Growing a Pineapple From the Top in 5 Steps

This is something a little different.

With Summer right around the corner that means pineapples are popping up at your grocery stores normally for a good deal too! Have you heard you can grow a pineapple from the top of the one you bought? Yep, it does take some time... 2+ years time but if you enjoy grown fruit and vegetables like I do its worth the wait plus its a pretty plant.

Here is how you do it, with photos to help

Step 1:
 Cut the top off, easy enough.
Step 2:
 Grab the leaves, carefully not yo poke your self and the bottom where you cut it off. Now with a good hold and a little muscle twist. The top should pop right off.
Step 3:
 Pull the leaves off until you see at least 2 rows of roots (See photo below).
Step 4:
 Put in water for 3 days
Step 5:
 Plant, just covering the roots and put where will get sun light 4-6 hours a day. No photo but I'm sure you get it. Do use a medium to large size pot because they get pretty big.

In a few years enjoy a pineapple YOU grew!

~Mrs. Milly~



 

Shepard's Pie Kitchen fail...

Ground chuck is thawing and potatoes in pantry need to be used before they start growing arms and fur. So Shepard's Pie it is. Easy one dish meal the family loves. Well you know how when you get it at a restaurant the potatoes are a perfect creamy topping?! I thought what will help me get them like that? When I mash potatoes they are tasty but lumpy. So I grabbed my immersion blender and blended them up to a perfect... Paste! Oh no! Well those were my last potatoes so let's see what happens. Once baked they loosened up to just glue instead of paste. The flavor was good and we ate it but the texture was off for sure. Lesson learned, starch and immersion blending make paste. So many unless we are out of glue sticks, I won't be doing that again... Cooking is all about learning. I learned a lesson I should of known and hate to admit but that's all part of it. We all make silly mistakes. Maybe it's lack of sleep, rushing or we store basic information away and its lost in a pile somewhere in our memory. What ever it is, it's one I won't forget again. On the bright side, the family was still fed and nothing was wasted! 

~Mrs. Milly~ 

Baked Greek Flounder

We eat a lot of fish so I'm always thinking up different ways to cook it. My kids, one which has decided he doesn't like fish anymore... my husband and I all really liked this! It was easy to make and full of flavor. I served it with roasted broccoli and potatoes. 

What you need: 

1 lb flounder

(Fishing seasoning)  

1 lemon, juiced

2 tbsp olive oil 

1 tbsp Greek seasoning

1 tsp dill

(Topping)

1 1/2 cups bread crumbs 

1 1/2 tbsp softened butter 

1 tsp old bay 

1 tsp Greek seasoning 

How to: 

• Rinse and dry fish 

• Place in cake pan or cookie sheet, something with sides 

• Mix fish seasoning together

• Pour over fish, rub all over to make sure fully seasoned

• Mix topping ingredients together with hands, will be chunky and that's how you want it

• Press on top of fish 

• Bake 350 for 15 minutes (adjust to size of filet) 

• Put under broiler for just a few minutes to crisp up topping 

Enjoy! 

~Mrs. Milly~ 

Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread

My friend Kate brought this to Sunday school and I was hooked! I asked her how she made it and was shocked it was from canned cinnamon rolls. It's so easy yet so good! 

NOTE: I only had one can of jumbo rolls on hand and it worked out fine for the 4 of us. I normally use 2 regular cans though and double butter and sugar. 

What you need:

1 can jumbo Cinnamon Rolls 

1tbsp melted butter

1tbsp brown sugar 

Round cake or bunt pan if doubling 

Nonstick spray

How to:

Preheat oven to 350

Spray pan with non stick spray 

Unroll cinnamon rolls 

Pinch off 1 inch strips and roll back up in to a ball 

Pile all together in middle of pan 

Mix butter and sugar together

Pour over top 

Bake till top gets browned (12-15 minutes)
Drizzle icing over top

*Flip on to plate then drizzle icing over for a better presentation or you can keep in pan like I did ;-) 

Enjoy!

~Mrs. Milly~

Bacon Wrapped Roasted Asparagus

This is a very easy touch to make any meal just that much more special! My husband and I love asparagus, and who doesn't like bacon?! It really does make everything better :-) Plus I thought maybe I could get the kids to eat asparagus if I wrapped it in bacon. One ate the bacon off and the other atleast tasted it, worth the try I guess... My husband ate 3 and what the kids didn't eat. I only got 2, something is wrong here. He's lucky I love him because these were good enough to fight over. 

I used the skinny asparagus. So I put 6 to a piece of bacon. The thinner the bacon the more crisp the bacon will get. 

How to: 

Use a baking rack over a pan lined with tinfoil so it cooks evenly. If you don't have a baking rack flip half way through baking.

Rinse asparagus and trim bottom end. 

Bunch together how many you want. 

Wrap with 1 strip of bacon. 

Place on baking rack. 

Sprinkle with Greek seasoning. 

Put in over and heat to 350

Cook till bacon is cook thru and asparagus is tender. 

If I had balsamic on hand I would of drizzled a little on them. They were yummy without though. 

I paired mine with grilled chicken and organic quinoa and brown rice (out of a package). Super easy yet looks time consuming and so good. 

Enjoy! 

~Mrs. Milly~ 

Easter Deviled Eggs

This is a thank you pinterest but I still had to do it different then the pin said....

Dyeing your eggs: 

I used coffee cups, 

filled 2/3 way up with water and 1tsp white vinegar. 

Added 3 drops of food coloring to each but then had to add 3 more half way through. 

The longer they soak the brighter the color. 

The filling: 

All the yolks

1 cup mayo

1 good size tbsp dill relish (you can use sweet but then don't add sugar) I like the dill flavor. 

1 tbsp sugar 

1 tbsp yellow mustard 

1/2 tsp ground cayenne red pepper 

1/2 tsp onion powder 

Salt and pepper to taste 

-Mix all together in a bowl then put in ziplock bag. I make mine the night before, the longer the filling sits the better it is. The eggs will be fine cut and dyed in a tuber wear in the fridge. Cut the corner of the bag the filling is in. Then you can just pipe it into the eggs. 

Boiling eggs: 

They peel MUCH better the older they are! Try to buy a week or 2 before your going to boil them. 

Cover with cool water, do not crowd the pot. One layer of eggs only. 

Once boiling starts, turn off, keep on hot burner and cover. 

Let sit for 10-12 minutes. 

Move eggs to ice water to stop cooking. 

Enjoy everyone saying how pretty and eating yummy deviled eggs! 

~Mrs. Milly~