Tuesday 31 December 2013

INDEX to RECIPES

Happy New Year, Everyone!



My blog records tell me I’ve made over 240 posts already!  You may be interested to know which of my posts has been the most popular . . . http://eleanorstadnyk.blogspot.ca/2012/08/scene-stealers.html


Just in case anyone would like an index to my recipes, I’m posting one, even though it is VERY INCOMPLETE.  Still, something’s better than nothing, right?

BLOG INDEX

APPETIZERS
            Brussel Sprouts in Marinade:  Nov. 11, 2013

Cheese Puffs:  Jul 17, 2012


Mushrooms, Jacques Pepin’s Stuffed:  Nov. 14, 2013

ASPARAGUS
            Perfect Boiled :  Jul 1, 2012
BEANS, DRIED WHITE
            Baked Beans, Stasia:  Dec. 26, 2012

BEANS, GREEN
            Perfect boiled: Sept 8, 2012                  
BEEF ROLLS
            Yalovichini Kreplaniki: Bohdan Zahny:  Sept 21, 2012
BEEF STEW
            Savory stew from Purity:  November 2012
BEETS
            Beet Salad Zeransky:  Dec 2012
BISCUITS
            Butterscotch Pinwheels:  Feb 5, 2013
Cinnamon Walnut :  Dec 2012
            Poppyseed:  Jul 14, 2012
            Tea Biscuit Basic Recipe:  Dec 2012
BREAD
            Crusty Rolled Bread: Savella: Sept 3, 2012
            Oatmeal: Jul 23, 2012
            Polish Rye:  Dec 2012
BROWNIES
            Soft Purity Brownies:  April 26, 2013
BRUSSEL SPROUTS
            Brussel Sprouts in Marinade:  Nov. 11, 2013

CABBAGE, RED
            Red Slaw:  Nov. 15, 2013

CABBAGE ROLLS
            Mary Stadnyk’s Recipe

Stuffed with Pork and rice:  Dec. 12, 2013

CABINS
            Bodega Ridge:  Nov. 11, 2013

CAKE
            Chocolate Kay’s :  July 25, 2012
Chocolate Medivnyk: July 25, 2012
            Crumb: Aug 10, 2012
            Danish Orange:  Nov 1, 2013
            Orange:  Jan 8, 2013
             
CAKE, CHEESECAKE
            Memories of Portage Lemon topped: Aug 15, 2012
CHICKEN
            Chicken Pot Pie:  Dec. 15, 2012
Creamed, Mom’s recipe:  Jun 27,  2012
Creamed, Dill & Dry Onion Soup:  Aug, 2013
            Jellied: Kooryacha Horopka: Oct 30, 2012
            Korma: Sept 13, 2012     
CHICKEN BREAST
            Kiev: Aug 11, 2012
            Smoky Hot Adobo: Nov 7, 2012
CHUTNEY
            Coriander:  Sept 13, 2012
CILANTRO
            Mushrooms, Jacques Pepin’s Stuffed:  Nov. 14, 2013

COMMENTS, how to Make:  Sept 8, 2012
COOK BOOKS
            Appetizers & Party Snacks:
                        Brussel Sprouts in MarinadeNov. 11, 2013

            A Feast of Ice & Fire:  the Official Companion Cookbook:
                        Applecakes, Modern:   Nov. 11, 2013

                Pork Pie & Mulled Wine :  Nov. 15, 2013

The Ultimate Sandwich Book:
Red Slaw:  Nov 15, 2013

COOKIES
            Russian Teacakes:  Dec. 17, 2012
            Shortbread, Mom’s:  Dec. 18, 2012
CORN DOGS:  Aug, 2013
CRUISE:  Dec. 2013
DILL BUNS: Jul 12, 2012 and Feb. 6, 2013

DUCK
            Braised and Sauteed breast:  Jul 19, 2012
            British Cookery with Peas in Cream Sauce:  Feb 24, 2013
DUMPLINGS
            Potato Halushky: Aug 10, 2012
            Syrni Halushky:  Atkinson:  Sept 18, 2012
EGGS
            Czechoslovakian Baked Eggs with Cheese: Jan 9, 2013
FISH
            Broiled Pickerel & Mustard: Jul 22, 2012
GALIANO ISLAND
Mushrooms, Jacques Pepin’s Stuffed:  Nov. 14, 2013

HOLUBTSI
            Mary Stadnyk’s Recipe

INDIAN CUISINE



KICTO:
            Mom’s recipe: Oct 14, 2012
KUTYA:  Jan 6, 2013
LAMB
            Plov: Aug 20, 2012
LOAVES
            Pumpkin & Chocolate Chip: Oct 31, 2013     
MACARONI & CHEESE
            Butternut Squash:  Sept 15, 2012


