Summer Squash and Ham Frittata

1 large yellow summer squash, sliced and salted
4-5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, or more as needed
5 small potatoes, thinly sliced
1 large onion, thinly sliced
3 slices of ham cubed up
6 eggs
Freshly ground black pepper
1 cup grated Cheddar
1 tbs basil
1 tbs rosemary 


Preheat to 350. Slice squash and let sit in salt for 30 minutes. Put oil in pan and add the potatoes and onions plus pepper. Let cook until browned and remove from heat onto paper towel. Add squash and ham to pan and cook until tender and slightly browned on edges. Remove from heat with the potatoes and onions. 


Mix eggs and spices in bowl. Add cheese, squash, and potato mixes. Pour everything into a well greased round cake pan ON TOP of stove on medium and cook like that for about 10 minutes. Once the edges are cooked put the pan INSIDE the oven for about 10 minutes or until totally cooked. 

Summer Squash Quiche

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• Ingredients:
• 1 (8-ounce) can refrigerated crescent rolls
• 2 teaspoons mustard
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3 yellow squash (about 4 cups)
• 1-2 shiitake mushrooms (about 1-2 cups)
• 2 garlic cloves, pressed
• 1/4 teaspoon parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon basil
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon salt + pepper
• 2  eggs
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella

Preheat oven to 375° 

• Unroll crescent rolls; press dough on bottom and up sides of a 10-inch tart pan.
• Bake at 375° for 6 minutes or until lightly browned. Gently press crust down with a wooden spoon. Spread crust with mustard, and set aside.
• Melt butter and garlic in a large pan on medium. Add squash and mushrooms; sauté until tender. Remove from heat; stir in spices.
• Whisk together eggs and milk in a large bowl; stir in cheese and vegetable mixture. Pour over crust.
• Bake at 375° for 20 to 25 minutes or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.

AMAZING peach dumplings.

1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. water
1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 c. (1/2 stick) butter
1/2 - 2/3 c. milk
4 med. size fresh peaches, pared and halved
1/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
Milk or half and half

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Whisk to dissolve sugar; set aside.

Combine flour, baking powder and salt in small deep mixing bowl; whisk to blend. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Gradually add milk, mixing with a fork until flour is moistened.

Gather up dough with fingers and press into a ball. Roll dough on lightly floured surface. Place a peach half on each.

Combine 1/4 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon; sprinkle 1 heaping teaspoon on each peach. Bring opposite corners of pastry to center; pinch edges to seal. Place in a buttered 2 quart shallow baking dish; pour sugar and water mixture around dumplings. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until lightly browned. Serve warm with milk or half and half. 8 servings.

Substitute pared apple halves for peaches.

Vegan Clam Chowder Recipe

I wanted some dumplings [like southern chicken n dumplings] but being a vegetarian I couldn't make them as they're usually made. I planned on making 'veggies n dumplings' but it turned out tasting like clam chowder...probably because I didn't have any veggies.

Broth:

2 cups water

1 cup soy milk

2-4 bay leaves

TSP of tarragon

TSP of pepper

TPS onion salt

2 big spoons of miso paste

So you just put all these in a pot to simmer on the stove. Make sure the soy paste totally dissolves. I really don't know the measurements but these are close. While that is simmering you start to make the dumplings. They are what add texture in the soup.

Dumplings:

One egg

1 cup unsifted flour

TSP of salt

1/3 cup soy milk

Ok with the soy milk don't add too much otherwise you'll need more flour. you just mix all this in a bowl really well. Add flour until you can make it into balls like pizza dough or cookie dough. Make sure the broth is kinda boiling but not to any extreme and start making little balls out of the dough and just dropping them in there. They only take 10 minutes to cook so once you start adding them you'll be done within 20 minutes.

If you make it tell me how you like it!

Apple Pies

This is what my family called them. They are pastries filled with apple stuff. I made some home made ones with my aunt/uncle in Georgia a few days ago. They're SOOOO good.

First you boil apples, then you peel them, then you mix them in with cinnamon, sugar, and whatever else you want. They should be all squishy like pie filling. 

You cool that [they froze it and then dethawed it?] 

So then you get canned biscuits. You take one out and split it in half hamburger ways. You lay out wax paper and put flour on it [so the biscuit doesn't stick to it] and you put the biscuit on it, putting flour on top of the biscuit too. You roll out the biscuit until it's REALLY thin [a little thicker than card stock paper] and then you put a spoon[or more] of the coldish apple stuff on it. After that you fold over the biscuit so it's a half circle and you press the open edges with a fork so they are totally closed. 

After that you put a little butter on top of the whole thing, and about a spoon of sugar and some cinnamon. 

I don't know what temp you put the oven at but you cook the pies from 15-30 minutes. We made around 25 of them. 

Oh yeah spray the pan.