Author: hugglefoot

Daisy Egg Salad

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Received a cookbook from the 1940 with this inspiration.

Daisy egg salad

The lack of seasoning was underwhelming so I dressed it up with some deviled egg additions. This little thing wasn’t the easiest to eat but it did make a nice presentation.

Final look?

Ingredients

-6 hardcooked eggs

-12 lettuce leaves

-1/2 mayonnaise

-2 tablespoons mustards

– salt and pepper to taste

-1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

Instructions

Slice the eggs into thin layers, removing the yolk and placing it in a bowel. This will add to the nice looking loops. Form the loops into a circular pattern in plate ( this will simulate petals) mash yolks and remaining ingredients until evening creamed together. Place a dallop in the middle of the rings. Can use a green bean or parsley to simulate the stem.

Let me know any adjustments you tried and how it worked out!

Best Bruschetta

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Ever watch something on tv that you just feel like you need to eat or you’ll feel empty for the rest of your life? That’s how I felt with just about everything they eat in the movie “Julie and Julia.” It’s likely I’ll be posting a lot of inspiration from that movie, but for now… a snack I’ll be making again and again.

Bruschettas

Ingredients

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Loaf of Italian bread sliced

1/2 pint cherry tomatoes quartered

Handful basil

2 cloves garlic

Shredded Parmesan

Salt and pepper

The prettiest ingredients!

Instructions

In a bowel salt and pepper cherry tomatoes and cover in olive oil. Chop basil and mix into tomatoes marinade. Place to the side.

Warm two tablespoons of olive oil oil in a pan. Fry bread on both sides. Once at desired crispiness. Place on paper towel and rub outside with halved garlic clove.

Drain tomato mixture and add to fried bread and enjoy!!!

Special Sunday sauce

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Sauce for Christmas gifts

I don’t often get a Sunday off where things slow down and I get to relax… but I stumbled upon such a golden day and took advantage my making a large batch of spaghetti sauce that I was able to can for the future. The good thing about this recipe is that it can easily be thrown together and put in a slow cooker if you’re not around to watch it. Over the stove.

Ingredients (remember to measure with your heart)

2 large (28oz cans tomato puree)
2 cans diced tomatoes
1 can tomato paste
1 green pepper
1 onion
Baby Bella mushrooms8 oz (can add more or less depending on taste)
Garlic – as much as you like
Fresh basil – a good handful
Dried oregano
Splash red wine maybe 1/4 cup
I use Italian turkey sausage- either hot or sweet- you can leave out if you don’t want meat or can use pork sausage. If you can’t find ground just remove from casing and cook.

Brown sausage first then just throw it all in and cook on low for about 6hrs.

Can leave in stove or throw in crock pot

I like to blend it after its cooked with the immersion blender but you can keep it chunky if you prefer

The smell is amazing!

Homemade Christmas Baileys

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It’s that’s time of year that we celebrate by overindulging in food and gifts. When it comes to family gifts for my siblings I have made a true effort to create homemade consumable gifts so that their houses aren’t overwhelmed with junk they no longer need. In my care packages I made everyone a small bottles of Irish Cream, lemon cello, orange cello and beef jerky!

Marty Moose filled with cheer

Ingredients
2 cups Irish whiskey
1 14 oz can condensed milk
1/3 cup chocolate syrups
2 tablespoons instant espresso
1 table spoon vanilla extract

1/3 tablespoon cinnamon

Add together and mix in blender or I used my handheld blender

Gifted in these cute bottles from hobby lobby!