Martha A. Cheves's Blog, page 109

Cauliflower Casserole

1 pkg (16 oz.) frozen cauliflower, cooked and drained
1 can (10 oz.) cream of celery soup
1/4 cup milk
1 cup shredded cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place cauliflower in a 2 qt. baking dish sprayed with non-stick spray. In a saucepan, combine soup, milk and cheese and heat on med. until cheese melts. Pour over cauliflower. Bake 15 minutes.

Changes - Try using a combination of half cauliflower, half broccoli. You can still use the celery soup or change it to cream of broccoli. Also...

Smothered Cube Steak

4 large cube steaks
1 can (10 oz.) cream of mushroom soup
1 pkg dry onion soup mix
2/3 cups milk
2 Tbl. oil

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Heat oil in a frying pan on med high heat. Brown cube steaks on both sides. Place steaks into a 9 x 13" baking dish sprayed with non-stick spray. In a saucepan mix soup, dry onion soup and milk. Heat until well mixed. Pour over steaks. Cover with foil and bake for 1 hour. Serves 4.

This dish is juicy and tender. It's great served over rice or with m...

Chocolate Peanut Butter Crispy Squares

1 pkg (12 oz.) chocolate chips
2/3 cup peanut butter
4 cups crispy rice cereal
1/2 cup peanuts chopped

In a double boiler melt chips. Stir in peanut butter, cereal and peanuts. Press into a 9 x 9" pan. Cool and cut into bars.

Changes - use white chocolate or butterscotch chips. Use pecans or mixed nuts chopped.

White Chocolate Noodles

2 cups white chocolate chips
2 1/4 cups chow mein noodles
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup flaked coconut

Melt chips in a double boiler. Add noodles, walnuts and coconut. Drop by tablespoons full onto waxed paper.

Changes - Use butterscotch or milk chocolate instead of white chocolate chips. Use peanuts or pecans instead of walnuts. A great combination is white chocolate chips and salted mixed nuts slightly chopped. The sweet from the white chocolate and the salt from the nuts are wonderfu...

Imitation Crab in Cream Sauce

1 lb. imitation crab
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
1 green onion, thinly sliced
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup dry white wine or chicken broth
2 tsp. cornstarch
1/2 cu whipping (heavy) cream
1/2 cup finely shredded Swiss cheese

Break imitation crab up into chunks. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. cook the onions in the butter, stirring occasionally until tender. Stir in imitation crab and salt. Cook 3-4 minutes, stirring frequently until imitation crab is hot. Mix wine or broth with...

Peach Mousse

2 cans (15 oz.) sliced peaches with juice
2 pkg. (3 oz. each) peach gelatin
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1 carton (8 oz.) whipped topping

Drain peaches and reserve juice. Pour the juice into a measuring cup and add enough water to equal 3/4 cup0. Heat juice to a boil. Add gelatin. Mix well and cool. Place the peaches and cream cheese into a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a large bowl and fold in cooled but not congealed gelatin mixture and whipped topping. Mix unti...

Oatmeal White Chocolate Chip Cookies

[image error]
These cookies are made using a spice cake mix.  Of course you can change the cake mix.  Carrot cake mix would be good.  You can use chocolate chips, use pecans and change from raisins to cranberries.  Be creative!
View the full recipe by going to Martha's Recipe Cabinet.

Flaxseed Benefits

This is an article I received from a friend and wanted to share.  By Madeline Vann, MPHMedically reviewed by Lindsey Marcellin, MD, MPH
Flaxseeds are smaller than peppercorns, but can add tremendous benefits to your digestive health if you include them in your diet. Flaxseed benefits are numerous — almost as numerous as the variety of ways you can include ground flaxseed and flaxseed oil in your diet.
Flaxseed benefits inclu...

Passion Fruit

Passion fruit is an egg-shaped tropical fruit that is also called a purple granadilla, the passion fruit has a brittle, wrinkled purple-brown rind enclosing flesh-covered seeds, something like a pomegranate (granadilla means "little pomegranate" in Spanish). The seeds are edible so you can eat the orange pulp straight from the shell. Passion fruit is more commonly sieved and its highly aromatic pulp and juice are used as a flavoring for beverages and sauces. The pulp has an intense aro...

Stringy Sweet Potatoes

     Some varieties of Sweet Potato have a naturally smoother texture, but maturity and growing conditions can have a large effect on stringiness.

     Extreme stringiness is caused by high fertility. The edible portion of the sweet potato plant is a storage root. Luxurious growing conditions cause vigorous vine growth and result in poorly-developed stringy roots. Too much rain, or poorly drained soil also produce stringy sweetpotatoes.

     Look for shorter, plump sweetpotatoes rather th...