Knoephla Soup

You'll need bread dough (I used dinner roll dough because I wanted it to thaw faster), chicken boulion (or broth but i like mine to have extra flavor), a large white onion, heavy cream, and parsley (I was out of fresh so I used dried).
You'll also need potatoes. I like the Klondike's the best.
Let the dough thaw, but not raise.
Sautee the coarsly chopped onion with a little butter.
Add about a quart of water and the chicken bouillon. I used nearly half of the jar.
Taste test it. I thought it needed a little more kick (not salty enough) so i added a little of these granules. (I also added just a little red onion because I personally like lots of onion.
When it starts to boil add the cubed potatoes.
You'll want bite size dough pieces.
Plop them into the boiling broth one by one. This is where you gotta be fast fast fast. You may need a helper :) After all the dough is in, turn down the heat to med and let it simmer for 10 mins or so.
Great time to take a little juice break :)
Add the cream.
And the parsley. Stir it up and turn off the heat.
Serve with Crackers! Können essen!!

Quick Guacamole

Rule number one-use only fresh ingredients! Do not use a mix!

You'll need an avocado, 2 cloves of garlic, cilantro, red onion, a pepper (I used a habanero from my garden but you can use jalapeño or hot banana peppers whatever you like), and half a lemon.
Make sure your avocado is ripe. It's not fun to fork a stiff avocado and it also won't taste nearly as good.
Finely chop the cilantro, pepper, onion, and garlic.
Toss everything into the mixing bowl with the avocado. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon (or lime if you prefer. I had a lemon on hand so that's what I used). Add salt and pepper. Taste test it and add more of this or that to your liking.
And serve with chips. Blue corn are by far the best :)

Apple Sauce

I start with about 6-8 apples. I used Honey Crisp but you can use really any apple you want.
Peel, core, and slice. Put them in a pan big enough so they are only a couple inches high after you spread them around.
Add roughly 1/4 cup of water for every 6 apples. If you add too much just cook the sauce a little longer. Cover and cook on med-low for 20 mins.
After about 20 minutes the apples should have cooked down to almost a sauce with soft apple chunks.
I add around a tablespoon of honey.
And also about a 1/8 cup of dark brown sugar, and a 1/8 cup of white sugar.
Mash it all together with a potato masher.
All done! Easy schmeezy!

Cucumber Salad

Start with fresh cucumbers. The best ones to use are the little ones right out of the garden because they are so sweet. Peel and slice, also finely dice a white onion.

In a bowl mix the cucumbers, the onion, butter milk, White vinegar, salt and pepper, all to taste. Best if left to sit for 15 mins for the ingredients to mix together.

Easy Pesto

I picked some very fresh ingredients from my little garden to make dinner.
I used half of this habanero pepper. I like a little kick to my pesto but not super hot. a good sized bunch of fresh basil.

Only the best cheese for these fresh herbs :)

Toss it all in the food processor with a clove of garlic, salt, and fresh cracked pepper. Drizzle in olive oil and blend until creamy.

Stir into cooked linguine.

Grilling Goodies

Zucchini, purple onion, yellow spring squash, sautéed with olive oil and fresh tropical lime juice! Yum!!

Salmon with a traditional dill/lemon seasoning, and a plain salmon filet soaking in olive oil waiting to be dressed with a brown sugar glaze. Steak and chicken kabobs to go on the grill. Fresh lemon squeezed on and used Lynch BBQ's special "Butt Shaker" seasoning!

Easy Broccoli Cheese Soup

Simple recipe that cooks in about 45 minutes.
1 bag of frozen broccoli florets, cream cheese, garlic powder, chicken granules, velveeta cheese, and a sweet yellow onion.

cook the broccoli in a pot with about half a cup of water, just enough to cook it

4 cups of water and 2 teaspoons of chicken granules, or about 4 cubes

while the water is heating up chop the onion into small pieces

once the water is about to boil, add the onion

add about a teaspoon of garlic powder to the water mixture

once the water is just about boiling, turn it down to low, start to add cream cheese little by little, use about an 8 ounce block or so. make sure to never let the soup boil from here on out!

drain your broccoli and let cool for a few minutes

seperate the florets and chop into small pieces

add the broccoli to the soup

cover and let cook on low for about a half hour

cube the velveeta into small pieces

slowly stir in the velveeta, make sure to constantly stir or it will stick to the bottom and burn

add as much cheese as you like. the soup is done! this is a good soup to freeze for later as well.