Strawberry Pie

The best way to eat fresh strawberries?  In a pie!  This one is easy to make. Make your own pie crust or buy one (I won't tell!)

Strawberry Pie

1-1/2 cups cool water

2 Tablespoons cornstarch

1 (3 oz) pkg strawberry Jell-O (or you can use sugar free)

1 pound (or as much as you can fit in your pie crust) strawberries, hulled and halved

1 pie shell

Pre-bake pie shell as recipe calls or as instructed from box or package.  Cool.

"30 Minutes or Less" Main Dish Party

In a hurry?  Need lunch or supper fast?  Here are 50+ recipes to help you out.  These recipes are from my blog and other foodie blogger friends.

An InLinkz Link-up

Homemade Feta Style Cheese

This tangy, salty cheese originated in Greece.  They usually make it with a combination of sheep and goat's milk.  I use our goat milk but you can use cow's milk too.  This cheese can be sliced and frozen to crumble later or crumbled now, frozen on a sheet and then bagged to keep. Its one of the easier cheeses to make and is a bit more forgiving that others. 

Homemade Feta Style Cheese

1 gallon milk (preferably raw and can use cow or goat) 
1/16 teaspoon Mesophilic starter culture powder
1/8 teaspoon liquid rennet 

1 cup (approx) canning salt (non-iodized)
1 teaspoon white vinegar

Heat the milk in a double boiler until it is 86 degrees. 

Foodie Friends Friday Linky Party #97

Welcome to the

Linky Party!!

Foodie Friends Friday will now have a Guest Host each week! 

(If you are interested in being a Guest Host for future parties, please contact me or any of our regular weekly hosts.)

This week Melissa from Served Up With Love joins us! 

Please visit her pages...

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Served-Up-With-Love/222501791109901
Blog: http://www.servedupwithlove.com/

Glazed Ham on the Grill

This ham starts off with a simple glaze and the cooking method is easy.  You can use an oven but you will get so much more flavor on the grill and I highly recommend charcoal over gas here. 

Glazed Ham on the Grill                                                                             Printable Recipe

1 ham, spiral cut or not (any size will do - mine was 9 lbs)
1 cup honey
1 Tablespoons A-1 sauce

Start charcoal grill and allow to pre-heat.  Each ham comes with it's own directions.  Mine was 300 degrees and 15 minutes per pound to heat.  

Mix together honey and A-1.

"Backyard Grillin'" Linky Party

If you need ideas for an outdoor summer party here are some great recipes to get you started!

An InLinkz Link-up

Foodie Friends Friday Linky Party #96

Welcome to the

Linky Party!!

Foodie Friends Friday will now have a Guest Host each week! 

(If you are interested in being a Guest Host for future parties, please contact me or any of our regular weekly hosts.)

This week Kelly from A Lovely Life, Indeed joins us! 

Please visit her pages...

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/yunbesote?ref=br_tf
Blog: http://www.alovelylifeindeed.com/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Last week's recipes that received the MOST CLICKS!!  

Please take a moment to read through the rules before getting started, Thank You!

*By linking up you agree that you read these rules and all photos/recipes are original and belong to you. You agree to allow Foodie Friends Friday and any of it's affiliated websites or publications (Social Girls Media, LLC) to use photos, links, and recipes for reprint and/or republishing and distribution without monetary compensation to you. If photos & recipes are used, proper link backs to you will be included.

FOODIE FRIENDS FRIDAY LINKY PARTY RULES TO FOLLOW!!

1. LINK UP ONLY RECIPES MADE BY YOU.
2.  LIMIT OF 3 LINKS PER WEEK (LINKS MUST NOT BE PART OF A REVIEW, GIVEAWAY, OR ANOTHER LINKY PARTY.
3. WE'D LOVE A LINK BACK TO FOODIE FRIENDS FRIDAY TO YOUR POST OR A BUTTON ON YOUR WEBSITE.  YOU WILL NOT BE CHOSEN TO BE FEATURED IF THE LINK AND/OR BUTTON CANNOT BE FOUND. 
4.  THANK THE CO-HOSTS BY "LIKING" THEIR PAGE. 

Adding Links back to Foodie Friends Friday and our Button is our only form of advertising to bring in more people to see YOUR recipes.

Please remember to do this. It benefits you! To thank you, we will continue to feature those with links throughout the year on various outlets.

