My cousin, Brooke, and her sweet little family came to visit us Sunday evening. So of course that meant we needed something yummy for supper time!
On the menu:
Grilled porkchops
Au gratin potatoes
French sliced green beans
Strawberry cake
Believe it or not, I've never made au gratin potatoes before. I found a recipe that looked simple enough & it gave me a chance to use my new food processor for slicing & grating. I knew I liked my food processor but now I seriously LOVE it.
Here's the recipe & picture of the potatoes. They got rave reviews from all so I thought I'd share it here.
Ingredients
8 russet potatoes, sliced thin
1 onion, sliced into rings
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 + 2 tablespoons butter
1/4 + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
2 cups heavy whipping cream
4 cups shredded Extra Sharp Cheddar cheese
2 tsp. garlic powder
Paprika
Directions
1.Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter a 9x13 baker.
2.Layer 1/2 of the potatoes into bottom of the prepared casserole dish.Sprinkle generously with salt & pepper. Top with the onion slices, and add the remaining potatoes. Season with salt and pepper generously again.
3.In a medium-size saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Mix in the flour, salt, garlic powder and stir constantly with a whisk for one minute. Stir in milk and heavy cream. Cook until mixture has thickened. Stir in cheese all at once, and continue stirring until melted, about 30 to 60 seconds. Pour cheese over the potatoes, sprinkle with paprika and cover the dish with aluminum foil.
4.Bake for 1 hour 25 minutes covered; remove foil & bake for 5 more minutes.
Next recipe is one my hair stylist told me a customer brought by to him and thought I'd like it. I didn't love it but the family did.
Ingredients:
1 Strawberry box cake (ingredients to make it according to package directions)
1 can of strawberry pie filling
1 can strawberry frosting
1 container whipped topping
Directions:
1. Prepare cake according to package directions for a 9x13 cake. Let cake cool. (I forgot to take a picture of the cake. So here's one of the box mix.)
2. Spread pie filling on top of completely cooled cake.
3. Mix the can of strawberry flavored frosting & tub of whipped topping together.
4. Spread frosting gently & evenly using a small spreader.
5. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.
