Eggs & White Sauce

Since our chickens are laying eggs in overtime I’ll probably be posting a few new egg recipes. Here is one that my mom made for us all the time when I was growing up.

Eggs & White Sauce

6 hard boiled eggs
1 cube butter
4 T flour
2 c. milk

Melt butter then add flour. Stir to make paste, making sure there are no lumps then slowly add milk. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.

Crumble yolks and set aside. Chop whites and add to thickened white sauce. Serve white sauce over toast and sprinkle crumbled yolk, salt, and pepper on top.

Salisbury Steak with Gravy

from Taste of Homes Simple & Delicious

1/2 c. milk
14 saltines, crushed
2 T dried minced onion
2 t. dried parsley flakes
1 lb. lean ground beef
1 jar (12 oz.) beef gravy
2 T ketchup
2 t. Worcestershire sauce
1/4 t. pepper

In a large bowl, combine the milk, saltines, onion, and parsley.  Crumble beef over mixture and mix well.  Shape into four patties.  Place in an 8-in. square baking dish coated with nonstick cooking spray.

In a small bowl, combine the gravy, ketchup, Worcestershire and pepper; pour over patties.  Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes or until meat is no longer pink.

Serves 4

For some unforseen reason we’ve had a few meatloaf type dishes lately and this was a nice variation.  It can be altered to be very calorie-friendly, using fat-free milk, fat-free saltines, and fat-free gravy.  

Sweet and Sour Chicken (Crockpot)

I found this in my Fix It and Forget It cookbook

1-1/2 c. sliced carrots
1 large green pepper, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
2 T. quick-cooking tapioca
2-1/2-3lb. chicken, cut into serving-size pieces
8 oz. can pineapple chunks in juice
1/3 c. brown sugar
1/3 c. vinegar
1 T soy sauce
1/2 t. instant chicken bouillon
1/4 t. garlic powder
1/4 t. ground ginger (or 1/2 t. freshly grated ginger)
1 t. salt

Place vegetables in bottom of slow cooker. Sprinkle with tapioca. Add chicken.

In a separate bowl, combine pineapple, brown sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, bouillon, garlic powder, ginger, and salt. Pour over chicken.

Cover. Cook on Low 8-10 hours.
Serves 6
Serve over cooked rice.

This was a great dish and so easy to prepare! It had a sweet taste but not too much so and the chucks of pineapple made it perfect.