Christmas Dinner Recipes

Pork

4 lbs Butt Pork Roast

32oz tomato sauce

3t pressed or minced garlic

2-4 c brown sugar (depending on how sweet)

4t cumin

4c Dr Pepper

3T molasses

1/2t salt

Pepper to taste

In a crock pot add the tomato sauce, garlic, brown sugar, cumin, Dr Pepper, molasses, salt and pepper, mix well. Add the pork, cook for 12hours on low. Check the roast periodically to make sure it is getting tender. When the roast is falling apart, remove the fat. Taste a small amount with the juice to make suer it is sweet enough, if it is not add more brown sugar or molasses. Shred the rost and add it back into the crock pot. Let this cook for 10-20 minutes.

Bee Prepared

A friend of mine in Illinois is in charge of her ward's preparedness blog. She has a ton of great information and links that are useful to everyone. I will be adding some of her links in the future, but in the meantime here is her blog "Bee Prepared"

How to use cucumbers, Hungarian style

Cucumber Salad
4 cucumbers sliced paper thin (peeled or not it's up to you)
Place in a bowl with 1 tsp. of sugar and 1/2 tsp. of salt and a sliced clove of garlic.
Refrigerate at least for 30 minutes, not longer than 45.
Season with 1 tsp. rice or white vinegar.

Top with a little sour cream or buttermilk and Paprika, that's the Hungarian part, serve.

We ate this in Hungary and liked it so much we bought a cook book so we could make it at home. Beware, the more fresh garlic you add the hotter it will get.

Grandma's Bottled Salsa

5 gallon bucket tomates blanched, peeled and cut up (cook 15-20 min and dip off liquid) add 1/4 t ground cloves to tomates and stir in before dipping liquid off.

Add to tomatoes:

15 jalapenos (1/2 seeded, chopped)

8-10 onions, chopped

10 bell peppers, chopped

4 cloves fresh garlic

3 cups white vinegar

2 t cumin

2 1/2 t chili powder

2 T salt

1 t black pepper

Cook for about 1 hour, bottle and seal.

For additional thickness I add tomato paste. I also add cilantro just before bottling to add an extra bit of flavor.

Toby's Salsa

28oz petite diced tomatoes or fresh tomatoes diced

1 onion, chopped

Hot peppers, chopped (to reduce heat take out seeds)

Nature's Seasonings to taste

chop and mix all ingredients

This is my friend's mom's recipe. This is a great basic recipe that you can easily adjust for your family. I add bell peppers for their sweetness and I use additional spices such as Chili powder, Cumin and Cayenne pepper. I also use fresh garlic and cilantro to kick up the flavor a bit.

Mary's Food Storage Chili

Mix in 5qt pot

4-15oz can small red beans un-drained, or any assortment of beans, pinto, kidney or any other of you choice.

2-15oz cans of stewed tomatoes, whole, diced or flavored such as Italian style, or Mexican style (I used 1 can Mexican and 1 can diced chilies most of the time I use my own bottled tomatoes if I have any).

2-cans tomato soup

2-4oz cans stems and pieces mushrooms for added fiber (optional)

2 teaspoons Chili powder, start with one then taste test and add the other if you want.

1/2 cup brown sugar (optional) my family likes the brown sugar flavor.

Salt and Pepper to taste (canned foods always have a lot of sodium in them).

You may also add Tabasco sauce to taste if you want it spicier

1 used 1/4 cup dried onion. Sometimes I add 1/2 cup chopped onion.

Brown, rinse and add:

1 lb ground beef (optional) I had some in my freezer you may also used canned chicken or turkey or nothing at all. I use canned ground beef sometimes, but it's not as good as the fresh.

I use canned beans and canned tomatoes in my food storage because it takes less cooking time if your cooking fuel is limited. I do also have dried beans in my storage to use if my cooking conditions are okay. you just never know what the circumstances are going to be.

I really like my chili from scratch better, but that might not always be possible. My boys took this recipe to college and made it for their roomates all the time.

Welcome!!

Welcome to the Riverton Neighborhood Blog. After several long months in deciding how to set this up it is finally here. I look forward to seeing some great ideas and recipes from everyone.