Patti's Original Rumaki Appetizer

1 lb bacon uncooked
1/2 lb chicken livers
1 large can pineapple slices quartered ea. slice
1 can sliced water chestnuts drained

Lay slice raw bacon flat.  At one end place in a row small piece chicken liver,
pineapple slice, water chestnut slice.  Roll up from corner and fasten with toothpicks
chriscrossing thru ea. piece to hold together.  Place in 9 x 11 pan.  Continue rolling
ea. piece till bacon is all made into pieces.

Combine stir together:
1 bottle catsup
1 small bottle soy sauce
few tablespoons brown sugar

Pour over bacon appetizers in pan.  Marinate 6 hrs turning few time.  I use
marinating pan and then pour into baking dish when ready to heat and serve.

Bake 350 half hour till bacon is cooked and sauce sizzling,

Super Healthy Vegetarian Fresh Kale/Spinach Bean Soup

20 oz pkg 16 bean soup mix, discard seasoning packet
cover in large pot with water few 6 inches above top of beans adding couple teas. of
baking soda.  Soak overnite or 8 hrs.  Rinse beans and place in large crock pot.
Cover with 6 cups water

In fry pan saute in 4 Tab. olive oil:
4 fresh garlic cloves minced2 onions chopped
5  carrots chopped small
Sprinkle with: 
1 tab chili powder
4 teas. hot peppersauce
Cover mixture till softened and then pour into crock pot with beans

To crockpot add:
 vegetable or chicken boullion for 6 cups broth
1 can Rotel tomatoes with green chillis
Cook on high till beans are soft to taste and broth is thickened well.
Add couple teas. of kosher salt and pepper 
Taste and add more chilli powder and hot sauce to your liking.
Sweeten with touch of sugar or stevia for flavor

Add to soup:
1 pkg 5 oz fresh kale/spinach mixture
Simmer 1/2 hour more in crock pot

Add couple cans of drained mushrooms if desired

 Top with sprinkle of fresh grated parmesan cheese  and/or crushed red pepper
Serve with crusty whole grain bread or tortilla chips, or corn bread etc..

 So good and healthy, meatless, very hearty!

Patti's Southwest Salad

1 large head of lettuce chopped place in bottom of a large crystal bowl

Next layer over lettuce in bowl:
1 can drained and rinsed black beans
1 can drained yellow corn
small orange, yellow, sweet red peppers sliced in circles and lined
circled round the bowl
1 pkg jarred  bacon pieces
sliced cherry tomatoes
salad style tortilla strips

Serve with a  Lite Salsa Ranch Dressing

Patti's Beef and Green Calico Beans Fall Casserole

2 lbs very lean ground beef, fry and drained running hot water over the beef
thru a colander, set aside.  A combination of ground lean turkey and ground lean beef
may be used as a replacement.

1 lb. bacon chopped and fried.  Drain well on paper towels.

1 large onion chopped
4  16 oz cans drained green beans rinsed
3 16oz cans drained yellow beans rinsed
1 64 oz can of baked beans (do not drain)
2  16oz cans drained Northern beans rinsed
2 16oz cans hot chili beans do not drain
2 16oz cans drained kidney beans rinsed
2 16oz cans drained butter beans rinsed

Sauce ingredients:
1 16oz can diced tomatoes do not drain
1 1/2 cup catsup
4 T. brown sugar
2 Tab. dry mustard
5 teas. apple cider vinegar
2 teas. sea salt

2 very large sweet green peppers chopped large


Spray a large crockpot with non-stick spray.  Combine beef, bacon, and sauce ingredients in very
large bowl.  Add all the beans and stir lightly.  Pour into very large crock pot.  Heat on high 2 hrs till
bubbly, adding the chopped green peppers the last 45 minutes.  Cook till bubbly.  Pour into
individual bowls and serve with tortilla chips.  Pairs well with a salad on the side.

I rinse the beans to remove extra salt and try to buy low sodium beans.  Use any combination of
different types of beans.  I adjust the sweetness as needed.  2 seeded chopped jalapenas could
be added for a sweet/hot flavor along with using the hot chili beans.  The green and yellow beans seem a little
different but are an excellent choice, low calorie added to the mix of beans.  Very hearty dish for a cool

nite...can be served as a chili with cheese, lettuce, and lite sour cream topping.

Fresh Dilled Sweet Buttered Carrots

3 lbs fresh peeled baby carrots
few teaspoons brown sugar
lite butter spread
fresh minced dill

Steam or boil carrots till crisp tender  Drain. Place on burner low heat, add few teas. of  brown sugar. 
Add couple of tab. of lite butter, Add few teas. of brown sugar and small handful of fresh minced dill.

Dill is amazing on fresh vegetables such as carrots, and also absolutely delicious in chicken soup.  Fresh dill for those not familiar with using it has a very sweet aromatic flavor.  Being of Czech descent our family has used this herb many yrs. as it is traditional.  Czechs also use dill in preparing special dill gravies.

Pork Roast Roasted w/Columbia Restaurant Seasoning

Top Loin Pork Roast  5 lbs or plus
sliced garlic cloves
Columbia Seasoning (can be purchased on-line from famous
Columbia Cuban Restaurant in Sand Key, Florida


Place roast fat side up on wood prep board.  Cut tiny slits all thru roast inches apart.  Place tiny slices
of garlic into slits ontop and down sides of roast.  Cover sprinkling with Columbia seasoning covering all of roast top and bottom.  Place in roasting pan and bake 350 degrees till center is slightly white, pink gone and still juicy. 

The seasoning is delicious from this Cuban restaurant and can be purchased on-line.  The Columbia Restaurant is amazing noted for their Cuban sandwiches made with this incredible spiced pork.  They
also serve sliced pork such as the recipe I created here.  The ambiance is incredible at this restaurant.

Balsamic Dressed Roasted Asparagas

2 lbs fresh asparagas or 2 lg packages
Balsamic vinegar
olive oil
sea salt
fresh lemon

On two baking pans sprinkle with olive oil.  Spread spears onto two large baking pans.  Sprinkle
with balsamic vinegar litely.  Roast 350 degrees  20 min. till litely brown.  Squeeze fresh lemon and
sprinkle with sea salt.  Delicious....my concoction...