Posted on 07/01/2012 7:05:17 AM PDT by libertarian27
Welcome to the FReeper Recipe Thread for July 2012.
Looking for something new to make or made something new that came out great? Please share a 'tried-and-true' recipe or seven- for fellow FReepers to add to their 'go-to' Recipe Stack of Family Favorites!
Here's the place to share and explore your latest and greatest favorite recipe.
Please add your favorite and new recipe creations to this thread throughout the Month of July.
Each month I will comb through the 'keyword search' and 'advance google search' to find articles about recipes on this site and link them to the threads. (If you bump into a recipe article during the month please add keywords to the thread (ie:recipe,recipes) so I can find them to post on the next months thread. Thanks!
Food Holidays for the Month of July:
National Baked Bean Month
National Culinary Arts Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month
National July Belongs to Blueberries Month
Recipe recap from the June 2nd thread:
Cakes _ Post#` 51 _ Lemon Cake Pudding
Frosting/Icing _ Post#` 10 _ Marshmallow Frosting
Frosting/Icing _ Post#` 16 _ 7-Minute Marshmallow Frosting
Frosting/Icing _ Post#` 28 _ Italian Meringue Buttercream
Ham _ Post#` 58 _ Iowa Ham Balls
Pie _ Post#` 7 _ Lemon Meringue Pie
Pie _ Post#` 31 _ Pie Crust
Poultry _ Post#` 3 _ Chicken Satay Stir Fry with Jasmine Rice
Poultry _ Post#` 26 _ Chicken Fried Chicken
Sausage _ Post#` 7 _ Kielbasa and Cabbage Casserole
Vegetables _ Post#` 4 _ Crispy Kale Chips
Vegetables _ Post#` 6 _ Chinese-style Fried Green Beans
Vegetables _ Post#` 17 _ Refrigerator Pickled Vegetables
Link
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2890828/posts?page=59#59
Free Republic threads in June with Recipes!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2900624/posts
Sick of SCOTUS? how about best ever ribs recipe for the fourth of july?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2896354/posts
Peach Cobbler is a Texan’s Summer Love
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2901063/posts
Bread Pudding for Dinner or Dessert
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2893264/posts
It’s Beer Thirty FReepers! Time For The Homebrewing / Wine Making Thread #2 June 8,2012
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2898218/posts
Weekly Gardening Thread Vol. 25, June 22, 2012 (Weekly)
Bump for after church when I have more time
I made these 2 days ago, and they’re NOMS!
Iowa Ham Balls
Ingredients
3-1/2 pounds ground ham
1-1/2 pounds ground beef
3 eggs, beaten
2 cups milk
3 cups graham cracker crumbs
2 cans (10-3/4 ounces each) tomato soup, undiluted
3/4 cup vinegar
2-1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
Directions
In a large bowl, combine first five ingredients. Using a 1/3 cup measure, shape mixture into 2-in. balls. Place in two large shallow roasting pans. Combine all remaining ingredients; pour over balls. Bake at 325° for 1 hour, basting frequently with sauce. Yield: about 15 servings.
Total Time: 1 hr 10 min
Servings: 5-6
Ingredients :
1 1/2 pounds Apples (3-4), peeled, cored and cut into thick slices
2-3 TBSP Unsalted Butter
1 TBSP Cornstarch, optional
1 pint Blueberries or Blackberries
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 C Granulated Sugar
1 TBSP Lemon Rind, finely grated
For the Topping:
2 C All-purpose flour
1 C Old-Fashioned Oats
1/2 C Walnuts
1 C Brown Sugar
4 ounces Unsalted Butter (1/2 stick)
Cooking Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
In a heavy bottomed pan, melt the butter and saute the apple slices until they release some liquid and soften a little. If the juice is very thin, remove the fruit but leave the juice in the pan. Make a slurry with the cornstarch and cook for a few minutes to thicken. Remove the pan from the heat and toss the cooked apple slices, berries, cinnamon, sugar and lemon rind with the thickened juice. Turn the apple-berry mixture into a 2 1/2 quart baking dish. Combine the flour, oatmeal, walnuts, brown sugar and butter in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until the mixture combines. Scatter the topping over the fruit and bake for 45 minutes. the fruit should bubble and the topping will turn a golden brown.
Additional Tips
Use good baking apples, like Granny Smith or a combination of apples, like Red delicious and Granny Smith for interesting textures. Use only the colored part of the rind..no white pulp or it will be bitter.
(*) though anything is always possible...
I bumped into the bread pudding thread up above and tried this recipe from another site...Nice and Easy!
