Category Archives: Vegetables

Farmer’s Casserole

2 cups hash brown potatoes
3/4 cup jack cheese, shredded
1/4 cup green onions, chopped
dash salt and pepper
4 eggs
1 (12 oz.) can evaporated low fat milk
Mix first 4 ingredients in large bowl.  Pour into prepared 8×8 casserole.  Mix eggs and milk, pour over potatoes.  Refrigerate at least 8 hrs.  Preheat oven to 350º F.  Let casserole come to room temperature – about 30 minutes.  Bake for 55-60 minutes.  When knife inserted comes out clean, it’s done.
8  Servings

Colcannon (Irish dish)

1 head of cabbage
1 pot of creamy mashed potatoes
butter
salt pepper
Make a pot of extra buttery mashed potatoes.  While the potatoes are boiling, slice 1/2 of a head of cabbage Use mainly the greenest leaves. Sauté the cabbage in a little butter & salt till soft, but not brown.  After the cabbage is tender, mix it into the bowl of mashed potatoes. Add and extra dollop of butter & pepper to the serving bowl. This is comfort food!
Tracy Pope Phillips

Pumpkin Ribbon Bread

6 ounces cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 egg
2 teaspoons orange peel, grated, (optional)
cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2  teaspoon salt
1/2  teaspoon ground cloves
1/2  teaspoon cinnamon
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup pecans, chopped 
Heat oven to 325º.  For filling, beat together cream cheese, sugar and flour in a medium bowl.  Add egg; mix well.  Stir in orange peel, if desired; set aside. 
For pumpkin batter, combine pumpkin, oil, and eggs in a large bowl.  Stir in sugar, salt, cloves, and cinnamon; mix well.  Stir in flour and baking soda; blend in pecans.  Pour half of batter into a greased and floured 9×5″ loaf pan.  Carefully spread cream cheese mixture over batter.  Add remaining batter, spreading to cover filling.  Bake 1 1/2 hrs or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.  Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack.  Transfer to wire rack and contiunue to cool. 

15  Servings

Spinach & Bacon Quiche-ettes

1 (6 oz.) package spinach, finely chopped 
1/2 cup onions, finely chopped 
1/2 cup bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
4 eggs
1 cup skim milk, or half & half, fat free
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper, ground
dash nutmeg
pie crusts
1/2 cup Swiss cheese
Preheat oven to 350º.  Spray large nonstick skillet with cooking spray.  Add baby spinach and onion; cook and stir over medium heat until spinach is wilted.  Cool and drain well. Stir in bacon – set aside.  Combine eggs, half-and-half, salt, pepper, and nutmeg in medium bowl.
Roll each pie crust on lightly floured surface to 13 inch circle.  Cut each pie crust into 24 circles using a 2 inch biscuit cutter.  Coat 48 mini-muffin cups with cooking spray. Place pie crust into cups.  Add  approximately 1 heaping tsp. of the spinach mixture.  Top with 2 tsp of egg mixture.  
Bake 18-22 minutes or until puffed in center and lightly browned around edges.  Remove from oven and let cool for 3 to 5 minutes.  Remove from pans.  Cool on wire rack.
24  Servings