PRE FALL EASY SCHOOL DINNER

         MOMMY ! WHAT'S FOR DINNER?

Mommy's Chicken Stew

2 cans low-fat chicken broth (14 1/2oz.)
1 can vegetable broth ( 14 1/2 oz.)
3/4 c. shredded carrots
8 oz. egg noodles
1 lg. can white chicken meat
1 T. all purpose flour
2 T. cold water
Dash of black pepper

Bring broth to a boil in a covered soup pot, 8-10 minutes.
Add carrots, noodles, chicken, and it's juice. Bring to a boil and cover.

Uncover and stir, breaking up chicken. Continue to boil until noodles are tender.

Combine flour and water in small container that has a lid. Shake well.

Noodles are now tender. Add flour mixture and stir until thick. Season with salt and pepper.
YUMMY! Serves 4-6~ I double the recipe, as everyone always wants seconds

Apple Turnovers with French Vanilla Ice Cream
Cook Pepperidge Farm Apple Turnovers according to directions.
Let sit 10 minutes and serve with good quality French Vanilla Ice Cream

Haulin' Oats RockaBilly Style

HAULIN' OATS
Love Rachael Ray's thirty minute meals, but I adore Haulin' Oats 5 minute ~ all in one ~ satisfying meal . Flavors such as Cinnamon Girl, Chai A Little Tenderness, My Cherry Amour and Date in The Life are passionately blended by 2 Cali girls who made their way to Nashville and resource their ingredients from our organic food community. I also adore these charmers as hostess gifts, wedding shower favors, etc ...you may also purchase a gift pack...AND they are made in TN USA. Can't get much better than that! Stop by 1108 Woodland Street in East Nashville at The Idea Hatchery and say hi to Tracey Levine. You'll be glad you did www.haulin-oats.com 

P.S THEY SHIP  My fave flavors are Lavender Blue and My Cherry Amour. YUM ! YUM!

Thanksgiving with Elizabeth Scokin

MASHED SWEET POTATOES THAT ARE A CINCH TO MAKE !

Haute Hostess Aprons Tip of the Day: Always heat the milk and melt the butter when you add to the hot potatoes ~ this is what makes the potatoes silky smooth.

For Thanksgiving I double or even triple my recipe

INGREDIENTS:
4 pounds sweet potatoes (about 6 large)

3/4 cup whole milk, heated
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Scrub the potatoes, prick them several times with a knife or fork, and bake them for 1 1/2 hour or until very soft when pierced with a knife. Remove from the oven and scoop out the insides as soon as you can. I put on an oven mitt, half them, and scoop out into a bowl as soon as they get out of the oven, to be honest. Place the sweet potato meat into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with beaters and add the heated whole milk , melted butter, salt, and pepper. Mix together until combined and smooth, Transfer to a baking dish.

Bake the potatoes for 20 to 30 minutes, until heated through.

Thanksgiving Cocktail Couture

1 ½ oz Wild Turkey Bourbon
1 ½ oz strained fresh orange juice
1 ½  strained fresh lime juice
1 T. sugar syrup
1 orange slice for garnish

In a tall glass combine the Wild Turkey, orange and lime juices, sugar syrup, and 4 ice cubes.
Fill the glass with the seltzer and stir.
Garnish with an orange slice.

For more delicious Thanksgiving Week Recipes go to www.hautehostessaprons.com and recipes navigation

A Thanksgiving Week Family Staple

2 containers of fresh crabmeat
2 8 oz. Philly cream cheeses
1/2 pint cream
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 T. lemon juice
Frozen or fresh chives
Tabasco, salt, and red pepper to taste

In double boiler mix cream cheese and mayonnaise until
smooth and creamy.
Add crabmeat, lemon juice, and seasonings.
Serve hot with melba toast.

Holiday Scrambled Egg Casserole for your Family

I love pleasing people and giving the pleasure of comfort food.
-Elizabeth Scokin

4 slices bacon (cut in pieces)
1/2 lb. dried beef (cut in pieces)
1-2 cans sliced mushrooms
16 eggs , scramble
1/4 t. salt
1 c. evaporated milk
1/4 c. butter
White Sauce:
1/4 c. butter
1/2 c. flour
1 qt. milk white pepper

Cook bacon until done, but soft. Remove bacon and add beef, mushrooms, and fry a little. Make white sauce and add bacon, beef, and mushroom mixture. Scramble eggs. Grease a large casserole. Layer mixtures starting with sauce and end with sauce. (It comes out 3 layers sauce and 2 layers eggs). Cook one hour at 275 degrees Serves 12 as a main course or 20 for brunch, when there are several other dishes.

* For brunch I love to serve it with cinnamon rolls and a salad with avocado and grapefruit with poppyseed dressing. Can be made the day before and refrigerated. Is great for a big family breakfast!

