Tuna patties

Tuna patties remind me of my childhood.  They are a comfort food.  The Mr enjoys HP sauce on top where I prefer ketchup.

4 cups left over mashed potatoes

Spices to taste

Garlic powder

Onion powder

Salt 

Parsley 

3 eggs

2 cans drained tuna.

Heat frying pan on med heat with oil shape into patties and cook until done.

Pigs in a blanket

These are a hit with kids

Dissolve 1 tbsp yeast in 1 1/4 cups hot water then mix in 1 tsp salt, 2 tbsp oil and 3 1/2 cups flour cut in 12 pieces and roll out flat add some cheddar cheese and a hotdog and roll the pig into a blanket.  

Bake at 350 for 25 min

Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies

1 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1 cup peanut butter

2 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

2 1/2 cups flour 

Mix and bake at 350 for 10 min

Vietnamese pizza

So I created this pizza today modeling one I've had at a restaurant before.  It was a guessing game but it turned out delicious!

Dough:

11/4 cup hot water

1/2 tbsp yeast

2 tbsp oil

3 cups flour

1/4 tsp salt

Spray pizza stone with oil and cornmeal and cook crust for 12 min on the bottom rack at 425.  All toppings get put in after the crust is cooked.

Toppings:

Cooked meat

I used ground duck which I seasoned with cayenne pepper, ginger, garlic powder, salt and Chinese 5 spice

Fresh cilantro

Grated carrots

Grated cucumber

Cut up green onion

Hoisin sauce to taste

Zucchini muffins

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

3 eggs

1 cup oil or 1/2 cup oil 1/2 cup apple sauce 

2 cups grated zucchini 

1 tsp vanilla

Mix above ingredients then add the following while still mixing:

1 tsp salt

3 cups WW flour

1/4 tsp baking powder

3 tsp baking soda

3 tsp cinnamon 

For large muffins bake at 350 for 25 min

For mini muffins bake at 350 for 15 min

Duck jerky

Duck jerky is delicious.  The Mr and I are just delving into cooking duck.  We found this awesome recipe for jerky on honest-food.net/2012/02/29/duck-or-goose-jerky/ and tailored it to us.

Cut meat into 1/4 inch thick strips and soak 24-48 hours in the following mixture:

3 pounds duck

2 cups water

2 tbsps salt

1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp thyme

1 tsp cayenne flakes

3 tbsp brown sugar

After soaking dry with paper towel and put on a wire rack over a cookie sheet and bake on your lowest setting for 8 hours and enjoy.

Canned peaches

Canning season is upon us.  Today my beautiful fiery red head helped me can peaches.  I got the hot water going for boiling the jars.  I put the empty jars in my oven at 200 to keep them warm.  I got a pot of water on low with the lids in them and got another pot of water boiling to put the peaches in.  I then filled up the kitchen sink with cold water.

After all that prep I boiled the peaches for 30 seconds to 1 min then dumped them in the cold sink water.  My beautiful helper pealed the peaches and then I sliced them.  Once I had a bunch sliced I got my tea kettle going with hot water and took some jars out of the oven and filled them with peaches, less than 1/4 cup sugar and boiling water.  Then I dried off the rims of the jars and put the lids on.  Then boiled the jars in a hot water bath in my canner for 30 min.