{"id":412,"date":"2009-06-04T15:43:25","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T22:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baconwrappedlife.com\/archives\/412"},"modified":"2009-06-04T15:43:25","modified_gmt":"2009-06-04T22:43:25","slug":"recipes-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/?p=412","title":{"rendered":"Recipes From Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Things have been ridiculously busy, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m about to head to KY for a long weekend to celebrate a friend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wedding\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6plus we have been reheating leftovers from the freezer and having boring meals lately, so there hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been much to post.&#160; Plus, Santana has been exhausting me lately\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fussy about her food all of the sudden, sometimes doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t eat her breakfast, and last night I had to sleep on the couch with her to keep her from howling all night.&#160; Not so good.&#160; <a href=\"http:\/\/santana.jemts.com\" target=\"_blank\">Hop on over to her blog to read about our hike last weekend<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>My mom, however, has been on a roll cooking up some of my favorites (and some new things).&#160; She sent me massive info about all this stuff, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve decided you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re lucky enough to get a peek at her cheesecake.&#160; It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s way down at the bottom of this post and it is my absolute most favorite cheesecake ever.&#160; Especially when she uses the mini chocolate chips.&#160; I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wait to go home (hopefully in September!) so I can get some of mom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cheesecake \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n<p>These are recipes that are simple, easy and satisfying.&#160; My dad usually eats them several times in a row for lunch, and lots of times they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have leftovers for dinner throughout the week.&#160; I love my mom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s recipes because a) she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hilarious and b) it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a refreshing change from the fancy blog recipes you sometimes see.&#160; Plus, the ingredients are straightforward, easy to find and not intimidating\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6my mom was NOT excited about trying edamame or tofu at any point.&#160; \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#004000\" size=\"4\"><strong>Mom &amp; Dad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Chicken Dinner<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/images\/RecipesFromHome_D9D4\/grilledchicken.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"grilled chicken\" border=\"0\" alt=\"grilled chicken\" src=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/images\/RecipesFromHome_D9D4\/grilledchicken_thumb.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"470\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>POTATO SALAD<\/p>\n<p>Cook cut up potatoes until done. Cool. Add the following: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cut up hard boiled eggs (I use lots)<\/li>\n<li>diced dill pickles<\/li>\n<li>chopped green olives (unless you are serving Matt)<\/li>\n<li>diced carrots or\/and celery if you want<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Season with seasoned salt and pepper. Add a few tablespoons of the pickle juice and yellow mustard. Toss with miracle whip and chill. Turns out different all the time but after a while you get a feel for the mix and consistency you like. <\/p>\n<p>3 BEAN SALAD<\/p>\n<p>I had a recipe to try with fresh beans but in Unadilla, there were no fresh beans at our HUGE store. So I can across this one in a cookbook I had before I got married \u00e2\u20ac\u201c&#160; New and Revised Betty Crocker 1978 !!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 can (16 oz) green beans, drained<\/li>\n<li>1 can (16 oz) wax beans, drained<\/li>\n<li>1 can (15 oz) kidney beans, drained<\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00bc cup chopped onions (calls for green)<\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00bc cup snipped parsley ( I used 1\/8 cup dried)<\/li>\n<li>1 cup Italian dressing<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 cloves garlic, crushed (once again from my limited pantry \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I used 1 teaspoon minced from refrigerator) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mix beans, onions and parsley in large bowl. Mix dressing, sugar and garlic. Pour over salad and toss.&#160; Cover and refrigerate, stirring occasionally, at least 3 hours.&#160; The recipe says to serve in lettuce-lined bowls\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. Of course, I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t..<\/p>\n<p>TEXAS-STYLE FRYER CHICKEN<\/p>\n<p>&#160; <em>From Taste of Home Chicken Cookbook<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Tablespoon seasoned salt<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon pepper<\/li>\n<li>1 broiler\/fry chicken (3-3.5 pounds)<\/li>\n<li>2 garlic cloves, minced (or in my case 1 teaspoon minced from jar)<\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00bd cup butter<\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00bd cup chicken broth<\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00bd cup lemon juice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Combine seasoned salt and pepper; rub inside and outside of chicken. Place chicken on rotisserie rod on grill (we subbed by putting on a rack in a disposal pan). In a small saucepan, saut\u00c3\u00a9 garlic in butter until tender.