Seasoned butter

1 stick butter
1 large clove garlic grated
juice of 1/2 lemon
1 Tablespoon of basil, parsley or rosemary

Chicken
pound out chicken like you do for veal
wrap a slice of frozen, seasoned butter in chicken
place chicken in a section of muffin tin and bake
at ~350

Seafood
whip one egg
coat seafood with egg
coat seafood with bread crumbs
put a few slices of seasoned butter in pan with
fish and on top of fish and cook at 350′

Pork Roast
put some seasoned butter
in the pan with the roast and
baste occasionally while cooking

Vegetables
Use in place of regular butter with your
boiled or steamed vegetables

6 large cucumbers, sliced
4 onions, sliced
1/4 cup salt
1 pint white vinegar
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon celery seed
1 tsp mustard seed

Use fresh cucumbers, wash and slice
Slice onions
Mix vegetables with salt and let stand 1 hour
Drain and rinse with 2 cups cold water
Combine vinegar, sugar, celery seed, mustard seeds and heat to boiling
Pack vegetables in jars, add hot vinegar mixture to overflow
Seal at once
Cool and store

This was a hand written recipe from my Grandmother’s recipe box.
Pickles are mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible. So they were known at least 4,000 years ago. George Washington collected almost 500 types of pickles.

This is great for livening up chicken or pork, especially for those who are not big chicken fans. It works well as a condiment for stir fry, or over oriental noodles.

1/4 cup plus 2 Tablespoons of peanut butter
Juice of one half lime
3 Tablespoons water
2 Tablespoons soy
2 cloves garlic minced

I place it all in the food processor (or blender), and beat until well mixed.. I recommend making it while dinner is cooking. If you chill it, it will get too thick to use.

Peanut butter is one of Americas staple foods found in about 75% of households. It is an excellent source of protein, B3, E and the antioxidant p-coumaric acid. The Incas had peanuts which they also used in a paste form giving us the first known peanut butter.