Friday, November 27, 2015

UK Cooking conversions from US to UK measurements

UK is known as Imperial
1 US teaspoon = .83 UK teaspoon
1 US tablespon = .83 UK tablespoon
1 US fluid ounce = 1.04 UK fluid ounce
1 US cup = .845 UK cup

Google has AWESOME converters. UK is shown as imperial typically in the drop down list. To access it just do a search for something like: "1 us tsp in uk tsp"

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Green Bean Casserole


I found the recipe at: http://www.campbellskitchen.com/recipes/classic-green-bean-casserole-24099, but I'm pretty sure it is very similar to what we use. I don't think we use the soy sauce, but it would probably be a good addition. Kim recommends using fresh cooked or canned green beans with a preference towards canned. She likes to jazz it up with fresh sauteed mushrooms.

Ingredients

  • 1 can (10 1/2 ounces) Campbell’s® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup 
    or (10 1/2 ounces) Campbell’s® Condensed 98% Fat Free Cream of Mushroom Soup
    or (10 1/2 ounces) Campbell’s® Healthy Request® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup
     
  • 1/2 cup milk  
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce  
  • 1 dash black pepper  
  • 4 cups cooked cut green beans 
    or
    use 1 bag (16 to 20 ounces) frozen green beans, thawed
    or 2 packages (9 ounces each) frozen green beans, thawed,
    or 2 cans (14.5 ounces each) green beans, drained 
    or
    about 1 1/2 pounds fresh green beans for this recipe.
  • 1 1/3 cups French's® French Fried Onions 

Directions

  1. Stir the soup, milk, soy sauce, black pepper, beans and 2/3 cup onions in a 1 1/2-quart casserole.
  2. Bake at 350°F. for 25 minutes or until the bean mixture is hot and bubbling.  Stir the bean mixture.  Sprinkle with the remaining onions.
  3. Bake for 5 minutes or until the onions are golden brown.

Corn Casserole Recipe

 

Old-time Hartwell Farm Corn Pudding

aka Corn Casserole Recipe
-Boasts a checkerboard top of crisp bacon, melty cheese squares

As New England-y as red-flannel hash. Good old-fasioned cooking!

Ingredients

1 1-pound can (2 cups) cream-style corn
1 cup medium-fine dry bread crumbs
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons chopped green pepper
1 teaspoon pepper
4 ounces sliced Cheddar cheese, cut in 1 1/2-inch squares
3 slices bacon, cut in 1 1/2-inch lengths

Directions

  1. Combine corn, bread crumbs, milk, green pepper, salt, and pepper.
  2. Pour into a 10 x 6 x 2 baking disk. 
  3. Arrange alternate pieces of cheese and bacon across top in checkerboard fashion. 
  4. Bake in slow oven (325 degrees) 1 to 1 3/4 hours. 

Makes 4 to 6 servings.