MARY STADNYK’S RECIPES

            CABBAGE ROLLS

MILLET
            Carter’s Casserole:  Aug 8, 2012           
MUFFINS:
            Bran Fig:  November 2012
            Ginger:  Jan 14, 2013
            Nancy Drew Cranberry, Nov 4, 2012
MUSHROOMS
            French-Fried: taste like oysters:  Dec. 22, 2012
Paprika: Spice Cookbook: Sept 24, 2012
            Sherried:  Aug 22, 2012
Stuffed, Jacques Pepin’s :  Nov. 14, 2013

ONIONS
Sauteed:  Polish style:  November 2012

PANCAKES:
            Irish Potato:  Jan 10, 2013
Poppyseed:  Jan 21, 2013
PEPPERS, GREEN
            Bohdan Zahny’s Easy Salad: Nov 1, 2012
PEPPERS, GREEN – STUFFED
            Savella:  Jul 30, 2012

PEROGIES
            Bacon, Pea, Potato, Ricotta Polish Pierogi:  Feb 27, 1983
Bean & Mushroom Perogies:  June 2012
            Chicken Liver & Bacon: Sept 24, 2012
            Fish:  Jan 4, 2013
            Green onion & Egg:  Nov. 2012
            Lemon & Goat Cheese:  Jun 26, 2012
            Poppyseed:  Jun 24, 2012
            Potato & Cottage Cheese:  June 2012
           
            Potato-Sheep’s milk Cheese-Onion: Nov 17, 2013
Radish
            Spinach with Dill, Marmalade : Oct 17, 2012
PICKLES
            Bread & Butter:  Aug 18, 2013
Dill: Sept 16, 2012
            Million Dollar: Aug 28, 2012
            Party-Mix:  Dec. 11, 2012
           
           
PIE
            Breakfast Pie: Feb 14, 2013
Custard:  Jun 30, 2012
Peanut Butter Grape Jello:  Feb 25, 2013
Pizza dough:  With Pizza, Spinach & Bacon:  November 2012

PIZZA
            Dough: Jan 18, 2013
Mexicana: Nov 9, 2012
            Sauerkraut:  Jan. 18, 2013
Spinach & Bacon:  November 2012
PORK CHOPS
            Stuffed delicious:  Jul 1, 2012
PORK SPARERIBS
            Mary’s Sweet & Sour ribs:  Jul 5, 2012
PORK STEW
            Polish Pork stew:  November, 2012
PORRIDGE, OATMEAL
            Coconut Pineapple:  Jan 31, 2013
Spiced: Aug 4, 2012

POTATO
            Alu Sagh (with Spinach): Sept 11, 2012
            German Salad: Vinegar & Bacon (yum) Dec 12, 2012
            Shoestring hashbrown pancakes: Jul 15, 2012
POTATO CASSEROLE
            Potato & Cottage Cheese casserole:  November 2012
            Potatoes Baked in Cream: Savella:  Jul 9, 2012
            Scene Stealing Cheesy: Aug 26, 2012
POTATO SALAD
            Bukovina style: Aug 17, 2012
PUDDING:
            Blackberry: Aug 19, 2013
Butterscotch: Oct 26, 2012
            Figgy:  December 2012
            Rhubarb: Mom’s : Jul 21, 2012
            Tapioca:  Mom’s: Feb 19, 2013
PUDDING, BREAD
            Blueberry:  Dec 2, 2012
PUMPKIN
            Roasted, stuffed:  Nov 1, 2012
PYRIZHKY
            Chicken Atkinson: Aug 13, 2012
RAITA
            Cabbage:  Sept 7, 2012
            My recipe: Sept 11, 2012
SALAD
            Anneka’s Spinach Salad:  Dec 29, 2012
            Ukrainian Carrot & Apple Salad:  Sept 7, 2012
SALAD, CABBAGE
Bohdan Zahny:  Nov 24, 2012
Red Slaw:  Nov 15, 2013
            Kiev style:  Sept 1, 2012
SALAD, CARROT
            Ukrainian Carrot & Apple: Sept 7, 2012
SALAD, CUCUMBER
            Mizeria: Aug 6, 2012
SALAD DRESSING
            Dill: Jul 2, 2012
SOUP:
            Carrot, Bodega Ridge:  Nov 13, 2013

Chicken Dumpling (Lump Soup):  December 13, 2012
Garlic:  Paula Peck:  2013
Hetman Shortrib Soup: Feb 4, 2013
Orzo:  Jan. 29, 2013
Polish Barley Krupnik:  Sept 18, 2013
Split Pea and Cilantro:  Dec 28, 2012
SOUP, BORSCH
            Chilled Kherson: Aug 18, 2012
            Eggplant: Aug 30, 2012
            Mom’s recipe: Oct 2, 2012

SPINACH
            Casserole: Southern Cooking: Oct 18, 2012
UKRAINIAN CHRISTMAS EVE
            KUTYA:  Jan 6, 2013
VEAL
            Cutlets:  Jul 11, 2012
VEGETABLES
            Brussel Sprouts in Marinade:  Nov. 11, 2013

ZUCCHINI
            Matchsticks:  Aug 24, 2012

KEPLER’S FIRST CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR'S EVE





A very special Christmas

                The stockings were hung by his parents with care . . .


