Eric’s Potatoes

We made a fancy breakfast last Sunday. Karalee made Eric’s Potatoes and Charles made an egg soufflé. The soufflé is coming soon, but in the mean time, here’s the recipe for Eric’s Potatoes.

1 package savory Cheese Ball mix
10. 75 oz can cream of celery soup
8 oz Sour Cream
1/2 cup Milk
26 oz bag Frozen shredded hash brown pototoes
2 1/2 cups shredded smoked Gouda Cheese or other cheese
2 Tbsp melted butter

Combine first 4 ingredients, set aside.
Combine shredded Cheese and hashbrowns
Combine all together, spread into a greased 9×11 baking dish
Pour melted butter over the top.

Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 1 hour.

ENJOY!! you can freeze before or after baking.

Chile Relleno Casserole


Chile Relleno Casserole

Ingredients

cooking spray
4 (7 ounce) cans whole green chile peppers, drained
8 ounces Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
8 ounces Longhorn or Cheddar cheese, shredded
2 large eggs
1 (5 ounce) can evaporated milk
2 tablespoons tapioca flour
½ cup milk
1 (10 ounce) can green enchilada sauce

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease an 8×8-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
Evenly layer 1 can chile peppers in the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the Jack and Cheddar cheeses. Continue layering chiles and cheese.
Mix together eggs, evaporated milk, and tapioca flour in a bowl; add 1/2 cup milk to thin to desired consistency. Pour the mixture over the layers chiles and cheese.
Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove and pour enchilada sauce over the top, bake for an additional 15 minutes.
Turn broiler on. Sprinkle top with remaining Jack and Cheddar cheeses. Place under the broiler until cheese is melted, 2 to 3 minutes.

Karalee makes some spicy chicken wings

We’re a couple who really enjoy good food. We’ve dined at white table cloth restaurants literally all over the world. But, despite all the wonderful cuisine we’ve enjoyed, it’s the simple things that we really enjoy – grilled cheese, hot dogs and chicken wings, to name a few.
Karalee found a spice packet in the pantry that we picked up somewhere long ago and used it to make some great wings.

Nathan’s Famous

I love hot dogs. We have dined at white tablecloth restaurants literally all over the world. Despite that, I will drive an hour out of my way if I hear about a place with a great foot long.
Because of that, I was really looking forward to getting a tube steak at Nathan’s Famous in Coney Island. Unfortunately I wasn’t terribly pleased with Nathan’s wieners, or NYC food in general. If I were to claim a city as the Great American Food City, I would have to say Chicago – now, that’s a good hot dog.

Places like Coney Island are like Mecca to me – Niagara Falls, Wisconsin Dells and Coney Island, are dying bits a touristy kitsch that grew organically around natural attractions. This kind of thing is simply impossible in the world today.