Cooking with Mumu: [Update] There are 2 new posts in "Simply Recipes"

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Cranberry Applesauce
Scrambled Eggs with Tomatillos

There are 2 new posts in "Simply Recipes"

Cranberry Applesauce

Every fall we await the arrival of fresh cranberries in the grocery aisles. "Have you seen them yet?" "Are they in?" We compare notes for cranberry sightings at the local stores. When the cranberries do finally come in, we load up, so we have plenty of frozen cranberries to last us the year. Then we start cooking with them. Cranberry relish, cranberry sorbet, even cranberry salsa. We even have three different recipes for apple cranberry pie. One of my father's favorite things to make is applesauce with cranberries added in for tartness, flavor, and color. We'll eat it for breakfast, as a side for pork, or with ice cream for dessert.

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Scrambled Eggs with Tomatillos

Every few days, for the last month, I've gone out to my garden in the morning and gathered enough tomatillos to cook up with some eggs for breakfast. Here it is November, and the leaves are all turning, but we're in Northern California and we still have yet to get a frost, so the tomatillos are still growing, albeit more slowly. We grew up with my mother making huevos a la Mexicana, or scrambled eggs cooked in a tomato and jalapeno salsa. This recipe is a salsa verde version of my mom's huevos. Add some chorizo and you'll have a Mexican version of Green Eggs and Ham! Yes, the eggs are green, but if you, like me, love salsa verde, this is a good thing.

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