Garlic Soup

Recipe of the Week  Garlic Soup  Courtesy of Brad Delmonico  Ingredients 6 cups Vegetable Stock 6 slices Italian Bread, cut into 1-inch cubes 12 cloves garlic, quartered (use more if you like) 1/2 cup dry red Wine 2 Tbsp. Butter 1 Tbsp. Olive Oil 1...

Galumbki

Recipe of the Week  Galumbki  Courtesy of Ted Augustyn  Ingredients 1 large cabbage 1 pound ground beef 1 pound ground pork 1 cup cooked rice 1 medium onion, chopped fine 2 eggs 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons pepper 2 tablespoons butter Sauce 1 cup tomato sauce 2 tablespoons...

Smoked Salmon

Recipe of the Week  Smoked Salmon  Courtesy of Lisa Nourse  The best meals are made from stuff you grow--or catch. Here's a tasty smoked salmon treat made from a 38-pound king salmon caught by 11-year-old Ian Nourse, who...

Sweet Potato-Pecan Pie

Recipe of the Week  Sweet Potato-Pecan Pie  Courtesy of Beverly Rossman  Ingredients 9-in. unbaked pie shell 1 cup pecan halves First Layer 1 cup mashed sweet potatoes 1/4 cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons sugar 1 egg, beaten 1 tablespoon heavy...

Masala jheenga

Recipe of the Week  Masala jheenga  Courtesy of Richard Blunt   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 1-1/2 tsp. white poppy seeds 2 lbs. medium-sized raw shrimp (about 30-35 shrimp per lb.) 1/2...

Pistachios — Historic and healthy nuts

By Habeeb Salloum Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 Pistachios (Pistacia vera), whose name derives from the Persian word pisteh, is believed to have originated in Iran. For thousands of years they thrived in western Asia, in...

Be a Viking: Brew wild-crafted mead

By Jereme Zimmerman Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 I am preparing honey, water, and flavoring ingredients for a batch of mead made with a commercial yeast. Mead (honey wine) is one of the simplest alcoholic beverages to...

Chicken Saltimbocca with Escarole

Recipe of the Week  Chicken Saltimbocca with Escarole  Courtesy of Mary Osterlind  Ingredients 1 pound escarole greens, chopped 4 (6-ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts salt to taste pepper to taste 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh sage 4 slices of prosciutto, thinly sliced 2 tablespoons...

Apple and Potato Soup

Recipe of the Week  Apple and Potato Soup  Courtesy of Don Peterson  Ingredients Soup: 4 Tablespoons butter 2 Leeks (white part only) , cleaned and sliced 5 cups tart Apples, peeled, cored, and chopped 6 cups Chicken Stock 2 cups...

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...

Sweet & Sour Cabbage

Recipe of the Week  Sweet and Sour Cabbage  Courtesy of Roxanne Milius  Ingredients 1 small onion, sliced 3 tablespoons butter 1 cup water 4 cups red cabbage, shredded 2 tart apples, cored, peeled, and diced 3 tablespoons white vinegar...

Deconstructing a bowl of red

By Richard Blunt Issue #138 • November/December, 2012 When we eat, we incorporate all of our senses (sight, touch, hearing, taste, and smell) to help us make a general determination about the food in front of...

Old-fashioned meat pie casserole

Recipe of the Week  Old-fashioned meat pie casserole  Courtesy of Richard Blunt   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 1 4-5 lb. roasting chicken or stewing hen 2 cups low fat, low salt canned chicken...

Fermented dill pickles

Recipe of the Week  Fermented dill pickles  Courtesy of Olivia Miller   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 50-60 smooth small cucumbers 1 oz. whole mixed spices dill 1 lb. pure salt 1 gallon water 1 pint cider...

Adventures of a 9-pound cabbage

By Katie Martin Issue #131 • September/October, 2011 Last fall we decided to take a nice Sunday drive through the mountains, an activity we like to do all year long — it doesn't even have to...

Minestrone-hamburger soup

Recipe of the Week  Minestrone-hamburger soup  Courtesy of Nathele Graham   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 1 lb. hamburger 1 cup diced onion 1 cup cubed potatoes 1 cup sliced carrots 1/2 cup diced celery 1 cup...