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Welcome Home 26 13 Door Decor Upcycle a wagon wheel into a rustic but elegant wreath. 15 Look What You Made! A wall hanging inspired by homemade face masks. 15 Green Thumb A reader turns an old pallet into a new dust bath for her hens. 16 Stitched Together Crochet a sweet stash basket. 18 Live It See how a design-savvy farmer transformed a utilitarian shed into a stylish studio. 22 Love It Funny, relatable stories about family reunions. 24 Grow It Add a pop of color to your plate with edible flowers. 26 Make It Learn how to embroider tote bags, handkerchiefs and more. 30 Keep It Classic china patterns never go out of style. Let’s Eat 33 Gathering Place The same beloved ceramic bowl has been with this family for generations. 40 36 Celebrate Burgers, beans and other hearty cookout recipes. 40 Made with Love Whip up these fresh, garden- inspired breakfast dishes. 18 Share a Smile SHED INTERIOR: BEVERLY FRANKENY 6 Join In • 8 Meet a Friend • 9 Let’s Chat • 10 Good Neighbors 47 From the Heart 54 Scrapbook • 55 Puzzles • 56 Recipe Index • 58 Simply Fun Classical music brought this family together and kept them close. 50 Say Hello A Shoshone linguist uses modern technology to preserve the language of her people. 57 Lots of Laughs Lessons in country living from a reformed city slicker. COVER PHOTO BY Mark Derse (Photographer), Stacey Genaw (Set Stylist) and Shannon Norris (Food Stylist)
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GOOD NEIGHBORS Laura often brings pets, including cats and hamsters, into her classroom. The Write Stuff ideas as to what Stuart had done while on SANDY ERDMAN his big adventure.” A motivated elementary school teacher has helped her students draft and publish After a lot of brainstorming, writing, dozens of stories about their class pets. editing and proofreading, the children finished their stories and were ready BY SANDY ERDMAN WINONA, MINNESOTA to share their work. Laura invited their parents and friends to visit the classroom F or years, Minnesota teacher Laura Adamczyk for an evening of stories. Schaper has been working with her first and second graders to write and publish their own “The students all sat around in a half class books. The first book was called Stuart’s Great circle, and even Stuart was part of the Adventure, and Laura got the idea when she heard about excitement,” she says. “I asked each a company that helped teachers publish books with student to say what their favorite part their students. of the project was and then to read their “I thought that would be fun,” she says, “but I didn’t own story about Stuart’s adventure.” have a topic in mind until the class hamster, Stuart, escaped from his cage.” The whole class spent the day One student wrote about Stuart looking for Stuart, without any luck. visiting a castle, where he rescued two Fortunately, when Laura returned the following princesses. Others shared stories about morning, she found that Stuart had climbed back into Stuart spending his day at exciting his cage on his own. “That set the idea to use Stuart as locations like race tracks, rock-climbing the topic,” Laura says. “The students came back with walls and even Great Wolf Lodge. The project was such a resounding success that Laura decided to repeat it the following year, with Super Stuart to the Rescue. In that book, Stuart doesn’t just go on adventures. He’s a bona fide superhero who repeatedly saves the world from dastardly villains. “Stuart does more with his time than just munch seeds and run on his wheel,” Laura says. “He spends his weekends battling evildoers, fighting crime, and protecting the people and creatures of Nodine, Minnesota.” In the stories, Stuart often has powers, such as X-ray vision, super strength or super speed, which he uses to save people in danger. In one memorable story, he manages to rescue everyone in Chicago from an out-of-control fire. Laura has since helped her students make books about other class hamsters, named Butterscotch and Perry. She’s been thrilled to see how positively her students have continued to respond to the project year after year. Share a Good Neighbor. Submit your good neighbor stories at countrywomanmagazine.com/submit. 10 C O U N T RY WO M A N COUNTRYWOMANMAGAZINE.COM
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WELCOME HOME | LIVE IT Beverly Frankeny decorated the interior of her studio with warm neutrals, and then added bee-inspired decor pieces throughout. 18 C O U N T RY WO M A N COUNTRYWOMANMAGAZINE.COM
Rows of plants line the walk leading to Beverly’s studio, which she calls her “Maven Haven.” A Room of One’s Own With a little work and a can-do attitude, she turned a basic shed into a charming retreat. BY BEVERLY FRANKENY MILLERSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA F or years I dreamed of building a small studio kitty! Beverly lives on a that I could retreat to whenever I wanted to 140-acre farm with her BEVERLY FRANKENY read or write. In 2020, I finally turned that husband and lots critters, dream into a reality. including barn cat Griz. I decided that, for me, the best plan was to start with a basic shed design and customize it to suit my needs. C O U N T RY WO M A N 19 So my husband and I leveled a spot in our apple orchard, and a few weeks later the shed was delivered, unpainted, with a plain interior crying out for decoration. I planted a small garden in front of the porch, with a walkway made of salvaged bricks and concrete stepping stones. Inside, I filled the space with cozy furniture in neutral colors and installed a turn-of-the-century potbellied stove that I found on Facebook Marketplace. I found the project immensely gratifying and enjoyed working on it from beginning to end. Now that the space is finished, I retreat to my nest whenever I want to relax and enjoy peace and tranquility. AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2022