                                         And whaddaya know?   





Now, on New Year's Eve, Kepler is walking!  Right across a room!

                                   I  can hardly wait to see this for myself!

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What a great year it's been!

And, I’ve already started looking at recipes for  next Christmas.  https://mail.google.com/mail/e/330  

But first, I'd like to share one of the best from this Christmas:

My family like Themed Dinners, so that, when you serve food from a particular country, it’s like going there.  But I most often like to mix it up.  That’s why we had the Indian Spicy Stuffed Mushrooms as an appetizer with this year's Christmas dinner.  

Rating:  Excellent! https://mail.google.com/mail/e/B68

INDIAN SPICY STUFFED MUSHROOMS

        From Flavors of India by Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff

4 tbsp oil, divided
¼ tsp black or brown mustard seeds
¾ cup chickpea flour (besan)
¼ tsp each cumin powder, coriander powder, and cayenne
½ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp salt
4 tbsp water
1 tbsp lemon juice
24 medium to large button mushrooms

·        Clean mushrooms and remove mushroom stems. 
·        Prepare stuffing:
o   Mix together chickpea flour, all the spices, and the salt.
o   Heat 2 tbsp oil in a small frying pan over medium heat.  Add mustard seeds and stir until they pop.
o   Lower heat and stir in flour and spices.  Stir until the flour changes color.  Remove from heat and stir in water and lemon juice.
·        Stuff the mushrooms.

·        Heat 2 tbsp oil in a large frying pan over medium heat.  Put the mushrooms in the pan with the stuffing facing up.  Sauté for 10 minutes until mushroom bottoms are browned.  (Lower heat if they are browning too quickly.)
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·        Turn mushrooms over and cook on medium heat for 10 more minutes, until stuffing is brown. 


·        Serve very hot! 




Saturday 28 December 2013

A CHRISTMAS CARD . . . and ITALIAN MANICOTTI

Ever since email really got going, we don’t get many Christmas cards, and I expect even fewer now that the cost of sending a letter will be going up to a dollar in the new year.  So we treasure the ones we do get.


This funny one’s from Daniela, Serg, and Andrew, and there was a lovely long, newsy letter included!

 Andrew started walking, all by himself, at 8 months J

 
Andrew’s Baptism in Dauphin

 A trip to Victoria and Vancouver
Daniela said, “I went to Capilano Suspended Bridge . . . the scariest thing I’ve ever done was to cross that bridge . . . never again!!!! Now I look back at the pictures . . . it did have a good dosage of fun.”  J

  Best Wishes from all of us to this wonderful family!

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Once Christmas is over, do you ever feel like you should immediately planning for next Christmas so that you won’t feel so rushed again?

Well, here’s a suggestion for a delicious vegetarian menu for a company lunch – serve a salad with Italian manicotti!  It’s no more work than nalisniki. J


I could not manage without a good vegetable cookbook and The Victory Garden Cookbook  by Marian Morash is my ‘go-to’ book.  Most recently, I made her “Marie’s Manicotti” and it got a rating from us of “SUPERB”!

First, make the Marinara Sauce.

 
Next, the crêpes.

Distribute the ricotta filling.

Fold them up.

 
Cover with Marinara Sauce and cheeses and bake.

Used copies of The Victory Garden Cookbook are available from Amazon for $18.oo and new for $36.80.

Friday 27 December 2013

Kepler Goes Cruising

December 15 – 22 :  Cruisin' Rules!  

Smile, Grandpa!

Dressing up for dinner!

Each night, Lestor, the cabin guy, turned down the beds, folded the towels, and left us chocolates.

   Check out the big bath tub!
Where’s the deep end?
Dang!  Something's in the way.

Wear the shades!  (Mahogany Beach on Isla Roatan)

Diggin’ this!  

Beach pub: Margaritas and American food???  That's it?

May as well stick to the food on board.

Duck appetizer J

“Sweet time!” as  our head-waiter, Budi-Budi, loved to say.

I had lots of fun!

And presents!  Granny sang carols from these neat little books my Great-Aunt Diana gave me.

I also got a whale from my aunt that spouted handkerchiefs.  J

 Cruisin’?  It’s not just for the old folks!