Kids Favorites Recipe Exchange

Our recipe exchange theme was "kids favorites" this month.

I made Casserole of Beef and Rice. Our kids love it as do most kids I've had try it. My husband says it tastes like stuffed green pepper. I already posted the recipe in an earlier post.

My kids wanted to know why I didn't take lattyja. It's their absolute favorite.

Click on Crock Pot Recipes

Crockery Pot - Beef

All Day Crockery Pot Beef	Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry	Beef and Pasta Casserole	Beef Diablo
Beef Fajitas	Beef Ragout Over Rice	Beef Tips	Beer Braised Beef in Crockery Pot
Burritos Crockery Pot Style	California Tamale Pie	Cattleman's Beef and Beans	Cheeseburger Sandwiches
Cheesy Meat Loaf	Chili Beer Brisket of Beef	Classic Swiss Steak	Complete Crockery Pot Dinner
Corned Beef and Cabbage	Country Swiss Steak	Cowboy Casserole	Cranberry Pork Roast
Crockery Pot Beef Burgundy	Crockery Pot Beef 'n Peppers	Crockery Pot Beef with Mushrooms	Crockery Pot Beef Roast
Crockery Pot Cabbage Rolls	Crockery Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage	Crockery Pot Creole Steak Strips	Crockery Pot Delight
Crockery Pot Easy Swiss Steak	Crockery Pot Enchiladas	Crockery Pot Fajitas	Crockery Pot Fajitas II
Crockery Pot Italian Beef	Crockery Pot Meatballs	Crockery Pot Rump Roast	Crockery Pot Sauerbraten
Crockery Pot Spaghetti Sauce	Crockery Pot Swiss Steak	Crockery Pot Taco Casserole	Fiesta Tamale Pie
Glazed Corned Beef	Glazed Corned Beef #2	Harvest Dinner	Harvest Pot Roast with Tomato-Wine Sauce
Hot-and-Spicy Sloppy Joes	Lean Crockery Pot Beans	Nina's Beef and Beans	Pot Roast Dinner
Old Time Beef Stew	Pot Roast with Noodles	Ranch Style Beef	Reuben Casserole
Roast Cooked with Coke	Roast with Veggies	Sage Pot Roast	Salsa Swiss Steak
Savory Pepper Steak	Savory Stewed Beef	Slow-Cooked Beef Stifado	Slow Cooked Pepper Steak
Slow Cooked Steak Rolls	Slow Cooked Swiss Steak Supper	Slow Cooker Italian Spaghetti Sauce	Slow Cooker Lasagna
Slow Cooker Swiss Steak	Slowly Deviled Beef	Smothered Steak Strips	Spaghetti Sauce Italiano
Spicy Wine Pot Roast	Stuffed Cabbage Casserole	Stuffed Pasta Shells	Swiss Bliss
Swiss Steak	Teriyaki Steak	Three Pepper Steak	Three-Way Beef
Yankee Pot Roast and Vegetables

Crockery Pot - Pork

Casserole in the Cooker	Chicken Lickin Good Crockery Pot Pork Chops	Chinese Style Country Ribs	Country Pork with Mushrooms
Cranberry Pork Roast	Crockpot Apricot Pulled Pork for Sandwiches	Crockery Pot Festival Sausage	Crockery Pot Hawaiian Pork
Crockery Pot Pork Chops Supreme	Crockery Pot Sausage & Potatoes	Crockery Pot Sausage and Egg Casserole	Crocked Cherry Pork Chops
Polish Kraut and Apples	Pork Chop Delight	Pork Chops and Mustard Sauce Potatoes	Pork Chops with Corn Stuffing
Pork Stew with Vegetables	Rosemary Potato Pork Chops	Sauerkraut Supper	Slow Cooking Pork Chops
Soy-Glazed Spareribs	Super Easy Pork Chops	Sweet and Spicy Kielbasa or Polish Sausage	Sweet 'n' Sour Ribs
Sweet 'N' Sour Sausage

