We called her Aunt Ni because everybody did. Mary Harwood Caldwell was married to Millard Fillmore Caldwell (Big Mill). He was the governor of Florida from 1945-1949 but more importantly they were our neighbors on …
Recipes
Skooba’s Green Velvet Soup
My best buddy Kimba and her husband Scooter (SKooBA) turned me on to this soup. Kimba started on a vegetarian journey a few years ago which morphed into veganism. Even though I am a confirmed …
Kelly’s Chicken Salad
When I was a kid, my family used to go to Alligator Point Beach for pretty much the whole summer. My dad would commute to TLH most weekdays and my mom always liked to have …
Aunt Betty’s Squash Casserole
Well a lot has happened since I created this blog, most notably that I no longer live in Colorado and have become more of a locavore than a catchatarian. My most awesome neighbor, Barb, has …
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread
Continuing along in the season where we have to lock our cars, not to keep anyone from stealing them, but to keep people from leaving zucchini in it from their garden…… I received another 1 …
Elk Sloppy Joes
1 pound ground elk meat 1/2 cup ketchup 1/2 cup spicy brown mustard (or spicy honey mustard, or dijon, or Durkee’s Famous Sauce) 1T Worcestershire sauce 1T apple cider vinegar BBQ sauce cayenne pepper Brown …
Catfish cakes: Good eats
Sometimes my husband and I get frustrated/disappointed when we are out fishing for our coveted Walleye, Crappie or Bass and we reel in a catfish. Once we started making these cakes we changed our minds! …
Edamame salad
Salad 1 bag frozen edamame – shelled 2 handfuls broccoli slaw 1 cup sprouted grains – by alfalfa sprouts at grocer 1/4 cup sunflower seeds 2 cups seedless grapes – halved 1 apple peeled and …
Hearts of Palm Salad
1 can hearts of palm 5 oz. cherub tomatoes (about half the package) 2 cups baby spinach 1/2 cup kalamata olives (optional) fresh grated parmesan cheese to taste Balsamic vinaigrette salad Slice hearts of palm …
Elk Stew
2 lbs. elk stew pieces, cut into small squares 5 carrots, sliced 4-5 small white potatoes 1 large yellow onion Bay leaf 3 cubes Not Beef bouillon 1 cube Not Chik’n bouillon 1 T Worcerstershire …
Crockpot 15 Bean Soup with Organic Apple Chicken Sausage
15 bean soup mix (Just the beans. If there is a flavor packet you don’t need it) 4 carrots, chopped 1 yellow onion, chopped 2-4 scallions, chopped 2-4 cloves garlic, chopped 1 cube Not Chick-n …
Pheasant Black Bean Soup
Pheasant legs and back with bones 4 bouillon cubes (2 Not-Chik’n and 2 Not-Beef, or 4 veggie) 1/2 large onion, chopped 2 carrots, chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped 2 leeks, white part only, split, washed, …
Flan
3/4 cup sugar 2/3 cup blanched, slivered almonds 1 1/2 cans Eagle brand sweetened condensed milk 1 cup whole milk 3 eggs (whole) 3 egg yolks 1 teaspoon Mexican vanilla extract Optional: bananas Preheat oven …
Mother Marie’s Pumpkin Bread
With Halloween right around the corner, and Thanksgiving after that, I thought it would be a good time to add my mother’s pumpkin “bread” recipe. When you look at the ingredients, you might think pumpkin …