Category: Grandpa’s Use Only
These recipes are for Grandpa and his family. This category includes recipes from magazines, TV shows, newspapers, and other sources where I don’t have permission to republish the recipes, but still feels they are recipes that he may want to cook for himself at a later time.
Cuban Beef Hash
Milked Rice
Grandpa’s SOS Creamed Beef
Good: 2 handfuls ground beef
Better: 1 handful ground beef and 1 ground pork or turkey
Best: 1/2 pound corned beef
Cook meat until browned
Good: Add 1 can Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup then heat
Best: in a medium sized skillet…
Fry 1 piece of bacon, cut into bits
Add 1 TBL butter
Add 1/4 diced onion
Add 1 clove fresh minced garlic
Add 1 hefty splash of Worcestershire sauce
Sprinkle in 1 tbl flour . DO NOT be tempted to add more
Cook till browned
Drizzle in 1 C cold milk stirring continually
Stir until thickened – about 4-8 minutes
Serve over drop biscuits
Top with a poached egg
Cherry Rose Rolls
French Toast Casserole
Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo
Chocolate Maringues
Pasta, Tomatoes, Chicken and Basil
Quick Bread
Hash Brown Potato Quiche
Choriza a la Sidra
Bacalao Croquettes
Masa Corn Tortilla
2.5 cups Masa
2.5 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup melted butter
Roll into golf ball sized balls
Let set 10 minutes
Flatten in tortilla press
Brown in ungreased cast-iron skillet
Rollatini Chicken
Pallard chicken breast slices
Layer proschuito, cheese, parsley
Roll and secure with toothpick
Roll in flour and fry in EVOO to caramelize
Remove chicken
Add onion, garlic, salt, pepper flake, oil
When browned, put chicken back in
Deglaze with white wine
Add crushed tomatoes and salt
When boils, cover and reduce to simmer
Irish Reuben
- Pastrami or corned beef – 4-6 oz
- Lay meat flat and grilled
- Top with sauerkraut and then provolone or Gruyere
- Splash a little Guiness next to it and cover with a deep lid till cheese melts (about 30 seconds)
- Prepare marbled rye slices. Buttered on outside
- Put bread onto your grill
- Top with meat, cheese and cabbage
- Spread with spicy mustard and thousand island dressing
- Grill like a grilled cheese sandwich
- Serve with a dill pickle spear
Double Jack Stew
(1) Skirt steak . Chunked
. Marinate 24 hours
Applejack, Jack Daniels, stout, mustard, agave syrup, garlic, salt, pepper
(2) Strain . Reserve liquid
Sear meat over high heat
Chopped onion to caramelize
Add a bit of flour
(4) Stir to combine and brown
Splash Jack Daniels to deglaze
Add oregano, bay leaf, thyme,
Add chicken stock to deglaze
Beef stock to bring up to stew level
Drop heat and simmer 60 minutes
(6) Add carrot, turnips, potatoes
Cover and Simmer 15 more minutes
(8) Add1/2 c of buttermilk mixed with 3 tbl flour
Boxty Cakes
(3) Separate pot . Heat to brown cauliflower
Pieces of cauliflower
Add chicken stock . Cook 20 minutes
(5) Potatoes . Peeled and cubed
Use strainer to remove after 10 minutes
Add a bit of cream cheese
Beat to blend
(7) Grate one potato and cover with milk
Add 1 beaten egg, thyme, garlic, baking powder, salt, pepper, flour
Create a dough
Mix in with cooked potatoes above
Add chicken stock if it is too dry
Almost like pancake batter
Flip like a pancake
(9) Top pancake with stew
Dollop with sour cream
Garnish with greens
Potluck Pairs
Marinara and Pasta
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
Turkey and Stuffing
Creamed Chicken and Buns
Corn Bread and Chili
Cereal and Milk Boxes
Ice Cream and Brownies
Peaches and Cream
Rhubarb Compote
Slice rhubarb thinly and on a bias
Do not eat leaves . Oxalic acid
2 TBL water boiling in a pan
Add 2/3 C sugar
3-4 C rhubarb
Simmer for 20 minutes
Set aside to let cool
Quinoa and Kale Salad
You can modify this recipe however you would like. What is shown here is as follows:
Blanched kale julienne strips
Halved grapes – green or purple
Cooked quinoa
Red bell pepper – diced
Sunflower seeds
lemon zest
Parmesan Reggiano cheese . grated
Dressing:
Minced manchego cheese
Egg beaten with drizzled oil
Minced garlic
Vinegar
