Crockery Pot - Poultry

90s Style Crockpot Coq Au Vin	Bacon Wrapped Chicken	Baked Cajun Chicken	Baked Chicken Breasts in Crockery Pot
Basil Chicken	Broccoli Rice & Chicken	Café Chicken	Cantonese Sweet & Sour Chicken
Caribbean Chicken	Cheesy Crockery Pot Chicken	Chicken & Cherries Jubilee	Chicken a la King
Chicken and Cherries Jubilee C/P	Chicken & Rice Casserole	Chicken and Artichoke Casserole	Chicken and Dumplings
Chicken Breasts Supreme	Chicken Creole	Chicken Crock Pie	Chicken Curry
Chicken Curry #2	Chicken Curry Hurry	Chicken Hearts Crockpot	Chicken in the Crockery Pot
Chicken Marengo	Chicken Merlot with Mushrooms	Chicken Olé	Chicken Paprika
Chicken Parisienne	Chicken Parmigiana	Chicken Sesame	Chicken Stew
Chicken Stroganoff in Crockery Pot	Chicken Taco Filling	Creamy Chicken with Vegetables	Crockpot Buffalo Wings with Blue Cheese Dip
Crockery Pot Chicken	Crockery Pot Chicken Cacciatore	Crockery Pot Chicken Dinner	Crockery Pot Chicken in Mushroom Gravy
Crockery Pot Chicken Teriyaki	Crockery Pot Chicken Tortilla	Crockery Pot Garlic Chicken	Crockery Pot Lacquered Chicken
Crockery Pot Robust Chicken	Easy Chicken Noodle Soup	Forty-clove Chicken	Garlic Lemon Chicken
Ham 'n' Swiss Chicken	International Chicken	Italian Chicken and Potatoes	Italian Chicken Breast
Lemonemonade Chicken	Lemony Roasted Chicken	Lo-Cal Crockery Pot Chicken	Low-Fat Glazed Chicken in Crockery Pot
Mama's Chicken Stew	Pat's Creamy Chicken	Portugese Garlic Chicken	Turkey Casserole
Turkey Rice South with Tomatoes

Crockery Pot - Fish & Seafood

Bayou Gumbo	Bouillabaisse	Cheese-Shrimp Chowder	Cioppino (Fisherman's Stew)
Crockery Pot Bouillabaisse	Crockery Pot Citrus Fish	Crockery Pot Clam Chowder	Crockery Pot Clam Chowder #2
Crockery Pot Crab Soup	Crockery Pot Fish Stew	Crockery Pot Manhattan Style Clam Chowder	Crockery Pot Shrimp Marinara
Tuna Casserole	Louisiana Gumbo	Mediterranean Fish Soup	No Clams Clam Chowder
Oyster Bisque	Seafood Naples	Shrimp Creole for the Crockery Pot	Shrimp Creole
Shrimp Curry Macaroni Salad	Slow Cooker Seafood Chowder	Sweet and Sour Shrimp	Swiss Crab Casserole

Crockery Pot - Soup, Stew & Chili

Barley Soup	Bean Soup for the Crockery Pot	Bean Soup Italiano	Beef-Barley Stew
Beef Chowder	Beef Ragout	Black Bean Chili with Beef	Busy Day Stew
Calico Ham and Bean Soup	Chicken and Vegetable Chowder	Chicken Vegetable Chowder	Chili
Chili con Queso	Confetti Yellow Pea Soup	Cowboy Sausage & Beans	Crockery Pot Bean Soup
Crockery Pot Beef Barley Soup	Crockery Pot Beef Stew	Crockery Pot Beef Stew #2	Crockery Pot Beef Stew #3
Crockery Pot Beef Vegetable Soup	Crockery Pot Chicken Corn Soup	Crockery Pot Chowder	Crockery Pot Broccoli Soup
Crockery Pot Chili	Crockery Pot Chili #2	Crockery Pot Cock 'n Bull Stew	Crockery Pot Corn Chowder
Crockery Pot Dumpling Soup	Crockery Pot French Onion Soup	Crockery Pot Hamburger Soup	Crockery Pot Hearty Beef Stew
Crockery Pot Homemade Chicken Soup	Crockery Pot Onion Soup	Crockery Pot Potato Soup	Crockery Pot Split Pea Soup
Crockery Pot Stew	Crockery Pot Wild Rice Soup	Debbie's Potato Soup	Easy Crockery Pot Chili
Favorite Beef Stew	Greek Beef Stew	Healthy Chili in Crockery Pot	Hearty Bean Soup
Italian Bean Soup	Italian Sausage Vegetable Soup	Jolene's Chili	Lentils & Vegetable Stew
Low-Fat Potato Soup	Minestrone Soup from the Crockery Pot	Navy Bean Bacon Chowder	Polish Hunter Soup
Pork Chop Stew	Possum Lodge Firehouse Chili	Potato and Mushroom Chowder	Ranch Style Stew
Red Beans, Barley & Sausage Stew	Slow Cooked Texas Stew	Slow Cooked Two Meat Chili	Slow Cooked Tex-Mex Chili
Slow Cooker Mexican Beef Soup	Slow Cooker Mexican Beef Stew	Southwest Stew	Southwestern Corn Chowder
Southwestern Chicken and Bean Stew	Spicy Black and Red Bean Soup	Spicy Cajun Gumbo	Taco Soup
Tex-Mex Chili	Tomato-Bean Stew	Tortilla Soup	Vegetable Barley Soup
Vegetable Beef Barley Soup	Vegetable Gumbo	Vegetarian Split Pea Soup	Waldorf Astoria Stew

