Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Strawberries... and more strawberries...


I love being surrounded by so many farms... I never miss the opportunity to taste some fresh veggies or some fruit.
June - Strawberry season, we have got a bucket full of it. I brought it home and panicked!
We need to eat it fast before it goes all bad... I haven't realized what I had done to myself that day!
All day in the kitchen; washing, cutting, preparing, freezing..... eating strawberries!

Strawberry Jam... my first time



...and... Brown Butter Banana Strawberry Bread...



I have prepared two strawberries / rhubarb pies as well, but it's in the freezer!

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Yellow Squash and Meatballs Soup

One of the soup recipes that I make...
4 cups of water boiled
1/2 a yellow squash, pealed and cut in big cubes
1 cube beef bouillon
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While the boiling water making the squash soft.... cut the veggies:
1 onion chopped
1 carrot sliced
2 gloves of garlic, cut
3 potatoes, cut
1/2 pepper red or yellow, cut
1 stalk of celery, cut
Pour two tablespoons of olive oil in the frying pan, heat it up and place all the cut veggies in the frying pan. For the spices I use a 1 teaspoon of kosher salt, paprika, cumin. A little bit of pepper, and parsley, plus one bay leave. Mix it all and fry for about 5 to 10 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons of flour over the veggies and mix it again. Medium heat high by the way. Put  aside.
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Go back to the pot with bouillon and squash. Place the soft squash in the mixer and make it smooth. Put it back into the bouillon, and add the veggies. I add some rice  as well, around 3 tbsp.
While it is all cooking, roll the meat balls in a tiny balls. Drop it in the soup and let it all cook for another 15-20 min. On a medium....even less heat high.
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For Meatballs:
1 package of ground beef
1 onion grined
1 egg
1 tspn. sals
black papper
paprika
parsley
3-5 tbspn. bread crumps
Mix it well.... wet your hands and shape the meatballs into a bite sized balls.
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Adjust spices a the end if you feel like something is missing!

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Blueberry Boom!

Blueberry Muffins.
The kids won't eat blueberries anymore.... so much of it in the fridge! OK, how about blueberry everything before it goes bad, here is the recipe for the muffins: http://smittenkitchen.com/2010/08/perfect-blueberry-muffins/


Blueberry Boy Bait.
Oh, I really liked that one! Was so good, I have to make it again soon... it had a very tasty crust made out of sugar and cinnamon on top! And here is the recipe for it: http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/07/blueberry-boy-bait/