Sprouts with mustard seeds

Classic Home Cooking 1995 Dorling Kindersley Cookbook. This is a big cookbook (over 500 pages), oversized, and heavy. There are colorful photos on every page. I decided to try a few of the veggie recipes, because the photos in the center of the book tempted me. Now, I will say, these recipes were bland, but they were good starting points. I added my own seasonings, and garlic, and scallions. I am sharing two recipes here, because I forgot to take a photo of the Summer Peas and Beans dish, so I am using the photo in the book. These recipes are on page 357 of this massive book. My husband ate 2 bowlfuls of these dishes in the past two days, and added the recipe to his bowl of soup that evening. I also like to top my veggies with slivered almonds or crushed walnuts. My husband likes this extra touch

Tomorrow, I will be making the Gingers Parsnips, and on Friday, I’ll be making the Glazed Carrots and Turnips, because I have these items in my refrigerator.

Which reminds me, quite a few of these recipes got my attention, because they are items I already have on hand.

Sprouts with Mustard Seeds
the handwritten notes are not from me
Summer Peas & Beans

Special Fried Rice with Foo Yung

Perfect!  


 This dish is delicious!  My husband ate 4 bowls in one sitting!     I will make this again, and I will just scramble the foo yung part, and mix it into the rice.  Also, the Foo Yung recipe:  I did not add the salt – I did do pepper – I figured between all the other ingredients it did not need more salt and this was perfect for us.   I also had some leftover turkey cold cuts, so I chopped those up and included them with the ham and shrimp combination.

This book has so many recipes that look like every day staples I keep in the pantry.  I have marked several recipes I will be trying from this book.  
I also added chopped carrots with the peas
 I’m showing you a photo of this dish after following the instructions exactly – it is an ugly 1970’s looking dish.  I laughed and said, “Wow, that is so 70’s looking!”   I then chopped up the egg, and mixed it in.  
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