Vegetables

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Do you have a good Vegetable dish...even a canning recipe?

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String Beans with Sour Cream Gravy

1-1 1/2 lbs string beans Salt 1 Tbsp butter or margarine
1 1/2 Tbsp flour 1/2 small chopped onion Pinch of pepper or paprika
1 Tbsp vinegar or lemon juice 1/2 - 1 C sour cream
Cook beans; when tender, remove from water and drain. Mix the flour and butter in a skillet or saucepan with the chopped onion, add a little water that the beans were cooked in. Cook, browning the flour mixture......then add the beans, pepper, vinegar, and the sour cream. Heat thoroughly.

This is a recipe I got from my grandmother who was Czech.

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Have taken this to many of a church covered dish dinner and has ended up in the church's cookbook.

Plantation Blackeye Peas

low-cal, vegetables, good

15 oz black-eye peas canned; undrained
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup onion diced fine
16 oz dice tomatoes, canned
2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3/4 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon thyme, ground
1/2 teaspoon rosemary dried
3/4 cup cheddar cheese shredded

Heat large skillet with the olive oil. Add onions and cook until
tender. Add tomatoes with their liquid, breaking them up with a
spoon. Add seasonings, peas and simmer until hot. Stir in cheese,
pour into a three quart casserole and bake uncovered 30 to 45 minutes
at 375 degrees.

Can be served as a side vegetable or over potatoes, rice or noodles
as a complete meal.

NOTE: Watch the amount of liquid. If serving as a side dish, drain
then rinse the peas before adding. If serving over rice, noodles, or
potato do not drain the peas and you may want to add some water for
the desired consistency.

Source: Country Magazine

Yield: 6 servings

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Potatoes Anna

vegetables, good, potato

4 large russett potatoes
4 tablespoon margarine
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Wash, peel and slice potatoes into thin slices. Preheat oven to 425
degrees. Generously grease a 10 inch pie plate. Beginning in the
center arrange potatoes in a circle to the edge overlapping slices.
Pour 1 tbs melted margarine evenly over potatoes and sprinkle with
1/4 of pepper. Repeat process until all potatoes used. Cover with
aluminum foil and bake for 50 minutes until potatoes are tender and
brown. If you want crisp finish remove foil after 40 minutes and
finish under the broiler. Drain margarine and carefully turn upside
down on serving plate.

Yield: 6 servings