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from The Gourmet Farm Girl

14-16 ounces of fresh garden lettuce

2-3 strips smoked or peppered bacon cut into bit size pieces)

2-3 green onions chopped (red and green both work well)

1 oz sugar (2 Tablespoons)

1/3 cup cider vinegar

1 medium boiled potato with skin on cut into pieces

Wash and trim lettuce; place in a LARGE bowl and top with green onions and chopped potatoes, set aside. Mix sugar and vinegar together in small bowl, set aside; In a medium size sauté skillet over low to medium heat cook bacon pieces till crisp; pour bacon and grease over lettuce; return pan to medium to medium high heat and deglaze pan with the sugar vinegar mix till all the bacon pieces come loose and mix with liquid; pour over lettuce and toss gently till the lettuce is coated and starts to wilt.

Serve immediately…it just keeps wilting and getting better…ENJOY!

Believe it or not this serves about 2-4 people…double if serving more.

Drizzle each steak with olive oil and sprinkle with seasoning

If meat is cold let sit at room temp for 15-20 minutes before grilling

Grill steaks with oil and seasoned side down to form grill marks; grill for 4-5 minutes on each side for a medium  rare steak; remove from heat and tent with foil; let rest at least 5 minutes before serving. 

Clean mushrooms with a dry paper towel, take out stems and some of the gills from under side

(do not wash with water, extra moisture is not needed)

Spread butter on top of each mushroom and place on grill buttered side down

Grill for 8-10 minutes till just soft and tender; do not over cook

Melt the blue cheese with milk or cream in a small sauce pan just till creamy leaving some chunks; set aside, add more chunks of cheese if needed before serving and a pinch cayenne pepper

Slice the steak and mushrooms into thin strips and layer on plate

Pour blue cheese sauce over the top

Serve with dad’s favorite vegetable and baked potato

   

As some of you may know I am working on my first Cook Book
 as The Gourmet Farm Girl.
 Little did I realize I already had a first cook book. I just had to share this…

  My father recently found this and asked me if I wanted it? I must admit I do not remember all the details about making this Recipe Book, but I do recall it was a class project when in elementary school. So if any of my old schoolmates from Whetstone are reading this perhaps you may remember this as well.

We were to collect our mothers’ favorite recipe and our teacher made copies for us to assemble a recipe book to give to them. As I looked through this delightful little collection it brought a smile and a tear for all the wonderful memories of years ago… I ENJOYED this!

NEW!!! – Summer Cooking Series

Down on the Farm – Cooking Series w/Deborah Mahon,

 “The Gourmet Farm Girl”

  Sip on some Herbal Tea and enjoy a cooking class with me on June 19th at the Ohio Herb Education Center, 110 Mill Street, Gahanna, Ohio

Menu: Cheesy Chive Scrambled Eggs, Fresh Ohio Strawberry and Blueberry Pancakes, Herb and garlic Sausage Patties, Plum Parfaits with Sweet Whipped Cream and Biscuits with Herbal Honey
For more information or to register visit:
cathy.phillips@gahanna.gov
http://www.ohioherbcenter.org/
http://www.gahanna.gov/  (under Parks and Recreation)

Or call to register: 614.342.4380

Hope to see you there…