Notes about Recipes in this book

• Green onion and corn fritters

  • ulieitel1 on May 15, 2026

    Recipe does not need any water added to it. The egg white provides plenty of moisture. Also replaced rice flour with all purpose flour, as it binds much better. With those “tweaks”, the fritters came out very tasty. Great side dish!

• Pinto beans

  • angrygreycat on July 12, 2018

    Good basic Pinto Bean recipe. I served over brown rice. I didn't worry about soaking because I cooked the beans for 7 minutes in the instant pot and let it natural release. Then I started with the recipe from there and it went together very quickly, instead of cooking for 2 1/2 hours I cooked them for about 45 minutes.

  • kbrooks on May 22, 2024

    Good basic side for a Mexican meal. I brine the beans overnight in salted water, then rinse thoroughly before proceeding with the recipe. This shortens the cooking time. Also don't add the salt until the beans are cooked. You can also shred the ham hock meat into the beans at the end.

• Fresh corn salsa

  • angrygreycat on June 30, 2019

    Made this to go with Buttermilk chicken. The evaporated milk and butter gives this a very creamy consistency. Almost like a succotash liquid.

• Simple sautéed asparagus

  • kbrooks on March 21, 2026

    Definitely simple. The 2 step cooking process of blanching and sauteeing brings out the best tasting asparagus. Who'd have thought just a touch of peanut oil and rice vinegar would make such a difference. Perfect way to use in season fresh asparagus!

• Best Yankee meatloaf with oven-cured tomatoes

  • kbrooks on September 24, 2025

    Delicious meatloaf! Made exactly as written except for substituting ground chicken for the veal and reducing the chili powder to 1/2 tablespoon. Also only put strips of bacon on top of the meatloaf; didn't line the bottom of the pan with bacon. Seemed like way too much bacon as written. Nice fine textured juicy meatloaf. Didn't make the accompanying side of oven cured tomatoes, but may do it next time as I'll definitely be making this again.

• Garden peas in shallot butter

  • kbrooks on May 02, 2026

    Nice simple treatment for green peas.

• Buttermilk biscuits

  • angrygreycat on September 09, 2018

    This is my go-to buttermilk biscuit recipe. Made these again this morning with breakfast. Rise nicely and tender inside.