<div align="center"><a href="http://www.foodiefriendsfridaydailydish.com/" title="Foodie Friends Friday" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj628/busyvegetarianmom/FFFDDButtonNEW150Darker_zpse238f637.jpg" alt="Foodie Friends Friday" style="border:none;" /></a></div>

An InLinkz Link-up

Thank you to everyone for making last week's Foodie Friends Friday Party a huge success. Did you see all the recipes that caught OUR attention last week? Check out the Host Favorites on the Daily Dish for links to all the recipes.

An InLinkz Link-up

Gma's Featherlight Pancakes

Gma? What does that mean?  It is short for GRANDMA!  Some time ago we got lazy in our typing messages back and forth we that shortened grandma and grandpa to gma and gpa....it stuck.  Even the grandkids call them that!

These are the pancakes my mom has been making since I was little kid.  She always made shaped pancakes for my sister and I. This is a thinner batter so it was easy to do.  At the end of cooking she always made the 50 cent size pancakes and even if we had already had enough pancakes we always had room for those.  Now she makes these pancakes with my daughter and my niece.  The fun part now is that she lets them add coloring.  So grandpa has eaten purple, pink, green, and sometimes blue pancakes!

Gma's Featherlight Pancakes

1 cup all-purpose flour
2 Tablespoons baking powder
2 Tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 cup milk
2 Tablespoons oil

"Desserts" Linky Party

Thanks for celebrating my 10,000+ likes on Facebook and big 4-0 birthday!!

An InLinkz Link-up

Foodie Friends Friday Linky Party #95

Welcome to the

Linky Party!!

Foodie Friends Friday will now have a Guest Host each week! 

(If you are interested in being a Guest Host for future parties, please contact me or any of our regular weekly hosts.)

This week Debi from Life Currents joins us! 

Please visit her pages...

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LifeCurrents
Blog: http://lifecurrents.dw2.net/

Sauerbraten

Another favorite German dish of our family is sauerbraten. Translated it means "sour roast" and that is exactly what it is.  A big 'ol hunk of beef soured in a marinade for up to three days.  The "gravy" is fantastic (no gingersnaps in this recipe.)  This meal takes some forethought for prep time and a few more steps to make but certainly worth the effort!

Sauerbraten

Marinade:

2 cups water
1 cup cider vinegar
1 cup red wine vinegar
1 med onion, chopped
1 large carrot, chopped
1 Tablespoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 bay leaves
6 whole cloves
1 teaspoon mustard seeds*

3 ½ - 4 pounds boneless chuck roast
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil

Cooking Ingredients:

Oil
4-5 carrots – sliced or quartered
Medium onion, chopped
A small tomato or 1/4 cup ketchup
1/3 cup sugar
Packet brown gravy mix
cornstarch

Chocolate Chip Cookie in a Mug

Most people crave a little something sweet now and then.  The bad part about making your own goodies is that the recipe makes either a whole cake or 2 dozen cookies.  This little treat in a mug will satisfy your sweet tooth, makes a minimal mess, and controls your portion. 

Chocolate Chip Cookie in a Mug                                                              Printable Recipe

1 Tablespoon butter
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 Tablespoon brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon vanilla
pinch salt
1 egg yolk
3 Tablespoons flour (Jovial einkorn flour can be substituted)
1 Tablespoon mini chocolate chips

In your mug, melt butter (takes about 25 seconds if cold, check often so it doesn't boil.) Add sugars, vanilla, and salt.

Foodie Friends Friday Linky Party #94

Welcome to the

Linky Party!!

Foodie Friends Friday will now have a Guest Host each week! 

(If you are interested in being a Guest Host for future parties, please contact me or any of our regular weekly hosts.)

This week Janette from Culinary Ginger joins us! 

Please visit her pages...

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/culinaryginger
Blog: http://www.culinaryginger.com/

Sunflower Cupcakes Tutorial

My blogger friend Ally from Ally's Sweet and Savory Eats is having a baby! My fellow Iowa Bloggers and I are throwing her a virtual baby shower.  I made sunflower cupcakes.

Please check out the rest of the goodies at Blissfully Delicious!