Crockery Pot - Barbeque

B-B-Q Beef	BBQ Chicken in a Crockery Pot	Barbecue Crockpot Meatballs	Barbecued Beef
Barbecued Beef	Barbecued Beef 'N Beans	Barbecue Beef Sandwiches	Barbecued Meat Loaf
Barbecued Pot Roast	Barbequed Spareribs	Crockery Pot Barbeque	Crockery Pot Barbecue Chicken
Crockery Pot Barbecued Beef and Beans	Crockery Pot Barbecued Pork and Beans	Crockery Pot Bar-B-Que Beef	Crockery Pot BBQ Beef Sandwiches
Crockery Pot Pork Barbecue	Crockpot Pork Barbecue	Crockery Cooker Barbecued Ribs	Marinated Barbecue Brisket
Pulled Pork with Root Beer Barbecue Sauce

Crockery Pot - Side Dishes

Aztec Black Beans	Barley with Mushrooms & Green Onions	Bean and Cornbread Casserole	Bean Pot Medley
Bean Ragout with Cilantro-Cornmeal Dumplings	Best Crockery Pot Beans	Bourbon Baked Beans	California Rice
Cavatini	Cheese and Potato Casserole	Cheesy Creamed Corn	Chuck Wagon Beans
Corn, Ham and Potato Scallop	Cottage Potatoes	Cowboy Beans	Creamy Green Beans
Creamy Scalloped Potatoes	Creole Black Beans	Crockery Pot Baked Beans	Crockery Pot Beans
Crockpot Boston Baked Beans	Crockery Pot Casserole	Crockery Pot Cauliflower and Broccoli Casserole	Crockery Pot Cheese Potatoes
Crockery Pot Corn	Crockery Pot German Potato Salad	Crockery Pot Mexican Dish	Crockery Pot Scalloped Potatoes
Crockery Pot Spanish Rice	Crockery Pot Tijuana Pie	Double Squash Combo	Enchanted Beans
Frijoles (Pinto Beans)	Frijoles Borrachos	Herbed Squash AuGratin	Layered Dinner
Mexican Red Beans	Mormon Beans	No-Fuss Party Potatoes	Pineapple Baked Beans
Pizza Beans	Potatoes Au Gratin	Prysnac Serbia (Broccoli Casserole)	Rice
Risi Bisi	Saucy Green Peas with Onions	Scalloped Corn	Slow Cooker Oven Bean Salad
Spanish Rice	Spinach Souffle in a Crockpot	Sunshine Bean Casserole	Thelma's Beans
Vegetable Casserole	Vegetable Enchilada	Vegetable Spaghetti	Wild Rice Casserole
Zucchini Parmigiana