&#160; Stir in broth and lemon juice. Pour into drip pan and place under chicken. Baste with sauce every 15 minutes for 1 to 1-1\/2 hours or until juices run clear. Dad made this so I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even know how much of this he followed!!<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0080\" size=\"4\"><strong>Boiled Dinner<\/strong><\/font> <\/p>\n<p><em>(I will pick the ham and potatoes out of this, but always hated the way the cooking cabbage made the house smell! -Mallory)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/images\/RecipesFromHome_D9D4\/boileddinneryum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"boiled dinner yum\" border=\"0\" alt=\"boiled dinner yum\" src=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/images\/RecipesFromHome_D9D4\/boileddinneryum_thumb.jpg\" width=\"599\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a>&#160; <\/p>\n<p> Add to large crock pot:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3.5 lbs ham (I used half of a bone in one)&#160; Froze the rest for another meal.<\/li>\n<li>Potatoes<\/li>\n<li>Carrots<\/li>\n<li>Onion<\/li>\n<li>can of broth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember to leave enough room for cabbage later..Cook on high 3 hours. Add cabbage wedges. Cook 2 more hours..<\/p>\n<p>That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s it.&#160; I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t add salt as ham can be salty.&#160; I drizzle vinegar over mine.<a href=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/images\/RecipesFromHome_D9D4\/boileddinner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"boiled dinner\" border=\"0\" alt=\"boiled dinner\" src=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/images\/RecipesFromHome_D9D4\/boileddinner_thumb.jpg\" width=\"633\" height=\"476\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ffffff\" size=\"4\"><strong>Mom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Cheesecake<\/strong><\/font> <\/p>\n<p><em>(I generally love cheesecake, but this is my FAVORITE, especially when it has the chocolate chips-Mallory)<\/em> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> 1 cup graham cracker crumbs<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons sugar<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons margarine, melted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Combine crumbs, sugar and margarine; press onto bottom of 9 inch springform pan. I bake in the oven when preheating but only for a few minutes. Make sure it is cooled off before adding cake mixture.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 8-oz pkgs of cream cheese (softened) -&#160; I bring to room temp and then microwave at 50% for 1.5 minutes. You can use one \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Lite\u00e2\u20ac\u009d cream cheese but don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t use 3 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c really changes the consistency <\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00be cup of sugar<\/li>\n<li>3 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate pieces<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Combine cream cheese and sugar, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended.&#160; (This is when the mix flies all over if the cream cheese isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t softened enough). Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.&#160; Blend in chocolate pieces and vanilla; pour over crust. Bake at 450 for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 250 (leave oven door open a crack until temp. reaches 250. Continue baking 35 minutes. Loosen cake from rim of pan. Cool before removing rim of pan.<\/p>\n<p>Chill.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/images\/RecipesFromHome_D9D4\/cheesecakedone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"cheesecake done\" border=\"0\" alt=\"cheesecake done\" src=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/images\/RecipesFromHome_D9D4\/cheesecakedone_thumb.jpg\" width=\"633\" height=\"476\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/images\/RecipesFromHome_D9D4\/cheesecake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"cheesecake\" border=\"0\" alt=\"cheesecake\" src=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/images\/RecipesFromHome_D9D4\/cheesecake_thumb.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"476\" \/><\/a>&#160; <\/p>\n<p>Next week I should have more recipes to post\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6but for now I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m headed to KY and dreaming of cheesecake from home in NY \ud83d\ude42 Miss you mom!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things have been ridiculously busy, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m about to head to KY for a long weekend to celebrate a friend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wedding\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6plus we have been reheating leftovers from the freezer and having boring meals lately, so there hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been much to post.&#160; Plus, Santana has been exhausting me lately\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fussy about her food all of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,31,9,25,5,20,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-guest-posts","category-life","category-magical-magical-animal","category-puppy","category-southern-love","category-yum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}