Grilled Zucchini

This is one of my VERY favorite sides - Grilled Zucchini!! I found these really nice yellow zucchini at my farmers market, but you could use yellow squash as well.

These are so nice and shiny! love the bright colors, i could even frame this picture and hang it in my kitchen, yes i think i might just do that.....

I like to cut them all in nice little squares, toss them with olive oil, salt & pepper, you could some other spices if you want but sometimes the veggies are so yummy i really want to TASTE the veggies and not just the spices....ok so when they are all happy in the oil & salt & pepper dump them on the grill thingy and grill till done, does not take very long, stir a few times with spatula while grilling.

 you could toss some other veggies in with it if you please, i have done some peppers & onions. LOVE LOVE LOVE!!
Im sorry i get excited about yummy veggies :)

ENJOY!
Rose

Amish Potatoe Salad



 Yes there is a distinct difference between Amish Potato Salad and any other Potato Salad I have ever had, this is the only way we made potato salad at home, my mom always said "that other stuff is no good!" I cant say that I would agree with her, I have had some yummy Potato Salad from "the other side"
 
First of all this stuff is sweeter than most Potato Salad, and it has mustard.....my husband refers to it as the yellow Potato Salad.

The recipe calls for 12 cups potatoes, I usually plan on each medium size potato = 1 cup....so I used 13 potatoes just to be sure.

boil 12 eggs

sauce ingredients, I always use Hellmans (I LOVE Hellmans)but you could use a different brand of mayo.

 

sauce

So easy to peel...notice the thin peels from the potatoes, not much waste :)

 

I don't measure the potatoes after I shred them, I use 12 or 13 medium sized potatoes and call it good!
When it comes to baking you probably want to measure things exactly but when it comes to cooking I usually like ah-its good, most of the times that works :)

 

 I used my salad master to shred the potatoes and the eggs but you could use any gadget, you could even use a old fashioned box grater.....seriously I love my box grater for shredding cheese.

My mother-in-law dices her potatoes but she does it wrong, haha...hope she does not read this blog...wait she's Amish, no worries.

almost to the finish line.....

 

weird but my favorite part of making potato salad is dicing the celery....

 

 

 

 Its a beautiful thing!

Potato Salad

 

ingredients:

 

12 cups cooked & shredded potatoes, (1 med potato = 1 cup)

12 eggs

1 onion, diced

1 1/2 cups celery

3 cups Hellmans mayo

1 1/2 cups white sugar

3 Tlbs. mustard

3 tsp salt

1/2 cup milk

1/4 cup vinegar

 

Directions

cook potatoes & eggs, let cool, peel then shred. dice onions & celery,  mix together mayo, sugar, salt, mustard, milk & vinegar.

mix everything together & refrigerate.

 

ENJOY!

Rose



 

Applesauce

Homemade Applesauce

 

Homemade applesauce is a staple for most Amish, growing up we did not eat a lot of it or make it all the time.

But Merle was used to having it with most every meal, as a lot of people in our community do.

So after we got married I started making applesauce, usually a bushel or two,

wash the apples, cut them up, cook them, run through a strainer, add sugar and scoop it into freezer containers.

 

One long tiring day but it was really nice to have lots of applesauce in the freezer for my family even if I am not very gung ho about it.

 

Ok so then..... we moved to Florida and the whole canning - freezing thing pretty much went out the door, not even completely sure why...well party because of a lack of apple orchards down here.....or maybe I don't know where to go....or maybe because I don't care. :(

 

So then one day I am browsing along in our local Sam's club and what do I see?.....

 

Yes you guessed it....big ole containers of APPLESAUCE

 

YAY....so I bought a couple containers, took them home, dumped it into the blender added a bit of sugar, poured in freezer containers and in to the freezer they went.

 

Easy Peasy!!

 

I've had people over for dinner and they are like.... wow homemade applesauce?

I don't take credit for the homemade stuff of course :)

no seriously this stuff tastes just like the real thing!

 

HOW COOL IS THIS?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macaroni and Cheese

Growing up we never had boxed mac & cheese, but macaroni & cheese was a regular side dish at home.
Mom always made it this way and its how I usually make it, I do sometimes make the more complicated kind with a white sauce, several kinds of stringy cheeses, baked in the oven with bread crumbs on top, but seriously these are so good and SO simple I don't know why I would ever do it differently.
You only dirty one pot, really its not really different from boxed mac & cheese, you boil the macaroni, drain and add some stuff.
easy peasy!!

Start with 4 simple ingredients, (oops I forgot the salt & pepper)but this is all you will need.

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups macaroni (uncooked)
1 cup milk
12 oz. Velveeta cheese
1/4 cup butter
salt & pepper to taste

boil macaroni as directed on box, drain, but do not rinse, add butter, milk and Velveeta, salt & pepper, cover and heat on low heat till cheese is melted.

ENJOY
Rose


**do not overcook the macaroni, who likes mushy pasta? me neither :(