Sunflower Cupcakes Tutorial

Yellow cake cupcakes (or white cake mix tinted yellow)
Your favorite frosting recipe (see mine here)
Buttercup and/or yellow Paste color
# 352 or 366 LEAF decorating Tip
Sandwich cookies
Decorating Bag (I use disposable ones)

Tint your frosting.  Use just a small amount of paste to color the frosting. It doesn't take much and if you put too much in you can't go back! Add icing to decorator bag fitted with decorating tip. 

Maple and Citrus Glazed Fish

My family likes fish and love REAL maple syrup so I came up with this glaze for something a little different for them.  I am not a fish fan myself but I tried a bite anyway.  It didn't win me over to love fish but it make me think that this glaze would be quite tasty on a piece of chicken and will try it the next time I make this fish for my family. 

Maple and Citrus Glazed Fish

1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
few dashes or cracks of salt
1 pound white fish (I used Swai)

Combine orange juice and maple syrup in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook 5-6 minutes. Add salt and stir.

Foodie Friends Friday Linky Party #93

Welcome to the

Linky Party!!

Foodie Friends Friday will now have a Guest Host each week! 

(If you are interested in being a Guest Host for future parties, please contact me or any of our regular weekly hosts.)

This week Patty from Cooking on a Budget joins us! 

Her blog page is full of recipes from her family, her creations and those she makes her own.

Please visit her pages...

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cooking-On-A-Budget/363683003697900
Blog: http://pattyandersonsblog.blogspot.com/

"Cinco de Mayo" Linky Party

An InLinkz Link-up

Restaurant Style Salsa and Chips

Sit down at a Mexican restaurant and the first things they bring you are chips and salsa.  I have to tell myself to quit eating them to leave room for the main meal.   If you want to make your own at home this recipe has several shortcuts from my original homemade salsa that can be preserved and shows you how to make your own chips.

Restaurant Style Salsa and Chips                                                     Printable Recipe

28 oz can petite or regular diced tomatoes

1/3 cup minced onions

1/3 cup minced green peppers

1-2 teaspoons green chiles (add more if you like it hotter)

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 dash of red cayenne pepper

up to 1/4 cup lime juice - start off with a tablespoon and add to taste

small handful of cilantro, chopped (optional)

canola oil

yellow or white corn tortillas

For salsa:

Add the ingredients tomatoes through the cilantro to blender or food processor and pulse. Blend it until it is as smooth as you want.  If you like it really chunky, use the petite diced sized tomatoes and all of the ingredients can be mixed in a bowl instead.

For chips:

Cut tortillas into 4 or 6 pieces.

Heat oil to 350 degrees in small pan (or until you dip an edge of a tortilla into the oil and it bubbles.) You can use a large fryer if you are making lots of chips.

Cook tortillas for a minute or so, then flip.  Cook until almost starts to brown.  You need the moisture cooked out of the chips so they aren't chewy but you don't want them burnt.  Drain on paper towels. 

Foodie Friends Friday Linky Party #92

Welcome to the

Linky Party!!

This week we are starting something new and exciting... Foodie Friends Friday will now have a Guest Host each week! 

(If you are interested in being a Guest Host for future parties, please contact me or any of our regular weekly hosts.)

This week Sandi from A New York Foodie joins us! 

She is a native New "Yawk-er" has been blogging for a few years now. She believes in eating foods with lots of colors as they are the healthiest. While she tries to cook as healthy as possible, she in no way substitutes flavor.

Please visit her pages...

BLOG: http://anewyorkfoodie.com/

FB page: https://www.facebook.com/ANewYorkFoodie

Mexican Chicken Alfredo

Most times when I go to the Mexican restaurant or even here at home when I make my own chicken fajitas I have leftovers  Although delicious, sometimes another meal of the same dish just doesn't appeal.  I took my garlic cream sauce (minus the garlic and spinach) and mixed it with pasta and my leftover chicken fajitas to make this re-vamped dish.  So creamy but with a little kick!

Mexican Chicken Alfredo

Olive oil
1 T flour** 
1/2 cup white wine (less if yours is strong flavored)
2 cups half and half (I use whole goat milk)
1 to 1-1/2 cups shredded Parmesan (not the stuff in the shaker)

6 ounces pasta, cooked and drained (I used Tinkyada gluten free)
Leftover chicken fajita meat and veggies, chopped
1 to 2 cups shredded Mexi blend cheese, Chihuahua cheese, and/or mozzarella