Simple Yet Tasty Side Dish

I made this tonight to go with meat loaf. I wanted potatoes and green beans without having to use two pots (cause I didnt want to clean more than one)(Actually I didnt even want to clean one, but I had to do something)

Anyway

I used 4 large red potatoes
2 c. chicken broth
2 handfuls of frozen green beans
Mortons nature seasons
Butter if you want

Cut the potatoes into 1 inch cubes. Don't bother to peel them. Add to a pan with the broth. Simmer, covered until al dente. Add the green beans and continue to cook until potatoes and green beans are very tender.

Remove from broth and sprinkle with Mortons Nature seasons, OR top with butter and sprinkle with Mortons Nature seasons, OR combine cornstarch and water to make a thin paste and stir into the hot broth and thicken and use to glaze potatoes with, then sprinkle with Mortons Nature Seasons.

HH6 Cooking Club Pizza

I came up with the challenge this month, I chose Pizza, but you couldnt use tomato sauce. So I used my favorite eggplant sauce in place of the tomato sauce.

Then I wanted to highlight my other favorite pizza that uses a spinach sauce and mention some other things I have done with pizza.

First off my eggplant sauce recipe. Just use in place of the tomato sauce, top with cheese, and bake! Sorry about no pictures, my computer is being worked on and this dinosaur doesnt have bluetooth.

Eggplant Sauce
2 egg plants, quartered lengthwise
4 roma tomatoes, quartered
3 cloves garlic
1 onion, quartered
olive oil
Salt

Brush vegetables with oil and sprinkle with salt. Roast at 400 for 40 minutes.
Then combine
4 c. chicken broth
2 tsp. marjoram
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
Scrape eggplant from purple skin. Add eggplant, onion, tomatoes, and garlic to broth. Simmer 30 - 40 minutes until vegetables are tender. Puree. Let sit 15 minutes.

Stir in 1/4 c. cream

So thats the eggplant sauce, I highly recommend it.




Now for the Spinach Pizza.

Some other pizza's I have either made or had are

Breakfast
Don't worry about a sauce, top crust with cheese, green onions, cooked bacon and a whole raw egg and bake until the crust and the egg are cooked

Hot Wing
Use wing sauce instead of marinara, sprinkle with a powdered ranch, top with cheese and some chopped up boneless hot wings.

BBQ Chicken
BBQ sauce, gouda cheese, sliced red onions, chicken cooked in bbq sauce, and fresh chopped cilantro

Pesto
Pesto for the sauce, top with cheese and bake

Alfredo
Only use a little alfredo sauce, top with a lot of cheese and then top with cooked chicken tossed with a little sauce, and sliced garlic.

Make the alfredo primavera, and top with lots of spring veggies.

What do you put on your pizza?

Watermelon slush

3 c. watermelon, cubed
1 c. strawberries, tops removed
1 lime, peeled
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 c. frozen grapes

1 can lemon lime soda

Blend watermelon until pureed. Add strawberries, lime, lemon juice, and grapes. Blend until smooth again.

Add soda and pulse just until mixed.

Breakfast Casserole

You might need more or less bread depending on the size of your slices. When the bread and cheese are combined you want them to come about halfway up the inside of the casserole dish.

4 slices old dry bread, ripped into small pieces
1 c. shredded cheese

1/2 onion
1 Tbsp. butter
4 sausage links
1 c. cooked ham (I used leftover ham from a previous dinner)

1 3/4 c. milk
1/2 c. sour cream
6 eggs
1/2 - 1 tsp salt
dash black pepper
1/4 tsp. mustard

Combine the bread and cheese in the bottom of a 9x9 inch pan and toss to mix.

Saute the onion in butter until translucent. Add the sausage and cook until browned. Add the ham, cook 1 minute and remove from heat.

Top the bread and cheese layer with the meat and onion layer.

Combine the milk, eggs, and remaining ingredients and pour over the meat layer.

Bake, uncovered, at 350 for 45 minutes to and hour, until cooked in the center. Let rest 10 minutes before cutting.

Poutine

My hubby lived in Montreal for 2 years before we met,
thats where he learned of the greatest
thing Canada has ever produced.

Poutine.

Start with well seasoned, hot fries



Add cheese curds
(I didn't have any so I subbed shredded cheese, it's not as good)

Add hot gravy.

Eat immediately.

The type of gravy depends on you. I like either a nice brown gravy made out of both beef and chicken or a chicken and mustard gravy.

The Forgotten Chess Board

My hubby got me an Alabaster Chess Board for Christmas. I haven't gotten it yet so I forgot about it until yesterday when my friends boyfriend asked if I played chess.

Isn't it beautiful?

Cupcakes and Frosting

I love to bake.

So I made cupcakes, 8 dozen of them.

But uh, I only have 6 dozen left.

The frosting is Smitten Kitchens Swiss Butter cream, when it was done I beat in cream cheese, and then powdered sugar until it was stiff again.

For the chocolate I added some cocoa and melted chocolate chips.

I love Swiss Buttercream, you should try it. Silky smooth and not overwhelmingly sweet.