Crockery Pot - Dessert

Apple Brown Betty	Apple Cranberry Dessert	Apple Granola Dessert	Apple Pecan Bread Pudding
Baked Apples	Baked Stuffed Apples	Banana Walnut Loaf - Crockery Pot	Blueberry Grunt
Bread Pudding	Bumbleberry Cobbler	Chocolate Cherry Cobbler	Chocolate Pudding Cake
Crockery Pot Apple Cobbler	Crockery Pot Baked Apples	Crockery Pot Baked Stuffed Apples	Crockery Pot Bread Pudding
Crockery Pot Curried Fruit Bake	Crockery Pot Peach Cobbler	Dessert Delight	English Bread Pudding
Fruit & Nut Baked Apples	Home-Style Bread Pudding	Hot Fruit Dessert	Indian Pudding
Old Fashioned Rice Pudding in Crockery Pot	Pina Colada Bread Pudding	Pumpkin-Date Pudding	Pumpkin Pie Pudding
Pumpkin Pudding	Raisin Bread Pudding	Rice Pudding with Bourbon	Rice Pudding with Fruit
Slow Cooked "That's Good Peaches"	Streusel Pound Cake - Crockery Pot	Triple Chocolate Mess

Crockery Pot - Miscellaneous

Butter Mints	Cocktail Meatballs	Crockery Pot Apple Brandy Brew	Crockery Pot Apple Butter
Crockery Pot Apple Butter	Crockery Pot Applesauce	Crockery Pot Banana Bread	Crockery Pot Peach or Apricot Butter
Crockery Pot Pumpkin Bread	Crockery Pot Spiced Rum Cider	Crockery Pot Spinach Dip	Crockery Pot Tropical Tea Warmer
Homemade Hot Dog Sauce	Honey Wheat Bread	Hot Buttered Punch	Hot Mulled Cider
Hot Spinach Dip	Meatless Sloppy Joes	Monterey Spaghetti	Pat's Crockery Pot Apple Butter
Pumpkin Tea Bread	Slow Cooked Pizza in a Pot	Slow Cooker Rosemary or Basil Infused Oil	Spicy Sausage Pizza Dip
Tex-Mex Cheese Dip	Tuscan Pasta	Wassail

Diabetic	Heart Smart	Low Carbohydrate	Low Fat	Low Sodium	Quick Meal

©1996 -- 50+ Friends Club Cookbook -- Crockery Pot Cooking

Pizza

Title: My husband's Mother made homemade Pizza Crust while they lived overseas over the years when pizza was not available to her 5 sons.   It is now requested at every family gathering, especially for birthdays.

Ingredients:
1 c luke warm water
1 T sugar
1 T yeast
2 T olive oil
1 T salt, scant
3.5 cups white flour 

Hunt's Garlic and Herb Spaghetti Sauce

Directions:
Dissolve yeast in water with sugar.   Add remaining ingredients 
and knead.   Let raise 15-20 minutes. 
Grandma uses spaghetti sauce nowadays.   Maybe I'll get her
real sauce recipe one day.
Whatever toppings you enjoy.   She uses onion, green pepper, 
sausage, pepperoni, hamburger or  ground turkey, 
mushrooms, cheese, etc.  (I like artichokes, black olives and tomatoes.)
Bake 425 about 15-20 minutes.

Number Of Servings:2 pizzas

And I found this recipe in  my Mother's recipe book today.  I'm going to give it a try.  

Combine 1 tsp yeast, 1 cup warm water and 1 tsp sugar and let stand.

Mix into above ingredients into 2 1/2 c. flour, or a little more and a pinch of salt.  

Mix with spoons.  Let stand 20 minutes.  Roll out into pizza pan or cookie sheet.

Top with favorite fillings.

Bake 20-25 minutes at 375.

When I make rice, I want Karjalan Piirakka

If you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to ask for  . . . 

Yesterday I was making rice for lunch and it made me think of making rice porridge 

which made me think of Karjalan Piirakka. 

Then, I remembered my Mother recently talking about how she'd always wanted to try Karjalan Piirakka made with barley porridge filling, but she had never made it, which made me want to try it. 

For the Barley Filling, just follow the instructions on the package, but then add about 5-6 cups of milk to cook with it as well to make it porridge like you do for the rice porridge.

I attempted this with whole barley grain and it was a miserable failure.  I  guess that's why there is such a product as "Quick Barley" because I  cooked the other all day and it still wasn't ready and when it was I never could get it like a porridge.  

Here you see the different looks on this cookie sheet full with some barley ones and some rice ones.  You can see the flecks in the barley and they are darker, especially in the picture above.

I read an old Finnish cookbook that even adds carrot in with the rice.  Yummy.  Sounds like Porkkana Laatikko to me. 

