Day 8

What's on the menu:
Meat loaf wrapped in crescent rolls
Turnip Salad or turnip greens
Deviled Eggs
Blueberry Pie

You will notice I leave out side dishes and breads a lot now since we are older and my husband had his minor heart attack. All those homemade biscuits and yeast rolls and the side dishes had to go.

The meat loaf recipe I got out of an old Campbell Soup recipe book.

Meat Loaf
In a bowl, thoroughly mix together 1 -½ lbs. of ground beef, ½ cup of chopped onion, half can of tomato soup, ½ cup of fine dry bread crumbs, 1 egg, 2 tsp. regular mustard, 1 tsp of Worcestershire.

Shape into a loaf and bake in pan at 350 for 1 hour. Remove and drain and place on baking sheet. Add crescent rolls by separating into triangles. Start at one end of loaf and overlap on top of each other and let end come down side. The loaf will be completely covered.

Bake at 375 for 15minutes or until rolls are golden brown. This is so pretty and the meatloaf is very good.

Sauce for meatloaf (I don't use this sauce recipe, but it's in the book): In a small saucepan, add the other half of tomato soup, ½ cup of milk, 1 tsp. honey, ½ tsp of dried thyme leaves, and 1 TB of peanut butter. Heat and stir until boils and serve over meat loaf, if you desire.

Turnip salad or turnip greens
I cook turnip salad (some people say turnip greens) in the fall of the year when they are freshly grown here. Cook in a large stock pot with ham hocks and seasonings. I freeze for the rest of the year. If the turnip salad is fresh, it will cook in about an hour and a half.

Deviled Eggs
Boil eggs in water with a teaspoon or so of salt for about 15 minutes (the salt prevents the shells from cracking). Drain and cool until ready to crack and peel.

Cut eggs in half and take out the yolks and put in separate bowl. Mash the yolks with a fork.

I add mustard and mayonnaise according to how many eggs I cook. (3 eggs/6 halves-1/2 tsp mustard, 1 TB mayonnaise)

Add salt and pepper to taste and stir all together.

Then I put mixture back into cooked egg halves. Sprinkle tops with pepper or paprika.

Blueberry Pie (old recipe from my neighbor who is 90)
3 cups blueberries
1 cup sugar
2 heaping TB cornstarch
½ cup water
1 TB fresh lemon juice

Put all of the ingredients in a sauce pan, and cook on medium high. Turn it down to medium low as it gets thicker.

Pour into pie crust. Add top crust. I use Pillsbury already made pie crust. Just roll it out.

I cut long strips and make a lattice. Bake at 350 until golden brown.