Easter Dinner

Usually, I host Thanksgiving at our home and my sister-in-law host Easter.  However, this Thanksgiving I was a little busy with our three week old.

Garrett 

So, Easter dinner hostess--I am.  On the table, we will have an Slow Roasted Eye of Round, Ham made by my father-in-law, potato salad recipe from my husbands grandmother Kathryn Phibbons Wayson Hutchins, Spinach and Strawberry Salad, Three-bean Salad, Corn Pudding, and dessert.

Amish Friendship Bread Recipe

Directions:

Day 1 - receive the starter (the recipe for the starter is below)

Day 2 - stir

Day 3 - stir

Day 4 - stir

Day 5 - Add 1 cup each flour, sugar and milk.

Day 6 - stir

Day 7 - stir

Day 8 - stir

Day 9 - stir

Day 10 - Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk. Divide into 4 containers, with 1 cup each for three of your friends and 1 cup for your own loaves. Give friends the instructions for Day 1 through Day 10 and the following recipe for baking the bread.

DAY 10! I get to bake and share.  So, I baked one starter, froze another starter, placed one in refrigerator to bake this week, and shared only one starter.  One starter made two loaves of bread.  I used the recipe below with no add-ins for one loaf and for the second loaf I added two mushed bananas and one cup chocolate chips.  The chocolate bananas was my favorite. 


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AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD           

1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter

2/3 cup oil (I used melted butter and coconut oil combination) 

3 eggs

2 cup flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoons salt

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 cup sugar (I used granulated honey)

Preheat oven to 350°F.

In mixing bowl, combine all ingredients.

Grease and flour well 2 9″x5″ bread pans. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes.

Variations: Add 1/2 cup of one or more of the following - raisins, chopped apples, crushed pineapple, candied fruit, coconut, chopped dates, nuts or chocolate chips. Add to batter just before baking.

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Amish Friendship Bread

Several years ago, I received an Amish Friendship Bread starter and quickly got rid of my three extra starters. Now I was in search of a starter to begin a new. My starter came to me this time--frozen. What an idea....to freeze it! Sometimes I wonder about my brain and its "little grey cells" hold back and laugh at me (Agatha Chirstie joke).

Also, there are many sites with many different recipes using the same starter. So, begins my journey into playing with this new starter of Amish Friendship Bread and the Friendship Bread Kitchen.

BBQ Beef Pulled Brisket Sandwiches in a Crock pot

3- 4 pound beef brisket

1/2 cup soy sauce

1/2 cup applesauce

1/2 cup ketchup

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sause

1- 10oz can Rotel

In a slow cooker (crockpot), place the meat on the bottom fat side up. Then mix the other ingredients and place on top of meat. Cook on LOW for 7 hours.

Remove meat and pull apart with a fork.

Place all liquid from the crock pot into a sauce pot and reduce to desired thickness.

Mix pulled beef and 1/2 of the reduced sauce. Place the other 1/2 of the sauce in a container to be used as a condiment for extra sauce lovers.

Juice Substitution

So, we are really trying to cut the sugar intake in our home and make our funds stretch.

You will need:

• 1/2 gallon organic lemonade 365 Whole Food Brand ($2.99) or 1 can concentrate Lemonade Trader Joe's (not organic) $1.99
• Three herbal tea bags steeped in 2 cups of water. I used Celestial Seasonings Herbal Fruit Tea Sampler. Approximately $3.50 for 20 bags of tea, thus $0.53 a batch.
• Stevia. I like the 365 Whole Foods liquid. 5 drops
• 2 1/2 gallon container. I used recycled glass juice jars that are 1/4 gallon each.
• Water

In your 2 1/2 gallon container, mix lemonade steeped tea, stevia and water and chill and enjoy. If you use smaller containers like I did, just eyeball it or you can weigh and measure exact amounts.

Savings

• if you use the Whole Food Organic Lemonade for the mix you are paying $1.41/per 1/2 gallon of juice
• if you use the Trade Joe's considerate frozen lemonade for the mix you are paying $ 1.01/ per 1/2 gallon of juice
• You could also cut the cost of the tea by sign up for coupons from the company, buying it on sale, or looking at TJMax, HomeGoods, and Marshalls for deals on herbal teas.

Also remember the sugar is reduced by more than half.

Chicken Enchilada Casserole in Slow cooker

This recipe was adapted from Busy People's Slow Cooker Cookbook by Dawn Hall

2 (10 oz) cans mild enchilada sauce

1 1/2 lb ground chicken, beef, or chorizo sausage (from Whole Foods...freshly ground)

1 cup sour cream

1 (15 oz) can pinto or red kidney beans, rinsed

1 (8 oz) bag of shredded cheddar cheese

1 (11 0z) package of tortillas

3 tablespoon butter

1 large onion, diced

1. In a saute pan, melt 2 TBSP butter and brown onions add to a large bowl.
2. In the same pan, cook the meat and then add it to the large bowl. (If using ground beef you may want to paper-towel off the fat.)
3. In the large bowl with onion and meat, add sour cream, rinsed beans, and enchilada sauce.
4. Using the remaining 1 TBSP of butter cover the inside of your slow cooker with the butter.
5. Now, add a layer of the enchilada meat sauce (using 1/4 of mix from your bowl), then cheese, and tortillas (tearing into smaller pieced if needed). Continue to layer and end with sauce on top.
6. Cover and cook on low for 2 hours.

Serve with guacamole or sour cream on top.

Note: you may do Steps 1-3 and refrigerate overnight before placing into the slow cooker.

Pickled Jalapeno Peppers

CANNING RECIPE: Pickled Banana or Jalapeno Peppers

10-cups banana or jalapeno peppers, sliced into 1/2 inch secions 2-cloves garlic 4-cups white vinegar (5% acidity) 2-tsp pickling salt
Boil vinegar and salt. Prepare jars and lids by sterilizing Pack washed peppers into hot sterile jars Put 1/2 clove garlic in each quart jar or 1/4 into a jelly jar. (This is a guide, if you love garlic add more.) Pack peppers in hot jars leaving ¼” headspace Ladle hot liquid over peppers leaving ¼” headspace Remove air bubbles with a non-metallic utensil (chop stick works GREAT) Put on sterilized caps and then place rings on top. Process 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner Best if left for 5-6 weeks before eating makes 10 cups
Just slice the jalapenos into rings - great on top of homemade pizza