Crabapple jelly

Recipe of the Week  Crabapple jelly  Courtesy of Charles A. Sanders   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 3 lbs. crabapples (about 10 cups, cut up) 4 cups water 2 cups sugar 2 Tbsp. lemon juice 1...

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...

Chicken and dumpling stew

Recipe of the Week  Chicken and dumpling stew  Courtesy of Richard Blunt   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Stew Ingredients: 1 cooked, skinned, and boned 5-6 lb. chicken (cut meat into 1/2-inch pieces) 8...

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...

Whole grain breads baked at home

By Richard Blunt Issue #112 • July/August, 2008 Bread baking is an ancient craft that some food historians believe reaches back over 15,000 years to the time when the last Ice Age was losing its grip...

Chow-chow

Recipe of the Week  Chow-chow  Courtesy of Marjorie Burris   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 1 peck (12-1/2 lbs.) green tomatoes 8 large onions 10 green bell peppers 3 Tbsp. pickling salt 6 hot peppers, seeded...

Elissaburgettes

Recipe of the Week  Elissaburgettes  Courtesy of Jan Cook   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 1 can buttermilk biscuits 1 lb. hamburger 1 medium onion, chopped 1/4 cup ketchup 1/8-1/4 cup mustard 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese Method Grease...

Blueberry tofu frappe

Recipe of the Week  Blueberry tofu frappe  Courtesy of Rodney Merrill   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries 1/2 cake Kingugoshi (soft style) tofu 1 ripe banana 1/2 cup apple...

American food — It’s as varied as the melting pot

By Richard Blunt Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 Oftentimes, I stop and wonder what people ate in the early days of this country. We cooks do that sometimes. And it's at times like this that I...

The perfect holiday meal

By Jackie Clay Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 There are no cultures in the world, nor have there been, that did not have feast days. From prehistoric times to yesterday, food has always played an important...

Baby bok choy with tofu

Recipe of the Week  Baby bok choy with tofu  Courtesy of Leland Edward Stone   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 3 cups baby bok choy, cut in half lengthwise or veggies of...

Stuffed sweet peppers

Recipe of the Week  Stuffed sweet peppers  Courtesy of Alice Brantley Yeager   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 4 large sweet peppers 2 cups cooked rice 1 cup cooked ground beef 1 medium onion, chopped 1...

Easy raspberry jam

Recipe of the Week  Easy raspberry jam  Courtesy of Linda Gabris   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 6 cups fresh wild raspberries (the store-bought kind will do, but honestly, they don’t measure...

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...

Dandelion recipes

By Tom and Joanne O’Toole Issue #82 • July/August, 2003 For dandelion gourmets there are many ways to prepare this amazing weed, and to include it in soups, salads, main courses, desserts, and wine. Here are a...

Black beans and rice

Recipe of the Week  Black beans and rice  Courtesy of Tom Barth   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 1 lb. black beans, rinsed and sorted 2 Tbsp. margarine 2 onions, coarsely chopped 3-4 bay leaves 3...