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Today Friday Faves is all about apples. Why? Well, because March 11th is Johnny Appleseed Day! Do you remember studying about the pot-for-a-hat guy named John Chapman who traveled around the country planting apple trees? There are actually 2 dates listed as Johnny Appleseed Day. September 26 is reportedly the day of his birth and March 11 is his estimated death date. So, while a birth seems like a better thing to celebrate than a death, both of these dates are recorded as Johnny's Day! John Chapman was a pioneer who planted apple trees and sold apple trees as he traveled west. As he traveled, the legend grew and he was nicknamed Johnny Appleseed. Disney even made a video about American legends that include Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan and John Henry. I am sure my children own this Steven Kellogg version storybook about Johnny Appleseed, too. Well, we are willing to give a big shout-out to John Chapman any time of year because we love so many things about apples!
When I asked Madalynn for her favorite apple related thing, she first thought of something Johnny Appleseed had nothing to do with, her iphone. She currently has the 6s and she loves it. It has so much space and takes great pictures. She purchased a refurbished iphone, which significantly lowered the price.
Don't forget to order the case! We have learned from sad experience that iphones are very slippery without a case. Then they break and the repairs can be costly.
Now, getting back to the edible apples, Alicia answered that she loves warm apple pie with a scoop of ice cream on top. We have past posts that teach apple pie and how to can pie filling. Also, don't forget my mom's crust recipe!
I love apple pie, too. And I really love the Cinnamon Red Hot Apples Rings that I showed you how to can. (We finished those off really quickly!) I also love Chunky Apple Pancakes. I really love apple motifs on craft projects. One of these days I will make a video to show you how I painted these heart apple ornaments: But, when Lindsey told me that her fave is Apple Crisp, I knew that I had to make one and share it with you and my family today. That warm, sweet, crisp topping on Apple Crisp is definitely comfort food. My version uses both brown and white sugars.
This is an easy and quick recipe. I hope you will enjoy it.
Thanks Johnny Appleseed! What are your favorite apple things?
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Hi guys, sorry I've been a little MIA lately. I'm trying to get a handle on this whole mom thing. Those newborn months are hard, am I right? And I have a good baby! I can't imagine if she were colicky or just loved to cry.
Anyway, I digress. I am here now with a recipe! You saw that my mom posted recently about a crustless quiche she made. She mentioned that she thought of it because my brother has been doing the Keto diet. Well, he's been pretty successful on it so far and it has inspired my husband to (semi) try it out. He says he is easing into it. I'm fine with him eating less bread because I am pretty sure he has a gluten intolerance. So I've been trying to make more low carb recipes, and PH loves Asian inspired dishes. I don't know if this Beef and Broccoli Bowl is really a keto friendly recipe, because I haven't really read into it to know if the ingredients I used in the sauce would be permissible. It was tasty though! Whenever we go to Panda Express I get the Beef and Broccoli Bowl because its lower calories and this reminded me of that dish.
PH liked it so much I made it twice in one week. I'll let you in on a little secret. We found a recipe to use, which called for beef broth. Well, we didn't have any, but we do have a few packages of Top Ramen. (This is what happens when you have a baby and send your husband to do the grocery shopping. He kept coming home with Ramen. And Oatmeal Cookies. And Bologna. Until I yelled at him.) Anyway, I used the seasoning package from the beef broth mixed with 1 and a half cups of water and it worked great! I also made some brown rice and we had a delicious dinner, and lunch the next day!
