Good morning..........

I fell asleep watching TV last night, around 9:30pm, kind of early for me, so I awoke around 4:15 am.
I figured I might as well get up, so I went to the kitchen to put the finishing touches on my German Potato Salad that I am taking to a party today.  I have been hungry for German Potato Salad for a while now, so lacking any other ideas for a covered dish, I decided that was what I'd make.  Hence, I decided to put the recipe on here.

German Potato Salad
8-10 medium potatoes
1/2 # bacon, diced in small pieces
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup veg. oil
2 Tbsp. cornstarch + 1/4 cup water
salt & pepper to taste

You can cook your potatoes however you want, but I prefer to bake mine.  I let them cool, peel and cut them in half, then slice them.  Place them in a larger bowl. 
While the potatoes are cooking, you can make them the dressing.   Put the bacon in a large deep skillet and cook over medium heat until about half cooked.  Stir in the onion and cook until bacon is browned and onion is soft.  Stir in vinegar, sugar, water and veg. oil, bring to a boil.  Stir and cook until sugar is completely dissolved.  Combine cornstarch and 1/4 cup water, stir into bacon mixture.  Stir and cook until it is clear and thickened.  Pour over sliced potatoes, stir together.  Salt and pepper to taste.  Place in a 3 qt. baking dish and bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until heated through.  Or you can put it in a slow cooker on low for 2-3 hours.  If you want to let this simmer in a slow cooker for a longer time period, only partially cook your potatoes, so they don't get mushy while in the slow cooker

Another warm day....

It's almost 5:00 pm and it is 85 degrees according to the temperature app on my computer.  I haven't ventured out of my air-conditioned cocoon to check it out for myself.  My daughter, Mysti has a passion for Olive Garden's, Garlic- Herb Chicken Con Broccoli, in fact I think it is about the only thing I've seen her order from Olive Garden since she was young.  Since we don't have any Olive Garden's  close to us we came up with our own version of the dish.  This is it:

Easy Chicken Con Broccoli

Very similar to Olive Garden's.
Serves: 4
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts
6 ounces fettuccini pasta
2 teaspoons olive oil or veg. oil
1 1/2 cups broccoli florets
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 jar alfredo sauce
In salted water cook the fettucine until al dente.  Steam the broccoli until crisp tender.  Brown the chicken and garlic in the oil until browned or both sides and juices run clear.  Cut the checked into cubes.  Drain the broccoli and fettucine.  In the pot the pasta was cooked in combine the chicken, broccoli, pasta and alfredo sauce.  Heat through.

Enjoy!!

WOW... 87 Degress Today....

It sure is hot today....  I'm glad we have air conditioning and I truly feel bad for anyone who doesn't.  If you want to make a dessert for dinner, but don't want to heat up your oven... and the kitchen.... I  have a quick, simple recipe for you.  And no oven, unless you prefer to make this pie in a baked pie shell.  It is called  Sour Cream Pineapple Pie.  I know it sounds weird, but try it... it really is delicious and refreshing.  For all those who like pineapple desserts, I hope you will try this recipe. 
P.S. I'd love to hear comments from anyone who tries any of my recipes.  You can either comment on here, after signing up to be a Follower with Google or comment on my facebook page or send me an e-mail.

Sour Cream Pineapple Pie

Serves: 8
1 8-ounce can crushed pineapple with juice
1 16-ounce container sour cream
2 -  3 1/2-ounce boxes instant vanilla pudding, or 1 lg. pkg.
1 graham cracker pie crust or baked, cooled pie shell
1 8-ounce container frozen whipped topping, thawed
Mix first 3 ingredients together with a spoon, until completely blended.  Pour into pie crust.  Top with whipped topping.  Chill until firm.  Store in refrigerator.
Note:  This also may be made with sugar-free pudding mix and light sour cream.

Finally getting to see the Orthopedic doctor...

Finally, after waiting 2 days to hear back from the Orthopedic doctor, they called today and I have an appointment in a couple hours to see him.  Hopefully, I won't need a cast.... This my first fracture of any kind.  Sorry, I haven't been posting much, but I've just been feeling kind of down and not much into doing anything.  But I thought I would post the recipe for the Buns that I made for the wedding last week.  By the way, everyone loved them....

Ruth's Favorite White Rolls

Serves: 48

6 cups WARM water
3 packages or 3 tablespoons yeast
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon salt
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
18 cups flour,  approximately
Dissolve yeast in warm water.  Stir in salt, veg. oil, sugar and baking powder.  Gradually stir in flour until a soft dough forms.  Turn out on floured surface, knead until smooth and no longer sticky, adding flour as needed.  Place in greased bowl, turning to grease top.  Cover and let raise in a warm, draft-free place until doubled, about 1 hour.  Gently deflate dough.  Shape into desired size rolls.  Place on greased baking sheets.  Cover and let raise until doubled, about 45 minutes.  Bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.  Cool on wire racks.   
Will yield about 4  dozen sandwich rolls, so if you don't need that many you can cut the recipe in half with no problems