My Amish Banana Bread

Piper here. I had such a fun afternoon. My best friend and writing partner, Lily Simmons sent me a fab cookbook for my birthday called Amish Community Cookbook. I've found so many recipes I want to try, but I was given some ripe bananas so of course, they turned into banana bread. It's like 1:30 in the a.m. so I'll post the recipe tomorrow. The bread is soft and wonderful and it's making me want to eat another piece, but heavens, not at this time in the morning! Nighty night all!

Livers, Gizzards and Hearts OH MY!

Carly is at her wits end with all the preparation Matthew and Hannah's wedding is creating.
She has also made big decisions concerning Asher.
To catch up read Carly's latest post to her journal.

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"IN PLAIN SIGHT by Piper Forrest and Lily Simmons opens a charming new series of cozy mysteries filled with great characters, set amid the “Quilted Hills” of an Amish community in Pennsylvania. The writing team of Forest and Simmons is one to watch."

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Award-winning author of The Jinx and the Pinkerton

IN PLAIN SIGHT

BY

PIPER FORREST AND LILY SIMMONS

I’m Carly Laine and do I ever need a rest. My last case was heart-wrenching, so where better to go than to an Amish Bed and Breakfast? I picked the first one that popped up on my computer screen. Little did I know I’d be neck deep in kidnapping and murder.

I am Ruby Troyer. My son Matthew and I own a large Amish Farm Stay, the Englisch call a Bed and Breakfast, but ours comes with a farm tour and buggy rides. Our border, Carly Laine is a trained detective, here to take a good rest. Instead, the poor dear helps in our kitchens providing meals for the men searching for our missing girls. For sure and for certain, Carly hasn’t had much rest. Carly and I become fast friends, but she drags me, a quiet Amish woman, along in her search for the truth. One we never saw coming.

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Catch Up!

Carly's been busy but still found the time to write in her journal. Come on over and catch up on Quilted Hills. It is a busy time to be at the farm stay.

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Hi all, I just finished writing in my journal, gosh I hope no one reads it but it does help to write it all down. I am the person that forgets everything, now I have a place to put idea and items that I need to remember.
Hope you do is going well, it is beautiful here all the colors of fall are outstanding.
Carly
https://authorspiperandlily.blogspot.com/p/carlys-journal.html

PS They are predicting snow and lots of it.

Authors Piper Forrest and Lily Simmons Amish Blog: Ruby's Journal

Authors Piper Forrest and Lily Simmons Amish Blog: Ruby's Journal: Hello Journal. Is this how a person starts? I have never attempted this before. Um...clunky, as my son Matthew, would say.  Oh my, there...

Cabbage Rolls

Time gets away! How did we get to the middle of October? It's time for a post on the blog. Waaay past time. Enjoy heating up your oven for this great recipe. ~~Piper~~

Country Cabbage Rolls Straight From A Mennonite Kitchen

easyrecipesly.com/country-cabbage-rolls-straight-from-a-mennonite-kitchen/

7/6/2017

Ingredients

·       1 large savoy cabbage

·       2 pounds lean ground beef

·       2 medium to large onions

·       2 tablespoons canola or Bertolli olive oil .. or even butter is fine

·       1 cup white or brown rice. . . and 2 cups water

·       3 Eggland’s Best eggs

·       1 1/2 teaspoons Morton salt

·       1 teaspoon pepper

·       2 cans tomato soup

·       2 small bottles (individual serving sizes) tomato juice or vegetable cocktail . .like V8

·       1 can or small carton chicken broth

Ingredients

In the bag that you brought your savoy cabbage home,  place the cabbage in the freezer and leave for 12 hours or overnight.. . .remove and leave to thaw at room temperature. .this will take awhile. . so I often take it the night before the day I want to make the cabbage rolls. The leaves will be soft and easy to use without having to boil them.

In a small saucepan or a microwave safe covered dish. . .cook the rice. . set aside to cool. The rice can be made the day ahead and kept chilled in the refrigerator overnight.

Chop the onions fine and saute them slowly until they are golden brown. . .set aside to cool.

In a large bowl, break apart the ground beef, add the salt, pepper, eggs, sauteed onions and the rice. . mix together until combined. . use your hands.

Remove the leaves from the cabbage, cutting away the tough part closest to the core.

Spray your large casserole or two small casserole dishes with cooking spray.

Put about a 1/3 to 1/2 cup meat mixture at the bottom of the leaf and roll up. . the meat amount varies depending on the size of the leaf. . repeat until all the meat is used up.

In a large mixing bowl. . .combine the tomato soup, juice, and broth. . pour evenly over the cabbage rolls. Cover with foil. . or the lid.

Bake the cabbage rolls slowly at 325 for two hours. . serve or cool on the counter. .remove the foil (if you don’t. . you will have little bits of foil on your cabbage rolls where ever it touches. .) cover with plastic wrap. .and either refrigerate or freeze.

For reheating . .thaw first if frozen . .remove the plastic wrap and cover with a lid or foil. . and just reheat in the oven. . for about an hour .. at 325. . . or if you want, they can be reheated beautifully in the microwave on sensor reheat.

Source :  allrecipes.com