YUMMY THANKSGIVING WEEK DESSERT

3 eggs

 1 cup sugar
½ c pumpkin
1 T. lemon juice
¾ c flour
1 t. baking powder
2 t cinnamon
1 t ginger
I t nutmeg
½ t salt
Filling:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
4 T. butter, softened
1 t vanilla
1 c powdered sugar

Beat eggs on high speed for 5 minutes and gradually add sugar. Stir in pumpkin and lemon juice . Fold in remaining ingrdients. Spread in greased and floured jelly roll pan. Bake at 375 degress for 15 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes. Loosen edges with knife and turn onto towel sprinkled with powdered sugar. Roll towel and cake, starting with narrow end and let cool 1 hour. To make filling: Combine filling ingredients and blend until smooth, unroll cake and spread with filling. Re-roll and refrigerate.

Princess Picnic Haute Hostess Style

Simply Extraordinary ! This  moist, rich concoction makes a stunning tea party tart.  I love to take it with me on a fall country picnic ...complete with thermos of hot tea with lemon , pretty china tea cups, and a beautiful heirloom quilt . I always bring along a few cashmere over sized shawls just to make sure everyone is super comfy. 

Apricot Lavender Tart

Ingredients:
1 unbaked pie shell
1/2 c sugar
1/4 ground almonds
1 T. butter
1 egg
2 lbs. fresh apricots, sliced
10 oz. unsalted whole almonds
3 T. lavender honey

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 500 degess. Prick the bottom and side of pie shell with a fork. Combine the sugar, ground almonds, and butter in a bowl and mix well. Add the egg and stir until combined. Spread the almond mixture over the bottom of the pie shell.

Arrange the apricots in the almond mixture and sprinkle with the whole almonds. bBake for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 400 degress and bake for 40 minutes longer. Drizzle with the warm honey and broil just until caramelized. Serves 6.

HAUTE HOSTESS + DOMESTIC GODDESS

I must confess ~ I don't like to do laundry , but I do love my frocks and soft cashmere sweaters, so I have put together an arsenal of stain removers...my very own reinforcements, that I'd like to share with you.. I hand wash my delicate La Perla
in Forever New, while

cashmere gets a soak in The Laundress Wool and Cashmere Shampoo. For leather, plastics, fabric, or carpet try the odorless White Wizard Spot Remover and in case of a stain emergency~ Have Shout Wipes Instant Stain Remover in your handbag. You'll be so happy you did. They absolutely do the trick!

Gorgeous and Simple Autumn Brittle

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Glossy Gorgeous Autumn Brittle

Ingredients

1 Cup Almonds 1 Cup Cashews 3/4 Cup Pumpkin Seeds 2/3 Cup Dried Cranberries 1 1/2 Cups Golden Brown Sugar 1 Cup Granulated Sugar 1/2 Cup Honey 1 Cup Water 1/2 Teaspoon Salt

1 Tablespoon Butter

Instructions

Heat the sugars, honey, water and salt in a large pot over a low-medium flame. Use a pot that is larger than you would think necessary because when the mixture begins to boil it will foam up and increase in size. Stir every five minutes or so. Using a candy thermometer, continue to heat the mixture until it reaches a temperature of exactly 302 degrees Fahrenheit. This is very important because this is the temperature at which sugar hardens into a rock-like state after it cools. Pay close attention not to go very far above 302, otherwise you will burn the sugar. It can take up to an hour for the mixture to reach that high of a temperature, so don't get too worried if 15 minutes go by and the thermometer is still at 175.

While the sugar mixture is boiling, place a sheet of parchment paper on top of a shallow pan, about 9 x 13 inches in width and length, and grease the parchment paper. Set aside. Once the sugar mixture reaches 302, immediately remove it from heat and stir in the butter, cashews, almonds, pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries until they're coated in the mixture.

Immediately pour the mixture onto the parchment paper and spread it out into a large rectangle using a rubber spatula. Try to keep the surface relatively even and about 1 inch in height. Place the pan in the refrigerator and allow the brittle to cool for one hour. Once it has finished cooling, remove the sheet of brittle from the parchment paper and break the brittle into pieces using a meat tenderizer or clean hammer. Arrange the pieces on a serving platter and serve. Store excess brittle in a cool dry place.

SPICY BLOODY MARY

 FABULOUS BLOODY MARY RECIPE FOR GAMEDAY

1 (32 ounce) bottle of Mott's CLAMATO Tomato Cocktail Concentrate
1 tablespoon horseradish
1 dash of Tabasco sauce
7 dashes of Worcestershire sauce
2 twists form the salt mill
1 teaspoon of celery salt
The juice from a lemon (do not use lemon juice substitute)
8 ounces Grey Goose Vodka
Fresh celery stalks with leaves

Combine the CLAMATO juice, horseradish, Tabasco sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salts, and lemon juice in a large pitcher and stir well.

Fill each glass with ice, Bloody Mary mixture (1/2 way up glass), and 1 ounce of Grey Goose Vodka. Garnish with a celery stalk or a wedge of lemon, if you prefer.
Serves 6

I love to moisten the rim of my glass with a lemon wedge and dip the rim in celery salt for a new twist on a classic drink . . . . then fill the glass with the CLAMATO juice and Grey Goose Vodka! Looks festive and tastes great! Plop in a large stuffed green olive to finish!