"Octodog"

I don't think it's hard to get kids to eat hot dogs, but this picture was so unusual, I thought you should see it!

Laurel's Chicken Cacciatore

1 whole chicken cut up
1/3 C olive oil
1 lg. onion chopped
10 mushrooms, sliced
1 green bell pepper, sliced
4 large carrots, cut into lg. pieces
1/2 bag of frozen green beans
2 14oz. jars of Prego tradional marinara
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1T Italian seasoning
2 t basil
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper

1. Brown chicken in the oil.
2.Remove chicken.
3. Add onions, mushrooms, garlic and green peppers, saute 10 min.
4.Add rest of ingredients, COVER pan and cook on low hear for 1hr. 15 min.

There I finally did it!

SHS SLACKERS '76 PROOF SANGRIA

just in time for the holidays...



Ingredients:
A bottle of a halfway decent Merlot
A little less than a half pint of good Rum
2 oranges
2 peaches
1 lemon
1 very generous cup of sugar

1. Pour the entire bottle of wine into a glass or ceramic pitcher

2. Add a splash of rum.

3. Squeeze the juice from one orange into the pitcher, cut the other orange into circular slices and add to the mixture.

4. Add another splash of Rum

5. Cut up the peaches and throw the pieces into the pitcher.

6. Time for another splash of Rum

7. Add the skin of the lemon to the mixture (try to avoid adding any of the actual meat of the lemon).

8. You are probably used to adding a splash of Rum by now, so as not to confuse you I suggest you do so again.

9. Add sugar

10. If you have any Rum left over just remember wastefullness is a sin and just do what you feel is right in your heart.

11. Stir and cover

12. Stick that baby in the fridge for at least 24 hours.

Serves: It serves you! If anyone else wants some tell em to make their own damn Sangria!

Oh yeah, nibbling on those little pieces of peach can be delicious, and intoxicating, so watch out! Like everything else in life I learned this the hard way. One Sunday morning I didn't think it would hurt to eat a few of the peach pieces right out of the pitcher. Half an hour later I was looped!

Born To Bake

Coconut Blueberry Muffins

Wheat-free, high fiber, low carb,

and incredibly delicious

Preheat oven to 400 degrees; grease/line 6 muffin cups

then

Whisk until blended:

3 eggs
2 T coconut milk
1 t vanilla
2 T melted butter or canola oil

3 T honey

Sift together and blend until all lumps are out:

1/4 cup plus 2 T coconut flour
1/2 t baking powder

1/4 t salt

and then very gently fold in:

1/2 cup frozen blueberries

Divide into 6 muffins and bake 15-18 minutes.

Use organic if you can; the flour is expensive but you use so little that it's fine.

Turkey Day Recipe

Submitted by Patti


This recipe appeared in the Sunday 11/19 Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel. I have not tried it but I plan on making it for Thursday since I am in charge of the sweet potatoes. It sounds yummy!

Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Cinnamon Pecan Crunch

1/2 c. firmly packed brown sugar (divided)
2 TBL orange juice
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 tsp Saigon ground cinnamon (divided)
1/2 tsp salt
3 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks
1 c. dried cranberries
4 TBL (1/2 stick) butter divided
1/4 c. flour
1 c. chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 400.

In large bowl, mix 1/4 c of brown sugar, the OJ, vanilla, 1 tsp of cinnmaon and the salt. Add sweet pots and cranberries; toss to coat well.Spoon into 13 by 9 inch baking dish. Dot with 2 TBL butter. Cover with foil and bake for 30 mins.

In a small bowl, mix flour, remaining 1/4 c. brown sugar, and remaining 1/2 tsp. cinnamon. Cut in remaining 2 Tbl. butter with a fork until coarse crumbs form. Stir in pecans.

Remove potatoes from oven and stir gently. Sprinkle with pecan topping.Bake uncovered 25-30 mins. longer or until sweet potatoes are tender and topping is lightly browned.

The Wild, The Innocent, and The East Street Beets

You will need:

About a pound of good, fresh, organic beets

1, or maybe 2 organic lemons

good extra virgin olive oil


cheese grater
lemon juicer
fry or saute pan

Peel and grate your beets -- no short cuts here, unless you have one of those attachments for your cuisinart that grates cheese. Mine broke about 15 years ago, so I use a box grater

Juice one lemon

Put pan on medium heat and add a few tablespoons of oil and the grated beets, cook for a minute or two, then add some lemon juice. Add a little salt, too.

Cook them to the tenderness you like. Serve with mixed greens and a creamy, tongue-soothing dressing (the beets should be tart). A loaf of hot rosemary bread goes nice with this, too.

Breakfast Delite

You will need:

1 piece of your favorite (preferably organic) bread, toasted

about a tablespoon of butter (organic if you got)

about a tablespoon or two of natural, organic peanut butter

frying pan
toaster
knife

Melt you some butter at medium-low heat in a frying pan.

Once it's melted and getting hot, crack your egg into that puddle of butter. Cook gently, flip, and cook for another minute or so...not more!

Take you that piece of toast I forgot to tell you to make, and spread some of that delicious peanut butter all over the top of it.

Carry your delicious toast over to that frying pan with the egg in it.

Holding the toast above the pan, take your spatula and wrestle that nice egg you just cooked to the surface of that toast. Don't be afraid if some of that good organic butter of yours slops up there, too.

Shake plenty of salt and pepper on top of that delite you just cooked up for yourself.

And Anita, IF YOU MUST, add sliced cucumbers.

Don't forget to turn off the stove and pour yourself some orange juice, too. You're going to be thirsty pretty soon!