Baked Onion Rings

 My nephew saw me using onions the other day and told me that he loves onion rings! Turns out he only likes the kind that are covered in oil and fried...more for me!

Ingredients:

• yellow onion (it's what I use in general for cooking, unless told otherwise)
• garlic breadcrumbs (because who does not like garlic) with the following added
• basil
• salt
• pepper
• cumin
• flour
• egg

Directions:

1) Preheat the oven to 400F.
2) Set up a station just like in the Fried Green Tomatoes.
3) Cut the onion into thin slices, about 1/3 of an inch thick
4) Cover with egg, flour, egg, breadcrumbs and place on a tinfoil lined baking tray.






5) Bake for 15 minutes (or until crispy).

Fried Green Tomatoes

Another garden post! A tomato fell off early and I was told to do something with it. Not sure what to do besides fried green tomatoes!

Ingredients:

• Green tomato
• 2 eggs, mixed together
• flour
• whatever breadcrumbs you like
• vegetable or canola oil

Directions:

1) Slice the tomato pretty thin.
2) Set up bowls with the eggs in the middle and the breadcrumbs on the side closest to the pan of oil.
3) Being heating the oil on medium heat.
4) Cover the slices of tomato in this order: egg, flour, egg, breadcrumbs




5) Place in the pan and let cook for about 3 minutes on each side, or until browned.
6) Place on a paper towel to get the excess oil off, again flipping after a few minutes.





7) Move to a plate to allow them to cool more.

 I added mine to a veggie burger with onions sauteed with old bay seasoning and parsley.

 The onions with the old bay and parsley.

Baked Brie

Hot melted cheese. Whats not to love? I also made this right before I left Ireland for a week so I had very little food left over and this what what I could make (thus the pieces are really small).

Ingredients:

• Brie
• Breadcrumbs
• Flour
• Eggs
• Bread (or whatever else you want to eat it with...which could be nothing)

Directions:
1) Preheat the oven to 350F/176C
2) Dip the Brie in the egg.
3) Dip the Brie in the flour.
4) Dip the Brie back in the egg.
5) Roll the Brie in the breadcrumbs.
5) Bake the Brie until the breadcrumbs are starting to brown.

Creamed Onions

I have these every year at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Didn't know they were 'weird' until I went to college and now one else knew what they were. They are from Sweden, I guess. Can't find confirmation online, but another person I know who is part Swedish knew what they were and said it was his moms side (Swedish side) of the family that made them as well. Had to have a friend try them, so I made them! I ignored the fact that he said he did not like onions when I was planning this...he still ate them.

Ingredients:

• 2 16oz jars whole onions
• 3 TBSP + 1/4 cup butter
• 2 TBSP flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup sharp processed American cheese, shredded (I used Cheddar)
• 1/2 cup buttered breadcrumbs

Directions:

1) Preheat the oven to 350F/176C
2) Drain onions and reserve some liquid in jars.
3) Melt butter 3 TBSP butter in a pot.
4) Add flour and blend it in well to make a roux.
5) Remove from heat.






6) Add the milk and stir until blended.
7) Return to heat and cook until thickened and bubbling slightly.
8) Turn off the heat.






9) Add cheese.
10) Stir until melted. If too thick add the reserved liquid.
11) Add the onions and mixture to a lightly buttered 1 quart dish.






12) In the same pot add the 1/4 cup butter and breadcrumbs.








13) Add on top of the onions.
14) Cook for 40 minutes.

Potato Gratin With Pine Nut Crust

From: Veggie Feasts

Ingredients:

• Potatoes
• Spray oil
• 1 kg (2 lb) small waxy potatoes
• freshly grated nutmeg, to taste
• 25 g (1 oz) butter, diced
• 200 ml (7 fl oz) milk
• 200 ml (7 fl oz) double cream
• salt and black pepper
• For the pine nut crust
• 50 g (2 oz) fresh wholemeal breadcrumbs
• 50 g (2 oz) pine nuts
• 25 g (1 oz) Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
• 1 TBSP chopped parsley

Directions:

1) Preheat the oven to 190C
2) Lightly oil a 1 litre (1 3/4 pint) baking dish with spray oil.
3) Peal the potatoes.







4) Cut into wafer-thin slices.









 5) Arrange the slices in overlapping layers in the prepared dish, seasoning each layer with nutmeg, salt, pepper and butter.
6) Mix the milk and cream together.






7) Pour over the potatoes.
8) Cover the dish with foil.
9) Bake for 1 hour, until the potatoes are almost tender






10) Combine the breadcrumbs, pine nuts, Parmesan cheese and parsley in a bowl.








11) Remove the foil from the gratin.









12) Scatter the breadcrumb mixture over to form a crust.
13) Bake for another 25-30 minutes until golden