A Cajun Pantry

Weekend Delights

Friday:

• Excellent Tuna Salad---This one is a keeper for hot summer days:

2 cans tuna, 2 chopped eggs, 1/2 cup finely diced unpeeled Granny Smith apple, diced plum tomato, 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 1 tbsp. finely slivered fresh basil leaves, toasted peasant bread

Toss the tuna, eggs, tomato, and apples together. Season with a little salt if desired.

Stir mayonnaise and basil together then gently fold into the tuna mixture.

Serve as a salad on buttered lettuce with toasted peasant bread as an aside or as sandwiches on the toasted peasant bread.

For Weekend:

• Bacon-Roasted Chicken
• Creamy German Potato Salad
• Asparagus Spears
• Corn
• Chocolate Chip Cookies

• Pizza
• Fresh cantaloupe
• Apple Pie

(Picture "Apple Pie Harvest" by Janet Krushamp: Take a peek at her art work at her website  http://www.janetkruskamp.com/. Beautiful!)

Brie-Burgers & Pie

These brie burgers are good, oh-so-good!

A warning: the brie cheese is addictive and is a tasty way for your mouth to pass the time while the burgers are cooking.

Yum!

And this Crustless Pumpkin Pie...was it as good as the aroma promised and as pleasing on the palate as it looked to the eyes?

Let's just say...

It was sinfully scrumptious!

These recipes can be found in the cookbook Coming Home to Gooseberry Patch.

What's Cooking in August?

Monday:

• (Breakfast) Oatmeal
• (Lunch) ETA: Kayleigh is in the kitchen cooking chicken breasts marinated in Italian Herb Dressing & learning how to cook a pot of brown rice the old-fashion way on the stovetop
• (Supper) Chicken & Sausage Jambalaya
• Roasted Tomatoes & Onions w/ Fresh Ricotta served w/ fresh basil on toasted peasant bread

Tuesday:

• Brie-Stuffed Burgers
• Crunchy Apple-Pear Salad

Wednesday:

• Golden Shepherd's Pie
• Crustless Pumpkin Pie served w/ cinnamon/nutmeg flavored whipped cream & nuts

Thursday:

• Leftovers

Friday:

• (Breakfast) Carrot Pancakes w/ cream cheese spread (HT: Angie) and an aside of strawberries with whipped cream topping
• (Lunch) Fresh Tuna Salad
• (Tea Time) Ice Cream Treat
• (Supper) Shrimp Stuffed Avocados

Food Yummies

Ice Cream Cones

Ingredients: Bugle chips & flavored cream cheese

Strawberry Shake

Ingredients: strawberry yogurt, whipped cream, pink sugar, cap of whipped cream can, pink lemonade powder

The girls found that the lemonade powder made the shake utterly tart, so we would advise you leaving this out of your shake.

Close-up of shakes.

Bite-Size S'mores

Ingredients: Golden Grahams cereal, mini-marshmallows, chocolate chips

 

Stay tuned for more food yummies:  pizza, peanut butter kiss cookies, field of flowers in marshmallow flower pots, sub sandwiches, watermelon, cinnamon rolls and doll-size doughnuts

All tiny treat ideas come from Tiny Treats: Fun Foods to Make and Eat American Girl book.