SOUTH GERMAN'S WHITE CABBAGE SOUP

                                          1 head of cabbage 
                                  2 carrots
                                  1 parsnip 
                                  4 potatoes 
                                  1 onion sliced 
                                  5 cups bouillon 
                                  Salt and pepper to taste 


Trim and cut the cabbage in pieces. Peel the carrots and cut in quarters. Peel the parsnip and slice. Peel the potatoes and cube. Brown the onion and pork in a small amount of fat in a Dutch oven, then add the bouillon and simmer until pork is almost tender. Add the remaining ingredients and cook for 30 minutes longer. Serve with French bread and mustard 
4 servings...

Cooking With The CAT?

The cat found the pot first....silly kitty...

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins

Ingredients
1 2/3 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin spice
2 eggs
1 cup pumpkin
1/2 cup melted butter
1 cup small semi sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1.grease muffin tins or line muffin pans with paper bake cups / set aside

2. combine dry ingredients in bowl/ set aside

3. mix in separate bowl melted butter, pumpkin, eggs

4. combine the dry ingredients with pumpkin mixture/ mix until blended, fold in chocolate chips

5. fill cups 2/3 full, bake 350, 20-25 mins. do not overcook

excellent right out of oven

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds.

INGREDIENTS
.one medium sized pumpkin
.salt
.olive oil

METHOD
1. Preheat oven to 400 F. cut open the pumpkin and use a strong metal spoon to scoop out
the insides. Separate the seeds from the stringy core. Rinse the seeds.

2. In a small saucepan, add the seeds to water, about 2 cups of water to every half cup of seeds.
Add a half tablespoon of salt for every cup of water (more if you like seeds saltier). Bring to a boil. Let simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and drain.

3. Spread about a tablespoon of olive oil over the bottom of a roasting pan. spread the seeds out over the roasting pan, all in one layer. Bake on the top rack until the seeds begin to brown. 10-20 minutes. When browned to your satisfaction, remove from the oven and let the pan cool on a rack. Let the seeds cool all the way down before eating. Either crack to remove the inner seed or eat whole.

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Karen's Favorite Pumpkin Spice Cake

3/4 cups butter softened
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
3 large eggs
1 cup pumpkin puree
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 nutmeg

Cream together butter, sugar, eggs and set aside.
Mix puree, buttermilk, and vanilla and set aside.
Mix all dry ingredients together.

Combine all ingredients together in thirds, blending until smooth.
Bake in 3-8inch parchment lined cake pans
Bake 35-40 mins. in 350 oven

cool and frost with pumpkin cream cheese frosting

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Frosting
1-8oz. cream cheese softened
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1/4 cup butter softened
1 Tablespoon orange juice
1 teaspoon orange zest
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
add 4 cups powdered sugar

Shrimp Ceviche

Art loves Ceviche. It goes back to Port Arthur, Texas. We had dinner with Dianne and Fred on the beach at a very fancy restaurant. Between the company and the beauty of the sunset on the water it is a memory we both hold dear. Art has been trying to find the perfect recipe ever since. This is a simple recipe usually they have different kinds of fish, but it was really good, and fairly inexpensive.
Ceviche makes a nice appetizer.

The acid of the lime juice is what cooks the fish. Sounds weird, but it really works and it is good.



INGREDIENTS

• 1pound medium-small shrimp,peeled and deveined
• 2 Tbsp. salt
• 3/4cup lime juice ( juice from 4-6 limes)
• 3/4 cup lemon juice ( juice from 2-3 lemons
• 1 cup finely chopped red onion
• 1 Serrano Chile, ribs and seeds removed, minced, (Art used 2 jalapenos instead)
• 1 cup of chopped cilantro
• 1 cucumber, peeled diced into 1/2 inch pieces
• 1 avocado, peeled, seed removed, cut into 1/2 inch chunks.

Art used this bottled lemon and lime juice.

METHOD:

1. in a large pot, bring to a boil 4 quarts of water, salted with 2 Tbsp. salt. Add the shrimp and cook for 1 minute to 2 minutes max. depending on size of shrimp. (over cooking the shrimp will make it rubbery.) Remove shrimp with a slotted spoon and place into a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking.

2. Drain the shrimp. Cut each piece of shrimp in half, or into inch long pieces. Place shrimp in a glass or ceramic bowl. Mix in the lime and lemon juice. cover and refrigerate for a half hour.

3. Mix in the chopped red onion and pepper. Refrigerate an additional half hour.

4. Right before serving, add the cilantro, cucumber, and avocado.

Serves 4-6, Serve with chips or crackers.

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Smoothies....

I have to tell you about my Smoothie Maker. I got it at QVC.http://qvc.com/. Go to kitchen electronics, and it is A Chris Freytag Personal Fitness Blender.
What makes this better than a regular blender is that it chops the ice and frozen fruit really well and really fast.Blenders don't always do this. It also was not expensive, it is small, and easy to clean.

SMOOTHIE RECIPE :

1 cup of no fat milk

shot of fruit juice, whatever I have around, this is not necessary.

handful of ice

1 no fat yogurt, I like vanilla or berry of some kind

handful frozen berries I use a mixture of blueberries,blackberries,rasberries.

Mix and enjoy... it is only about 4-5 weight watchers points.