Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler

Winter Break Holidays have begun! Two and a half weeks of the kid table counterpart being home. This means three meals a day have to be made to sustain his growing appetite. Not an easy chore since most meals at school are sugar laden garbage and home is not. It is a simple as that. Luckily for him, a friend from school is hanging out tonight so the kid table counterpart has been spared something healthy(ish). Tonight's dinner hailed from school lunches: deep fried chicken tenders, frozen Luby's Mac and Cheese, fresh green beans, and Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler.

Modifications Made:

Being December and all, fresh peaches are a wee bit difficult to come by so two large cans of sliced peaches in peach juice was used instead. Filling honey was omitted as the peaches were sweet enough from the can and ginger was increased to 3/4 teaspoon. Topping sugar content was reduced by 1/4 cup

Scaled for Likability: Good

Dutch oven cobblers remind me of my days as a girl/boy scout. This was like that but better as it wasn't burnt on the bottom and lacked that smokey/ash taste. Bread filling was moist and buttery and fluffy enough to not be dumpling flat. Peaches were firm with just enough sweetness to allow for ice cream (boo, there was none. Best yet, it was the prefect amount for four servings. No arguing over leftovers!

Papas a La Mexicana (Ranchera)

It is a crying shame that there are six hens and not a egg in sight. What am I supposed to do with homemade ranchero sauce? Thankfully with a few quick searches of the internet a recipe from my hometown newspaper was discovered: Papas Ranchera . Not once in the thirty years I lived in my hometown did I ever eat at a local food joint serving papas rancheras. No time like the present to remedy this cultural dish. Because this recipe is hidden behind a paywall (grrr...) I have included it here for you: Servings: 4-6 Ingredients: 1 pound potatoes, diced 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1/2 large onion 1 1/2 medium tomatoes 3 jalapenos 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup juice from canned tomatoes Instructions: Fry potatoes in vegetable oil until lightly browned (about 4-6 minutes). Saute onions, tomatoes, jalapenos until soft. Add garlic powder and salt. Add tomato juice until vegetables are covered (may need to add water). Bring to a boil and then add po...

Better Than Campbell's Old Fashion Vegetable Soup

Went to the store with the hopes of gathering fresh produce for soup. With more than 45 people in line for two packages of any meat product and the produce section containing only avocado, orange, and most randomly, strawberries, I settled upon canned soup. Well not canned soup since that section was still void of food, too. Instead soup made from canned goods as the canned vegetable section had been mostly restocked. Soups like this 15 Minute Vegetable Soup are ideal in dire food situations such as current times. Modifications Made: Plain petite diced tomatoes omitted, frozen carrots instead of canned, green beans and corn undrained, peas omitted (gross, nasty little pods), one cup celery, three cups diced potatoes, one can tomato sauce, two beef and two pollo de tomate bouillon cubes, six cups water. Once onions were softened, carrots/celery/potatoes/juice of green beans and corn, sauce, bouillon cubes, water were added and allowed to simmer until carrots almos...

Cold Corn Bean Salsa

Nothing says junk food like chips and salsa, chips and cheese dip, chips and guacamole. Over the years I have perfected my salsa. It's good on tacos, on nachos, on enchiladas, and of course on chips. Just because I have the best salsa doesn't mean I don't like to try new salsa's like this Best Black Bean and Corn Salsa. Modifications Made: Shoepeg corn was replaced with one can of standard yellow corn with no salt added. Petite diced tomatoes were reduced by half. Italian dressing was swapped for half teaspoon comino, half teaspoon of chili powder, and two tablespoon of fresh lime juice. Salsa was made and let rest for two hours before eating. Scaled for Likability: Good Salsa this was not. Good it was however. It was too much for chips by themselves but was great served over a soft beef taco.

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