WELCOME HOME | LIVE IT 1 1. An Eye for Detail 2 I decided to have brick pavers BEVERLY FRANKENY arranged in a herringbone pattern on the floor, and I chose to line the COUNTRYWOMANMAGAZINE.COM walls with shiplap. Antique oil lamps provide light when it is needed. I also decorated the small space with other antique finds to give it a homey, nostalgic feeling. . Light and Bright I collected old windows and doors (some of which I found along the roadside) that I incorporated into the cottage to brighten up the space. I also painted the walls and ceiling white for the same reason. My husband helped me cover the horizontal beams running across the room with wood panels, and I stained them to pop against the otherwise all-white interior. Then I hung a ladder from the eaves! 20 C O U N T RY WO M A N
WELCOME HOME | L0VE IT STATE OF THE REUNION Sweet stories from our readers about generations of family get-togethers. Growing Family Tree COUNTRYWOMANMAGAZINE.COM The Cox clan (above) enjoys a summer reunion every two years. In 010, 87 of 15 members gathered together at our farm in northwestern Kansas. In 013, the number was 167. The family originally settled in this area in the early 1900s. My husband grew up one of eight children—with six brothers and one sister. CONNIE COX LONG ISLAND, KANSAS 22 C O U N T RY WO M A N
together! During the Cox family reunion in 01 , all eight siblings attended with their spouses. CLOCKWISE: CONNIE COX, ELAINE ERCKMAN, BILL DIEBLEY Going, Going, Gone! Century Farm Ready for Takeoff My mom and her six siblings are The Briggs family (above) put I was buying airline tickets for all in their 70s and 80s now, and down roots in Quaker Street, New an upcoming family trip when my each one has kids and grandkids York, and its members have been 8-year-old asked, “Can a baby (left). Two of the family members gathering together since 1910. be considered a carry-on?” My are auctioneers, so at our winter My mother-in-law and her siblings husband mumbled, “Well, it can reunions, everybody brings items grew up on the family farm. Many be considered baggage.” to auction off to the rest of the of them went on to become family. Then we donate what we doctors, dentists, lawyers or other ARICFDT SL@YCDN raise to a charity. Since we started professionals. The movie star ROGERSVILLE, MISSOURI keeping track in 011, we’ve Ginger Rogers actually married raised $11,48 ! into the family and visited the farm The Whole Tooth in 1946! LIS@ HUTTON FOSTORIA, OHIO While heading to a reunion, some DL@IND DRBKM@N of us met at a Denny’s, where we BURNT HILLS, NEW YORK found my uncle digging through the dumpster. He finally got out Playing Chicken and showed us a wad of napkins: “Granny wrapped her teeth up, After my father’s passing, my and I threw them away.” After that niece decided that we should get we called him the tooth fairy. together more often. We began hosting regular family reunions. @NN SW@NN ODESSA, TEXAS The destination changes each year—we have celebrated at state Here, Kitty Kitty! parks, ski resorts and cabins in the woods—but regardless of Uncle Bart was a city boy. One where we end up, we always hold time he joined us at our family a cornhole tournament. Each cabin in the woods and opened year’s champion wins a ceramic the door to let our cats in. The first chicken trophy to hold onto until cat walked in, then the second. the next reunion. We have a lot of Bart stood there coaxing a third fun and have made many lovely cat to come in, which we found memories for ourselves and for strange—we had only two. The our mother! third cat was actually a possum. PAMELA MALACHIN JONATHAN HAKULIN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA BALTIMORE, MARYLAND AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2022 C O U N T RY WO M A N 23
WELCOME HOME | GROW IT A Plateful of Posies Bring color and tasty accents to the culinary party with edible flowers. BY HELEN N. LAWSON Garden salads SALAD GARNISHED WITH FLOWERS: GAP PHOTOS; NEXT PAGE FROM LEFT: SCISETTI ALFIO/SHUTTERSTOCK, VILOR/GETTY IMAGES, JULIA_SUDNITSKAYA/GETTY IMAGES garnished with 24 C O U N T RY WO M A N fresh flowers look especially lovely when served in decorative bowls. COUNTRYWOMANMAGAZINE.COM
C reative cooks have long Nasturtium Make Your Own known that flowers aren’t Floral Syrup just for table decor—they particularly if you have pollen also add vibrant color and flavor to allergies. Keep in mind that not Add a splash of botanical your food. all flowers are edible. Thoroughly flavor to cocktails, teas, jams Pansies, borage and lavender research any plant before you and desserts. are common suggestions for edible consume it to make sure that it’s flowers, but a variety of common safe to dish up. Ellen Zachos, blogger at plants, such as magnolia, hibiscus backyardforager.com and and pineapple sage blossoms, can be Most edible flowers prefer to author of Backyard Foraging, added to your recipes. be grown in full sunlight. To safely uses a double infusion You may be surprised by the enjoy flowers as food, avoid using method to add even more strong or savory flavor of certain pesticides or chemicals in your flavor to her floral syrups. flowers. Nasturtium can pack garden and be aware of what might a peppery punch, and calendula is have been sprayed on them at the Start by leaving cups of a more affordable alternative to nursery. April Shelhon, marketing your preferred flower in an saffron. Holly Shimizu, formerly