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Auntie E’s Cool Pea Salad

Auntie E’s Cool Pea Salad

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It feels like fall is in the air, and I can hardly wait for this favorite time of year. I love the cooler temps, the changing leaves, the clothes, football and pumpkin spice. But before I put summer completely in the books, I wanted to share one last warm-weather recipe courtesy of my Aunt Eyvon in Blue Jay Hollow.

While we were visiting Arkansas this summer, my Auntie E brought over a cool pea salad that was completely addictive and insanely easy to make. Last week while I was grocery shopping I suddenly had a hankerin’ for the yummy green stuff so I gave her a call in the middle of the aisle and asked her to hand over the recipe right then and there (yup, as easy as I remember). Needless to say, I whipped up a batch of this tasty pea salad as soon as I put away my groceries and I didn’t share a single bite with my boys (they don’t like peas), so it was a win-win for me, baby!

So here’s the recipe for this tasty cold salad; and although it seems like a summer dish, don’t think for a minute that I won’t be making another batch well into October.

Auntie E's Cool Pea Salad
Serves 4
A delicious and easy-to-make cold pea salad.
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Prep Time
10 min
Total Time
10 min
Prep Time
10 min
Total Time
10 min
Ingredients
  1. 1 small bag of frozen peas
  2. 1/4 c. of mayo
  3. 1/4 c. chopped white onion
  4. 1/2 bag of prepared bacon pieces (or equivalent crumbled cooked bacon slices)
  5. 2 dashes of salt
  6. 6-10 dashes of black pepper, according to taste
Instructions
  1. Thaw the peas and pour into a mixing bowl.
  2. Add the mayo, chopped onion, bacon pieces, salt and pepper to the peas.
  3. Stir gently but thoroughly until everything is coated.
  4. Chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
Notes
  1. Warning: this dish is highly addictive. 🙂
Adapted from Aunt Eyvon
Adapted from Aunt Eyvon
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My Favorite Apple Crisp

My Favorite Apple Crisp

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The fall signals apple-picking time to me, and we have some wonderful orchards here in the Midwest ripe with a variety of scrumptious baking fruit. My mom’s group has visited Schweizer’s Orchard near St. Joseph, Missouri, the last couple of years for some delicious apples; plus, the children love to start their morning with the apple tree book before a tour and love to end it with a picnic and time on the playground. If you live close, and want to pick some fresh fruit,  I recommend a visit.

Okay, so you know where I pick my apples, but how about the fun part — the eating of it all?  There are so many ways to prepare a good apple, but this recipe is definitely one of my favs. This apple crisp is super simple and small, which makes it a quick in-the-moment or after-meal choice. My husband isn’t a fan of any dessert that doesn’t contain chocolate so it’s a good thing we don’t have to share this petite little dish. It will feed four in a pinch, but two to three is more like it. I like to serve it hot with a dollop of whipped cream on top, but a scoop of vanilla ice cream would also do.

Easy Apple Crisp
Serves 2
A quick apple dessert for two or three
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Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
30 min
Total Time
40 min
Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
30 min
Total Time
40 min
Ingredients
  1. 2/3 c. rolled oats
  2. 1/3 c. all-purpose flour
  3. 2 tbsp. packed brown sugar
  4. 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  5. 1/4 c. margarine
  6. 2 apples peeled, cored and thinly sliced
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Stir together oats, flour, brown sugar and cinnamon. Cut in margarine until mixture is crumbly.
  3. In a small baking dish, lay out apples.
  4. Sprinkle with the oat mixture on top of the apples.
  5. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes or until top is lightly browned.
Notes
  1. Serve warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream
Adapted from American Heart Association Quick & Easy Cookbook
Adapted from American Heart Association Quick & Easy Cookbook
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Barbeque Pulled Chicken and Homemade Buns, Hun

Barbeque Pulled Chicken and Homemade Buns, Hun

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Now these are some good buns, hun (it had to be said)! My latest bread machine creation is a winner, so I just had to brag a bit, but I’m also sharing one of my favorite go-to recipes with all of you so please forgive me for being so pleased with myself. I just get super excited when a new recipe tastes like it should when it comes from my kitchen. . . sad, I know.

I made hamburger buns using the dough-only setting on my bread machine and came up with some of the tastiest (fresh and preservative-free) buns we’ve ever had in this house. So a couple of them were a little large, but most of them turned out like. . . well, buns; and when I added my barbeque pulled chicken into the mix a delicious family-pleasing meal was born.

You can print the chicken recipe below; but first, here’s a quick how-to for the buns. I used the Butter Roll recipe that came with my bread machine using the dough-only option so that everything mixed together properly but didn’t cook. I then shaped the buns by pulling apart small wads of dough and making bun-shaped rolls on a piece of parchment paper. I let the buns rise and then cooked them at 350 degrees for approximately 20 minutes. When they were done, I sliced them in half and stored the leftovers in the refrigerator. . . and the tuna salad I had on a bun a couple of days later was also delicious.

Okay, so the buns were a bonus, but here’s the best part of this meal — the barbeque pulled chicken. I discovered this recipe a couple of years ago and have tweaked it a bit along the way. My family loves this stuff and it’s also easy to whip up a large batch when people are coming for dinner. So here’s the recipe. I hope you enjoy!

Barbeque Pulled Chicken
Serves 8
A chicken recipe that tastes similar to pulled pork (the other white meat). 🙂
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Ingredients
  1. 6-8 frozen skinless, boneless chicken breast halves (thawed)
  2. 1 large bottle barbeque sauce (28 oz)
  3. 1/4 c Italian salad dressing
  4. 1/4 c brown sugar
  5. 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
  1. Place the thawed chicken breasts in a crockpot.
  2. In a separate bowl, mix up all the other ingredients.
  3. Cover the chicken with this mixture.
  4. Cook in crockpot, approx. 6-8 hours on low or 3-4 hours on high. Please use recommended chicken standards when deciding how long to cook this dish.
  5. When the chicken is completely cooked, use two forks to pull it apart.
  6. Serve hot on hamburger buns.
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