Annie Barrows' Potato Peel Pie Recipe

Rachel baked a potato peel pie for us at book club. It wasn't that bad.

"Here's a recipe for a potato peel pie, but I warn you, it tastes like paste. The more authentic it is, the nastier.

These ingredients will make a very small pie (expand at will)

1 potato
1 beet
1 tbsp milk

Peel the potato and put the peelings in a pie pan. Don't cook the peels because you're in the middle of an Occupation and you don't have any fuel. Boil the potato and the beet together in salty water, but not for very long, due to the fuel problem. Just until you can stick a fork in the potato. Take them out and mash them up with the milk. Pour the glop in the pie pan. Bake at 375 for as short a time as is consonant with digestion (fuel again), say, fifteen minutes.

The finished product will look quite attractive and pink. If you squint, you can almost imagine raspberries. Don't be fooled. It looks a lot better than it is. However, if you forgot that you were in the middle of WWII and added a bunch of butter and milk and salt, it could be quite tasty".

from the "Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society"

Ritzi Chicken from Sharon Anderson

2 c crushed Ritz crackers
2 tsp garlic salt
8 chicken breasts
1/4 c melted butter
3 tbsp Parmesan cheese
1 tsp seasoned salt
1 c plain yogurt

Combine and set aside the cracker crumbs, cheese, garlic salt, and seasoned salt. (I also like to crush a few coutons and add them to this mixture). Coat both sides of each piece of chicken with yogurt and then dip into cracker crumbs. Arrange in a buttered 9 x 13 baking dish. Drizzle with butter and bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until done.

Soy Balsamic Marinade

Mix together:

1/4 c soy sauce

3 tbsp balsamic vinegar

1 tbsp honey

1 tbsp sesame oil

1/4 tsp hot chili flakes

1 clove garlic, peeled and minced

Marinate your choice of beef, poultry, or fish

Makes 1/2 c or enough for 1 1/2 pound of meat, poultry or fish

Nanna's Pear Pie from Fidge Preston

7-9 pears, peeled and sliced
1/2 c sugar
3 tbsp cornstarch, add more if your pears are real juicy
1/2 c light cream
1 tbsp orange juice
1 tbsp lemon juice
cinnamon
nutmeg
butter

Prepare pastry for a two-crust pie. Place pears in the pie shell. Mix all other incredients and pour mixture over the pears. Dot with butter, sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmet. Top with crust (can do strips that criss-cross the top). Bake at 400 degrees for 45-50 minutes.

Provident Living

Message from the First Presidency:

"Our Heavenly Father created this beautiful earth, with all its abundance, for our benefit and use. His purpose is to provide for our needs as we walk in faith and obedience. He has lovingly commanded us to "prepare every needful thing" (see D&C 109:8) so that, should adversity come, we may care for ourselves and our neighbors and support bishops as they care for others."

How are you coming along with your provident living? The focus for the first few months of this year is on food storage. For those who may have missed the "What to Store in 2009" handout, which gives a weekly suggestion list for food storage shopping, I have more.

I still have some cucumber plants, zucchini and squash plants available for those who would like them. I had a breakdown in my greenhouse heating earlier and lost many of the seedlings.
Even if you only have a small area to grow some vegetables try it!

If you have suggestions for a provident living activity night please leave me a message!

Thanks,
Kathie Hancock