Turnip Green Fried Pies

I know I'm not the only one that has seen articles scanned online only to be curious about what was on the other side.  I'm not going to leave you in suspense.

We decided to take this recipe for a spin.

We took several creative liberties by using spinach instead of turnip greens, substituted crescent roll dough for the pastry mentioned, and used an air fryer in lieu of traditional frying.

We also threw in some cream cheese to add a little more texture and flavor.

Once we put the rolls in the air fryer, we left them in for 8 minutes, flipped them, and finished them out for 8 more minutes.

Oh...my...word...these were super tasty!!!

These lasted no time at all.

we still had quite a bit of mixture left over so we decided to make little nuggets by adding some corn muffin mix and baking them for 25 minutes.

Wow...did this little experiment turn out excellent!

These we're gobbled up quick too!

Mods:

Frozen spinach instead of turnip greens.

Crescent roll dough instead of pastry.

Air fryer instead of traditional fryer.

Added cream cheese.

Final thoughts:

We did take a lot of liberties with this recipe but boy did it pay off.

The crescent rolls turned out amazing and so did the nuggets.

A huge 4 thumbs up from all the family!

I can see this one becoming a family favorite in the future.

Calico Pickles

What recipe box would not be complete without a recipe for pickles.  My granny had canning jars with this kind of stuff in them all over her place.  On a rare occasion, I'd be brave enough to try what was in one.  Looking back, I really wish I would've been brave enough to try a lot more.

Chocolate Scotcheroos

Ain't no party like an AARP meeting!  I loved going to those with my grandmother.

What kid doesn't want 23 grandparents making over them at the same time?

Plus, they had the best potlucks, especially when they showed up with treats like this one.

Spicy Tomato Mini-Loaves

I'm so conflicted with this recipe. 

There's so many things right and wrong about this one.

Everything is better as a mini but tomato in a bread loaf with corn flakes?

This one is definitely for the more adventurous food scientist.

Cincinnati Chili

Almost as archaic as the recipes that were typed with an actual typewriter, here's one on the nearly extinct form of mail known as the postcard.

I'll have to say this has been a real piece of education for me.  I never knew that:

1.) Cincinnati is the chili capital of the USA

2.)  You can put this chili on almost everything.  

I'm totally going to chow down on the chili spaghetti.

That just sounds beastly.

Diet Low Fat Chicken

Given the almost endless amounts of super sweet desserts contained in this little green box, this recipe kinda seems out of place.  If you're like me though, this one dish can offset a multitude of sweet tooth sins.

Amazing Coconut Pie

After looking at just the ingredients in this recipe, I can see just how amazing this one could be.