Nov 21, 2011 | Food, Veggies
Crock Pot Pinto Beans Years ago Sherry gave me a book entitled Adventures in Mexican Cooking; Ortho Books, 1978. (Ortho was a division of Chevron Chemical Company, of all things.) In it was a very simple bean recipe that called for just 4 cups of beans; 8 cups of...
Nov 13, 2011 | Food, Soup, Veggies
Carrot Soup Ingredients 2 teaspoons oil 1/3 cup onion; chopped 1 clove garlic; minced 2 cups carrots; peeled and chopped juice of one large orange 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon salt black pepper 1 cup stock fresh herbs for garnish Directions Cook onion in oil...
Oct 22, 2011 | Food, Soup, Veggies
Swiss Cream of Potato Soup Wally’s wife, Lin (RIP), gave Sherry a copy of Good Housekeeping Cookbook (Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., New York, 1963) when we married in 1971. This recipe has always been one of Sherry’s favorites. It’s pretty good;...
Sep 6, 2011 | Food, Lagniappe, Meat, Poultry, Soup, Veggies
One Pot Pressure Cooker Meal My mother gave me her old pressure cooker that must be at least 30 or 40 years old. I used it last night to stew some onions and peppers; and then added some shrimp and mussels. Turned out pretty darned good. Clean 3 or 4 mixed sweet...
Aug 25, 2011 | Food, Seafood
Shrimp Boil Tonight I fixed up some boiled shrimp for Sherry. I peeled and deveined close to five pounds of head-on wild. (They were fairly small.) Seasoned them up with pepper, garlic powder, paprika, and onion powder. I brought about a half gallon of water to boil...
Jul 29, 2011 | Food, Seafood
Alaska Salmon Cheese Bake I got this recipe off a can of Honey Boy Pink Salmon and they have an online recipe site you can check out for more. Ingredients 8-9 slices of bread 1 1/2 cups grated cheese (Your choice; recipe calls for cheddar.) 6 eggs 3/4 cup milk 1/2 tsp...
