Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce

I picked out this recipe early in the year when the Rhubarb was still growing, before havest.  We did end up finally making it a few weeks ago. This versatile sauce brings a new taste to cake, ice cream and even chicken!  The final product picture does not due it justice since we served it on chicken with a side of garlic toast and not ice cream.

Where is the Rhubarb? Look close!

Ingredients

3 cups uncooked rhubarb, thinly sliced

1 1/2 pound strawberries, sliced

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1. Combine rhubarb, strawberries and sugar in a medium-size,nonreactive sauce pan; toss until sugar melts
2. Cover pan and set over medium to medium-high heat until mixture begins to boil, about 5 to 10 minute.
3. Uncover pan, reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring a few times, until fruit breaks down into a sauce, about 45 minutes. Serve warm or chilled

Tupps Tidbits:  

There are 2 ways to harvest rhubarb.  One is to use a sharp knife or shears to cut off stalks that are at least 10 inches or longer.  The 2nd is to gently pull the stalk while gently leaning it to one side until the stalk breaks off from the plant.  Never harvest all the stalks off your rhubarb plant.

Very Very easy to make and tasted wonderful!  I would recommend it over pound cake or ice cream. KEEPER in our House.

Where did we find this?  www. sorry I can not remember!

Cheeseburger Flatbread Melts

While surfing one of my favorite blogs I came across this flatbread recipe.  It stated "Dinner in 30 minutes or less"  and they looked sooo good and seemed simple to throw together on a hot summer night.  I could also see a lot more flatbreads and variations of this recipe in the future.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb lean ground beef, browned and drained
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 pkg dry onion soup mix
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 1 tablespoon mustard
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
• 11 oz.. thin crust pizza dough
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:

1. Brown and drain ground beef. Add water, vinegar, onion soup mix, ketchup, mustard and garlic. Stir to combine and simmer over low heat.
2. Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoon oil over medium heat in a large, heavy bottomed skillet.  Divide the pizza dough into 6 equal portions and roll into a round, tortilla-like shape.  Fry the dough for one minute on each side or until golden brown and bubbly. Remove to paper towel to drain.
3. Top fried bread with beef mixture and shredded cheese.

Tupps Tidbits:    Make sure you roll out the whole crust at once.  Once it starts to warm up you will not be able to roll it out.

We loved these but it was really really salty. Too salty for our taste. We would only use 1/2 or 1/4 of the dry onion soup mix packet next time. Also, we would make our own pizza dough or flatbread dough, but if you are short on time the pre-made dough does work. These are a KEEPER IN OUR HOUSE !
Where did we find this?  www.kevinandamanda.com

Cheeseburger Flatbread Melts

While surfing one of my favorite blogs I came across this flatbread recipe.  It stated "Dinner in 30 minutes or less"  and they looked sooo good and seemed simple to throw together on a hot summer night.  I could also see a lot more flatbreads and variations of this recipe in the future.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb lean ground beef, browned and drained
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 pkg dry onion soup mix
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 1 tablespoon mustard
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
• 11 oz.. thin crust pizza dough
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:

1. Brown and drain ground beef. Add water, vinegar, onion soup mix, ketchup, mustard and garlic. Stir to combine and simmer over low heat.
2. Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoon oil over medium heat in a large, heavy bottomed skillet.  Divide the pizza dough into 6 equal portions and roll into a round, tortilla-like shape.  Fry the dough for one minute on each side or until golden brown and bubbly. Remove to paper towel to drain.
3. Top fried bread with beef mixture and shredded cheese.

Tupps Tidbits:    Make sure you roll out the whole crust at once.  Once it starts to warm up you will not be able to roll it out.

We loved these but it was really really salty. Too salty for our taste. We would only use 1/2 or 1/4 of the dry onion soup mix packet next time. Also, we would make our own pizza dough or flatbread dough, but if you are short on time the pre-made dough does work. These are a KEEPER IN OUR HOUSE !
Where did we find this?  www.kevinandamanda.com

Strawberry Basil Pops

Here's a recipe to enjoy this summer!  This frozen treat looks refreshing and delicious and naturally sweetened using honey. Strawberries are perfect for popsicles! They offer a sweet/tart finish that loses none of its punch when frozen.

Ingredients
1 lb unsweetened frozen strawberries, hulled thawed
3 Tbs honey
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
1/8 tsp salt
6 leaf/leaves basil, torn into little bits

Instructions

• Place strawberries, honey, lemon juice and salt in large blender, cover and puree until smooth, stopping machine once or twice to scrape ingredients off sides of container back into mixture.   Add basil; cover and pulse until well blended (but not pureed).
• Divide mixture among six 1/3 -cup popsicle molds; freeze until solid.

Tupps Tidbits:  dust off the Tupperware Popsicle molds

Popsicles are a warm weather favorite for grown-ups and little ones alike. Nothing tastes better on a hot summer day fresh from the freezer. We did not enjoy the added basil in these, otherwise they were perfect!
These are a KEEPER IN OUR HOUSE (minus the basil). Go have an awesome summer and enjoy!

Where did we find this?  weightwatchers.com

Paula Deen's Corn Salad

While watching one of those cooking channels,  this quick no fuss appetizer came on and I immediately wrote down the ingredients. They did not mentioned the mayonnaise amount and they used tortilla chips for dipping. At the end of the show,  it stated this was one of Paula Deen's recipes. After doing some internet searching, we found it ~ Paula Deen's Corn Salad!  Not a dip!

Ingredients
2 (15 ounce) cans whole kernel corn, drained
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup green pepper, chopped
1/2 cup red onion, chopped
1 (10 1/2 ounce bad coarsely crushed Fritos chili cheese corn chips


Directions:
Mix first 5 ingredients and chill.
Stir in corn chips just before serving.

Tupps Tidbits: If you are going to use this like a dip, make sure to pick up tortilla chips, celery or carrots for dipping

We served this as dip to company and they loved it and so did we!  We had made 1/2 recipe and it was gone in no time!  Probably a good thing, because the Fritos would get saugy and not taste good the next day.
KEEPER AT OUR HOUSE!




Where did we find this?  some cooking channel & www.pauladeen.com