Recipes for Granny with Alzheimer's Turkey Apple Sauce Shake

Turkey Apple Shake

Today I made Granny a food shake with Turkey and Apple sauce.
With Alzheimer's she needs everything soft and without any texture. So to get some food into her this is what I came up with.
I blended to a puree 1 pack HappyBaby organic baby food stage 3 gobble gobble 4 oz. Turkey
added 1 half jar Gerber apples 3rd foods for sweetness, a bit pure honey for sweetness and some water to  liquefy the drink. You can add anything for the liquid like Gator or Powerade even milk.

I have used the same recipe above using HappyBaby organic baby food stage 3 chick chick 4 oz. Chicken.

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Recipes for Granny with Alzheimer's Yogurt Shake

Giving Granny anything new and different to eat is always a challenge. Today I had given her Organic baby food sprout Sweet peas and garden green beans. This comes in a package and is soft but I had to sweeten it up for her so I added honey and Earth's Best organic fruit yogurt smoothie apple blueberry which also is found in the baby food isle. I mixed both together and she did eat most of it. So after I made her a Yogurt Shake to wash down her veggies. I mixed one 6oz. container of Yoplait French Vanilla yogurt, added a sprinkle of wheat germ, small amount of light cream, 1/2 banana, honey and milk. Puree it in a blender and this is one healthy shake for Granny.

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Creamy Ziti

Moms Creamy Ziti

Veggie week cooking with my Chef Mom has been fun. Mom and I did a special Bonus which is Creamy Ziti, so here we go.

Boil 1/2 box  ziti (Mom uses Penne Rigate or today she used Mezze Penne sometime she uses the very tiny penne)  with a little salt as directed until tender. Strain set aside. In a bowl add 15 oz ricotta whole milk, onion salt, parsley, dill weed, garlic powder, Mrs. dash. Mix your favorite pasta sauce (mom love tuttorosso traditional) She uses a lot of sauce in the mix depends on how much pasta she can use on jar to mix with the ricotta and add a little more sauce from a second jar, which makes it Creamy and not Dry. Sprinkle a little of shredded mozzarella cheese. Stir the above prior to adding the cooked Ziti. In a container put a little of the pasta sauce on the bottom, put the Ziti on top and put a little of the pasta sauce and sprinkle the shredded mozzarella cheese on top.

Moms secret for the Ziti not to dry it out over and over is you only heat or bake your portion not the entire Ziti plus her extra pasta sauce helps to make it moist.

Today I added a half pack of pollo chicken broth. You can add anything you love from veggies to meat.


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Sloppy Joe Back to School

Brown chopped meat mix sauce stove top pan

Place on your favorite bread or hard roll

Here is a quick one Sloppy Joe served on a bun or Italian bread for the kids when the come home from school.
1 lb chopped meat
1 can Heinz sloppy joe sauce classic recipe.

Brown chopped meat drain the oil.
Add a can Heinz sloppy joe sauce.
Heat, stir, when mixture is through for a few minutes.

Place on a bun or roll.
Add a slice of tomato, pickle or a slice of cheese or just plain.

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From my Garden to the Kitchen Fresh Mixed Salad

Made two one for lunch and dinner.

This is delicious

Today was a very rainy lazy day so I decided to make a Mixed Salad.
I chopped romaine lettuce.
Added
Cherry Tomatoes from my garden.
Sliced yellow squash from my garden.
Sliced green pepper from my garden.
Diced cheddar cheese a little for flavor.
One marinated garlic clove.
One marinated mushroom.
Sprinkled a few green olives.
Sprinkled a few chick peas.
2 pieces of string beans and snow peas. (from my green jade Chinese food)

You can add more or delete whatever you like.
Add your favorite dressing.

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From my Garden to the Kitchen Sausage and Peppers

Garden fresh Giant Marconi sweet peppers

Sausage and Marconi peppers 

I have grown this summer in my Garden a favorite pepper of mine called Giant Marconi sweet pepper.
This recipe is fast and easy for Sausage and Peppers.
I used Premio Sweet Luganiga Sausage its very thin and has a lot of flavor. Just brown in a fry pan and set aside.
Then take two of my favorite Giant Marconi sweet pepper and cut them up I sliced them in strips then angled then into nice easy eating pieces.
Take a half of onion and dice as well.

Combine the onions and pepper in your fry pan while that is slowly frying on low, take your Sausage and cut into small pieces.

You can add anything you love like diced yellow squash or sliced shitake mushrooms add your own favorite.

Combine all three above and stir until peppers and onions are lightly soft.

Grab your favorite Italian Bread for your sausage and pepper sandwich.

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From my Garden to the Kitchen Veggie Soup

Here we are again in the kitchen and I wanted to make Veggie Soup using my yellow squash and zucchini.
I also added all my extra veggies I had in the frig.

I diced up in small pieces.

1 yellow squash
1 small green zucchini
A hand full of tiny carrots
A hand full of snow peas
1/2 red onion
2 slices of white onion
1/2 red pepper
1/2 green pepper

Boiled until tender
adding spices
sprinkle parsley, dill, onion salt, salt and pepper, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, 1 pack of Goya pollo chicken flavor, 2 small cans tomato sauce optional.

Another option you can add 1/2 can chick peas, 1/2 can corn and beans, barley or Ronzoni pastina.

diced up the veggies and boil in soup pot

add what ever you love to eat

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From my Garden to the Kitchen Baked yellow squash and tomatoes

Today I cut yellow squash in half and cut up two big boy tomatoes with two pieces of garlic.
Placing them into a glass baking pan with foil sprinkled with olive oil and salt and pepper.
I also was lazy but I took Italian bread crumbs and sprinkled it over the squash.
Cover with foil to bake and steam the veggies at 350 degree for 25 minutes.
On the top stove I also boiled in a large pot Butterball Turkey Kielbasi.

Yellow Squash breaded cut tomatoes and Turkey keilbasi

Such an easy lunch or dinner to eat.
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From my Garden to the Kitchen Home made Tomato Soup

Well my Garden has produced tons of tomatoes so I decided to make Tomato Soup for the first time.
I was lazy to peel the skins or remove the seeds since I am using Cherry Tomatoes. So here is how this went and to tell you the truth this soup is so delicious and better than Campbell's (sorry to say but true)

I washed the cherry tomatoes and put them into a large stove top pot and boiled them adding 1/2 onion a hand full of baby peeled carrots and one piece of garlic.

I pureed in the blender this mixture above.
I purchased at the dollar store a strainer and strained the seeds just to let the tomato juice drip into another large stove top pot.
Adding in 1 can of tomato paste, sprinkle small amounts of onion salt, parsley, dill, salt, 2 packs of pollo chicken flavor.

You can add anything you like say like celery, peppers and if you want cream of tomato soup add light cream into your bowl.
I used what I had from my garden and in my kitchen.

Cherry Tomatoes

Boil until soft

Strain the seeds and skin into a large pot

Enjoy the tomato soup

My dog gives me two paws up on my soup


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From my Garden to the Kitchen Home made Salsa

Here we go again I have tons of cherry tomatoes and decided to make homemade salsa, it's easy.
I boiled hot water let stand and put into the hot water my tomatoes for a few minutes this takes the skin off easy to peel.

Tons of Cherry tomatoes

Love my salsa

I put them into a pot and diced red pepper, green peppers, one small hot pepper, onions, diced garlic, parsley, dill, onion salt, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Most of the above was from my garden. I also added tomato paste 1 can and to add more juice I added a can of diced tomatoes. This is what I created.

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