This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking them, we will be compensated, but there is no additional cost to you. All opinions expressed are our own. Thank you for your support. Because St. Patrick's Day is in March, Alicia is sharing recipes from Ireland with us this month. Yesterday she shared this delicious Bacon and Cabbage Pot Pie. She forgot to mention in her post that when my husband and I did our DNA tests, he found out that he is 38% Irish! So, while St. Patrick's Day has always been one of those holidays we have given a fun nod to by having green milk at breakfast, wearing green and eating Corned Beef and Cabbage and maybe the occasional shamrock shaped sugar cookie, we now feel that perhaps we can add a little more to the fun of what we can now consider part of our family heritage, ha ha! Madalynn and I came up with a couple of fun printables to decorate the house with. We worked on them independently, but it is funny that we both came up with kind of tongue in cheek ideas that go with the idea of being pinched if you aren't wearing green! My idea involves an owl, of course. You can print off this little owl print today by clicking the button below. Madalynn's printable is more direct! Ha Ha! I love it! This one we are putting up for our subscribers, so go to your subscriber's printable link. What? You haven't subscribed? Then go to the top of the page and do it now! There are a lot of printables on that link just for you. We showed how to frame interchangeable printables on this post. I keep adding to my collection. Next, I thought my grandchildren would get a kick out of some little shamrock mints. They helped me put the little decorative pearls on them, and it was so hard for them to wait for the mints to dry and be ready to eat! I used my Wilton Cookie Press to make these St. Patrick's Day Mints, so they were so simple to form. I am happy that I have found another use for my Cookie Press besides using it for Spritz Cookies! If you are planning a party for St. Patrick's Day, Alicia had some great ideas that she shared last year! Check out this post and see! So there you go! Some simple ways to add a little fun to your St. Patrick's Day! Watch for more recipes from Alicia this month as well! Whether you are celebrating your Irish heritage or just enjoying the St. Patrick's Day tradition, we hope you have a ton of fun!
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Hey guys it’s Alicia and I have a really fun recipe for you today. I’m starting my Irish recipes. If you don’t know what I’m talking about I’ve been doing a series of posts of international recipes you can find German recipes here and my Ecuadorian recipes here from February. I still actually have one Ecuadorian recipe left. March is Ireland.
And today we have a twist on a classic Irish dish. Irish Bacon and Cabbage Pie
So in Ireland there’s a dish called bacon and cabbage and it’s a sliced boiled ham with boiled cabbage. But I found this Donal Skehan recipe where he made it into a mini pies.
I really like this idea so I thought I would make a larger version. Preparing the Bacon
His recipe calls for bacon joint and I didn’t know what that was. I looked it up and I found that in Ireland and other parts of Europe much of the pig is referred to as bacon (as opposed to what Americans think of as bacon) except for the leg because that is ham. Specifically, a bacon joint is from the front end of the pig and marbled with fat. So I decided I would just get some pork shoulder and brine it with some seasonings commonly used in Irish cooking.
I prepared the brine 3 days before I planned to make the pie. I let my pork marinate in the brine that whole time. When it was done I boiled it in enough water to cover the pork, until the pork was just done. The meat came out very tender and juicy. It was quite delicious. I didn’t want to over cook it because I knew it’d be getting a bake in the oven. Later when I realized he had a video (after I had already bought my ingredients) I saw that he was actually using ham! Ham would be good in this recipe as well. But I do really like the flavor my pork got from the brine. Preparing the Bacon and Cabbage Pie
For the crust of my pie I used the recipe we shared with you before, Mom’s Pie Crust. A classic recipe in my family. I made the dough and then refrigerated it while I prepared the filling for the pie. This made the dough a bit easier to handle.
The filling is full of vegetables and a beautiful white sauce. Not too many spices but the mustard adds something special to the filling. It doesn’t taste mustardy, yet you can taste it. I know that doesn’t make sense but if you make it you’ll see what I’m talking about. It’s a very subtle flavor that adds depth to the sauce.
And it’s so delicious! My husband was skeptical at first because everything is basically boiled and there weren’t many spices besides salt and pepper. But he kept telling me “This is so good babes!” And he went for seconds so I consider this a win. I made my pie based on Donal’s recipe but changed a few things, so I include here my version of a Bacon and Cabbage Pie.
Check back next week for another Irish recipe and later this week for another Ecuadorian recipe!
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! Archives
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