Recipes

Recipes for Home Cooking

When I’m not in the garden or orchard, I’m in the kitchen. Here are some of my favorite recipes, some fancy, some not, but ALL delicious, so says me. Enjoy.

Appetizers

• Apricot Berry Boats
• Figs in a Blanket 
• Sour Dough Crackers

Breakfast

• Applesauce – Sesame Waffles 
• Quiche Lorraine
• Steel Cut Oats – Easy

Cures

• Bachelor’s Jam
• Cure for the Common Cold

Desserts

• Apple Berry Crumble Pie
• Apple Dumplings
• Best Easy Apple Pie
• Chocolate Mousse (2 recipes: Vegan, and Dairy Free)
• Chocolate Orange Burst Torte
• Coconut Pecan Boiled Frosting
• Cream Cheese Frosting
• Eggnog Ice Cream
• Fruit Cake (free-range)
• French Coconut Custard-Cream Pie
• Hand Pies (heart-shaped)
• Jeanette’s Easy Apple Pie
• Oatmeal Molasses Cake
• Peach Cake
• Peaches and Cream Pie
• Peach Macaroon Crisp
• Peach Melba Pie
• Peach Pie – Deluxe
• Peach Upside Down Cake
• Plum – Almond Buckle (cake)
• Pumpkin Pie (Fresh)
• Rainier Cherry Cake
• Raspberry Sherbet
• Raspberry Sour Cream Tart
• Rhubarb-Custard Pie
• Rhubarb Berry Cake Pudding
• Rhubarb Vanilla Ice Cream
• Shaker Lemon Pie
• Shaker Lemon Tart
• Strawberry Layer Cake
• Strawberries in Balsamic Vinegar
• Strawberry-Rhubarb Frangipane Pie
• Strawberry-Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake
• Sweet, Salty, Simple Dessert

Main Dish

• Chanterelle Mushroom Pie
• Quiche Lorraine (all-day pie)

Salads

• Winter Pear Salad
• Vinaigrette: Karen’s Favorite

Soups

• Carrot Soup
• Creamy Potato Leek Soup
• Ham Bone, Hominy & Chunky Pumpkin Soup
• Roasted Pumpkin Soup (or winter squash)

Veggies

• Carrot Salad (best ever)
• Garden Fresh Vegetable Gratin
• Golden Beets Roasted
• Sprouting Broccoli Saute
• Three Bean Salad (garden fresh version)

Preserves

• Alsatian Apricot Jam (my favorite)
• Asparagus: Sweet Sour Pickles
• Apple Butter (in a crockpot)
• Apple Jelly
• Bread-and-Butter Pickles
• Candied Orange Peels
• Cherries – Pickled
• Corn Relish
• How to Thicken Jam
• Ketchup (How to and how not to make)
• Lemon Essence
• Nectarine Ginger Jam
• Orange Peel Caviar (spread)
• Pickled Sweet Cherries
• Pineapple – Lemon Marmalade
• Peach – Wine Sauce
• Peach Jam
• Plums: Brandied & Spiced
• Quince Chutney
• Quince Marmalade
• Rhubarb Pickles
• Rumtopf
• Strawberry – Rhubarb Jam
• Summer Fruit Chutney

Food Handling & Preparation

• Best Way to Ripen Peaches
• How to Freeze Berries
• How to Know When a Fig Is Ripe (and Ready to Pick)
• How to Make Pie Crust Shine
• How to Peel Garlic in Less Than 10 Seconds (Saveur)