Andreas Viestad's Ultimate Hot Orange Chocolate

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Ingredients:

• 5 ounces dark chocolate
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon orange marmalade
• 1 orange zest of to garnish

Steps:

• Break the chocolate into very small pieces
• Add milk and chocolate to a small pot and heat while stirring constantly with a rubber spatula
• When the milk mixture is almost boiling remove from heat and pour into 2 mugs
• Whip cream to a medium stiff peak
• GENTLY fold in marmalade
• Top with orange whipped cream and orange peel if desired
• Bon appetit

Apple Cobbler

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Ingredients:

• 8 medium apples peeled and sliced
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 lemon squeeze the juice out and grate the rind
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 egg slightly beaten

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
• Mix apples sugar spice and lemon together
• Heat through either in the microwave or in a sauce pan until bubbly
• Stir often
• Cobblers mixture
• Sift all dry ingredients
• Cut in butter until mixture resembles course crumbs
• Mix milk and beaten egg
• Add all at once to dry ingredients
• Stir just to moisten
• Drop spoonsful of cobbler topping over hot sweetened fruit mixture
• Bake for 20 minutes or until crust is browned
• Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or heavy cream

Apple Veggie Burgers

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Ingredients:

• 4 slices sandwich bread stale or toasted
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 granny smith apple grated
• 1/2 bell pepper chopped I use red
• 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh ginger
• 1 cup cooked rice
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons rolled oats ground in food processor
• salt to taste
• black pepper to taste
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil

Steps:

• Chop the bread very fine or break into pieces and throw in a food processor breaking it into crumbs
• Transfer to a large mixing bowl and add the onions
• Squeeze the grated apples lightly to remove excess juice then add to the bowl along with the bell pepper ginger rice egg and half the ground oats
• Season with salt and pepper to taste
• Form mixture into 1 1/2-inch thick patties
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat Coat the patties with the remaining ground oats and cook for 2-3 minutes per side until browned slightly
• Serve with hot sauce cole slaw or whatever else tickles your fancy

Apple-Ginger Oat-Bran Muffins

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Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup 2% low-fat milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cider vinegar
• 1 cup flour
• 3/4 cup oat bran
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs beaten
• 1/4 cup apple juice
• 2 tablespoons extra- light olive oil
• 3/4 cup finely chopped unpeeled apple
• 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon extra- light olive oil
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped unpeeled apples

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees F
• Line the cups of a standard muffin pan with paper liners or coat cups with nonstick cooking spray
• In a measuring cup combine milk and vinegar; set aside
• In a large bowl combine next 7 dry ingredients Make a well in the center; set aside
• In a medium bowl combine milk with next 5 ingredients
• Pour mixture into well and stir until batter is still slightly lumpy
• Pour into muffin pan
• To make topping In a bowl combine flour and cinnamon Stir in oil until mixture resembles coarse crumbs Stir in apple Sprinkle over batter
• Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until tops are golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean
• Cool for 5 minutes in pan on a rack; remove from pan to cool completely

Artichoke and red pepper risotto

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Ingredients:

• 2 -3 cups vegetable broth
• 1/2 small red bell pepper cut julienne
• 1/2 cup artichoke heart cooked
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 onion minced
• 1 cup arborio rice
• 1/3 cup dry white wine
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon minced parsley

Steps:

• Heat broth to near boil and keep hot in saucepan
• Cook bell pepper and artichoke hearts in 2 tbs
• broth
• Remove
• Cook onion in 2 tbs
• broth until softened
• Add oil and rice and cook 1 minute
• Add wine
• Cook until wine is almost gone
• Add broth just to cover rice
• Cook and stir over medium heat until broth is absorbed
• Add more broth and continue cooking broth down and adding new broth until rice is just done about 20 minutes
• Add vegetables and cook to heat done
• Stir in Parmesan and parsley before serving
• Makes 2 servings