horticulturist for seed vendor equal amount of sugar for the curator of the National Herb Botanical Interests, says, “Growing two days. Ellen likes to use Garden in Washington, D.C., says edible flowers from seed gives you nectar-rich milkweed heads that individual florets of chive and the control to nurture healthful, or fresh petals from roses, dill can be sprinkled over food, chemical-free blooms that nourish pineapple guava or lilac. but she cautions, “Don’t use the you and your pollinator friends— Add cups of water to the whole flower head. It will be plus it’s more fun!” mix and bring it to a boil. overwhelming.” Stir until the sugar dissolves. Other garden favorites, such as EAT YOUR FLOWERS Allow the mixture to rest for elderflowers or roses, have the sweet flavor you might expect. One 4 hours before straining the of Holly’s favorites is Ava agastache, flower petals. Store the liquid a variety of hyssop. She says that the in a tightly closed glass jar licorice-flavored pink flower tastes in your refrigerator for two to like candy. People are shocked at four weeks. how good it is! For the best taste, use strongly fragrant blooms and pick them as soon as the morning dew has dried. The petals should generally be removed from the base, or calyx, which is often bitter. You may also want to remove the pistil and the stamen from the flower’s center, To add a splash of color to salads or other dishes, try any of these popular edible blooms. Bee balm Garlic chive Borage Johnny-jump-up Calendula Marigold (pot marigold) Nasturtium Chive Pansy Clover Violet Borage Chive AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2022 C O U N T RY WO M A N 25
WELCOME HOME | MAKE IT flower power! 26 C O U N T RY WO M A N COUNTRYWOMANMAGAZINE.COM
Needle and Thread Learn how to embellish handkerchiefs, tote bags, jewelry and even photographs with cute, fully customizable embroidered designs! Tote Bag HOW TO MAKE THREE COMMON STITCHES WHAT YOU’LL NEED Tote bag with pocket FRENCH KNOT: Begin by pulling the needle and floss up through Embroidery floss or thread the back of the fabric. Wrap the in three colors floss around the needle twice. Embroidery needle Bring the needle down just next Scissors to where it came through the Embroidery pen fabric. Form and tighten the knot by gently pulling on the needle. CHOOSE colors for flower petals, LAZY DAISY: Begin to create centers and stems. a stitch, but allow the floss to form DRAW flowers, using pen, above a loop before you finish it off. Then pocket. Draw lines for stems, and push the needle up through the circles for petals and centers. loop and complete the stitch. THREAD needle with 3 strands SATIN STITCH: With an embroidery of color chosen for petals. pen, draw a shape onto the fabric. ADD lazy daisy stitches to petals. Make a stitch that runs from one THREAD needle with 3 strands of end of the shape to the other. Bring color chosen for center. the needle next to the first stitch STITCH French knots into center and make a second stitch parallel of each flower. to it. Continue adding lines until the THREAD needle with 3 strands shape is filled. of color chosen for stems. PLACE needle through back of C O U N T RY WO M A N 27 fabric under bottom petals. End stitch slightly behind pocket lining to create stems. Add leaves (with lazy daisy stitches) as desired. AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2022
WELCOME HOME | MAKE IT COUNTRYWOMANMAGAZINE.COM Handkerchief WHAT YOU’LL NEED Handkerchief Embroidery floss or thread Embroidery needle Scissors Embroidery pen 6-8 in. embroidery hoop THREAD needle with 3 strands of floss. CENTER hoop over where you’ll place letters. WRITE initials in block letters onto handkerchief with the pen, or use a stencil to trace letters. PULL needle up through fabric at outer edge of first initial. FILL in letters with a satin stitch. Keep stitches parallel to ensure that initials look neat and even. Embellished Pet Photo WHAT YOU’LL NEED Photo printed on 7x7-in. cotton 6-in. embroidery hoop Embroidery floss or thread Embroidery needle Scissors Embroidery pen CENTER photo-printed fabric in embroidery frame. DRAW a collar or bow onto photo with the embroidery pen. THREAD needle with 6 strands of floss. PULL needle up through fabric at edge of design. MAKE a stitch from one edge of collar or bow to other end. FILL in design with a satin stitch. HANDY HINT: Transfer images to fabric using photo transfer paper, a home printer and an iron. Look for how-to tutorials online! 28 C O U N T RY WO M A N
Abstract Pendant DRAW outline around tag with that every line is parallel to keep pen. Then draw a larger outline design neat. WHAT YOU’LL NEED about half an inch outside the SWITCH colors for each new Pendant setting with chain first outline. section. If the edge begins to Thin cotton fabric CREATE design inside smaller look messy, add a border with 6-in. embroidery hoop outline with pen. Simple shapes Embroidery floss or thread work well for abstract designs. white floss. in at least two colors CENTER design in hoop. Tighten CUT out completed design using Embroidery needle until fabric is completely taut. larger outline as a guide. Scissors THREAD needle with strands CENTER tag on back of fabric. Embroidery pen of first chosen color. GLUE edge of the fabric to back Strong glue FILL in first section of design of tag, keeping design centered. with a satin stitch. Make sure GLUE tag in pendant setting. PLACE pendant tag (insert that Add chain once glue has dried. came with pendant) onto fabric. AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2022 C O U N T RY WO M A N 29