And of course you can use  mashed potatoes for the filling.  This is what they used during the war when neither rice nor barley was easily available.

Now my Mother suggests trying rutabaga filling.  I found this recipe blog, mainly Estonian  (cousins to the Finns), but a few Finnish recipes and one is for Karelian pasties. Check her out.  She confirms many fillings may be used!

Egg Gravy over Mashed Potatoes and Tilapia

I was cooking some tilapia in the crock pot when my Mother asked what I was going to serve with it.  She suggested Egg Gravy over mashed potatoes.  

She used to make egg gravy often.  I'd never made it because it was just something she would just whipped up.  I say that because she uses a wire ship to stir the gravy and would prepare it so quickly.  So, she talked me through it. Since she never really did cook from a  recipe, this is the best I came up from.  I even put the saucepan on her lap so she could stir it and teach me the correct consistency.  

Egg Gravy

Boil 3 eggs about 9 minutes.

Melt 1 T butter in a sauce pan.

Add some chopped onion to it. 

Don't let it get brown.

Add 2 cups milk

stirring continuously with a wire whisk.

Add 1/4 cup flour

stirring continuously until it thickens.

Stir in some salt and pepper to taste.

After you've peeled and rinsed the eggs, slice them both ways with an egg slicer and gently stir them into the gravy.

Serve over mashed potatoes.

A crisp green salad also goes so well with it. 

The most dangerous cake recipe in the world

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
pinch of salt
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
A small splash of vanilla extract
1 large mug

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well.  Add the egg and mix thoroughly. 
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again. 

Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts. 
The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed! 
Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.
EAT! (this can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous). 

And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world ? 
Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!  I did not want you to miss out on this.  Our son has this memorized already!

Easter Bird Nests

Grandma made the traditional bird nests for us this Easter.  The recipe is rice krispie treats.  

She only uses 1/4 of the butter nowadays.  

She also wets her hands when she works with the stick treats.  

She quickly scoops them in to muffin tins and uses her wet hands to quickly spread them around.  

ABC pasta

This week I received a fun invitation to a grocery bridal shower and the hostesses had used ABC pasta for some of the letters on it.  When our youngest saw it, he wondered what they were.  I realized that he had never had ABC pasta!  I was amazed at this as the older ones had, but such is occasionally the case with the youngest.  I should know as I am one. :) In reorganizing my cupboards today, I found some Cannery Soup Mix which has ABC pasta in it.  With a quick internet search I found this and am making it for him.  If you click on the title, you'll find a couple of other cannery soup recipes as well.  Enjoy!

Cannery Soup Challenge
May 17th, 2006 | Alison Moore Smith |
So, you bought a two-year supply of the dried cannery soup. You went home, confidently whipped up a batch, served it proudly to the family—only to discover that it tastes just a bit like bath water. What to do?

Try out one of our tasty modifications when it’s time to rotate the soup mix. If you have your own concoction, just click the discussion link and tell us about it!

Wow! I Could’ve Had This Soup!
1/2 C soup mix
2 C eight vegetable juice
1 C water
1 T lemon juice
1 T beef broth bouillon
1 T sugar
1/3 C shredded carrots
1/2 t chili powder

Mix ingredients and cook for one hour.

Canned Beans Taco Soup

I made this quick meatless taco soup for dinner and we liked it.  The hominy in it feels like the meat you leave out of it.  

When you serve it you may add salsa or ketchup or tabasco according to your taste, if desired.

Canned Beans Taco Soup

1/4 c. water  to saute the onions in

1 small chopped onion

3 cans (4 oz.) chopped green chilies

1 tsp salt (optional)

1 tsp pepper

1 can (15 oz.) pinto beans, rinsed and drained

1 can (16 oz.) lima beans, rinsed and drained (I used 1 package of frozen lima beans instead, but should have used half of that).

1 can (14.5 oz.) hominy, drained

3 cans  (14.5 oz.) stewed tomatoes

1 can (15 oz.) red kidney beans, rinsed and drained

1 pkg. 1 1/4 oz. ) taco seasoning

1 1/2 c. water 

Tortilla chips (optional)

In a large soup kettle, saute onion in water until tender.

Add all ingredients except chips; bring to a boil.

Reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes.

Serve with tortilla chips, if desired.