the eggs, add oil, add cream/half/half. Sift dry ingredients(add mace here) and combine with liquid, using just enough flour to make dough that comes away from sides of bowl, but still remain soft. Twist with  
 fingers whatever size you want and Fry in deep fat turning (360-f) until brown on both sides. Drain on absorbent paper and dust with powdered sugar and or cinnamon and sugar.

Crispy on the outside and a light cake on the inside!

Sweet Iatalian Sausage Tortelloni Soup

Sauté 1 cup of finely chopped celery, with 1/2 large chopped onion, you may also add chicken chunks or ground turkey or chicken shaped into meatballs.

Then add one cup of coarsely chopped carrots and two 32 oz Swanson Chicken Broth Containers and 1 cup of water, add 1/2 tablespoon of tumeric, & onion powder, (optional), pinch of black pepper,  simmer 20 minutes, 

add 1- 6oz. pkg. of washed fresh Baby Spinach, Stir and simmer for 5 minutes, add Buitoni Tortelloni simmer for 6-10 minutes until tortelloni are fluffy and soft. Extra delicious when served with a side croissant!

Get the 20oz size or large size

Diane's Hawaiian Upside Down Bundt Cake

 

Diane's Hawaiian Upside Down Bundt Cake

Beat together

•   3 eggs                
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil 

Add 

• 2 1/2 cups flour (Gold Medal)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

 Add

• 1/2 cup orange juice 
• juice from the can of pineapple 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

 Turn off mixer scrape bowl then beat on high a few minutes

Grease and Flour a Bundt or angel food pan, lay slices of pineapple evenly in the bottom of the pan, you may add a maraschino cherry to center of each slice if you like.  Sprinkle the tablespoon of sugar evenly over them, sprinkle the coconut evenly over that, drizzle maple syrup evenly over that, drizzle the melted butter over that, then add the batter. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 55 minutes or until test pick comes out clean. Immediately place heatproof serving plate upside down over pan; turn plate and pan over. Leave pan over cake a few minutes tapping with handle of butter knife until  mixture can drizzle over cake; remove pan. ENJOY!

• 5 pineapple slices
• 1 c. shredded coconut
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• drizzled maple syrup
• 2/3 stick of butter melted

Chicken Salad~Salad

My cousin Kathy and I had our first encounter with this detectible salad while having lunch at the lovely Seagrass Cafe in Ocean Grove, New Jersey.  I have since come up with my own version and it is a hit with all who have tried it!

2 cooked chicken breast halves
2/3 cup mayonnaise 
2 green onions chopped
1/2 cup dried cranberries or raisins
1 cup of seedless grape halves (white or red)
 You may also add apples chunks, walnuts, and/or pecans

Directions

1. Mix together the chicken and mayonnaise in a bowl, stir in the rest of the ingredients.

  



 Make a salad with your favorite greens, tomatoes, and cheese. You may also add more grape halves, cranberries, raisins, nuts, and strawberry halves if you wish.  Sprinkle with a mixture of balsamic vinaigrette lightly sweetened/thickened with plum sauce. 

Place the salad greens mixture on a salad plate or bowl and dollop the chicken salad mixture in the middle.  Enjoy!

Easy, Bundt Pan Sticky Buns

 

 

 

 

2  tubes Aldis Jumbo refrigerator biscuits (I used these, other brands will do also)
 1/2 stick butter, melted
1/2 C. pancake syrup (any brand you like, I used Aldis)
1/3 C. packed light brown sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon1/4 cup sugar
1/2 C. chopped pecans, optional

Instructions:
Spray a fluted pan with non-stick spray. Combine the melted butter and syrup in a small bowl and set aside. In another bowl, combine the brown sugar and nuts . Place about half of the syrup mixture in the bottom of the pan. Then sprinkle half of the brown sugar mixture on top. Dip one side of biscuit in sugar/cinnamon mixture, arrange the biscuits on the bottom of the pan, overlapping edges (closely together) to form a ring. Top with remaining syrup and nut/sugar mixture. Bake at 375 degrees for approximately 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 1/2 minute in the pan, then invert onto a serving platter and enjoy!

Diane's Pineapple Caramel Topped Apple Cake

Diane's Pineapple Caramel Topped Apple Cake

Preheat Oven

Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and ten minutes

Step One: 

In a sauce pan over low heat melt 3/4 stick of butter, add 3/4 C. Brown Sugar, stir until bubbly, add one C. well drained crushed pineapple.  Stir until thick. Set aside to cool.

Step Two:

Cream together 3/4 C. Canola Oil, 3 lg eggs, 1 C. Brown Sugar, 1 C. White Sugar, 1 heaping tablespoon of cinnamon, 1 tablespoon of vanilla, and 1/2 C. applesauce.  On slow speed  add 1/2 teas. baking soda, 1/2 teas. baking powder then gradually adding  2 1/4 cups of all purpose flour. After well blended add 3 large peeled, cored, and diced Macintosh apples, mix lightly until stirred into batter. 

Step Three: 

Grease and flour your choice of pan, I used a Bundt pan.  Pour ingredients of Step One into bottom of pan spreading evenly. Now add batter from Step Two spreading evenly over ingredients of Step One.  Bake in 325 degree preheated oven for 1 hr. 10 mins. 

Immediately place heatproof serving plate upside down over pan; turn plate and pan over. Leave pan over cake a few minutes so brown sugar mixture can drizzle over cake; remove pan. Serve warm. Store cake loosely covered.

♥ ENJOY! ♥

Hot Dog With Special Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 large vidalia onion, sliced thin and chopped
• 1/2 cup of catsup
• 2 tablespoons mustard
• 2 teaspoons of brown sugar

Directions

1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
2. Sauté the onion in the oil for 5 minutes, or until the onions are soft, but not brown.
3. Add the rest of the ingredients
4. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. or until most of the liquid is reduced and the sauce is thickened.
5. Makes about 1 cup.

If you hail from Alpha, New Jersey then you should be aware of the best hot dogs with special sauce in the world. Everyone knows that they have been made at Charlie's Pool Room for over three generations. My dad would buy the dogs with special sauce, get them home and dissect them in an effort to duplicate them. He tried everything, but never got the recipe down pat. The above recipe is my recipe, and it is as close as I can get, but certainly not Charlie's recipe.

When I worked at the Warren County Welfare Board in Belvidere, NJ we would have holiday brunch celebrations. Everyone would bring a covered dish. Once I cooked up a large box of hot dogs, made a huge batch of special sauce and put them in a cassarole dish. I reheated them in the lunch room microwave and the smell wafted down the hall. Suddenly, my fellow workers started walking down the hall to find out where the wonderful smell was coming from.

I may be a "Hamburger" from Hamburg, PA, but hot dogs with special sauce are my favorite sandwich, well, except for a Bud's Snack Bar Cheese Steak, but that is for another blog.