Eliot's Eats

A life well read and well fed

Category: Recipes

  • Last of the Peppers….for now

    Last of the Peppers….for now

    A stuffed jalapeno recipe and the last of Pepper-palooza.

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  • Canning salsa

    Canning salsa

    Home-canned salsa for winter chilis, soups and stews.

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  • Diablo Deviled Eggs

    Diablo Deviled Eggs

    I know this title is a true redundancy, but these are truly double-the-heat deviled eggs.

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  • Make your own hot sauce

    Make your own hot sauce

    One more installment for Pepper-palooza.

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  • Mango-Jalapeno Jelly with Cream Cheese on Crackers for CTB

    Mango-Jalapeno Jelly with Cream Cheese on Crackers for CTB

    And more Pepper-palooza with a recipe for Mango-Jalapeno Jelly

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  • Black Bean Tostadas with Guacamole for July SRC

    Black Bean Tostadas with Guacamole for July SRC

    July is more than half-way over.    That always puts me in a terrible melancholy mood because my time off has almost run out and school will be starting soon and I will be back at it 24/7. So, I am glad today is the Secret Recipe Club‘s Reveal Day for Group C.   It is a…

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  • I picked a peck of pickled peppers….

    I picked a peck of pickled peppers….

    Actually, it wasn’t a peck and they weren’t pickled….yet.

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  • Peach Jam Muffins

    Peach Jam Muffins

    Since Peach-palooza started,  I embarked on a jam making frenzy.   I made some frou-frou jam flavors like nectarine-ginger and white peach marmalade.   I also made some regular freezer jam.  (I just use whatever recipe is listed inside the pectin box for freezer jam.)    I have stated before that freezer jams use less sugar and do…

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  • Peach “Sleep Over” Oatmeal

    Peach “Sleep Over” Oatmeal

    Let this set in the fridge over night to “sleep over.” You will have a perfect summer breakfast in a jar (made even better by using summer’s ripest peaches).

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  • Freezing peaches

    Freezing peaches

    I wish my mom were here.    As an old home ec. teacher, she knows the answer to everything.   I have called her a couple of times during Peach-palooza, but if she were here visiting, it would have saved me lots of time on the internet. With almost a full bushel of peaches and nectarines to…

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