Bruschetta

2 large tomatoes (or 5 Romas), seeds removed, chopped small
basil, a good handful, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
olive oil
salt
pepper
baguette, sliced

Mix tomatoes, basil and garlic together. Drizzle with a little olive oil, enough to lightly coat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Serve on top of sliced &toasted baguette

Chicken Marinade

Honey Mustard
Soy Sauce

I put my chicken in a gallon sized ziplock bag and put in enough honey mustard and soy sauce to coat. I think for 2 chicken breasts I did approximately 3 Tbsp. honey mustard to 2 Tbsp. of soy sauce. You can marinade for 20 minutes or overnight.

My Dad's favorite - Blachinda

for the crust:

1 cup shortening
4 cups flour (approx.)
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup milk

Using a pastry cutter or food processor, cut the shortening into the flour, salt and baking powder until the shortening is in pea sized pieces. Slowly add in milk and mix just until incorporated. Add more flour or milk as needed to make a soft but not sticky dough. Roll out to 1/4" thick and cut into 4" circles.

for the filling:

3 cups pumpkin
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 Tbsp. flour
2 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 tsp. nutmeg
3/4 tsp. ginger
3/4 tsp. salt

mix the filling together and place 1 - 1 1/2 Tbsp. of filling slightly off center onto the dough rounds. Fold over the dough and crimp with a fork. Brush with eggwash and bake for approximately 10 minutes or until golden brown on 375 degrees.

Note: traditional Blachinda recipes are typically savory, with pepper and onion salt rather than sugar

Variations - fill with any kind of pie filling or pudding