All posts by Gary Huber

Savory Zucchini Bake

  • 3 cups peeled and grated zucchini
  • 1 cup Bisquick
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • ½ tsp. each salt and pepper
  • 1 Tblsp. Minced garlic
  • 2 cups grated Swiss cheese
  • 2 Tblsp. Fresh parsley
  • ½ tsp. seasoned salt
  • ½ tsp. dried oregano
  • ½ cup oil
  • 4 eggs

 

Heat oven to 350. Grease a 9 X 13 pan. Mix all ingredients and pour into pan.

 

Bake 30 minutes.

Raw Apple Cookies

  • ½ cup shortening
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1½ cups flour
  • ½ tsp. EACH salt/baking powder/baking soda/cinnamon/cloves
  • ½ cup dried sunflower seeds (can substitute chopped walnuts)
  • 1 cup uncooked quick oats
  • 1¾ cups chopped tart red apples
  • ½ cup plumped raisins
  • ½ cup chopped pitted dates

 

Beat shortening and brown sugar until creamy.  Add eggs and beat until mixed in.  Stir in dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and sunflower seeds).

Then stir in oats, apples, raisins and dates.  Drop by well-rounded teaspoonfuls 1 ½ – 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheets. 

 

Bake 350 for 12-15 minutes until light brown.

 

Peasant Duck

 

2 ducks, cut into pieces

1 medium onion

1 large rutabaga peeled and cut in 1 inch pieces

1 cup apple juice

1 tablespoon sage

Flour, salt and pepper

  

Dredge duck pieces in flour to coat, salt the individual pieces, and brown on all sides.  Remove duck and place in bottom of baking dish.  Chop onions and rutabaga and layer over the duck. Pour apple juice over all, salt, pepper, and sage on top.  Cover with foil.  Bake 2 hours a 300 F.

– Martha Galecki

Curried Carrots

12 carrots

6 Tblsp. Butter

2 Tblsp. Curry powder

¼ tsp. Salt

¼ tsp. Black pepper

¼ cup lemon juice

2 Tblsp. Brown sugar

  

Place carrots in a sauce pan and add cold water to cover. Cook over medium heat until tender, 15-20 minutes. Drain and return carrots to pan. Mix butter, curry, salt and pepper and add to carrots in pan.  Add lemon and brown sugar. Heat through. Serve.

 – Martha Galecki

Cider-Rosemary Roasted Squash

  • 1 acorn squash
  • 1 Tblsp. butter
  • 1 cup apple cider or juice
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  •  tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp. cinnamon
  • tsp. allspice
  • Dash nutmeg
  • Fresh rosemary to taste

 

Preheat oven to 425.  Cut acorn squash in half and scoop out seeds. Cut several slice in 1 inch width.  Melt butter over medium heat in oven safe pan.  Add squash spices, toss to coat.

 

In a bowl, combine apple cider, cinnamon, salt and allspice.  Pour over squash.  Add fresh rosemary.  Bring to boil and simmer 5 minutes.

 

Sprinkle sugar on squash and put pan in oven.  Roast until squash is tender, about 10-20 minutes. 

Roasted Leg of Goat

  • 3-5 pound leg of goat
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup Fields STone Farms Natural Honey
  • ¼ cup orange juice
  • 1½ cups water
  • 2 tablespoons Worchestershire Sauce
  • 2 tablespoons granulated garlic
  • 1 tablespoon Hungarian sweet paprika
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 2 teaspoons sea salt
  • 2 teaspoon fresh ground peppercorn melange

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place meat in roaster pan; mix the remaining ingredients and pour over meat. Bake, covered with foil for 3 hours.

Or, place all ingredients in a crockpot and cook on high for 8 hours.

—LaVentosa Ranch

Butternut Squash and Ginger Soup

  • 1 medium-to-large butternut squash
  • 3 tablespoons butter or vegetable oil
  • 2 large leeks (white part only), cleaned and chopped
  • 4 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
  • 6 cups chicken or vegetable stock
  • 1½ teaspoons salt

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Halve and seed the squash. Oil a baking sheet and place the squash on it, cut side down. Bake until squash can be easily pierced with a fork, about 1 hour. Let cool, then scoop the pulp from the skin and discard skin.

Melt butter in a soup pot over medium-low heat. Add leeks and ginger and cook, stirring, until tender but not browned. Stir in squash pulp and 4 cups of stock; bring to a simmer and cook 20 minutes, stirring occasionally and breaking up squash with a spoon.

Remove from heat and puree until smooth with an infusion (stick) blender or in batches in a food processor.

Return to heat adn stir in remaining stock and salt. Heat through and serve.

Arm Roast

Arm Roast
Recipe Type: Entree
Author: Weisshaar Family Farm
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 3 hours 20 mins
Total time: 3 hours 30 mins
Roasting time will depend on the size of your roast. Plan on about 50 to 60 minutes per pound of meat.
Ingredients
  • Frozen arm roast
  • Vegetables of choice (potatoes, carrots, onions, mushrooms)
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 450 degrees F.
  2. Cover frozen roast with foil or use a roasting pan with a lid and place in heated oven for 20 minutes or until browned.
  3. Turn roast over, reduce heat to 350 degrees F, add 1 cup water, cover and cook for 1 hour. Check water level and add more if needed to keep the meat moist.
  4. Reduce heat to 325 degrees F and cook for an additional hour.
  5. Add vegetables and cook for 1 hour, adding more water if needed to keep moist.

Sweet Potato Pound Cake

  

  • 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups cooked, mashed, and cooled sweet potatoes (2 medium)
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp salt

  

Frosting – 1 ¼ cup sifted powdered sugar, 8 ounces cream cheese (softened), 3 tsp. milk, 1 tsp. vanilla

  

Preheat oven to 350 and grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.

 

For cake, beat together the butter or margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.  Add the potatoes and vanilla and beat well. Add the eggs one at a time, beating for 1 minute after each addition  (batter will look curdled) 

In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and salt. Slowly add the flour mixture to the potato mixture. Beat on low speed until just combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. 

Bake for about 1 hour and 20 minutes (or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center of the cake comes out clean.) Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Then invert onto a serving plate. 

 

For frosting, in a small bowl, stir together the sifted powdered sugar, milk, cream cheese, and vanilla. Spread the frosting over the cake and, if desired, sprinkle with chopped walnuts.

– Angie and Kelly Tagtow

 

Saucy Meatballs

Meatballs 

  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups quick oats
  • 1 cup chopped onions
  • 1 can evaporated milk (12 oz.)
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • 3 pounds grassfed ground beef

Mix and make balls. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes.

Sauce

  • 2  cups ketchup
  • 1½ cups brown sugar
  • ½ cup chopped onion or substitute dried onions to taste
  • 1 – 2 teaspoons liquid smoke 
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder 

Mix together and heat in a pan. Simmer meatballs in this sauce in a crockpot or pan and serve hot.

Sauce Variations

  1. Substitute your favorite spaghetti sauce for the homemade sauce.
  2. Make a cream sauce using 2-3 cups of cream and 1 cup grated parmesan cheese.  

—Kevin and Sophie Ryan, Horsefeather Farm