Mishaps of a housewife

This recipe is delicious! Surprisingly, the maple flavor is not too powerful. Goes great with some caramelized onions! Ingredients: 1/4 cup maple syrup 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 clove garlic, minced 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 pound salmon In a small bowl, mix the maple syrup, soy sauce, garlic, salt, and pepper. Arrange foil in a shallow glass baking dish that is long enough for the salmon. Place the salmon in the middle of the foil, then pour the maple mixture on top. Wrap the salmon in the foil, adding another piece if necessary. M arinate salmon in the refrigerator for up to 30 minutes, but no more, turning once. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place the baking dish in the preheated oven, and bake salmon in the foil for 20-25 minutes, or until easily flaked with a fork.

Ok, folks, don't knock it until you've tried it. This is a surprisingly delicious, moist chocolate cake. Ingredients: 1 C. margarine or butter, softened, divided 1 1/2 C. packed dark brown sugar 3 eggs at room temp 2-3 oz. dark chocolate 5 medium beets (2 C. pureed) 1 t. vanilla extract 2 C. all-purpose flour 2 t. baking soda 1/4 t. salt 1/2 t. cinnamon 1/4 t. nutmeg confectioners’ sugar for dusting Directions: To make beet puree, trim stems and roots off beets and quarter them. Place in heavy sauce pan filled with water. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer for 50 mins or until the beets are tender. Drain off remaining liquid and rinse beets in cold water as they’ll be too hot to handle otherwise. Slide skins off and place beets in blender or food processor. Process until a smooth puree forms. Let cool slightly before using in cake. In a mixing bowl, cream 3/4 cup margarine and brown sugar. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Melt chocolate with re

Randy and I have joined a CSA (community supported agriculture). We've loved it! You first sign up for a year long membership, but you are not committed to deliveries every week. You pay per week, for either an order that will be enough for 2-3 people, or a larger one that would probably feed a family of 4-6. The website is https://www.moorefarmsandfriends.com/ . That being said, most of my dinners lately have included lots of veggies, in ways that I never thought I would like them. The following is one such recipe. Props to my sister, April, for this recipe. It was delicious! Winter Vegetable Hot Pot Use whatever vegetables you have on hand in this richly flavoured and substantial one- pot meal. Serves 4 2 onions, sliced 4 carrots, sliced 1 small swede (rutabega), sliced 2 parsnips, sliced 3 small turnips, sliced 1/2 celeriac, cut into matchsticks 2 leeks, thinly sliced 1 garlic clove, chopped 1 bay leaf, crumbled 2 Tbsp chopped fresh mixed herbs, such as parsley and thyme 1 1/4