AKA Granny's Garden Meals
(garden, freezer or pantry items are in parentheses)
* means recipe is included
* means recipe is included
Thursday
Pork Stir Fry with Noodles (snap peas, broccoli, carrots, celery, onions, peppers)
Pineapple and Cottage Cheese Salad
Friday
Pan Grilled Wild Salmon Filets (dill, parsley)
Creamed New Potatoes and Peas (potatoes, peas)
Roasted Baby Beets and Carrots (beets, carrots)
Baby Romaine Salad (lettuce)
Balsamic Vinaigrette
Chilled Raspberries for him (raspberries) Strawberries for her (strawberries)
Saturday
Crockpot Beef Stew with Vegetables (tomato sauce, potatoes, onions, peas)
Salad (lettuce, tomatoes, radishes)
Ranch Dressing (garlic, chives, dill, parsley)
Home Made Yeast Rolls (freezer)
Sunday (Father's Day Family Dinner)
Grilled Hot Dogs on Buns (sweet relish, dill relish, onions)
Calico Baked Beans (onions)
Jalapeno Bread
*New Potato Salad (potatoes, onion, parsley)
Sugar Snap Peas with Ranch Dressing Dip (peas, garlic, chives, dill, parsley)
Chips and Dips
Strawberry Shortcake with Whipped Cream
(The teenagers were in awe as the cream was whipped. Every single one of them thought whipped cream only came in a pressurized can!)
(The teenagers were in awe as the cream was whipped. Every single one of them thought whipped cream only came in a pressurized can!)
Raspberry Filled White Layer Cake
Home Made Vanilla Ice Cream
New Potato Salad for a Crowd
Serves 12
( I doubled this recipe, but used only 3 pounds of potatoes because that's all my salad bowl would hold. I adjusted the mayonnaise accordingly, using enough to make the mixture well moistened. This makes a rather bland salad, which my family loves. I add sweet pickles to my serving.)
2 pounds new potatoes
1-1/2 cups light mayonnaise
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon mustard
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 large stalks celery (1 cup), chopped
1 medium sweet onion (1/2 cup), chopped
4 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
Boil potatoes the day before preparing the salad, chill overnight.
Peel and dice potatoes into a large bowl with the celery, onion and eggs.
Mix together the mayonnaise, vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper. Gently stir into the potato mixture.
Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours to blend flavors and to chill.
Monday
Leftovers
(Beef Stew from Saturday)
Yeast Rolls (freezer)
Salad (lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, onion)
Ranch Dressing (garlic, chives, dill, parsley)
Tuesday
Fried Chicken Breast
French Fries (potatoes)
Cole slaw (cabbage, onions)
Zucchini Fudge Cake (zucchini)
Home Made Vanilla Ice Cream
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Wednesday
Meatloaf (freezer, from last week)
*Baby Red Salt Potatoes (potatoes)
Buttered Peas (peas)
Salad (lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, onion)
Ranch Dressing (garlic, chives, dill, parsley)
Angel Food Cake with Raspberries and Whipped Cream (raspberries)
*I was going to include the recipe for these, but I won't be making them again. I found them horribly salty, and couldn't eat them, while Mr. Granny thought they were delicious. The recipe has excellent reviews, so if anyone wants to try it, it can be found at
That last dessert looks delicious. I can't wait for our raspberries to start this yer. I figured the first one wouldn't be picked until August, but I see a few buds starting to form already.
ReplyDeleteDaphne, it was really good. There's something about real whipped cream that makes it special, and I love angel food cake, too.
DeleteYum....looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Coral.
DeleteEverything looks so yummy!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jenny.
DeleteYour pictures are sure making me hungry!! I'll have to try your potato salad recipe, it has some things in it I don't use and it sure looks good.
ReplyDeleteNutmeg, I think it's a good starting point, but I like a bit of sweetness in my potato salad so I add pickles or sweet relish to my portion.
DeleteDelicious meals look so good and yummy, lucky Mr. Granny, wish someone would cook for me like that everyday :P
ReplyDeleteMac, I wish someone would cook for ME like that every day. Domeone besides ME, that is :-D
DeleteGranny you have the best meals! I'm not that ambitious every day!
ReplyDeleteLove that green plate!
LOL, Robin, I bought that green plate and the plain white plate at the dollar store, just for photos. My dinnerware has too much of a pattern, so doesn't show off the food well.
DeleteHey, when did you put that new photo up???? It sure is pretty!!
DeleteI took that yesterday afternoon, the hollyhocks were so pretty in the sun. Decided it was time for a change (did it last night) :-)
DeleteAll your meals look so delicious, especially the salmon. I just microwaved a tilapia fillet seasoned with a few shakes of Mrs. Dash and a salad on the side.
ReplyDeleteLoretta, I brushed both sides of the salmon with oil and then sprinkled on fresh chopped parsley and dill weed, then put them in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. I grilled them on a stove top grill. They were delicious! The fresh herbs were really a good addition.
DeleteAh! You're like a cooking goddess as well as a gardening one If only I could get fewer children in my house, I could do more. . . although I'm not certain I would.
ReplyDeleteStefaneener, you will. I haven't had any kids in the house since 1992, and I still can't adjust to cooking and gardening for two.
DeleteLooks great! I have whipping cream in the fridge and now after seeing your yummy desserts I am going to have whip something up!
ReplyDeleteMrs. P., I need to buy more whipping cream. I have berries to top and ice cream to make! I also have an angel food cake recipe to try.
DeleteI'm really impress with all the home grown ingredients you use in your meals. Some day our garden will produce enough that nearly every thing in our meals will come from the garden!
ReplyDeleteStoney Acres, it's a challenge to use as many fresh vegetables and fruits as I can each day. I'd rather eat them fresh than preserve them in most cases.
DeleteLooks like you had another lovely week of food! I love the stir fry and the raspberries with angel food cake look delicious.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Julie. Stir fry is just about a weekly thing with me, the best way to use up all those spare veggies!
DeleteYummy, yummy, yummy!!! As usual! I need to try to stir fry! My hubby picked a small handful of red raspberrys yesterday and a smaller handful of blueberrys! I ate the blueberrys right away! Nancy
ReplyDeleteNancy, are you drooling on the computer again? :-D
DeleteAll your meals are incredible, had to laugh about the teenagers being I awe with the whipped cream, yum! Al's, your banner of hollyhocks (is that right?) is a beautiful image!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gracie. Yes, that's a picture of my hollyhocks. I thought they were especially pretty this year. Of course, the photo doesn't show how the earwigs chewed up the lower leaves!
DeleteCan you believe those girls didn't know you could whip cream? When I told them "If you keep whipping it, it will turn to butter", their eyes got big and they said, in unison "REALLY?" It was quite funny.
Were they roasted 'baby' beets because you were tired of waiting for them to fatten up? I've had the same affliction. :))
ReplyDeleteCloud, they were "baby" because those were the ones with the leaf miner damage that I just couldn't stand to look at any more. Out they came! That was also my plate. Mr. Granny got more of them (and more carrots) than I did. Afterwards I was sorry, and wished I had taken them all ;-)
DeleteYummy! You did some awesome recipes. Love the part about the teenagers thinking whipped cream only came in a can.
ReplyDeleteGardner, the looks on the girls' faces was priceless! They were certainly impressed :-)
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