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The Wisteria Acres Cookbook, published 2002, $14.95,  includes staples such as spaghetti, soups, breads, salads, and pizza, and some specialities, such as pies, cakes, and scones.  Afraid to roll out your own pie crust?  You'll find the simple step by step way to do it!

So have fun, enjoy the moment, and good eating!  That's what good cooking -- and good baking -- is all about!

Weights & Measurements, Techniques, Terms        see inside covers
Dedication
Acknowledgments

Beverages
     Water - Yes, Water!
     Spritzing
     Lemonade, Limeade
     Clark’s Spritzed Lemon/Limeade
     Sugared Lemonade or Limeade
     Quick Homemade Grape Juice
     Teas, Hot or Cold
          Herbal Teas
          Making the Non-Herbal Tea
          Iced Teas
    Honey Carob -- A Tasty Hot Drink

Fruits, Vegetables, Salads
    Beans
         Thad’s Baked Beans
         Janet’s Black Beans and Rice Salad
         Anne’s Red Bean Salad

    Fresh Salads
        Kale, Collards
        Kurt’s Oriental Cabbage Salad

    Jeanne’s Southwestern Roll-Ups

    Dressing up the Salad
        Flora’s Fresh Raw Garlic Dressing
        Flora’s Tofu Spread or  Mayonnaise
        Pam’s Hummus
        Timothy’s Tabouli
        Tomato Rose

Vegetarian Stuffing

Cranberry - A Sauce for All Seasons!

Edible Wild Plants and Flowers on your Plate
    Lamb’s Quarter,  Chenopodium album
          White Sauce
    Dandelion,  Taraxacum officinale
    Dandelion Syrup
    Daylily, Hemerocallis
    Violets, Viola odorata
    Sugar Candied Flowers

Sweet Potatoes
    Baked Simple
    Rita’s Sweet Potato in an Orange
    Brenda’s Candied Yams
    Sweet Potato Pie  (under Pies)
    Sweet Potato Biscuits (under Biscuits)

Potatoes
    Baked
    Mashed
    Cheesed!
    Easy Scalloped Potatoes
    Chips

Stir Fries

Pasta Variations
    Amy Miller’s Homemade Egg Noodles -- Spelt, Wheat flour
    Spaghetti -- Variations
    Len’s Bubbling Macaroni and Cheese
    Amy Littrell Donley’s Spinach Lasagna

Soups and Crackers
    Anne’s Tasty Vegetable Soup
    Janet’s Potato and Cauliflower Cheese Soup
    Homemade Crackers -- Various flours

Eggs
    Some of the Basics of Eggs
    Timothy’s Super-Super Fried Eggs
    Pre-Warmed Plates!
    Anne’s Quick Baked Egg Pie
    Simple Quiche
    Elfy’s Quiche

Meats - Anyone We Know?
    Thelma’s Corn Beef Patties
     Magi’s First Frost Chili

Pies
    Pie Crust -- Don't be scared!
        Making, Baking -- Various Flours
    Sweet Potato Pie
    Pumpkin Pie
    Pecan Pie
    Molasses Honey Pecan Pie
    Lemon Meringue Pie
    Meringue Alone!
    Apple Pie with Top
    Apple Strudel
    Thelma’s Apple Crisp Pudding
    Apples with No Sugar
    Blueberry or Blackberry Roll
    Sue’s Easy Sure-Fire Cobbler
    Marilynn’s $10 Pie

Yeast Breads
    Unsalted Butter, Margarine, Oils, Flours; Yeast
    Bread Machine vs. By Hand
    Glazes
    Amy Miller’s Bread
    Dilly Bread
    Cinnamon Raisin Bread

Pizza!
    Simple Pizza
    Richard’s Black Bean Pizza

Hot Rolls
    Thelma’s Old-Fashioned Hot Rolls
    Potato Rolls
    Kurt’s Sweet Rolls
    Janet’s Cheese and Onion Rolls

Yeast Bread Desserts
    Thelma’s Cinnamon Twists
    Cinnamon Buns and Toppings
    Hope Hensel’s Sticky Cinnamon Buns
    Soft Pretzels
    Magi’s Bubble Bread

Baking Powder Creations
    John’s Specialty Pancakes

    Biscuits
        Basic Plain Biscuits;  Herbal and Other Variations
        Kurt’s Sweet Potato Biscuits
        Anne’s Busy Day Cheese Puffs

    Muffins
        Plain Muffins
        Blueberry Muffins
        Oatmeal Cranberry Muffins
        White Chocolate Muffins

Corn Bread and Spoon Bread
    Corn Bread Variations
    Spoon Bread

Janet’s Apple Bread

Banana Bread

Anne’s Oatmeal Cranberry Scones

Cakes
    Yellow Sunshine Cake
    Tea or Coffee Cake
    Butterscotch Coffee Cake
    Heinz’s Austrian Fruit Cake
    Pineapple Upside Down Cake
    Angel Cake -- Full Size, Loaf Size
    Mike’s Pineapple Angel Cake
    Shirley’s Angel Macaroons

Cake Toppings

Cookies
    Gesundheit Cookies
    Thelma’s Oatmeal Cookies
    White Chocolate Sugar Cookies
    Lemon Shortbread Cookies
    Stained Glass, or Filled Cookies
    Wing a Ding Chocolate Chip Cookies

Extra Treats
    Helen’s Old-Fashioned Brownies
    Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
    Janet’s Granola Mix
    Janet’s Fudge
    Toasted Marshmallows -- Make Your Own Just for Fun!
    No Cook Ice Cream
    Rice Pudding

Yogurt Desserts
    Quick No Cook, No Fat Yogurt Cup
    Anne’s Yogurt Cheese Cake

Whipped Cream and Butter - For Fun & Good Taste

Important Details, including:
    Ingredients
    Low in:  Fat, Sugar, Salt, Cholesterol
    Pots and Pans
    Presentation
    Atmosphere
    Safety and Fire Cautions
    Freezing
    Cleaning Up
    American Cooking

Further Resources

About the Author

About The Woman Activist Fund, Inc.

About Wisteria Acres, see Back Cover

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