Guest Recipe: Mom's Potato Casserole

While Mom can not join us for the holidays, she is with us in spirit.

 

 This is one of her recipes we love. 

 

Mom's Potato Casserole

 

Ingredients:

2 lbs. frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed

1/2 c. melted oleo

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. pepper

2 tbsp, dried onion

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 pt. sour cream

2 c. grated cheddar cheese

 

Process:

Mix potatoes, oleo, salt, pepper, minced onion, soup, sour cream and grated cheese together.

Spoon into a 2 quart or 9 x 13 x2 inch buttered casserole.

In a skillet, melt 1/4 cup butter and stir in crushed corn flakes. Spread on top of casserole.

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

 

Guest Recipe: Butternut Squash Soup

As part of the Guest Recipe Posts, S sent this one.

 

 

Butternut Squash Soup

 

Ingredients:

20 oz Butternut squash, cut up

1 Medium - large onion, chopped 

3 cups Carrots, cut up

3 Tbspns butter (or olive oil)

1 Container of Vegetable broth

Vegetable base

Salt and Pepper, to taste

Topping (Optional): Roasted Pumpkin seeds

 

 

Process:

 

Sauté onion 5 minutes or until soft not brown.

Add carrots, cook another 5-7 minutes.

Add butternut squash.

1 container vegetable broth.

Salt & pepper to taste.

Cook on high until boils then to medium high for about 30 minutes.

Add 2 tablespoons of vegetable base.

After a short cooling (while still hot), mix in blender until smooth.

Add some roasted pumpkin seeds to top before serving. 

 

Note: Vegan if you use olive oil.

 

Guest Recipe: Vegetarian Mushroom Gravy

This is one of the Guest Recipes from my family and friends. 

The following is from D, a friend, who sent pics and notes for this recipe.

 

I made a vegetarian mushroom gravy yesterday and I think it would be good as a "cream" of mushroom soup, too! Here is the recipe I used and below are the adjustments I made!

Vegetarian Mushroom Gravy

Adjustments:

• Used a little butter with the olive oil
• Whole onion (instead of half)
• White Mushrooms instead of portobello
• Instead of straining it, I blended it up with an immersion blender (regular blender or food processor are probably fine too)

 

Guest Recipe - One Pan Dish - Salmon with potatoes and spinach

During this Pandemic Holiday Season, keeping in touch with family and friends is important whether by phone, video, text, email, or blog.

Exchanging recipes is one of the ways to share the holidays with family and friends.

All my family and friends are good cooks, I am the odd one out.

 

Here is the first of the Guest Recipes from my family and friends.

 

G, a friend, sent me pics and notes for the following recipe.

 

I'll guess from the pictures she sent how it was prepared.

 

One Pan Dish - Salmon with Potatoes and Spinach

Ingredients:

Leftover Bacon grease

1 Salmon piece, fresh

6 more or less, small potatoes, washed and halved

Some fresh spinach, washed and drained

2 or more Jalapeno peppers, washed, deseeded and sliced

A bit of oregano

S/P to taste

Several lemon slices

 

 

Process:

 

Add a dollop of bacon grease, or butter or oil to skillet.

Add salmon.

Top with lemon slices.

Add potatoes, spinach and peppers.

Sprinkle all with spices.

Squeeze lemon all over the ingredients.

Stir vegetables carefully to mix together.

Cover and cook on medium heat.

Stir vegetables after a few minutes.

Cover, continue cooking until vegetables are tender.

When done, you can separate the vegetables from salmon if you desire.