May 2012
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Mom's Breakfast Caserole
The first time I cooked this was before you were born…in Meridian. It was for a Christmas breakfast with the Maples. Every Christmas morning Peg, Phil, and Emily and me, Lee, and Steve would eat breakfast together. I started that tradition at our house on 24th avenue. Then we went to the Maples’ house. You and Dylan and then Sam came and we just cooked more food. When we moved to...
February 2012
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December 2011
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R & L's Hush Puppies
1 cup self rising corn meal
1/2 cup self rising flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 onion diced
1 egg
Pepper to suit your taste
Buttermilk to make the right consistency
Heat cooking oil (peanut is good, but canola ok too) to about 350, Using two spoons, dip the mix with one spoon and cut it into the oil with the other spoon. Stir them so they’ll turn over and cook both sides. If the...
November 2011
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Fall Beet Salad
This one is great in the fall when beets are in season.
Shredded Beets
Shredded Carrots
Mixed Greens
Scallops
Olive Oil
Lime Juice
Salt and Pepper
Mint
Toss it all together and you’re good to go. Makes a great lunch. I stole this one from Katie Grace Helow.
October 2011
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September 2011
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NY Times Minimalist: 101 Quick Summer Recipes →
THE MINIMALIST
Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less
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Linguine Carbonara
8 oz. Linguine Noodles cooked al dente
8 oz. cooked bacon, crumbled
1/4 cup slide fresh mushrooms
4 tbsp. butter
1 tsp. minced fresh garlic
1 tsp. cracked red pepper
1 medium egg
8 oz. heavy whipping cream
freshly grated Parmesan chees
Cook bacon in large skillet until crisp. Drain and crumble to equal one cup. Melt butter in large skillet. Add garlic, red pepper flakes, black pepper,...
August 2011
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July 2011
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Atlas Cafe Salad Menu
These are excellent salads from my favorite coffee shop in Williamsburg. The Geppetto and Atlas are favorites.
Caprese
Mozzarella
Tomatoes
Mediterranea
Tuna
Onions
Cannellini Beans
Tomatoes
Boiled Egg
Greek
Feta cheese
Kalamata olives
Tomatoes
Mix Greens
Cucumber
Peperoncini
Garden
Carrots
Mix Greens
Chick Peas
Tomatoes
Mushrooms
Geppetto
Mix Greens
Grilled Chicken
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Watermelon and Tomato Salad
This is courtesy of Mark Bittman, The NYTimes’ Minimalist. Here’s a video of how to make it.
Ingredients:
Watermelon Cubes
Cherry tomatoes halved
Cayenne
Blue cheese (or Roquefort)
Scallions
Oil and Vinegar
Parsley
Key to this is tasting as you go. Add ingredients and taste as you go until the flavor is balanced. Start with a couple tablespoons of olive oil. Start light with...
June 2011
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Ciabatta Salad
This is one that Dad would make:
Ingredients:
1/2 ciabatta, cut in 1/2” cubes
3 tomatoes, cut into 1” pieces
1/2 cup pitted Kalamata olives, cut into halves
1/2 red onion, finely sliced
4 Tbsp capers, drained
4 Tbsp red wine vinegar
1/3 cup olive oil
1/2 cut fresh basil leaves, torn and placed on top for garnish
1 cup cubed Boconcini fresh mozarella (optional)
salt and...
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Jalepeño Watermelon
This idea came from my friend Joey. You just take a fresh Jalepeño and slice it thin and put it on top of a slice of watermelon.
Also can be called the yuppie melon. And, check out this rad photo of the creation by Fernanda Claro…
May 2011
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Dad's Gumbo - from Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana...
Makes 10 main-dish or 20 appetizer servings.
2 cups chopped onions
1.5 cups chopped green bell peppers
1 cup chopped celery
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon minced garlic
5.5 cups Basic Seafood Stock
1 pound andouille smoked pork sausage such as Polish sausage (kielbasa), cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 dozen medium to large oysters in their liquor, about 9 oz.
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Mom's Mexican Chocolate Ice Cream
3 eggs—Beat until frothy—about 3-5 minutes-egg foam will be about the size pin heads
1 C sugar—Add tp the eggs and beat until thick
2 qt half and half cream—Heat; watch that it doesn’t burn…stir frequently
Stir a little hot cream into the egg mixture. To accomplish this without “cooking” the eggs, run the mixer while spooning in some of the...
