Potato Smashies

Ingredients:
3# small red potatoes
Olive oil
Salt/pepper
Herbs
Butter (cut into little pieces)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. 
Place whole potatoes in a broil-pan. 
Pour 1 cup water into pan and cover tightly with foil.
Bake for 33 1/2 minutes.
Cool potatoes for 8-10 minutes. 
Spray olive oil all over the outsides. 
If you don't have a Misto, you can just use your hands and rub olive oil all over them.
Smash potatoes with bottom of a small, heavy glass.
Spray over the tops with olive oil getting into the nooks and crannies. 
Season with cuts-up bits of butter, herbs, salt, and pepper. 
Bake 40 more minutes or until crispy and brown. 

Bon Appétit

Egg-less Pancakes with Smoked Pork and pure Ohio Maple Syrup

Ingredients:
1 C flour (or 1/2 and 1/2 whole wheat flour)
Dash salt
Dash cinnamon
2 big Tbs baking powder
2 Tbs melted real butter
1/2 Tbs real vanilla extract
Lastly, 1 C milk 

Directions:
Mix your dry ingredients in a bowl, add butter, vanilla, and finally add milk. Stir well but remember it's pancake batter so a few small lumps is OK.

Dollop onto medium-hot iron skillet or griddle. When bubbles appear edge to edge, flip your pancakes and cook another 45 sex to 1 minute.

When done, layer a heaping spoon of smoked pork between each pancake and serve with worm pure Ohio maple syrup.

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Roasted Cauliflower with Garlic Buffalo Sauce

Ingredients:

1-2 heads of fresh cauliflower cut into bites

2-3 tbs olive oil
Salt/ pepper
2 tbs garlic powder

Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 450*
Line a sheet-pan with foil if desired and spray
Toss cauli-bites into the olive oil and scatter on pan
Season with salt/pepper/garlic powder
Roast for 20-25 minutes, until edges start to brown
Remove from oven and toss in your favorite sauce.
I used my mock BW3 Garlic Sauce
Find it here Bill's Mock BW3 Spicy Garlic Sauce
Place it back into hot oven for 5-10 minutes more. 
Serve with celery sticks and Bleu cheese or Ranch dressing over a big mixed-greens salad.  

Sausage, Egg, & Cheese Muffin

1 onion ring
1 egg
1 smoked sausage pattie
1 pc cheese
1 English Muffin

Pre-heat cast-iron skillet to medium-low. 
Toast English Muffin.

Add 1 tbs favorite oil and swirl to coat. Add a slice of raw onion to pan and crack egg into the middle.
















When egg is ready to flip, turn over and remove onion if desired. 
Warm your sausage pattie and add it to the toasted English Muffin, along with cheese. 
Break yolk and let cook another 30 seconds or so. Add egg to muffin and assemble.

Place sandwich in a covered bowl or wrap tightly with wax paper for 2 minutes. This is what the fast-food industry has on us. This is the step that makes the sandwich awesome. 

Unwrap and enjoy.

Blue Lump Crab Cakes

Cakes
9-12 oz Blue Lump Crab
2 tbs Mayo
2 eggs
1/2 c Panko
1/2 c total onion/celery, chopped fine
2 tbs chopped parsley
Seasonings

Sauce
2 tbs Mayo
2 tbs Texas Pete Hot Sauce




Drive to Foremost Seafood and ask for 3/4# of Blue Lump Crab......just kidding, use whatever you can get. 

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Mix all 7 ingredients and lightly mix well being careful not to make mush. 
Add a few teaspoons butter/veg oil/ evoo/ or preferred fat to a medium hot cast iron skillet. Just at the smoke point, add large spoonfuls of crab mixture and flatten slightly with back of spatula. Let cook 4 minutes or just before smoke point and turn carefully. Cook other side 3-4 minutes or just before smoke point. Drain on paper towels and serve over spinach or other greens. 
Stir together the sauce ingredients until thoroughly mixed and drizzle over hot cakes. 
Smile, you're eating like a King. 

Quick and Easy Frittata

1/4 # meat (I pulsed my bacon/sausage mixture with my Ninja)
1/4 onion, finely chopped
1 # greens, finely chopped
3-4 eggs
2 oz cheese (also pulsed)
1 tsp butter
Your favorite iron skillet



 Preheat skillet 3-4 minutes on med-low

Add butter and swirl. 

Add onion and cook till translucent.

Add Bacon/ sausage mixture.

Add greens and cook for a few minutes to reduce.

Add eggs and poke the base all over, but don't stir. 

















Once eggs have a nice base and look 1/2 way done, add cheese.

Place under your preheated broiler, watching the entire time. 

Remove and check for doneness. 

Cheese will brown and bubble and eggs will be done. 

Enjoy!

Russian Borscht

1/2 head of red or green cabbage, shredded
3-4 medium potatoes, diced
3-4 medium beets, whole
1 red onion, diced
1 tomato, diced
1 cup tomato sauce
Salt/ pepper
Sour cream with fresh snipped dill
6 cups beef stock + water for beets

Cover clean beets in water and start to boil. 
After 30-45 minutes beets should be tender. 
Remove from pan and reserve water. 
Allow beets to cool, peel skins, and dice. 
Add stock, beet water, and potatoes. 
Boil until potatoes are tender. 
Add cabbage, onion, and tomato sauce. 
Keep simmering. Season and taste.
Serve hot and top with a dollop of  sour cream.