WELCOME HOME | KEEP IT Ticket to China Porcelain was created in China more than 1,000 years ago, and some of the most popular tableware patterns have been in production for centuries. BY JOE KENZ AND SANDY GARRISON 1 1 Blue Willow 2 3 The classic pattern was created Raymond Loewy and Walter 4 in England in the late 1700s Gropius. Pictured is a Sanssouci and is believed to be based on line dinner plate in the Diplomat Russian court. An inventor and a Chinese legend about a young pattern, which was made from abolitionist, Wedgwood was also woman who fell in love with her 19 5 to 1941. the grandfather of Charles Darwin. father’s secretary. Authentic Worth: $7 to $1 each. Pictured here is a Patrician dinner designs always contain elements plate, part of a line made from from the story. In the 19 0s, the 3 Wedgwood 19 7 to 1986. Worth: $15 to $ 0 pattern was commonly used in and up each. diners, giving rise to the term In 1759, Josiah Wedgwood “blue-plate special.” More than perfected a type of cream-colored 500 companies have created earthenware that he then used versions of the pattern (not always to create a tea and coffee service in blue), and some are still made for the British royal household. today. Pictured here is a Royal Wedgwood, a marketing genius, Venton Ware vegetable bowl by parlayed his association with John Steventon and Sons Ltd., Queen Charlotte and King George circa 1930. Worth: $10 to $35. III into orders from other nobles, including 900 pieces for the 2 Rosenthal Sanssouci Philipp Rosenthal began selling hand-painted porcelain door to door in the late 1800s. Eventually he opened his own factory in Bavaria. Rosenthal was forced to resign under Nazi pressure in the 1930s, but his family regained control of the company in the 1950s and became known for working with both industrial and modernist designers, including 30 C O U N T RY WO M A N COUNTRYWOMANMAGAZINE.COM
SANDY GARRISON (5); FAMILY PHOTO AND BROOCH: VIRGINIA GIANNOTTA 5 PRESERVING FRAGILE PIECES OF THE PAST 4 Noritake Ridgewood Her mother’s Blue Willow china In 1876 Japanese brothers tells many stories. Ichizaemon and Toyo Morimura opened an Asian art and antique WHILE SORTING THROUGH THE things my mother, shop in New York. Eventually they Rhoda, left us when she died, I found her cracked Blue also opened their own porcelain Willow plates. We ate off them at almost every meal. factory in Noritake, Japan, and began designing china with the The Blue Willow pattern tells a tragic love story. Of American market in mind. Early the many versions, this is the one I like: Koong-Shee is examples were hand-painted promised in marriage by her father to an old merchant. and stamped “Nippon” on the “Until that day you will hide your face from everyone,” back. This Ridgewood pattern her father tells her. Koong-Shee’s only friends are the was made from 1951 to 1961. doves that fly about the pagoda and willow tree. Chang, Worth: $65 to $90 per plate. her father’s servant, befriends the birds, and through them, Chang and Koong-Shee fall in love. Chang rescues 5 Desert Rose Koong-Shee just before her marriage, but her father tracks them down and imprisons them in the pagoda. One of the most popular patterns Koong-Shee and Chang die in each other’s arms and are ever produced, this china features transformed into doves, forever kissing above the pagoda hand-painted, raised relief flowers garden. If you look at a plate, it’s all there—the doves, and scalloped edges. Created by pagoda, garden and willow tree. Gladding, McBean and Co. out of Glendale, California, Desert Rose I looked at the cracks in my mother’s carefully debuted in 1941 and was made in preserved plates and decided to have brooches made for California until 1984. Production each of us who know this pattern so well—for me, my was then moved to England. sisters and the daughter of one of my mother’s friends. Worth: $15 to $ 0 each. In a note to each, I said that I hoped this small piece Joe Kenz, a certified personal property of my mother might bring a smile, along with a reminder appraiser, and Sandy Garrison co-own of the plates’ stories—the one stamped into the pattern Rhubarb Reign, an antiques and design and the ones for which we were all present. business. Together they bring more than 40 years of experience to their work. VIRGINIA GIANNOTTA PITTSBURGH, PA The authors wish to thank the Marshall County Historical Society in Indiana for Pictured in 1984 are the author (far right), access to its collection. her mother (second from left) and other family members. AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2022 C O U N T RY WO M A N 31
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Let’s Eat Food, family, friends & kitchen comforts AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2022 GATHERING PLACE On the Table She always serves her mom’s banana pudding in a humble but beloved family heirloom. LAUREL L. SHANNON TIFFIN, OHIO C O U N T RY WO M A N 33
