Wilted Lettuce Salad
Wilted Lettuce Salad |
Submitted By: Mary Jones
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"The dressing in this salad is warm and yummy. Vinegar, lemon juice, and a smidgen of sugar are stirred into warm bacon drippings and cooked until hot and ready to pour over chopped lettuce and green onions. Sprinkle with bacon and serve."
Ingredients:
5 slices bacon 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon white sugar | 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 head leaf lettuce - rinsed, dried and torn into bite-size pieces 6 green onions with tops, thinly sliced |
Directions:
1. | Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Remove from skillet, crumble and set aside. |
2. | To the hot bacon drippings, add the vinegar, lemon juice, sugar and pepper. Stir over medium heat until hot. |
3. | In a large bowl, combine the lettuce and green onions. Add the warm dressing and toss to evenly coat. Sprinkle with bacon and serve. |
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Uses for Kale:
1. use it raw in salads
2. cook it in a stir fry
3. chop it up, add it to soups or hotdishes
4. add it to mashed potatoes!
5. dry it, crumble it as fine as you can, and "sneak" a tablespoon or so of it into your favorite brownie recipe for some excellent added value and another reason to make and eat brownies!
Note from Stacy: we chopped up our Kale finely the first week and added it to leftover rice, making a stir fry. We added the green onions, some frozen carrots I had on hand, and since we happened to have a few in the refrigerator? leftover hot dogs. Yes, I have 8 children, we do sometimes eat junk, too! I added enough chicken base (powder stuff I had on hand), to make the rice just slightly yellow. The whole family LOVED IT! not one person noticed the kale as a separate item, and no one complained about it. Kale is new to our family this year, so we are learning along with many of our members :o)
check out this link for another idea!
http://www.ehow.com/how_4708077_organic-crispy-kale-curly-chips.html
KALE SMOOTHIES
For those who want to "hide" this crazy, curly leafy green rather than tackle it head on, you can chop it up finely and add it to a smoothie.
Ingredients:
1 banana
2 cups (or less) chopped kale
1/2 cup milk (rice, soy, almond, goat, cow, etc)
1 T. flax seed
1 t. honey or maple syrup
now, this "recipe" is not set in stone. Play with it! Use it as a guideline. Should you not have enough kale, you can use parsley, spinach or any other green you would like! You can add berries or more veggies if you have them.
"Wedding Salad"
This recipe is not so much of a recipe, but a guide to make your own salad. We went to the farm in May for the wedding of their oldest daughter at home, and had a delicious salad. I asked for the recipe. Of course, in the way of all great food, I was told, "there is no recipe, we just threw it together". Well, that isn't a whole lot of help to me, but it works. So, give this a try, see how you like it! Play with it! Make it your own!
shredded beets
lettuce
cole slaws: a bit of mayo/salad dressing, a bit of milk, a bit of sugar, mixed to your tastes)
ground meat or cubed ham (we had 2 different salads, one of one, one of the other!
Layer the meat and lettuce and shredded beets in the bowl, pour the dressing over the top. Chill for at least an hour before serving to get a nice pink color to the dressing :o)
You can add things like nuts, raisins, shredded carrots, cheese, most anything to suit your tastes!
Beet Greens!
Don't throw them away! :o)
You can use them in the "Wilted Lettuce Salad" recipe previously posted in place of lettuce!
You can use them as you would any leafy green in a salad!
or, make a beet green gratin, courtesy of Alton Brown's recipe, found here:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/cda/recipe_print/0,1946,FOOD_9936_21883_RECIPE-PRINT-FULL-PAGE-FORMATTER,00.html
Beet Green Gratin
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown
Prep Time: 25 min
Cook Time: 50 min
Level: Easy
Serves: 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients
1 tablespoon butter
12 ounces sliced mushrooms
1 pound beet greens, cleaned and picked
Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper
4 egg yolks, beaten
1 cups ricotta
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup crumbled crackers (recommended: Ritz crackers)
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the mushrooms and garlic and sweat. Add the beet greens and mix well. Remove pan from heat. Season with salt and pepper.
In a separate bowl, combine the egg yolks, ricotta, Parmesan cheese, and salt. Combine everything and put into a lightly oiled 9 by 11-inch baking dish. Top with the crumbled crackers and bake for 30 minutes covered. Uncover and bake for an additional 15 minutes.
Zucchini recipes and ideas!
There is the average use that most everyone knows of muffins, breads, etc. and then there is the raw in salads or cooked in stir fry. A few members shared how they cook theirs with tomatoes and corn.
I found some recommendations for relish and pickles from various friends.
Then there was the one that caught my attention. I have the zucchini, I just haven't had the chance to try it...yet!
MOCK APPLE PIE
1 pie crust, unbaked
5 c. sliced zucchini, peeled and remove seeds
3/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 c. real lemon juice
3/4 c. water
CRUMB TOPPING
1 c. flour
1/2 c. brown sugar
6 tbsp. butter, butter
1/4 tsp. salt
Bring to boil zucchini, sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice, and water; simmer until soft. Pour into an unbaked pie shell; pat crumb topping over mock apples and bake at 325 degrees for 25 minutes.
This recipe was found on Cooks.com.
a quick search on the internet found a large number of variations for mock apple crisp and other great treats!
CABBAGE
For those who aren't familiar with cabbage, there are a variety of uses that can make it quite tasty. It is a wonderful addition to your diet because, under the right conditions, it can be stored for MONTHS!
Cabbage can be made into sauer kraut (fermented) or cole slaw (cold salad). It can be cooked in foods like cabbage rolls and egg rolls or added to a stir fry. For the brave at heart, you may even eat it raw, as part of the greens in a salad.
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