Condiment

Jams, jelly’s and other toppings that are NOT sauces.

Delicious and fresh Guacamole recipe.  Very easy and ALWAYS a hit.  Serve with some chips, or add it to a sandwich for a tasty twist.

Ingredients

  • 4-6 ripe Avocados, diced chunky
  • 1 medium Red Onion, diced small
  • 1-2 medium Tomatoes, de-seeded and diced small
  • 1 Bunch of Fresh Cilantro, Chopped fine
  • 1 head of Roasted Garlic
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • Crushed Red Pepper, optional
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Assembly

  1. Start by roasting the garlic in the oven.
  2. Dice the Red Onion, Tomatoes and Cilantro and place in the serving bowl.   Add the Lime juice and stir a little. Add crushed red pepper, if you want.
  3. Add the avocados and roasted garlic to the bowl. Mix until you get the consistency you want.  Salt and pepper to taste.
  4. Lime juice is very important because it will stop the avocado from oxidizing and turning brown.  Once made, it'll keep in the fridge for a day or two if you plastic wrap it leaving no air between the wrap and the guacamole.

 

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Gaby - Sorry, but I have no specific recipe for applesauce.
I do know, thanks to Nathan putting garlic powder in the pot when I was cooking it once (he was much younger and had a lot of enthusiasm, but less cooking savvy) that garlic powder is NOT a good ingredient for your normal applesauce… 

I usually am inspired to make applesauce because I have apples that have been in the refrigerator a little too long and are no longer crispy enough to eat raw.
I guess tart apples like Granny Smith are better if you are going to buy new apples, but honestly I don’t think it matters. However, I never buy Red Delicious for anything.

So, peel however many apples you have – let’s say 6 apples - quarter them, and then cut them into little chunks. I do this directly into the pot I am going to cook the applesauce in.
Add say ¼ cup sugar, ½ tsp cinnamon, dash of cloves & 1 tsp vanilla. (You can always add more of these things, but you can’t take them out, so don’t put too much.)
Maybe add maybe ¼ cup or so of water so you don’t scorch the pot when you first start cooking it. Apples make their own liquid once they start cooking.

Bring to a boil and turn to a low heat.
Cook for a few minutes and taste, at this point test for flavor and add sugar or spices if necessary.
Continue cooking until the apples are the texture you like them – maybe 15 to 30 minutes or so – don’t let them dry out. Add water if you need to.
Be careful, because once you get the apples & sugar cooking, it can be like molten lava!

There you have it. XXOO

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Ingredients

 

1 16oz. can

1 16oz. can

1 lime

1 med

1 lge bunch

Diced Tomatoes w/Zesty Jalapenos

Medium chunky salsa

Juice from one lime

Red Onion, diced

Cilantro, washed, dried & diced

Instructions

 

  1. Just combine all the ingredients and enjoy!

  2. Keep refrigerated.

  3. Worth the effort because the extra ingredients make it is so much better than plain salsa out of the jar.

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Ingredients

 

 

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7 cups

1 cup

5 cups

1 6oz. pkg

 

Small canning jars

Lids w/sealing rings

(or use paraffin if you are brave)

Rhubarb, peeled & cut into small pieces

Water

Sugar

Strawberry jello

 

Instructions

 

  1. Prepare jars w/ring seals – Keep hot so they are sterilized. Grandma always kept her big, black metal baking dish on a burner, with water simmering in it. She turned the jars upside down inside the pan, along with the lids & rings, and kept them there on a very low heat until they were packed.

  2. In large pot, boil the rhubarb, water & sugar for 8 minutes.

  3. Remove from heat and immediately add the package of strawberry jello, stirring well.

  4. Pour into waiting hot canning jars & seal.

  5. Tip sealed jars upside down on a cloth on the counter.

  6. If you use paraffin: Melt paraffin in a pot. While hot and liquidy, pour a layer ¼” thick over the hot jam in the jars. When the paraffin has cooled/hardened, pour another ¼” thick layer over the first layer, tilting slightly to make sure the paraffin completely covers the jar and touches all sides of the jar to get a good seal.

NOTE:

Note on the use of paraffin: This was how Grandma burned parts of her kitchen.  She was melting the paraffin in the pot and got sidetracked by something else. When she returned to the kitchen, the paraffin was in giant flames in the pot, and the kitchen was engulfed in smoke. When Grandpa came home, he found grandma sitting on the front steps crying. I believe that the insurance payed for painting the kitchen, a new stove top, and some sort of refinishing of the cabinets.

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