Bless This Little Kitchen

Easy Creamed Potatoes recipe

Cheat a little; it's still delicious!

Preheat oven to 350-degrees F. Pour liquid off of 2 cans new potatoes. Place in a large mixing bowl. Add 1 small jar (maybe half) prepared yellow cheese (Cheese Whiz-type). Stir in 1 cup dairy sour cream. Combine until well mixed and cheese sauce is smooth. Bake 1 hour.

Serves: 4-6

Spicy Sweet Potatoes recipe

Spicey! Slow cooked!

2 lbs sweet potatoes, peeled and diced into 1/2-inch pieces
1/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1 tspn ground cinnamon
1/2 tspn ground nutmeg
pinch of salt
2 tbspns butter, cut into small pieces
1 tspn vanilla

Combine sweet potatoes, brown sugar, spices, and salt in cold slow cooker. Blend well. Cover and cook on LOW 7 hours or on HIGH 4 hours.

Add butter and vanilla, stirring gently to blend.

Serves: 4

Sour Cream Cabbage recipe

Double the recipe...it's soooo goooood....!

Pan fry 1 1/2 to 2 cups shredded cabbage in 2 tablespoons bacon fat or butter. In a small bowl, mix 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 tablspoon vinegar, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Stir in 1/2 cup dairy sour cream. Pour over hot cabbage; mix and heat over low heat.

Serves: 2

Sweet Potato Ham Puff recipe

Excellent as a side dish!

1 cup cooked ham, finely chopped
2 cups sweet potatoes, boiled and mashed
1 egg, slightly beaten
3/4 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tspn salt

In a large bowl, mis all ingredients until well blended and smooth. Drop by spoon onto a hot greased griddle or frying pan. Brown on each side. Serve hot with butter.

Serves: 4-6

Baked Beans for a Crowd recipe

Plenty good...plenty to go around!

1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 2/3 cups (=1 tall can) evaporated milk
2 (1 lb, 12 oz) cans pork and beans in tomato sauce

In a 2 1/2 quart casserole or baking dish, combine brown sugar, flour, and mustard. Add evaporated milk, blending well. Add pork and beans, gently mixing well. Bake 35-40 minutes, stirring occasionally, until beans are bubbly and beginning to brown.

Serves: 10

Curried Cream Beans recipe

MMM...MMMM....dee-lish!

1 9oz package frozen green beans or wax beans
2 tblspns butter
1 tbspn water
1/2 tsp salt
pinch of black pepper
1/2 tspn curry powder
1/2 cup sour cream

In a heavy saucepan with a lid, combine beans, butter, water, salt, and pepper. Cover and heat until steamy; reduce heat and cook until beans are tender--aprox 10-15 minutes. Drain, reserving liquid. Stir curry powder into reserved liquid then blend slowly into sour cream. Fold sour cream mixture into beans.

Serves: 3-4

Stuffed Acorn Squash (for the grill) recipe

Hot Hot Hot!

For each serving: cut acorn squash in half (lengthwise), remove seeds. Fill centers with a mixture of 1 cup diced (unpeeled) apple and 2 tblspns brown sugar. Dot with butter or margarine, and sprinkle with cinnamon and a little salt. Wrap securely in a single thickness of heavy aluminum foil. Place covered squash, cut side up, on the hot coals. Barbeque, without turning, 40-50 minutes, or until squash is fork-tender.

Herb-Seasoned Barbequed Carrots recipe

Hot off the grill!

For each serving, take 2-3 young carrots that have been washed clean. Rub carrots with butter or margarine and place in a double thickness of heavy aluminum foil. Sprinkle with thyme, salt, and a little water. Wrap securely in foil. Place packets directly on hot coals and barbeque for about 1 hour, turning frequently, or until carrots are fork-tender.

Spicy Vegetable Relish recipe

Great when eating outdoors--with steak on the grill!

2 cups cooked beets, finely chopped
2 cups green cabbage,finely chopped
1/3 to 1/2 cup prepared horseradish
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 tbspns salt
1 tspn mustard seed
1 cup vinegar

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl; toss to mix well. Cover and chill thouroughly to blend flavors: 4 hours or even overnight.

Yield: 1 quart

Parmesan Potatoes recipe

Great with holiday ham! Or beef, or lamb, or...not the same with out the butter!

Potatoes, scrubbed and unpeeled
salt, pepper, Lawry's(tm) seasoning salt, garlic salt
1 medium onion, sliced
Parmesan cheese, grated fine
1 stick of butter (8 tbspns)

Preheat oven to 350-degrees F. Chop as many potatoes as desired into bite size pieces. Put in a well buttered casserole with onion slices, and dab with remaining butter. Sprinkle with seasoning, salt, pepper, etc. Bake uncovered until tnder, about 30-45 minutes, or until vegetables test done with a fork. Stir and add more parmesan cheese during cooking.