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CAMPING & RV RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Cracker Crust Quiche
    No messy rolling out dough. Best of all, this toothsome crust can be baked  and refrigerated up to 3 days before filling and finishing.

 

2 eggs
2 sleeves saltines, coarsely crumbled
1 stick butter, melted
½ cup grated hard cheese such as Parmesan
    Beat eggs until foamy, then fold in saltine crumbs, melted butter and cheese. Press into bottom and sides of a deep dish 10-inch pie pan and bake 18-20 minutes, or until toasty, at 350 degrees. Cool. Set aside.
Filling:
½ pound mild sausage
Medium onion, diced fine
3 cups packed spinach, cut chiffonade style
1 cup shredded cheese such as cheddar
4 eggs
1 cup light cream or half and half
½ t. each salt, pepper
1/4 t. ground nutmeg
 

   Increase oven heat to 425 degrees. Fry out sausage, breaking it up into crumbles. As sausage gives up its fat, stir in onion and spinach to coat. When vegetables are limp and sausage  browned, spread in cracker crust and top with shredded cheese.  Beat egg and half and half with seasonings and pour over all. Bake 25 minutes or until quiche is set. Cool 10-15 minutes, then serve in wedges. Serves 6 to 8. 

 

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Campground Potluck Recipe of the Week
Kaffee Klatch Lemon Kuchen

 

1 package puff pastry, thawed
8-ounce package cream cheese
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1/3 cup sugar
Optional glaze:
1 egg
1 tablespoon water
Optional frosting:
½ cup powdered sugar
About 2 teaspoons lemon juice
    
    Unfold pastry on a greased or parchment lined baking sheet and press seams gently to seal them. Set the oven to 375 degrees. Let cream cheese come to “room” temperature in a bowl and stir in sugar and lemon.  Dab cream cheese mixture down the center of the pastry. Cut sides  of the pastry in strips  and fold over the filling, forming a braid. 
    Beat egg with water and brush on kuchen. (This step is optional, but it makes a nice glossy glaze).  Bake 15-18 minutes or until golden.
    Stir lemon juice into the sugar to make a thin frosting that spins off the spoon. Drizzle over the baked kuchen.


BONUS RECIPE
Shortcut Balsamic Berry Vinaigrette
    Why wait weeks for an infused vinegar? Use this instant dressing on greens, fruit salad or drizzle over hot braised Brussels sprouts.

 

 

 

1/4 cup each red wine vinegar and balsamic vinegar
1/3 cup strawberry or  raspberry jam
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup vegetable oil such as canola

Stir together and keep cold up to one week, stirring each time before use.

 

 

 

SKILLET Recipe of the Week
Bubble ‘n Squeak
     A specialty of British pubs, this skillet-fried crisp fried treat is a one-course meal. Here is my shortcut version.

 

6-serve packet instant mashed potato
2 ½ cup shredded cabbage for coleslaw
Medium onion, diced fine
½ cup extra sharp cheddar cheese
1 tablespoon grainy mustard
½ teaspoon each salt, pepper
Vegetable oil for frying
    
    In a bowl, stir boiling water into instant potatoes until creamy. Cover and set aside. In a large skillet, heat ½ cup water with the cabbage and onion. Cook until limp. Add drained cabbage mixture, cheese, seasonings and mustard to potatoes.
    Heat 1/4 inch oil in a large skillet until it shimmers. Drop dollops of the potato mixture into the oil (I use a spring-release ice cream scoop). Flatten to make patties and cook on both sides until browned and toasty, adding more oil as needed. 

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Tips for the Camp Cook

    * Make Easter “eggs” the easy way. Make a recipe for Rice Krispies cookies. When it’s cool enough to handle but still shape-able, use buttered hands to shape into “eggs.” Roll in different colored pastel sugars.

    * Roast vegetables on the grill or in the oven and toss with a sauce that sings. Combine 1/4 cup each olive oil, tahini and honey.  Peel and cut up one large or two medium seedless oranges. Fold it all together.

* Spread plates with hot cheese grits, instant or from-scratch. Top with creamed chipped beef.

    * Make your own instant oatmeal. In each snack bag mix ½ c minute oats, 1 T.each brown sugar,raisins and chopped nuts, 1/8 t. salt, 2 T.  each shredded coconut and fine-snipped apricots. Seal bags. To make breakfast, put mix in a bowl, add 1 c. boiling water, cover loosely and let steep 5-10 minutes. Serve as is or with cream, fresh fruit, cinnamon sugar or maple syrup.

MAKE AHEAD RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Spicy Pork Noodles

2 pounds medium or  hot pork sausage
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/4 cup minced garlic
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 cup ketchup, regular or spicy
1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon dried basil

8 servings cooked, drained  ramen, spaghetti, fettuccine,  rice noodles or soba noodles.

 
Fry out sausage in a large pot, gradually adding garlic. When sausage is done and crumbly,  stir in remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer over low heat 5 minutes. Toss with hot noodles. Cool. Divide into 8 portions and package for the freezer. To serve, thaw and heat.

To serve at once, use a spaghetti claw to serve in 8 bowls or plates. 

 

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