In Season Recipes

Mandy Lesco sounds good. We have a Hungarian Sausage supper here twice a year and I always get some for the freezer and that is what I fix for Christmas Eve dinner. We eat it with green beans and mashed potatoes and applesauce.

I can even eat it cold for breakfast the next morning.

no I am not Hungarian at all, but I grew up in a working class neighborhood that was populated with Hungarians as the railroad came through our town. Irish, German, Swedes and Hungarians. We have an organization called the American Hungarian Club, which is limited (until recently) to those who could establish Hungarian descent by birth or marriage, and I grew up getting to go there twice a year when they had this open Sausage supper. Garlic, Paprika, man is it good....

Mandy I grew up in Central Illinois (Bloomington, to be exact) it was the home of the Chicago Alton Railway Shops.

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Hi everyone, and happy new year!

I just wanted to share with you what is in season here in Iceland at this time of year. I am not sure if you will ask for recipes though :-)

Let me introduce the Icelandic Thorramatur, including sheep head, rams testicles, smoked lamb, haggis, fermented shark, sour whale and more :-) This was indeed traditional food back in the days.

Not really my cup of tea, but I taste the shark and the smoked lamb is delicious. Dried fish is also a part of this seasonal feast and that is very nice to.

Kind regards from snowy Icleand :-)

Hi Mandy, fortunately this food is not on our tables on daily bases, but it is pretty much what kept the Icelandic nation alive back in the days. I bet they were not the healthiest population on the planet back then :-)

I am a lover of the Mediterranean diet, I love vegetarian dishes, but I still use chicken a lot. Keep the sugar, dairy products and red meat at bay.

I live in the east side of Iceland in a place called Reydarfjordur. If you have seen the BBC´s Fortitude, you can see my surroundings at wintertime. They are actually filming a new series these days, so we feel like we are living in Hollywood right now :-)

Are your friends in Flateyri Icelanders? I have never been there, always on my checklist to take a trip to the West fjords. I have to meet my onc in Reykjavík every month for my checkup and chemos. It is an hour flight.

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new favorite way to use the oh so plentiful mint in my garden.

Melon, strawberries, lime and mint. Yum

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Anyone looking forward to fall comfort foods?! Or who is going into spring and excited about the new produce?

hi all

Hoping this thread gets active. I have so much pesto in my freezer. Any ideas how to use it with mostly veggies not just pasta?

Hi 3-16 and Kathy:

Kathy your meal sounds perfect for when you need warm comort food. I make similar things as I am a vegetarian.

And 3/16, there are a zillion ways to use pesto: Here are some ideas from the internet:

1. Put it on meats such as grilled steak or chicken

2. Make a dip--add some sour cream and it is a good dip

3. spread it on anything--on a piece of baguette and then add some sliced tomatoes for lunch

4. Mix into salad dressing

6. Add to your favorite eggs.

If you google uses for pesto, you will find a zillion ways to use that stash of yours in a hurry.

Wishing you all good things.

Mandy 1313

The beans came out great, really creamy - they will be even better tonight - and they are nutritious, as well. I love it when a meal hits on all cylinders: easy to cook, delicious, inexpensive, and nutritious. Mandy, I was a vegetarian for many years off and on, so much of what we eat is vegetarian fare, whether at home or eating out. Our favorite restaurant here in Houston is a cheap Indian vegetarian buffet, Bombay Sweets. I have craved red meat A LOT over this past year since my diagnosis and treatment and have probably eaten more of it than in many years past. Heck, I just love good food and eating!