Potato Zucchini Fritter Cakes with Avoca...

Potato Zucchini Fritter Cakes with Avocado Dill Dip. These make a great platform for smoked salmon or pulled pork as an appetizer. They also are most excellent as a side along with some roast turkey or eaten like a stack of pancakes. Fritter Ingredients 1 large zucchini or 2 small 1 clove of garlic peeled and minced ¼ Cup fresh basil; we grown our own, but you can find it at any grocery store ¼ cup fresh oregano. 1 tablespoon lemon zest 2 organic eggs or ‘Flax Egg’ ¼ cup gluten free flour ¼ teaspoon Onion powder or to taste 1 teaspoon salt or to taste ¼ teaspoon of pepper...

Mushroom Shrimp Vegetable Buddha.

Mushroom Shrimp Vegetable Buddha. Chefs Choice. After a few visits to good Chinese eateries I trust the chef enough to splurge and try one of his house special dishes. This menu entrée had every ingredient I liked and the chefs assurance he only uses premium quality items in his dishes made it truly mouth-watering delicious. The Mushroom Shrimp Vegetable Buddha feast had eight different vegetables and a trio of fat plump Asian mushrooms soaked in different wine vinegar brines. These jumbo beauty white gulf shrimp were first shown to us by the server with the heads on....

Cheesy Vegetable Medley

Rural Open Air Tailgate Markets provide a nice change from the grocery stores. Helping out area farm is a great way to support these hard working farm families. The great thing is the produce is fresh picked and the selection endless. Find your road side vendor and reap the benefits by purchasing local. As I explore the available food sources here in Woodstock at the Your Farm Market store is where I can get fresh from the farmers field produce and cheese’s. I’m always on the lookout for tasty cheese and artisan condiments. Ever since the large corporate food...

The Knotty Pine Banana Cake

The Knotty Pine Banana Cake I have made this Banana cake recipe many times. It was one of the Jill Jacques originals and also was modified over the years! This cake is the more authentic one if you use just shortening  but using half shortening half unsalted butter is a more 70/80’s. All dry ingredients are done by weight and wet by fluid oz. Banana Cake Loaf ingredients are; Shortening 18 oz. White sugar 36 oz Real vanilla extract 1 tsp Eggs 16.2 oz. [9medium] Banana’s 32 oz Fresh flour 51.3 oz. Baking powder 1.2 oz Baking soda 1 oz salt .06 oz Buttermilk 3 cups. Method;...

Best Beet Borscht

The Best Beet Borscht In Eastern Europe, where borscht is king, you could eat a different recipe of borscht every week of the year, and each would be authentic. Although borscht is thought of as a beet dish, the word means any soup made with a variety of vegetables. My version is easy to fix, yet retains the qualities found in a more time-consuming preparation. I flavor with kvass, a traditional fermented beet liquid for use in red cabbage found in European delis, but it’s not necessary; substitute lemon juice if you wish. Notice that the vegetables are slow and low...