Hot German Potato Salad

Ingredients

• 6 small red potatoes
• 8 slices bacon
• 1/2 to 1 C onion
• 2 tsp flour
• 2 tsp white sugar
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp ground black pepper (or MORE)
• 1/4 C water
• 1 tbls + 2 1/4 tsp apple cider vinegar

Directions

1. Boil large pot of salted water and cook potatoes until tender but still firm (slice – keep peels – and cook for 15 minutes)
2. Cook bacon in a skillet. Drain, crumble and set aside. Reserve drippings.
3. Sauté onions in bacon drippings.
4. Whisk together flour, sugar, salt, and pepper. Add to the onions; cook and stir until bubbly. Remove from heat.
5. Stir in water and vinegar and return to stove and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil and stir for 1 minute.
6. Carefully stir back and potatoes into mixture.
7. Eat with your mom. (Briana’s response to this: But my mom is DEAD!!!......?)

Serves 12

From Claire

Chicken and Dumplings

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 lbs chicken breast
• 1 tbls olive oil
• 1 russet potato, peeled and diced
• 2 medium carrots, peeled and diced
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 rib celery, diced
• 1 bay leaf
• salt and pepper
• 1 tsp poultry seasoning, 1/3 palm full
• 2 tbls flour, a handful
• 1 quart chicken broth or stock
• 1 small box biscuit mix (like Bisquik)
• 1/2 C warm water
• 1 handful parsley, chopped
• 1 C frozen green peas

Directions

1. Dice tenders into bite size pieces and set aside. Wash hands.
2. Place large pot on stove over medium high heat. Add oil, butter, vegetables and bay leaf and cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
3. Season mixture with salt, pepper and poultry seasoning.
4. Add flour to the pan and cook 2 minutes
5. Stir broth or stock to the pot and bring to a boil. Add chicken to the broth and stir.
6. Place biscuit mix in a bowl. Combine with 1/2 cup warm water and parsley.
7. Drop tablespoonfulls of prepared mix into the pot spacing dumplings evenly. Cover pot tightly and reduce heat to medium low. Steam dumplings 8-10 minutes.
8. Remove, cover and stir chicken and dumplings to thicken sauce a bit. Stir peas into the pan, remove chicken and dumplings from heat and serve.

Serves 4

From Dad/foodnetwork.com

First had with Dad and family