Apple Custard Coffee Cake
Fun little dish to please the sweet tooth with simple ingredients nearly everyone owns. Serves to prove that you can make anything with anything!
Fruit Dumplings
The fruit dumpling is hard to resist for several reasons. One: you no longer have to choose between your favorite fillings and flavors. This pocket-sized treat boasts a sturdy dough that can hold in everything from baked apples to pumpkin puree to toasted pecans with cinnamon sauce (personal favorite..hint,hint). Possibilities are endless! Two: did I mention portable? Ditch the plate and fork. Take a dumpling for each hand and try them all. Then return for more. After all, they’re small… right? Three: all the crust you can handle. Cinnamon and sugar help this dough brown and bake beautifully, making soggy …
Garlic Naan Bread
When I was making the Turkish Lamb Pilaf dish, I wanted to make it a full meal. So I wanted to make some bread that was native to the area. This bread is a really good bread recipe that is amazing with flavor. I enjoy making bread so that is another reason I decided to do this. It is a slow process but well worth it.
Cacik (Turkish Yogurt Dip)
This dip or sauce depending on how thick you make it, is a quick and easy little something to throw together to set off any Turkish Dish you are making. I served this on top of the Turkish Lamb Pilaf dish that I made and to go along with the Naan Bread that I served to make this meal more rounded out. I hope you enjoy this. It was a huge hit here at our house. Especially with a house full of picky eaters.
Turkish Lamb Pilaf
Pilaf in general is a wonderful dish. When you mix the lamb and the seasonings in with it, it is absolutely amazing. I did some research to see what other dried fruits that they used in this region. I found that cherries, figs, and apricots were used quite a bit in this style of cuisine. This dish was something like I have never made before, and it is something that my family has already requested again. I made a Turkish Yogurt Dip to go over it, and homemade Naan Bread. We made a full meal out of it.
Squash Casserole
Squash casserole isn’t something that I had growing up as a kid. So to say I was excited to cook this dish, was an understatement. The mishaps that I had during the cooking was I accidentally left out the eggs and worcestershire sauce. I didn’t realize it until after the casserole was in the oven. I felt really mad at myself, but it still turned out delicious.
Zucchini Cake
As a child, I remember my family making banana bread. Until recently I had never really heard of zucchini cake. I love the vegetable, but I never knew that it could be made sweet as well. I loved the entire process of making this cake. I loved the new cream cheese frosting as well. Everything is really simple to make. I would encourage you to try this recipe. It would also be really good as cupcakes.
Spaghetti and Clams
I haven’t ever had clams before. So this was a bit scary for me to make and to try. I loved the idea of trying something new and seeing how well I liked it. It was amazing. CandiAnne’s Note: This was a favorite growing up and still is to this day. My uncle would get up at dark and he and his buddies would head out to the bay to go clammin while the tide was out. Having fresh clams was soooo yummy. We’d boil em up and eat them right out of the shell. This would also be …
Kale, Beef and Potato Soup
An interesting combination for a nice hearty soup. Something to enjoy on a cold day or to share with family. A hearty flavored soup. This dish is originally a Portuguese dish, but instead of using Linguica (Portuguese sausage), it became a more American dish using beef tips(beef tenderloin chunks). CandiAnne’s note: My Aunt Carrie grew Kale in her yard so she made this all the time. It was a favorite at her house and across the street at ours. LOL being Portuguese, we obviously used the Linguica