Cowboy Caviar

Grandma Lynda on March 12, 2025

Cowboy caviar is a delicious blend of canned beans, corn and fresh Roma tomatoes, onions and avocados all chopped and prepared to be mixed together to start dipping in. This appetizer is easy to make and has a fresh and flavorful blend! Yield:12 servings.

Mix in large bowl. Keep in refrigerator overnight.

  • 1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans, well-drained and rinsed. Or other beans that you like. You can add an extra can of beans if you want to make more.
  • 1 green, red, or yellow pepper, chopped
  • 1/2 cup red onion diced 
  • 1 can corn, well-drained and rinsed (I like Del Monte’s Summer Crisp Corn)
  • 1 avocado diced
  • 2 roma tomatoes diced
  • 1 jalapeño, seeded, ribbed and finely chopped (Note: Some recipes don’t call for any jalapeños.)

Mix together and add:

  • 1/4 cup olive oil (or more. Maybe 1/3 cup)
  • 2 TBLSP sugar
  • 1/4 cup white or red wine  vinegar (maybe less? 2 TBLSP?)
  • juice of one lime
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin or chili powder ~ not both
  • 1 tsp. salt, or less. Taste first.

Mix all ingredients together except avocado. Add that last.

Ham and Cheese Sliders

Grandma Lynda on February 3, 2025

Equipment

 9×13” Baking Pan

Ingredients

1 bag King’s Hawaiian Rolls

8 slices Swiss cheese, or other white cheese that you like

12 slices deli ham

4 Tbsp. butter melted

2 Tbsp. mayonnaise

1 tbsp dijon mustard

1/2 tbsp poppy seeds

1/2 tbsp dried minced onion

2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

Instructions

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9×13”  baking pan

2. Melt the butter. Mix melted butter with poppy seeds, Worcestershire sauce and dried minced onion in a bowl. Set aside while you assemble the sliders.

3.  Hawaiian rolls are connected when removed from the bag. You can leave them connected and then just cut horizontally through the center to make a top and a bottom. This helps you make one large sandwich and cut them into individual sandwiches after they bake!

4. Place the bottom rolls in a greased 9 x 13 baking pan.Mix mayonnaise and mustard together and spread over the bottom half of the rolls. 

5. Add half of the ham on the bottom, then half of the cheese, then ham and cheese again. Overlap the ham and cheese, so they neatly cover the rolls and don’t hang over the  sides too much.

5.  Place the Hawaiian roll tops back on, and then pour the butter mixture all over the top.

6. Bake in 350-degree oven for 20 minutes or until the cheese is melted. When they’re done, cut each roll individually. Serve warm.