Once in a blue moon someone asks for a recipe I’ve prepared for a dinner or event. That’s always nice, suggesting they enjoyed what I had prepared. But I’m always improvising, so giing someone a recipe is seldom as simple as copying a cdarsd, or a page from a book. At the receiving end, I have many recipes shared by other people that I truly enjoy, which means I might want to pass those ideas on to others, while giving credit to those generous friends who shared their knowledge and techniques. More urgently, I often lose track of where I left my written copy, or which computer filing system hides any notes.
Having built the website, I’ve realized this is a good central location to keep information that I need to access, and might be of interest to others. It’s evolving as my own personal cookbook of most-used recipes. The following index gives access to as many of those recipes as I have found time to document, archiving them in a way I can access information short of scribbled notes haphazardly filed in boxes and folders, and with a faint hope others would enjoy having access also. I’ve grouped them by general category, which means some recipes show up under more than one heading:
Mains: Combination Mac & Cheese; Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce and Coconut Rice; Marge Telleen’s School Board Cassoulet; Chicken Onion a la Marsala; Chicken Noodle Casserole; Onion-Smothered Pork Chops; Creamy Cheesy Chicken
Pasta: Combination Mac & Cheese; Fettucine Alfredo (a Creamy Version); Chicken Noodle Casserole
Soups & Stews: Tuscan Kale Soup; Chicken Vegetable Soup; Tomato Soup
Breads, Buns, and Cakes: Cinnamon Rolls; Pineapple Bread; Beignets; James Beard’s Quick French-style Bread; Rum Wreath Cake
Salads & Garnishes: Tasty Croutons
Side-dishes: Pineapple Bread; Daily Hashbrown Potatoes; Coleslaw
Sauces & Gravies: Turkey Gravy; Onion-Smothered Pork Chops
Fruit & Compotes: Pineapple Bread
Relishes & Appetizers: Limed Red Onions; Pico; Grouper Ceviche
South of the Border: Tamales as I learned them;
Desserts & Sweet Toppings: Flan; Mahogany Cake; Triple Chocolate Cake;
Candies: Peanut Brittle as per Mrs. McDaniel
Chocolate: Hot Fudge;
Breakfasts Offerings: Migas My Way; Cheese & Egg Burritos/Quesadillas; Ranchero Stack (Eggs, Tortilla, Beans, Cheese, & Extras); Eggs David; Creamed Beef on Toast, with Eggs & Discs; Breakfast Potatoes; Quiche; Beignets; Cinnamon Buns; Daily Hashbrown Potatoes
Link to the Page: https://botanyincontext.com/recipes/