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Rhubarb and asparagus, early spring produce offerings, are in abundant supply currently. Those who pickle asparagus should plan to get this done soon, as asparagus season will be winding down. Rhubarb is just coming into peak production and will last until hot weather arrives. Asparagus is a great addition to spring garden salads. Some folks like asparagus raw, sliced thin in salads, but parboiling really brings out the flavor without sacrificing crunchy texture. Sesame Aspara...
Cool weather may not be ideal for most kitchen garden plantings, but rhubarb loves it. Therefore we have a few more rhubarb based recipes to use up some of the bounty. I found a recipe for Rhubarb Cookies on a site called “Dance around the Kitchen”. The recipe is easy to prepare and doesn’t require chilling before baking. Rhubarb Cookies 1/2 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup shortening 1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar 2 eggs 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 1 1/2 cups finely diced rhubarb 3/4 cup old f...
Welcome to My Kitchen Springtime salads are a refreshing change from winter stews and casseroles. Fresh greens, young onions and radishes topped with a flavorful dressing and served with a dinner roll make a light meal. Add diced cooked chicken, well trained tuna, cooked shrimp or ham for a full meal salad. Salad dressing is nearly as important as the salad ingredients. From simple oil and vinegar to elaborate ingredient mixtures, the dressing flavor enhances the salad ingredient flavors while melding all into a savory dish....
Easter festivities often lead to an abundance of hard boiled eggs. Normally the cooked eggs will keep in the refrigerator for 5-6 days, but if they have been out for several hours or overnight, they should be used up right away. Potato salad is often a dish of choice for using the abundance and the dye used to decorate the eggs can make for a colorful salad. The basic ingredient in Potato salad is, of course, potatoes. Any type of potato may be used, depending on personal tastes. Additionally many recipes include boiled...
April showers bring May flowers. Easter celebrations bring spring menus to mind. Some menus include traditional ham, others a roast leg of lamb. Every family has a variety of traditions for this springtime holiday. Honey Apricot Glazed Baked Ham, a sweet and savory method of preparation, produces tender juicy slices from a spiral sliced ham. Reducing the oven temperature makes this the perfect recipe to put in the oven before Easter services or other events. Honey Apricot...
Luau themes are popular for spring and summer gatherings. Leis and Hawaiian print décor and clothing, set the mood. Outdoors, tiki torches and grass table skirting add an island feel. Pineapple, mango, mandarin oranges and other tropical fruits, slow roasted pork and chicken and teriyaki basted kabobs are just a few of the flavors featured in a luau menu. Ambrosia Salad or Ambrosia in the 1959 rendition I found in my dad’s recipe box are nearly identical in ingredients, bu...
Welcome to all in our expanded readership. The Welcome to My Kitchen column first appeared in The Odessa Record on March 11, 2004, as a monthly feature. Within a month, by reader request, the column expanded to twice monthly and several months later became the bi-weekly column it is today. The purpose of this column is to share recipes and kitchen tips with fellow readers. You are invited to share your favorite recipes by sending them to the addresses listed at the end of...
Are the tulips coming up? Is it snowing again? Eastern Washington weather keeps us guessing. Shelly Hauge’s recipe for “Ultimate Potato Soup” is a favorite at area soup suppers and with her family members. Easy to prepare and ready in under an hour, this soup will take the chill off any late winter or early spring day. Ultimate Potato Soup 6 cups peeled, diced potato 3 stalks celery, diced 1 cup chopped onion 3 can (14.5 ounces each) chicken broth 4 cups half and half 6 Tbsp...
Valentines Day provides opportunities for cooks and bakers to show off culinary skills. Biscuits and cookies may be cut in heart shapes. Heart stencils will produce valentine embellishment for cookies, cakes, pie crusts, potato salad, even your morning latte. Baking powder style biscuits are easy to make with packaged biscuit mix, but are nearly as easy from scratch. Cut with a heart shaped cutter, biscuits will go nicely with just about any Valentine’s Day menu. Add grated ch...
January is a good time to try new recipes. In theory, life has slowed, the holiday rush is past and winter weather keeps us indoors. Since our last column I have tried a number of new recipes, most successful. Recipes for one or two is a frequent recipe request. Recipes are most often designed for 4 to 6 servings or in the case of muffins, 8 to 12, leaving a single person eating the same thing for a week. Blueberry Muffin for One, a bakery style muffin from One Dish Kitchen,...
ODESSA – The Odessa Chamber of Commerce met Jan. 11. Colley Walter presented a proposal to offer presale orders of Deutschesfest Biergarten German Sausage. Orders would have to be placed by sausage-making time, around Aug. 1. The Chamber website at www.odessachamber.com and The Odessa Record will provide ordering details in early summer. In other business, the Chamber is seeking community members to form a Downtown Christmas Lighting/Decorating Committee for the 2022 Christmas...
Crazy weather, causing extended travel delays has cleared area store shelves of a number of often-used ingredients. Items with a short shelf life are quickly bought up and stores wait for fresh orders to come in. What can the meal planner do? Plan ahead for grocery supply interruptions. Substitute ingredients for missing items. Keep a package of powdered milk on hand in case stores run out of fresh milk. Canned milk diluted maybe substituted in most recipes. Canned kidney or...
