Green Smoothies

Thanks to this post on Sarah’s blog, I am completely and hopelessly obsessed with green smoothies. I have had a full blenderful every day this week, and most days I have to hold myself back from making another.(Why do I stop myself? I don’t know. They’re totally good for you, so what’s the problem?) I [...]

Freezing your own spinach

In Japan, there are often small farming plots throughout the city, intermixed with houses and businesses.  Most of them are rice paddies, but in our neighborhood, there are quite a few produce fields.  About five blocks away is a really nice, little shed that holds the produce of that particular plot of land — we’ve [...]

Buttery Cooked Carrots

Originally from Allrecipes.com, altered per other cooks’ recommendations. Declared by Jeremy to be the best cooked carrots he’s ever had. Let’s face it, everything’s better with BUTTER and sugar.
1lb baby carrots
1/4 C butter
1/3 C brown sugar
Cook carrots in a large pot of boiling water until tender. Drain carrots and set aside.
Stir butter and brown sugar [...]

Vacationing

I thought it needed mentioning that I know I’m not posting many recipes these days (or perhaps it would be more truthful to say NO recipes), but time doesn’t even allow for cooking right now, much less transposing recipes from my head/cookbook/card to More Butter.
I wanted to whet your appetite, though, and tell you to [...]

Waffles and Yogurt

It’s as simple as the title implies — I’m always looking for easy breakfast ideas that don’t leave me feeling like I need to go take a nap.  This has become one of my faves, and I’ve found ways to use the yogurt on EVERYTHING because I like it so much.
Waffles (whole-wheat Eggos, Kashi, or [...]

Caramel-Pecan Apple Pie

Though my favorite apple pie recipe is a delicious Sour Cream Apple Pie from Allrecipes.com, I found this recipe in the Oct/Nov Taste of Home magazine—and it turned out to be quite yummy. Happy early Thanksgiving!
Pie & Filling
1 unbaked pastry shell (9 inches)
7 C sliced peeled tart apples
1 t lemon juice
1 t vanilla
3/4 C chopped [...]

Chicken Cheese Soup

4 boneless chicken breasts
1/3 C onion sauteed in butter
2 C cream of chicken soup
1/2 C cheddar cheese
1 C water
1/2 C milk
1 lb Velveeta (Can use less)
Cook chicken and dice. Combine soup, onion, and water; add milk. Shred cheese into mixture. Add chicken and warm

Fresh Fruit Dip

1/3 C Sugar
4 tsp Starch
1/4 tsp Salt
1/4 C orange juice
2 beaten eggs
2 3oz pkg. cream cheese
1 C unsweetened pineapple juice
Combine dry ingredients in saucepan. Blend in fruit juices. Cook, stirring constantly until thick (5-8 min). Slowly stir hot mixture into eggs. Return to saucepan and cook over low heat , stirring constantly for 3 to [...]

Welcome, Community Dinnerers and friends

For a while now we’ve talked about how we might go about sharing recipes. Publishing an actual paper cookbook would be fun but a whole lot of work. This way we can add recipes easily and hopefully often.
So post ‘em when you’ve got ‘em: recipes you’ve made for community dinner, recipes you haven’t but would [...]