Sorrento Salad

Recipe of the Week  Sorrento Salad  Courtesy of Larry Herman  Ingredients 1/2 pound mushrooms 3 to 4 stalks celery 1/2 cup pimento 1/2 cup black olives 1 small onion lettuce 1/2 cup virgin olive oil 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard 1 clove garlic 1/2 teaspoon oregano 1/2...

Corn cob jelly

Recipe of the Week  Corn cob jelly  Courtesy of Charles A. Sanders   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 12-14 red corn cobs 6 cups sugar 2 pkg. Sure-Jell Method Start by gathering a few dozen red...

Grilled Chicken with Pineapple-Peach Sauce

Recipe of the Week  Grilled Chicken with Pineapple-Peach Sauce  Courtesy of Laura DeBenedictis  Ingredients 1 lb chicken thighs, skinned 1 cup pineapple juice 1/4 cup peach preserves Method Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Rinse thechicken and place in a...

Española eggs

Recipe of the Week  Española eggs  Courtesy of Jackie Clay   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients Shortening to fry 1 medium onion, sliced 8 Anaheim, Big Jim, or Relleno peppers, green roasted If you want...

Raspberry chocolate torte

Recipe of the Week  Raspberry chocolate torte  Courtesy of Tanya Kelley   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients Cake: 1 devil’s food cake mix butter for cake Filling: 2 cups raspberries or pitted cherries (fresh or...

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...

Beans for Sarah

Recipe of the Week  Beans for Sarah  Courtesy of Richard Blunt   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 1 1/4 cups dried pinto beans water to soak beans 3 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil 12 oz....

Chilies rellenos

Recipe of the Week  Chilies rellenos  Courtesy of Jackie Clay   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 8 large Big Jim, Poblano, or Relleno chilies, green and roasted 1 16-oz. can tomatoes 1 small onion,...

Pickled nopalitos

Recipe of the Week  Pickled nopalitos  Courtesy of Jackie Clay   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 4 lbs. de-spined, sliced fresh nopalitos mustard seed dill seed (if dill flavoring is desired) garlic cloves, halved dry red...

Plantation Coffee Punch

Recipe of the Week  Plantation Coffee Punch  Courtesy of Louise Johnson  Ingredients 1/3 cup instant coffee dissolved in 1/2 cup boiling water 5 cups milk 1 cup whipping cream, whipped 2 cups vanilla ice cream 1/4 cup sugar 1 tsp. vanilla Method Mix the dissolved instant...

Orange Chiffon Cake

Recipe of the Week  Orange Chiffon Cake  Courtesy of Beverly Rossman  Ingredients Crust: 1 2/3 cups Graham Cracker crumbs, finely crushed 1/4 cup Sugar 1/3 cup Butter, softened Filling: 1 (3 oz) package orange Gelatin 1 cup Water 1/4 cup Orange juice 1...

Apple butter

Recipe of the Week  Apple butter  Courtesy of Anne Westbrook Dominick   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 5 lbs. apples, stems removed and quartered 2 cups cider or cider vinegar brown sugar 2 tsp. cinnamon 1/2...

Mac’s lamb curry bake

Recipe of the Week  Mac's lamb curry bake  Courtesy of O.E. MacDougal   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 1 lb. lamb, cut into 3/4-inch cubes 4+ Tbsp. butter 1 large onion, chopped 2 stalks of...

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel...

By Rebekah L. Cowell Issue #122 • March/April, 2010 In a perfect world, we would get all the nutrients and medication we needed from the food we ate. However, our diets and the foods available to...

Tricia’s chicken chili

Recipe of the Week  Tricia’s chicken chili  Courtesy of Richard Blunt   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 8 oz. dried, red kidney or pinto beans cold water to soak the beans 2 Tbsp....

Cheesy fish chowder

By Ilene Duffy Issue #127 • January/February, 2011 If you've been reading this magazine for a while, you probably already know that my husband, Dave, and I met while he was fishing on the Ventura, California...