LET’S EAT | GATHERING PLACE W hen I whip up a batch of “EVERYONE kitchen knives, sharpening each banana pudding from KNEW IT HELD until she could shave the hair from scratch—the way my SOMETHING her arm with one of the blades. mom taught me—I serve it in an SPECIAL.” antique bowl that has been in our Because Grandma Peck lived family for decades. —LAUREL L. SHANNON with us, my mother inherited the bowl by default. She kept it filled The bowl itself is unremarkable. with casseroles and soups most BOWL AND FAMILY PHOTO: LAUREL L. SHANNON Its surface glaze is the color of of the year, and when we visited custard and is embellished with family for the holidays, she filled a large apple. The raised edge of it with a batch of her homemade the base is a tad wobbly because banana pudding. multiple generations sharpened kitchen knives upon its surface. Now, at family functions, I’m The potters mark, “Watt,” prized the one who places the bowl on the among collectors, is still very dessert table. Age has checked the readable. Some will see only the bowl’s custard finish, but the apple antique bowl’s value, but I see on the front is still bright red. a cherished piece that has been filled with lovingly prepared foods Mom smiles at the sight of it and and placed upon family tables for talks about the memories it evokes. many decades. Her smile is worth far more than the bowl’s value as an antique. Soon after my great-grandma bought the bowl, it became her It has served our family well. favorite for its size and versatility. She had eight grandchildren, and she regularly brought the bowl with her to family dinners and reunions. Whenever she arrived cradling it, everyone knew it held something special. Sometimes she’d made a casserole, but more often she’d made a dessert. Despite the bowl’s age, there was nothing fragile about it. It withstood the fumbles of three generations of small hands. Soon after Grandma Peck inherited it, she moved into our home and brought the bowl with her. She liked to sit in the kitchen and reminisce about raising her children, contentedly scoring the bare ring on the bottom with 34 C O U N T RY WO M A N COUNTRYWOMANMAGAZINE.COM
The writer stands with Banana Crumb Pudding her mother (far right) and her grandmother. Prep: 15 min. • Cook: 20 min. + chilling Makes: 15 servings AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2022 Friends and family ask me to make my rich and creamy banana pudding for all occasions. They can’t get enough of the wonderful flavor of the fruit and the vanilla wafer crumbs. You can also top this classic southern treat with meringue instead of whipped cream. —Yvonnia Butner, Pinnacle, NC 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup cornstarch 6 cups 2% milk 5 large egg yolks 1/4 cup butter, cubed 2 tsp. vanilla extract 1 tsp. kosher salt 2 pkg. (11 oz. each) vanilla wafers 7 medium bananas, sliced TOPPING 2 cups heavy whipping cream 6 Tbsp. sugar 1. In a large, heavy saucepan, mix sugar and cornstarch. Whisk in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat. 2.In a bowl, whisk a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks; return all to pan, whisking constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in butter, vanilla and salt. Cool 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. 3. Reserve 1 banana and 1 cup whole wafers for topping. Crush 2 cups wafers and set aside. In a 13x9-in. baking dish, place a single layer of whole wafers, filling any gaps with the crushed wafers. Layer with a third of the bananas and pudding. Repeat layers twice. Press plastic wrap onto surface of pudding. Then refrigerate, covered, overnight. 4.In a bowl, beat heavy cream until it begins to thicken. Add sugar; beat until soft peaks form (do not overmix). Just before serving, spread whipped cream over pudding; top with reserved banana slices and wafers. 3/4 CUP 535 cal., 27g fat (13g sat. fat), 121mg chol., 370mg sod., 70g carb. (46g sugars, 1g fiber), 7g pro. C O U N T RY WO M A N 35
LET’S EAT | CELEBRATE Fun Sun Fire up the grill and invite a few friends over for an end-of-summer cookout—complete with burgers, sides and watermelon cupcakes! ALL-AMERICAN COUNTRYWOMANMAGAZINE.COM HAMBURGERS 36 C O U N T RY WO M A N
All-American GREEN BEAN, CORN Hamburgers & BUTTERMILK SALAD Takes: 20 min. • Makes: 4 servings Green Bean, Corn 1. In a small bowl, whisk mayonnaise, & Buttermilk Salad buttermilk, 1/2 cup Parmesan, lemon We do a lot of camping juice, Worcestershire sauce and and outdoor cooking. Prep: 25 min. • Cook: 15 min. + chilling seasonings. Refrigerate, covered, Hamburgers end up Makes: 6 servings until serving. on our menus often. 2.Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, bring —Diane Hixon, Niceville, FL I love the crunch of green beans 8 cups water to a boil. Add beans; and fresh corn, so I combined them cook, uncovered, just until crisp- 1 lb. ground beef with a buttermilk Caesar dressing. tender, 2-3 minutes. Drain and 2 Tbsp. finely It’s good served immediately, but immediately drop into ice water. it’s even better after chilling. Drain again and pat dry; transfer chopped onion —Arlene Erlbach, Morton Grove, IL to a serving bowl. 2 Tbsp. chili sauce 3. Cut corn kernels from cobs. In 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce 1/2 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise a large cast-iron or other heavy 2 tsp. prepared mustard 1/2 cup buttermilk skillet, heat oil over medium-high 4 slices American cheese 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan heat. Add corn; cook and stir until tender, 6-8 minutes. Remove from or cheddar cheese, cheese, plus more for topping heat; add to beans; refrigerate, halved diagonally 1 Tbsp. lemon juice covered, until chilled. 2 slices Swiss cheese, 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce 4.Stir mayonnaise mixture into halved diagonally 1/2 tsp. garlic powder vegetables; toss to coat. If desired, 4 hamburger buns, 1/2 tsp. salt sprinkle with additional Parmesan. split and toasted 1/2 tsp. pepper 1 CUP 201 cal., 12g fat (3g sat. fat), 13mg Optional: Lettuce, sliced 3/4 lb. fresh green beans, trimmed chol., 498mg sod., 20g carb. (8g tomato, sliced onion, sugars, 3g fiber), 7g pro. cooked bacon strips, and cut into 1-in. pieces ketchup and mustard 4 medium ears sweet corn 1 Tbsp. olive oil 1. Combine the first 5 ingredients, mixing C O U N T RY WO M A N 37 lightly but thoroughly. Shape into 4 patties. Grill burgers, covered, on a greased rack over medium direct heat until a meat thermometer reads 160° and juices run clear, about 6 minutes on each side. 2.During the last minute of cooking, top each patty with 2 triangles of American cheese and 1 triangle of Swiss cheese. Serve the burgers on buns. If desired, top with lettuce, tomato, onion, bacon, ketchup and mustard. 1 HAMBURGER 432 cal., 21g fat (9g sat. fat), 80mg chol., 681mg sod., 26g carb. (6g sugars, 1g fiber), 30g pro. AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2022