Ingredients
6 slices day-old bread
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 cup raisins (optional) (I used Golden Raisins)
4 eggs, beaten
2 cups milk (I mixed 1 cup heavy cream/ 1 cup milk)
3/4 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (I added a few scrapings of nutmeg - just because:)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
Break bread into small pieces into an 8 inch square baking pan. Drizzle melted butter or margarine over bread. If desired, sprinkle with raisins.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla. Beat until well mixed. Pour over bread, and lightly push down with a fork until bread is covered and soaking up the egg mixture.
Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly tapped.
(I should have soaked the raisins in milk beforehand - the ones on top got a bit crispy - but still good.....Serve cold or hot....Great with Ice Cream.)
Extensive comment section on link above how some people changed up and tweaked the recipe
I found the recipe!
This is from Kenny Enck, who cooks for many NASCAR cup car teams in the pits.
Ham Balls or Ham Loaf
3 pounds freshly ground smoked ham
3/4 -1 pound of fresh ground pork
4 eggs
1 1/2 cup whole or 2 percent milk
2 cups bread crumbs
Directions:
Mix ingredients together and form into a loaf or into individual balls. Bake the ham balls at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes. When the balls are three-fourths baked, drizzle some syrup on them — that’s what gives them their special flavor. Continue cooking for another 15 minutes or until done. Serve remaining syrup with finished dish. Serve with mashed potatoes and green beans.
To Make the Syrup
1/2 cup vinegar (any kind)
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 or 2 tablespoon mustard — wet
Directions: Mix the ingredients together and cook at low heat on a stovetop to make syrup.
Happy July!!!!!
My daughter’s birthday is tomorrow - so in honor of that - and the fact it is National Ice Cream Month - we brought a peanut butter cup ice cream cake or dessert at church coffee hour today......as well as assorted roll ups, hummus with pita, spinach and feta phyllo triangles, and stufed grape leaves. For a 14 year old she has rather eclectic taste, as she chose the entire menu - mom just had to make it all!!!
Happy B-Day to your Daughter!
And Happy
National Anisette Day -July 2:)
Stuffed grape leaves and Spanakopita?
(when’s the party - I’ll be over :>) Yummy!)
Are you also desserting the festivities with Baklava? Mmmmm!!!
That party was at Church following the 10:30 service. The ice cream cake disappeared REAL fast! She’s getting chocolate cream pie tomorrow - that’s what she asked for and we’re attending a BBQ at the American legion on Wednesday. With her birthday so close to independence Day - she has always had more than one “birthday” celebration.
I’ve never tried making baklava - one of these days I will, because I just love it.
Being National Hot Dog Month, this isn’t exactly a recipe, but something that I stumbled on. I had some good quality hot dogs and found myself craving them, as well as peanut butter, then started thinking about the bacon I’d made earlier. I was disappointed to Google and find out peanut butter, bacon hot dogs weren’t an original idea. Nom, nom, nom.
Peanut butter and Bacon on toast (or English Muffin:) is one of my favorite quick meals...why not throw in a hot dog too?!
I thought a hint of grape jelly would also be a good addition to the next one, but my daughter pointed out our grape jelly was from 2009 and that was a little off putting. (I need to clean the fridge.) I didn’t think of this first, either :(
The “Bradford” a hot dog with bacon, peanut butter, and grape jelly:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mojo22/6908341346/
Yay! You’re back! I missed you.
Whip to stiff peaks 2 cups h/cream. Fold into combined 14 oz
can Eagle Brand Sweet/Cond/Milk, cup chp toasted pecans, tsp
maple extract. Mix well. Pour into loaf pan, foil over; freeze six
hours minimum.
TOASTED NUTS Shake cup chp nuts in skillet w/ 3 tbl melted
butter to lightly brown; plate immediately to prevent burning.
Scopped into fantastic jadeite bowl with vintage scoop.
Gram's raisin bread pudding with almond crumble topping---
served with that fab Mint Julep Sauce made from mystery
basket spearmint candy.
Turns out he is an acclaimed chef down in NO.
The focal point may be room temp leftover grilled or roasted meat, thin slices steamed pâté (gio lua), or seared tofu. Purchased chicken liver pate, or German braunschweiger. Daikon and carrot pickle keep for days in fridge--can make banh mi whenever the spirit moves you.
PREP Half bread; remove inside crumb w/ fingers; crisp up in 325 deg oven. cool a min. Layer generously w/ mayo; drizzle w/ Maggi Seasoning sauce or soy sauce then fave meats or tofu, 3-4 thin seeded cucumber strips, 2-3 rough-chp cilantro sprigs, pickled veg, 3-4 thin jalapeño slices. Close sandwich, half crosswise for easy eating.
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