Cooking for a crowd can lead to leftovers. Hosts want to make sure there is plenty for everyone, and if the number attending is in flux, estimating amounts is difficult. At family gatherings, the host usually wants plenty to send home with the kids. “Planned-overs” is the term I prefer to use. Over the years I have collected a few recipes for make-ahead dishes using turkey and ham dinner planned-overs. If you happened to have planned-over prime rib, the solution is easy, pri...
ODESSA – Odessa Chamber of Commerce met December 14 to elect officers for 2022, hear year end reports and plan 2022 events. While those gathered enjoyed a soup and bread lunch, President Norman Ott opened the meeting. By unanimous ballot, elections set Norman Ott, president, Ed Deife, vice-president, Paige Smith, secretary, Larissa Zeiler, treasurer, Matt Roberson, Phyllis Sebesta and Chuck Watkins, board members. The hospitality tent at the Stumpjumpers Desert 100 weekend, s...
Pinterest and Facebook often put me on the trail of good recipes and interesting culinary stories. Young cook, Koren Hale, prepared Chicken Enchiladas for his Spanish class last week. His mother posted a photo of him on Facebook doing the preparations and reported he found the recipe on Pinterest. Easy to prepare, this is a great recipe for a family dinner or potluck meal. With adult supervision, even the youngest of cooks could enjoy making this recipe. Chicken Enchiladas 4...
Turkey leftovers should now be safely tucked into your freezer for later use. At this date, any leftover turkey in your refrigerator is probably past its prime for eating and should be disposed of. Cooked turkey may be used in almost any dish calling for cooked chicken. Spicy White Chili, a recipe I received from my late sister-in-law, Tammy Bubemyre, is equally good with turkey or chicken. Additionally, dicing the meat cooked from the turkey carcass may be used in...
Thanksgiving is a week away. Turkey is most commonly associated with the holiday. Roasting is the traditional method of preparation and easiest for all levels of culinary skill. My preferred method for roasting is in a large brown paper grocery sack, but those are hard to come by so I may have to resort to my mothers roasting technique. You will need a high-sided roasting pan large enough to accommodate the turkey without it touching the sides of the pan and extra-wide...
Some area gardeners have lots of green tomatoes box ripening. They are great for soups and sauces but not as exciting for salads or other fresh tomato recipes. I recently came across this recipe for Cream of Tomato Soup on the www.asweetpeachef.com website. With the addition of a stalk of celery and substituting evaporated milk for almond milk, this is nearly the flavor and texture of Campbell's. Following is the recipe as posted, with my changes following in the notes. Cream...
Gardens are put to rest for the winter, with root crops straw-covered to protect from frost, and old vines composted to amend the soil come spring. There are apples to sauce, tomatoes to stew or turn into salsa, squash to bake and other bits of produce to put up for the winter. Where to start? Since the rind on the winter squash began to harden mid-September my mouth has been watering for a warm piece of baked squash. Winter squash have good keeping qualities if you have a dry...
Frosty nights bring on clean-up-the-garden time. Some fortunate gardeners gained an abundance of green beans after the hot summer temperatures subsided. Former Odessa resident Sherie Heimbigner asked if I had the recipe for the green bean soup served at the annual Mennonite Auction. I do not have the Mennonite recipe but I shared with her the recipe I have used. German Grun Bohne Suppe [editor’s note: or in grammatically correct modern German, “gruene Bohnensuppe”] attri...
Deutschesfest 2021 is in the books. As I write this column on Monday morning, cleanup is in full swing and you can hardly tell there was a festival here the last four days. I have been receiving requests for recipes of items at the German Bake Sale, and the new item, Dill Pickle Soup, served in the Bier Garten. I will be looking into what recipe they kitchen crew used but meanwhile, Zupa Ogorkowa: Polish Creamy Dill Soup, is the recipe I use. Pickle soup is widely used in...
Apples, zucchini and back to school snacks. How can we combine the bounty of early fall with the need for afterschool snacks? Granola is a favorite of many and may include dried apples and other dried fruits. I recently tried a recipe for Slow Toasted Granola made in a slow cooker. Applesauce is included in the granola coating. The recipe comes from the Better Homes and Gardens recipe site. Slow Toasted Granola 1/2 cup honey 1/2 cup applesauce 1/4 cup canola oil 1/4 cup...
Zucchini season is here. There are many ways to use this prolific vegetable. Small, tender zucchini sautéed with a bit of onion, or added to a stir-fry, grated in breads, cookies or cakes, and some sneaky cooks puree and add to just about anything. Camouflaged with chocolate, baked into breads and pastries and mixed into sauces and soups, vitamins and fiber are added to diets with out the eater knowing the difference. Chilly nights the past few days found me searching for...
Summer 2021 has produced a very long string of hot, rainless days. I have said on a number of occasions, we skipped July and went straight to August in the weather department. Thankfully, most days have been blessed with cool nights. As an early riser, the cold mornings make me think comfort food, but by noon the idea of macaroni and cheese has turned into pasta salad. Tuck this recipe for Super Macaroni & Cheese away for the first true autumn day. Clarene Haynie shared this...
Harvest is in full swing throughout much of the Inland Northwest. This means many folks are preparing harvest lunches. In light of this, we chose to make Chocolate Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies in one of the Go! Odessa Recreation's summer cooking classes. The class meets in the commercial kitchen of the Odessa Chamber of commerce in the community center. Thank you Odessa Chamber for making it possible to offer this activity for Odessa youth. The children were divided into two...