LET’S EAT | CELEBRATE SPICY COWBOY BEANS NECTARINE FRUIT SALAD 2 garlic cloves, minced WITH LIME SPICE DRESSING 2 cups reduced-sodium beef broth 3 cups water Nectarine Fruit Salad In a small bowl, whisk the first 1 pkg. (16 oz.) 16-bean soup mix with Lime Spice Dressing 5 ingredients. Place nectarines, 1 can (10 oz.) diced tomatoes grapes and mint in a large bowl. Prep: 20 min. + chilling • Makes: 8 servings Drizzle with honey mixture; stir and green chiles, undrained gently. Refrigerate, covered, 1 can (8 oz.) tomato sauce The lime spice dressing gives this 1-2 hours. To make the topping, 1 poblano pepper, chopped fruit salad a little something extra. mix mascarpone, confectioners’ 1/4 cup packed brown sugar It’s a crowd pleaser as a side dish sugar, milk and vanilla. Serve fruit 1 envelope taco seasoning or as a light and healthy way to salad with the topping, pistachios end an outdoor meal with friends. and fresh mint. Optional: Chopped fresh cilantro, Mix and match the fruit based on 1 SERVING 254 cal., 16g fat (7g sat. fat), shredded cheddar cheese and what’s in season. 35mg chol., 44mg sod., 27g carb. (22g sour cream —Paula Hudson, Cary, NC sugars, 3g fiber), 4g pro. 1. Select saute or browning setting 11/2 tsp. grated lime zest Spicy Cowboy Beans on a 6-qt. electric pressure cooker; 2 Tbsp. lime juice adjust for medium heat. Cook the 2 Tbsp. honey Prep: 25 min. • Cook: 11/2 hours + releasing bacon until crisp, 4-5 minutes. Add 1/2 tsp. ground ginger Makes: 10 servings onion and garlic; cook until tender, 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper 5-6 minutes longer. Add the beef 6 medium nectarines, cut into These beans are a perfect addition broth to pressure cooker. Cook to a potluck buffet any time of year. 30 seconds, stirring to loosen any 1-in. pieces (about 4 cups) Instead of taking hours on the stove, browned bits from pan. Press cancel. 2 cups seedless red grapes they cook quickly in the pressure 2.Add the water, soup mix, diced 1/4 cup chopped fresh mint cooker–there’s no need to pre-soak tomatoes and green chiles, tomato 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese the beans. sauce, chopped poblano pepper, 2 Tbsp. confectioners’ sugar —Joan Hallford, North Richland Hills, TX brown sugar and taco seasoning. 2 Tbsp. 2% milk Lock lid; close pressure-release 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract 4 bacon strips, chopped valve. Adjust to pressure-cook on 1/3 cup chopped pistachios 1 medium onion, chopped high for 90 minutes. Then release pressure naturally. Fresh mint leaves 3. If desired, select saute setting and adjust for low heat. Simmer, stirring constantly, until desired consistency. Press cancel. Serve with toppings of your choice. 3/4 CUP 245 cal., 6g fat (2g sat. fat), 10mg chol., 1823mg sod., 52g carb. (9g sugars, 21g fiber), 15g pro. 38 C O U N T RY WO M A N COUNTRYWOMANMAGAZINE.COM
Watermelon Cupcakes 3 large egg whites, room canola oil, watermelon gelatin and, if temperature desired, watermelon oil; beat on low Prep: 30 min. • Bake: 20 min. + cooling speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium Makes: 2 dozen 1/4 cup canola oil speed 2 minutes. Transfer the batter 1 pkg. (3 oz.) watermelon gelatin to the pans. Bake until a toothpick My granddaughter and I bake 2 drops watermelon oil, optional inserted in a cupcake comes out together each week. Inspired by clean, 18-21 minutes. Cool in pans all of her mother’s flavored syrups, FROSTING 10 minutes before removing to wire we came up with this watermelon 2 cups butter, softened racks to cool completely. cupcake recipe together. The fruit 6 cups confectioners’ sugar 2.For the frosting, in a large bowl, syrup can replace some of the 1 pkg. (3 oz.) watermelon gelatin combine butter, confectioners’ lemon-lime soda in the cake batter 5 to 6 Tbsp. lemon-lime soda sugar, gelatin, soda and food and frosting, and if you don’t want 15 drops red food coloring coloring; beat until smooth. Frost to pipe the frosting, you can reduce 3 Tbsp. miniature semisweet cupcakes. Sprinkle with chocolate the amount by half. chocolate chips chips. Store in the refrigerator. —Elizabeth Bramkamp, Gig Harbor, WA 1 CUPCAKE 385 cal., 19g fat (11g sat. 1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line fat), 41mg chol., 282mg sod., 54g carb. 1 pkg. white cake mix (regular size) 24 muffin cups with paper liners. (46g sugars, 1g fiber), 2g pro. 1 cup lemon-lime soda In a large bowl, combine cake mix, lemon-lime soda, egg whites, cute! WATERMELON C O U N T RY WO M A N 39 CUPCAKES AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2022
LET’S EAT | MADE WITH LOVE BACKYARD BRUNCH Getting your daily dose of fruits and veggies is easy, thanks to these garden-inspired breakfast recipes! 40 C O U N T RY WO M A N
