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Mrs. Emde's Eggplant Casserole

7/24/2020

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Ingredients:

1/2 Cup Onion, Diced
1 Large Eggplant, Diced
2 cloves Garlic, minced
2 cans Stewed or Seasoned Diced Tomatoes
1/4 to 1/2 Cup Sour Cream or Cottage Cheese
1 Tbsp Flour
1/3 Cup Butter
1 Cup Seasoned Bread Crumbs

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Saute the diced onion, eggplant, and garlic until eggplant becomes slightly translucent. Add the two cans of tomatoes, continuing to blend over medium heat. In a small bowl, mix the sour cream or cottage cheese with the flour, blending well. Add into eggplant mixture and stir. Pour into an 8" by 8" casserole dish. In a pan on medium heat, lightly brown the seasoned bread crumbs with the butter. Spread evenly over the eggplant. Put into oven and bake uncovered for 20 minutes.


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Saute the onions, eggplant, and garlic until translucent. 
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Add the cans of tomatoes, and mix well
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Stir in Sour Cream or Cottage Cheese mixture .........sour cream was used in this photo.
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Pour into an 8" by 8" glass casserole dish, top with the seasoned browned bread crumbs then bake.
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Oh my this casserole is so delish! Creamy eggplant and crunchy topping! Leftovers can be dressed up......my clever mom diced up leftover lamb and added okra! Be creative.
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Grandma Ann's Pierogies

7/22/2020

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Mom was shown how to make Pierogies by Grandma Ann, one of our families most cherished recipes, simple and filling. 

Ingredients:

Milk
Flour
Eggs
Cottage Cheese
Greek Seasoning
Parsley
2 Large Sweet Onions
Butter


Made more by feel than measuring (if anyone really needs measurements just ask and when I make them next I will measure everything out). 

Add flour to a bowl, I am guessing we used about 3 cups on this batch. Add eggs to moisten the flour, we used three, but it turned out a little dry so we moistened the batter with milk (we were running short on eggs). This is actually a basic egg noodle. You want the dough to be sticky. Set inside refrigerator to rest for a bit, in this case it was around 30 minutes.

Mix Cottage Cheese with seasonings of your choice, we used parsley and Greek seasoning adding an egg and mixing well. You are making enough filling for your dough. In this case I believe it was about 2 cups of cottage cheese mix.......or so. I promise to work on the measurements but as you make them you will learn how easy it is to make large or small batches just by feel.

Sliced the large onions in rings and saute in butter, lots of butter. Caramelize the onions.

Start to boil a large pot of water. 

Take the dough out of the refrigerator and in small batches stretch out or roll on a floured surface. Mom is so good at this that she only needs to use her palms to flatten, no roller needed. Cut into squares. Drop cottage cheese filling onto one side using a teaspoon, dip your finger in water and dampen the edges of the dough, fold over and seal. 

Drop the raw pierogies in the pot of boiling water. The pierogies will float when cooked, ladle out and put into onion pan. Coat the pierogies with the onions and continue cooking for a short period, they are wonderful when slightly browned. 



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The cottage cheese mixture
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Making of the Pierogie
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Cooked pierogies floating to the top of the boiling water
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The onions caramelizing
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Finished! Where is my fork!  
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Granny's Chocolate Chip Bars.....or use M&Ms!

4/4/2018

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Ingredients: 

1 1/4 cup Flour
   1/4 tsp salt
   1/2 tsp baking powder
   1/8 tsp baking soda
   1/2 cup butter
   3/4 cup packed brown sugar
      1 egg
      2 tablespoons milk
      1 tsp vanilla
      1 6 oz bag semi-sweet chocolate chips

..........or any other chocolate you have. In this case I found some really old smashed up M&Ms that Dan took hiking a few times and never ate. He was about to throw them out.......but I said "WAIT!" 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease a 9" by 9" by 2" baking pan. 

Stir flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a bowl.

In a different bowl beat butter on medium speed for 30 seconds, add the brown sugar and beat until fluffy. Add the egg, milk and vanilla. Beat well.

Add the dry ingredients to the beaten mix and stir until well blended. Add the chocolate pieces and spread the batter into the pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until done. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars. 
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