Made this recipe with low-fat sour cream and a bit mayonnaise, deliciously creamy, and loved the fruitiness from the apples. This coleslaw is delicious at many ways, topping for burgers, sandwiches, even hot dogs, pulled pork...
Delicious chili made with succulent beef, sausage, tomatoes and kidney beans. Great served by itself or with a bread bowl!
Old-fashioned 14-day sweet pickles canned at home. A traditional brine-and-syrup method that builds crisp sweet-tart [cucumbers](/recipes/cucumber) over two weeks, finished with celery seed and pickling spice.
Creamy Southern coleslaw with buttermilk ranch dressing, apple cider vinegar, celery seeds, and whole mustard seeds. Make it ahead and let it marinate overnight for the best flavor.
Skip store-bought packets and make your own Italian dressing mix that will keep in the pantry for up to a year.
A delicious meat pie is great at Christmas. Feel free to use ground beef, pork, lamb or a combination of different meats. Make a few of these meat pies a few weeks in advance, then freeze them in the freezer. Reheat it in the oven directly out of the freezer just before serving.
Hanz's Swiss-German bratwurst: a homemade pork and veal sausage seasoned with white wine and freshly ground spices, double-ground for a fine texture and stuffed into hog casings. An old family recipe.
Apple-lovage chutney pairs autumn apples with fresh lovage, ginger, mustard seed, and golden raisins, then water-bath cans for shelf-stable jars. A garden-to-pantry preserve with a celery-bright herbal twist.
Imitation crab salad just like the deli case: flaked surimi tossed with celery, a light mayo and sour cream dressing, Old Bay, and celery seed. A cool, creamy seafood salad for sandwiches, crackers, or a bed of greens.
Bought a small bag of mini cucumbers, made this pickle recipe, and it was sweet, a bit sour and crunchy. Delicious with most of the meals.
Sweet gherkin pickles: classic four-day pickling process for whole baby cucumbers with sugar, vinegar, turmeric, and pickling spices. Crunchy sweet-tart canned pickles for the pantry.
This is an easy to make version of real homemade Canadian Bacon. Also known as peameal bacon in Canada. Works wonderfully for peameal on a bun.
Sweet gherkin pickles made the old-fashioned way with a four-day brine and gradual sugar buildup. Crisp, spiced cucumber pickles preserved with cinnamon, allspice, mustard, and clove for the pantry shelf.
Lamb and spinach pita sandwiches with stuffed lamb patties, hard-boiled egg, olives, cucumber, and a yogurt-bacon-sunflower seed sauce. A creative Mediterranean-style pocket sandwich.
Here's a homemade steak sauce that will have you licking your plate. Do that when the children aren't looking!
Ripe tomatoes hollowed out and stuffed with a crunchy corn and cabbage slaw dressed in balsamic vinegar and tofu mayo. Low-fat, no-cook, and ready in 15 minutes for your next summer cookout.