SUMMER BREAKFAST SKILLET BASKET: STEVENS FREMONT/GETTY IMAGES Summer Breakfast Skillet 1/4 tsp. pepper 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese Prep: 20 min. • Cook: 15 min. Makes: 4 servings 1. In a large skillet, cook chorizo, peppers and onion over medium Sizzle up spicy chorizo, veggies and heat, until chorizo is cooked through, eggs for a breakfast that keeps you 4-6 minutes, breaking chorizo into going all day. If you want something crumbles; drain. Stir in the zucchini, hand-held, turn it into tacos! tomatoes, garlic and paprika; cook, —Andrea Rivera, Westbury, NY covered, until vegetables are tender, 5-7 minutes. 1/2 lb. fresh chorizo or bulk 2.With the back of a spoon, make spicy pork sausage 4 wells in vegetable mixture; break an egg into each well. Sprinkle eggs 1 medium sweet yellow with salt and pepper. Cook, covered, pepper, chopped until egg whites are set and yolks begin to thicken, 4-6 minutes. 1 medium sweet red 3. Remove from heat; sprinkle with pepper, chopped cheese. Let stand, covered, until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes. 1 medium onion, chopped 1 SERVING 399 cal., 27g fat (10g sat. 2 small zucchini, chopped fat), 250mg chol., 1012mg sod., 13g 3 medium tomatoes, chopped carb. (6g sugars, 3g fiber), 24g pro. 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 tsp. paprika 4 large eggs 1/4 tsp. salt HANDY HINT: Sensitive to spice? Use mild breakfast sausage instead of chorizo. Make this an autumn breakfast skillet by substituting roasted root vegetables for the peppers. C O U N T RY WO M A N 41
LET’S EAT | MADE WITH LOVE BLT QUINOA BOWLS BLT Quinoa Bowls 1. Prepare quinoa according to 4.To serve, divide quinoa evenly package directions. Combine among 4 bowls. Add cooked cherry Prep: 15 min. • Cook: 20 min. 3 Tbsp. olive oil, basil, 1 Tbsp. tomatoes, arugula and avocado Makes: 4 servings vinegar and lemon juice. Add to slices. Top each bowl with an egg cooked quinoa; stir to combine. and crumbled bacon. I absolutely love a BLT with sliced 2.Pour 2-3 in. of water into a large 1 BOWL 446 cal., 28g fat (5g sat. fat), avocado and an egg. Recently, I’ve skillet with high sides; add remaining 194mg chol., 228mg sod., 33g carb. been trying out grain bowls, and vinegar. Bring to a boil; adjust heat (2g sugars, 6g fiber), 17g pro. I thought the flavors of my favorite to maintain a gentle simmer. Break sandwich would work really well. 1 cold egg at a time into a small cup; Walnut Zucchini Muffins My family agreed! holding the cup close to surface —Elisabeth Larsen, Pleasant Grove, UT of the water, slip egg into water. Prep: 20 min. • Bake: 20 min. Cook, uncovered, until the egg Makes: 1 dozen 1 cup quinoa, rinsed whites are completely set and the 4 Tbsp. olive oil, divided yolks begin to thicken but are not Shredded zucchini adds moisture 2 Tbsp. minced fresh basil hard, 3-5 minutes. Using a slotted to these tender muffins dotted with 2 Tbsp. white wine vinegar, divided spoon, lift the eggs out of water. raisins and chopped walnuts. If you 1 Tbsp. lemon juice Keep warm. have a surplus of zucchini in summer, 4 large eggs 3. In a large skillet, heat remaining as many of us do, this is a good way 8 oz. cherry tomatoes oil over medium heat. Cook cherry to use some of it. 3 cups fresh arugula tomatoes until they begin to release —Harriet Stichter, Milford, IN 1 small ripe avocado, their juices, 8-10 minutes. Add the arugula; cook and stir just until 1 cup all-purpose flour peeled and sliced arugula is wilted, 1-2 minutes. 3/4 cup whole wheat flour 4 bacon strips, cooked 2/3 cup packed brown sugar and crumbled 42 C O U N T RY WO M A N COUNTRYWOMANMAGAZINE.COM
2 tsp. baking powder WALNUT 3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon ZUCCHINI 1/2 tsp. salt MUFFINS 2 large eggs, room temperature 3/4 cup 2% milk 1/2 cup butter, melted 1 cup shredded zucchini 1 cup chopped walnuts 1/2 cup raisins 1. Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, whisk the first 6 ingredients. In another bowl, whisk eggs, milk and melted butter until blended. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened. Fold in zucchini, walnuts and raisins. 2.Fill 12 greased muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 18-20 minutes. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm. 1 MUFFIN 281 cal., 15g fat (6g sat. fat), 53mg chol., 250mg sod., 33g carb. (17g sugars, 2g fiber), 6g pro. FREEZE OPTION: Freeze cooled muffins in a resealable freezer container. To use, thaw at room temperature or, if desired, microwave each muffin on high for 0-30 seconds or until heated through. TOMATOES: SHUTTERSTOCK/CONSTANTIN BIRSA; ZUCCHINI: IDEEONE/GETTY IMAGES AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2022 C O U N T RY WO M A N 43
LET’S EAT | MADE WITH LOVE Iced Honeydew Mint Tea 1. In a large saucepan, bring water to a boil; remove from heat. Add Takes: 20 min. mint leaves and tea bags; steep, Makes: 10 servings (21/2 qt.) covered, according to personal taste, 3-5 minutes, stirring often. I grow mint in the garden on my Discard used mint and tea bags. balcony. To make this fragrant tea, Stir in sugar. I blend the mint with another of my 2.Place 21/2 cups honeydew, 2 cups favorite flavors: honeydew. —Sarah Batt Throne, El Cerrito, CA tea and 11/2 cups ice in a blender; cover and process until blended. 4 cups water Serve over additional ice. Repeat 24 fresh mint leaves process with remaining ingredients. 8 green tea bags 1 CUP 83 cal., 0 fat (0 sat. fat), 0 chol., 2/3 cup sugar 15mg sod., 21g carb. (20g sugars, 5 cups diced honeydew melon 1g fiber), 0 pro. Diabetic Exchanges 3 cups ice cubes 1 starch, 1/2 fruit. Additional ice cubes ICED HONEYDEW MINT TEA MINT: SHUTTERSTOCK / ORAYA; RASPBERRIES: DOUGLAS SACHA/GETTY IMAGES 44 C O U N T RY WO M A N COUNTRYWOMANMAGAZINE.COM
