Shelli's Cheesy Potato Soup

3c chicken broth (I used 3 bullion cubes and 3 cups of water)
1 onion (I used 1/2 of a sweet onion)
2c chopped potatoes
4T butter
4T flour
1/2t salt
1/4t pepper
2c milk
2c shredded cheese (I used 2 3/4 cups)

In a saucepan combine chicken broth, onion, and potatoes. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
In another saucepan melt butter, stir in flour, salt, and pepper. Add milk all at once. Add cheese. Add potato mixture.


I doubled this recipe, however I did not double the milk. It was so yummy! I think I will make it as brocolli cheese soup next time.
-Kira



I have tried this with brocolli and cauliflower with brocolli.  It is amazing any way!  I am going to try cauliflower only next time.

Grandma Erla's Peanut Butter Fudge

2c. sugar
2T heaping with cocoa
1cup milk
1 cup peanut butter
1tsp vanilla

Stir sugar and cocoa together then add milk. Boil to a soft ball then turn stove off and add peanut butter and vanilla. Pour into a buttered pan and let set until hard.

Larry and I made this together. It was the best my fudge had ever turned out. I even had a friend say that my fudge must have crack in it because she kept eating it. Larry put extra vanilla in and his turned out really good as well, according to the goose in the kitchen.

Chex Mix

1c butter
1 and 1/3 c sugar
1/2 c Karo syrup
Boil for about 3 min
Remove from heat
Add a tsp of vanilla

Mix 12oz nuts and 12oz chex in a bowl. Pour mixture over and stir.

Larry made the Chex mix and felt it was very easy to make, it was to sweet and sticky on the teeth. He liked the taste and wonders what it will be like when it hardens. The peanut gallery likes it. Willis thinks we should pattened it, however it is not ours to pattened. He would not share it with the wives. I think Jen and Meg makes it better than me.

Zucchini Bread II

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Zucchini-Bread-II/Detail.aspx

Ingredients:
3 eggs
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 2/3 cups packed brown sugar
2 cups grated zucchini
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Directions:
1.
In a large bowl, beat eggs well. Add oil, brown sugar, zucchini, and vanilla; stir well. Blend in flour, cinnamon, baking powder, soda, and salt. Stir in raisins and nuts. Pour batter into two greased and floured 9 x 5 inch loaf pans.
2.
Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 1 hour. Cool.

Mom is the one that made this recipe. I had her add about a tablespoon of molasses to it and she loved it!

Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1710,144185-227195,00.html

CHOCOLATE CHIP ZUCCHINI COOKIES
Printed from COOKS.COM
3/4 c. shortening (creamed)
2 eggs
2 c. sugar
3 3/4 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 bag chocolate chips
2 c. grated zucchini
Mix well and drop by spoonful on cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool on cookie sheet.

This was an easy recipe. You really couldn't taste the zucchini so it is a great one to make for kids.

Zucchini Chips

Larry and I both made some zucchini chips with our dehydrators. We used our KitchenAid mixer/slicer to slice them. After slicing them we put them on the trays and sprinkled salt on them. We also made summer squash chips and they tasteless.

Larry adapted them by adding cinnamon and sugar to them, instead of salt.

Joining Two Kitchens

Take One - Watermelon Pickles

August 12 2009

Larry and I did the brine mix together. I was not home the next night to make the pickles with him:(. So Larry had to do it on his own. I made mine the next morning, it was not as fun cooking it on my own. I do think they turned out alright though.