April 2011
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Mom's Taco Soup
Ingredients
2 to 3 pounds ground beef
1 can black beans rinsed and drained
1 can dark red kidney beans rinsed and drained
1 can of red beans or pinto beans washed and drained
2 cans of shoepeg corn drained
2 packages of taco seasoning
2 packages of powdered ranch dressing (this is a key ingredient)’
1 16 oz. can of shot tomatoes/stew tomatoes (don’t drain these)
2 cans of rotel...
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McAlilly Turkey Gravy
I use cream of mushroom soup and add boiled eggs and turkey giblets , maybe a little chicken
broth
(do you have a black skillet to cook your cornbread. I use self rising corn meal and go by the recipe that is usually on the sack)
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McAlilly Thanksgiving Dressing
cup of chopped celery
1/2 cup of chopped onion
1/4 cup margerine
4 cups of cornbread crumbled
8 slices of slightly toasted white bread crumbled
1 3/4 of chicken broth
1/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 slightly beaten eggs
Saute oions and celery in margerine until slightly tender Crumble breads and mix with broth,easonings and eggs Add onions and celery-...
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Granny's Sweet Potatoes
3 cups of mashed potatoes
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 stick margeriner
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
Topping
1 cup of pecans
1 c stick of butter
1 cup brown sugar
l cup self rising flour
Mix ingredients with potatoes and pour into a baking dish that has been sprayed with Pam or with margerine. Sprinkle topping on potatoes and bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees.
I usually bake my potatoes...
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Scalloped Corn
1 can cream style corn (2 cups)
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/2 cup milk 1/4 cup cracker crums
1/4 cup chopped pepper and9 1 tablespoons chopped pimento
1 tablespoon margerine
salt and pepper to taste
Mix well and place in a buttered casserole. Bake at 350 until it sets.
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McAlilly Squash Casserole
6 yellow squash cooked and mashed
1 stick of mmargarine
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup cracker crumps
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
3 whole eggs slightly beaten
Mix ingredients togetter well. I use a hand mixer. Put in 1 quart greased casserole. Sprinkle cracker crumbs. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes
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McAlilly Pecan Pie
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 stick margerine
few grains of salt
1 cup of white Karo
1 cup of coarsely chopped pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream margerine and sugar. Add Karo, well beaten eggs, salt and vanilla. Place pecans in the bottom of a frozen pie shell. Pour mixture over pecans. Bake until firm, approximately 35 -40 minutes until firm. ( I place my pie shell or a cookie sheet before I pour...
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Loading a Boar
John Lane at Wofford introduced me to this poem by David Lee. He came and signed my copy of The Porcine Canticles too.
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Loading a Boar
by David Lee
We were loading a boar, a goddam mean big sonofabitch and he jumped out of the pickup four times and tore out my stockracks and rooted me in the...
March 2011
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The Family Beans
When Grandaddy’s great grandfather, Capt. William Wallace, came home from the civil war he bought a bag of peas and found the bean seeds in the peas and planted them. They turned out to be good green beans and the seeds have been passed down through the generations. We have had the seed 25 years.
— told by Lorene McAlilly on March 28, 2011
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Watch What Mama Puts in the Salad Salad
Salad recipe from Mom
Toss in any of the following with the salad. Use any combinations, variety, but the same dressing!
Small can of sliced black olives
Small can of mandarin oranges sans juice
Roasted pecan pieces, sunflower seeds, walnuts
Summertime tomatoes
Bacon bits—-Sam’s favorite
Banana peppers
Fresh mushrooms
Small slices of Granny Smith apples
Finely chopped yellow...
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No-Color-Cept-Green Salad
Mom’s recipe 3 stalks of green onions
3 stalks of celery
1 can of artichoke hearts
1 can of heart of palm
Feta cheese—-crumbled
1 bunch of red leaf or green leaf or romaine (or any combination)
Wash each leaf thoroughly and lay each one spread-out on a bath towel. Add a layer of paper towel when the first layer covers the towel. Keep washing and layering until all the lettuce...
February 2011
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Black Bean Soup
Black Bean Soup with Lemon-Lime Juice
Mom’s recipe, takes a little longer
1 16 oz. pack (about 2 1/2 C) dried black beans
6 bacon strips, chopped
3/4 C finely chopped celery
3/4 C finely chopped onion
3/4 C finely chopped carrots
10 C low-salt chicken broth
1 large chopped tomato
1 C (packed) chopped fresh parsley
1 1/2 T minced...
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January 2011
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