BAKED Baked French Toast FRENCH Prep: 20 min. + chilling TOAST Bake: 40 min. + standing Makes: 8 servings Any day is special when Mom makes this do-ahead baked French toast. —Jill Baughman, New York City, NY 8 oz. day-old French bread, unsliced 4 large eggs 2 Tbsp. sugar 1 Tbsp. brown sugar 2 tsp. vanilla extract 1 tsp. maple extract 1/4 tsp. kosher salt 2 cups whole milk 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream TOPPING 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 3 Tbsp. brown sugar 3 Tbsp. unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-in. cubes 1 tsp. ground cinnamon Freshly grated nutmeg, optional Fresh blueberries or raspberries Confectioners’ sugar 1. Cut bread into 1-in.-thick slices. Arrange slices in a single layer in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Lightly beat next 6 ingredients; stir in milk and cream. Pour egg mixture over bread, turning once to coat. Refrigerate, covered, overnight. 2.Preheat oven to 375°. Turn bread again to coat. For topping, combine flour, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon and, if desired, nutmeg. Sprinkle flour mixture over bread. 3. Bake, uncovered, until a knife inserted in center of dish comes out clean and topping is golden brown, 40-45 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting. Top with the fresh blueberries or raspberries; sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar. 1 SERVING 297 cal., 15g fat (8g sat. fat), 128mg chol., 299mg sod., 32g carb. (15g sugars, 1g fiber), 9g pro. HANDY HINT: Top this decadent French toast with whatever fruit is in season. Go with berries in the spring, stone fruit in summer, apples or pears in fall, and citrus in winter. Try using brioche or challah in place of French bread. Or go all-out with thick slices of cinnamon-raisin bread. AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2022 C O U N T RY WO M A N 45
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Share a Smile Simple joys and sweet memories from your home. THESABRINA/GETTY IMAGES FROM THE HEART Piano Recital C O U N T RY WO M A N 47 The sound of her mother’s music carried through the air and across the years. MARY JUDITH FINA CHARDON, OHIO AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2022
SHARE A SMILE | FROM THE HEART O ne of the few places in this world realized their oldest daughter was a lost Mary Judith Fina’s where peace and quiet still make cause once the British invaded. parents, Nick and an occasional appearance is in Mary Rose, bonded the country on summer mornings. Even during the height of Beatlemania, over their shared As a 9-year-old girl living in Newbury, I still appreciated my mom’s piano recitals. love of music. Ohio, in 1957, I used to let the sights and It took my dad a little more than an hour to sounds of the natural world wake me up commute home from work. My mom would MARY JUDITH FINA each morning. When the sun started prepare supper in the afternoon, then sit shining into my room, slanting across my down at the piano around 4:30 p.m. and play face, I would slowly open my eyes. After until he came through the door. He insisted a few minutes spent listening to the birds that he could hear her playing a quarter of chirping and the bees buzzing outside my a mile away. window, I was usually ready to get up and greet the day. Sometimes, on especially warm, quiet Only maybe a dozen cars and perhaps summer days, I imagine that I can still hear one or two trucks passed by our house all her, too. day. As such, our home was usually quiet, except for that distant hum of birds and bees. It was an idyllic setting for my mom to sit at our piano and fill the house with the loveliest music I ever experienced. My mother taught piano lessons, and when my parents bought their first house, they hauled her piano over from my grandparents’ house to our new home, where it was given a prominent place. Mom had a special fondness for classical music, and I eventually inherited a small stack of classical music books from her. I have a book of waltzes (my dad loved waltzes), the “William Tell Overture” by Gioacchino Rossini, and Robbins Mammoth Collection of Famous Piano Music. Every once in a while Mom got a little funky and played some modern music by jazz pianist Eddy Duchin, too. My father enjoyed a lively polka and even the occasional Hank Williams’ song. But, for the most part, both of my parents preferred classical music. My dad actually asked my mother out on their first date while they stood in line for opera tickets. Once married with kids, they worked hard to instill a love of opera in their children—though they Share Your Country Memories. Remember your little one’s first rodeo? Helping Grandpa on the farm? Going on family walks? Submit the story of your favorite memory at countrywomanmagazine.com/submit. 48 C O U N T RY WO M A N COUNTRYWOMANMAGAZINE.COM
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SHARE A SMILE | SAY HELLO Words to Live By Linguist Lynette St. Clair uses modern technology to preserve the language of her ancestors. BY ASHLEY ABRAMSON A round 40 years ago, Lynette St. A lifelong resident of the Wind River Clair saw a documentary about Indian Reservation in Wyoming, linguist a woman in Washington state who Lynette grew up hearing and speaking was the last native language speaker left in Shoshone. Her parents were fluent her tribe. “When they asked her how to say speakers, and she frequently spent time fish, a word that is so prominent in the around her extended family, all of whom Pacific Northwest, she couldn’t remember,” spoke the language together. Now she’s Lynette recalls. “I didn’t want to be that dedicated to preserving the Shoshone person, so I made a promise to myself and language for future generations, partly to my grandparents that I’d never forget my through a new app she has developed for own language.” use in schools. 50 C O U N T RY WO M A N COUNTRYWOMANMAGAZINE.COM
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