Happy Birthday Grandkids 2015

 

 

A Miracle For Me

 Regarding the movie A Miracle On 34th Street, I honestly know the feeling of joy that Susan felt when she found that home of her dreams at the end of the movie! 

Susan in A Miracle On 34th Street

Me 57 years ago

Susan and her mother at Christmas

Me with my mother at Christmas

Susan's Dream House

My Dream House come true

Inside Susan's Dream House come true

Inside my dream house come true

The lovely living room fireplace

My lovely living room fireplace

It seems as though someone left his cane behind at Susan's fireplace!

It seems as though someone left his cane behind at my fireplace!

Although I have always had a fascination with that "rolly polly" red cheeked elf Santa Claus, I do realize that my miracle came from GOD!

My Mother's PA Dutch Style Baked Lima Beans

Mom's PA Dutch Style Baked Limas

My mother came from Pennsylvania Dutch roots.  Her idea of baked beans had always been baked limas or otherwise known as baked butter beans.

Our Uncle Clarence who was married to my dad's oldest sister Marge hailed from New England and he always said that my mother made the best baked beans! 

Whenever I take them to a gathering I always receive compliments and just the other day someone asked me for the recipe. So here it is:

• High in dietary fiber
• Kosher (non-Passover) certified
• 26 (1/2 c.) servings per can

Many cooks prefer to use dried beans that have to be soaked overnight. I choose Furmano's in a can and for a picnic I use the restaurant size, the average cost is less than $5.00 for a *26 serving can.


Drain the butter beans add to aluminum pan or pan of your choice.  Cut up and on medium heat saute 1/2 lb of bacon in a fry pan, remove add to beans, then to the bacon grease add 1 medium chopped Vidalia onion, reduce heat saute until onion is transparent. Scrape all contents of pan onions and grease into the beans.  Add 1 cup of brown sugar, 1/4 cup of molasses, 1 small can of tomato sauce, 1 cup of ketchup, 1 heaping tablespoon of mustard, 1 tablespoon of onion powder, 1 tablespoon of garlic powder. Stir ingredients through.  Bake for about an hour until thickened stirring occasionally.  My mother always added a few strips of bacon toward the end as garnish to the top.



*You can obviously double this recipe for large picnics.  Everyone loves these beans!

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!

My Daughter Jami's 35th Birthday Party