Asiago Herb Bread

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup water
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3 1/4 cups bread flour
• 2/3 cup asiago cheese grated
• 1 1/4 teaspoons dried basil
• 1 1/4 teaspoons fennel seeds
• 1 1/4 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1 1/4 teaspoons bread machine yeast

Steps:

• Place ingredients in your machine in the order suggested by your manufacturer
• Select light or sweet setting if able
• Operate machine and enjoy your loaf

Asian Plum Sauce

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Ingredients:

• 4 garlic cloves minced fine
• 1/2 ounce fresh ginger minced
• 1 small onion minced
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 cups water
• 1/8 cup teriyaki sauce
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1/8 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed dried chili
• 3 lbs plums pitted chopped
• 1 lemon juice of fresh
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon water

Steps:

• Place first 11 ingredients into pot
• Bring to a boil then simmer 30 minutes
• Mix water and cornstarch
• Blend in a blender the solids from the pot with the cornstarch mixture and put back with the liquid simmering all the while
• Simmer till thickened
• Pour into sterilized jars size you like and put into a water bath for 10 minutes
• Remove jars from water bath cool and store in a cool dark place

Asian-Style Noodles With Spinach, Carrots and Mushrooms

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Ingredients:

• 7 ounces thin cellophane noodles or mung noodles
• 1/2 cup tamari
• 3 tablespoons sesame oil
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh garlic you can use less
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 onion sliced
• 1 teaspoon dried chili pepper flakes to taste
• 3 carrots peeled and cut into matchsticks about 2-inches long
• 1/2 lb button mushroom sliced
• 3 cups fresh Baby Spinach
• green onion chopped

Steps:

• Soak the noodles in a bowl of warm water to cover until softened this will take about 8-10 minutes for thin noodles drain well
• Cook the noodled in a pot of boiling water for about 2 minutes; drain and rinse with COLD water; set aside
• In a blender or using a whisk blend the tamari sesame oil sugar and garlic until smooth if you are using a whisk mix until no sugar granules remain
• Heat about 1-2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a wok or a large skillet over high heat until the oil JUST begins to smoke
• Add in the onions carrots and dry pepper flakes; cook for about 3 minutes or until the onions are softened
• Add in sliced mushrooms and stir-fry until softened about 4 minutes
• Add in the fresh spinach and stir-fry for about 30 seconds
• Add in the noodles and tamari mixture; toss to coat and simmer stirring occasionally until most of the liquid is absorbed about 3-5 minutes
• Transfer to a large bowl and sprinkle with green onions if desired

Asparagus Croustade

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Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup warm water
• 1 teaspoon dry yeast
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1 egg beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 3 tablespoons soft butter cut into pieces
• 8 ounces green asparagus trimmed
• 8 ounces white asparagus trimmed
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup cream
• salt freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 8 ounces taleggio or 8 ounces gruyere cubed

Steps:

• Place water in a medium bowl and sprinkle in yeast and sugar
• Stir until dissolved and let stand for 10 minutes or until foamy
• Add yeast mixture egg salt flour and butter into food processor
• Process until dough forms into a ball Dough should be soft but not sticky Add more flour if the dough seems sticky
• Place dough in a clean lightly oiled bowl and cover with a tea towel
• Put in a warm place for 20 minutes or until dough has relaxed
• and is slightly puffy
• Preheat oven to 400F 200C
• Bring a skillet of water to boil on high heat
• Add asparagus and boil for 2 minutes
• Drain and rinse well with cold water until cool
• Heat butter in pot over medium heat
• Add flour and stir together until incorporated
• Pour in milk and cream slowly whisking to incorporate Bring to boil whisking until thickened
• Season well with salt and pepper and stir in parsley Reserve
• Punch down dough and roll out into an approximately 10 x 14-inch rectangle and place on a baking sheet
• Brush sauce over base leaving a 2-inch 5-cm border
• Top with asparagus and cover with cheese
• Brush edges with water and fold over to form a crimped edge
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until dough is browned underneath and cooked through and filling is hot

Asparagus-Cheese Squares With Crescent Crust

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Ingredients:

