Last Saturday's JIGS and Cheesy Egg Puffs

We had a light attendance at last Saturdays meeting at 209 Main and one of the highlights was Toni bringing her egg muffin recipe. Toni had gifted me with some of her muffins a couple of years ago and I had requested her recipe. It makes an excellent item to have in the freezer on our trip south. On any trip really. And they are mighty tasty!

Recipe:   Cheesy Egg Puffs      
Category: Breakfast/Brunch
Author:   Toni Roberts

1/2 lb fresh mushrooms, sliced
4 green onions, chopped
1 Tablespoon plus 1/2 cup butter or margarine, divided
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
10 eggs lightly beaten
4 cups (16 oz) shredded Monterey Jack cheese
4 cups (16oz) small-curd cottage cheese

In a skillet, saute the mushrooms and onions in 1 tablespoon butter until tender. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. In another bowl combine eggs and cheeses. Melt remaining butter;add to egg mixture. Stir into dry ingredients along with mushroom mixture.
Fill greased muffin cups 3/4 full; Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes or until a knife inserted towards the center comes out clean. Carefully run a knife around
edge of muffin cups before removing. Yield: 2 1/2 dozen.
Toni's notes:
"I use 1 dozen eggs for one recipe and 2 dozen eggs for a double recipe. I double all the ingredients EXCEPT the onions and mushrooms for a double recipe. Makes 5 dozen doubled. Freezes well- Microwave 30 seconds for a fast breakfast."

Bike Trail pics in October

Spaghetti Pie

My original Spaghetti Pie recipe called for a full pound of ground beef, but now I only use half a pound per pie. I find half a pound to be more than enough. This recipe could also be made with ground turkey, Italian bulk sausage, TVP (texturized vegetable protein), or no meat (or meat substitutes) at all.

SPAGHETTI PIE (from: Frozen Assets)
(6 servings)

• 6 oz. dry spaghetti noodles
• 2 tbsp butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
• 2 well-beaten eggs
• 1/2 lb ground beef
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 (8-oz.) can Italian-style stewed tomatoes (don’t drain)
• 1 (6-oz.) can tomato paste
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp dried oregano, crushed
• 1/2 clove garlic, minced
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup cheese (your choice: mozzarella, cheddar, American, or Moneterey Jack), shredded

Cook spaghetti noodles. Drain. Stir margarine into hot noodles until melted. Stir in Parmesan cheese and eggs. Form pasta mixture into a crust shape in a buttered 9-inch pie plate. In skillet, cook ground beef and onions until meat is browned. Drain. Stir into ground beef, tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar , oregano and garlic. Heat through. Spread cottage cheese over bottom of spaghetti crust. Top with tomato/meat mixture. Sprinkle grated cheese over all. Cover pie pan with foil; label and freeze.

To Serve: Thaw. Bake, covered, for 25 minutes at 350 F. Remove foil and bake for 5 minutes more until cheese is lightly browned.

Tentative

We have a tentative leaving date of next Tuesday. We have made ourselves a cozy little nest here and for the first time we might be content to stay but we still have enough 'winter memory' stored up to know that half way through we would be living in regret city. So our next week will be getting the motorhome and ourselves ready to roll.

"Just Enough"
by Lisa Gocochea-

'I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain
so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish enough 'Hello's' to get you through the final 'Goodbye.'

Leo's Birthday

It was Leo's birthday yesterday and Keri invited us out for supper to help him celebrate and celebrate we did. We had Leo's favorites-Pot roast, corn and French silk pie. And it was prepared by Keri of course so you know it wasn't just any old pot roast. Leo was able to Skype with grandson Brady so his day was complete. And just so you know, Leo does not have old coot status yet but he is only a couple years away from it.

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