These salads are hearty dishes
By Jennifer Stein Barker
Issue #43 • January/February, 1997
When most people think of a salad, they first think of lettuce or fruit, but a salad may also be made of vegetables or fruit, combined with...
Food security 101: part 2 — Convenience mixes make life easier
By Rowena Aldridge
Issue #139 • January/February, 2013
Last issue we talked about some things you can do to stretch your food budget and make great use of every bit of food you buy. This article...
Chicken San Francisco
Recipe of the Week
Chicken San Francisco
Courtesy of
Beverly Rossman
Ingredients
1 2 to 2-1/2 lb chicken, cut up to frying size pieces
Grated rind and the juice of 2 medium oranges
1 Tablespoon grated onion
1/2 teaspoon...
Peloponnesian Pot Roast
Recipe of the Week
Peloponnesian Pot Roast
Courtesy of
Beverly Rossman
This is a fantastic and different pot roast. I usually double the sauce for this roast. We like lots of sauce to put on the...
Stewed tomatoes
Recipe of the Week
Stewed tomatoes
Courtesy of
Alice Brantley Yeager
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 gallon ripe tomatoes
2 cups onions, coarsely chopped
1 cup celery, coarsely chopped
1 cup sweet peppers,...
Mango Delight
Recipe of the Week
Mango Delight
Courtesy of
Vikki McNee
Ingredients
1 cup orange juice
3 packets unflavored gelatin
5 medium, very ripe mangoes
1 cup sugar
1 cup evaporated skim milk
2 cups light whipped topping
Method
Pour orange juice into a small heat-proof bowl...
Food security 101: Part 1
By Rowena Aldridge
Issue #138 • November/December, 2012
These days a lot of people are concerned, and rightly so, about their family's economic stability and security. Recently I've become aware of the ways in which I,...
Turkey the old-fashioned way
By Linda Gabris
Issue #90 • November/December, 2004
When I was a kid, mom did all her cooking on a McClary wood stove that sat in the corner of her big country kitchen. The stove, fondly...
Canning meat plus how to use your canned meat
By Jackie Clay-Atkinson
Although we have a big freezer, I can up most of our meat. We raise beef cattle, turkeys, chickens, and we hunt, so we have a lot of meat. (Besides that, I...
Pumpkin preserves
Recipe of the Week
Pumpkin preserves
Courtesy of
Jackie Clay
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
4 lbs. pumpkin
2 lemons
sugar
1/2 tsp. each, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg
pinch salt
Method
Mash the pumpkin and lemon meat in...
Indian Pudding
Recipe of the Week
Indian Pudding
Courtesy of
Joanne Marshfeld
Ingredients
4 Cups whole Milk
1/2 Cup whole Milk, cold
1/2 Cup yellow Cornmeal
1/2 Cup Maple syrup
1/3 Cup Brown Sugar
1/4 Cup light Molasses
2...
Easy homemade dairy products
By Maggie Howe
Photos by John Gibney
Issue #137 • September/October, 2012
Queso blanco, sliced and ready for cooking
I have a strong interest in cooking and in local foods and I very much enjoy making my own...
Cajun Shrimp Appetizer
Recipe of the Week
Cajun Shrimp Appetizer
Courtesy of
Cahana Mead
Ingredients
1 pound extra large shrimp, shelled and deveined
1 tablespoon. lime juice
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon thyme leaves, crushed
1/4 teaspoon...
Wonderful wilderness wines
By Linda Gabris
Issue #88 • July/August, 2004
From spring's first delicate blossoms to the last clinging berries of autumn, hobby winemakers can cash in on nature's bounty to rack up an exciting array of distinctive...
Skillet Spanish rice
Recipe of the Week
Skillet Spanish rice
Courtesy of
John Silveira
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 lb. lean ground beef
8 oz. sweet Italian sausage
2 small red or green bell peppers,...
Garlic – the glorious bulb
By Linda Gabris
Issue #86 • March/April, 2004
Whether you know it as ail in French, lashun in Hindi, da suan in Chinese, aglio in Italian, fokhagyma in Hungarian or plain old garlic in English, the...