• 2 8 ounce cans refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 3 -4 tablespoons butter
• 1 large sweet onion chopped
• 1 -2 tablespoon minced fresh garlic
• 1 1/2 lbs fresh asparagus can use less
• salt and black pepper
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 2 1/2 cups swiss cheese grated or use mozzarella cheese

Steps:

• Set oven to 375F oven rack set to the lowest bottom position
• Prepare an ungreased a 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan
• Unroll the crescent rolls and press into the pan pressing edges to seal the perforations
• Brush the crescent crust with melted butter and then sprinkle with garlic powder if using and a small amount of salt
• Bake for about 6-8 minutes bottom oven rack or until lightly browned
• In a large skillet melt butter over medium-high heat; add in the onion and saute for 6-7 minutes adding in the garlic the last 2 minutes
• Snap off the tough ends of the asparagus then cut into 1-inch pieces
• Add in the asparagus pieces to the skillet with onion; saute for for about 6-7 minutes or until crisp-tender
• Season with a small amount of salt and pepper to taste
• Spoon the asparagus/onion mixture over the partially-baked crescent crust
• Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese and then top with Swiss or mozzarella cheese any amount desired
• Return to oven and bake for about 8 minutes in a 375F oven or until the cheese is well melted
• Delicious

Aunt Lynn's Green Bean Casserole

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Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1/4 cup onion diced
• 1 cup sour cream
• 3 14 1/2 ounce cans French style green beans drained
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 can French-fried onions aka fried onion crisps
• 1 tablespoon butter melted
• 1 4 ounce can chopped water chestnuts
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1 4 ounce can chopped mushrooms

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees 175 degrees C
• Melt 2 T butter in large skillet over medium heat
• Stir in flour until smooth and cook for one minute
• Stir in salt sugar onion water chestnuts pecans mushrooms and sour cream
• Add green beans and stir until coated
• Transfer mixture to a 2 1/2 quart casserole dish
• Spread cheese over top
• In a small bowl toss taste toppers and butter and sprinkle over the cheese
• Bake for 30 minutes or until top is golden brown and cheese is bubbly

Aunt Stella's Ice Box Cookies

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups fat or 3/4 cup butter or margarine 3/4 cup crisco
• 3 eggs beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups nuts chopped
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon orange extract
• 4 cups flour

Steps:

• Beat fat and sugars until creamy; add eggs and vanilla and beat until well mixed
• Add remaining ingredients and mix well
• Divide dough into two long rolls and place in a narrow pan in the freezer to chill overnight
• Pre-heat oven to 375F
• Slice very thin and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 375F for 8-10 minutes
• Remove from pan to cool

Baked Penne With Tomatoes And Peas

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Ingredients:

• 8 ounces penne
• 1 cup frozen peas thawed
• 1 cup cherries or 1 cup grape tomatoes halved
• 2 cups bottled pasta tomato sauce
• 2 cups shredded low fat mozzarella divided
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese divided

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees
• Cook pasta according to package
• Drain
• Meanwhile toss together peas tomatoes and pasta sauce
• Stir in 1 1/2 cups mozzarella and 1/4 cup Parmesan
• Toss pasta with vegetables and sauce; spread in pan coated with cooking spray
• Top with remaining cheeses
• Bake 15 minutes or until cheese on top is lightly browned and bubbly

Baker's Angel Flake Coconut Macaroons

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Ingredients:

• 1 14 ounce package sweetened coconut 5 1/3 cups
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 6 tablespoons flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon almond extract

Steps:

• Mix coconut sugar flour and salt in a large bowl Stir in egg whites not whipped and almond extract until well blended Drop by tablespoonful onto greased and floured cookie sheets
• Bake 325F for 20 minutes or until edges of cookies are golden brown Immediately remove from cookie sheets to wire racks Cool completely

Banana Mango Raspberry Smoothie

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Ingredients:

• 1 banana peeled fresh or frozen
• 1 mango peeled and seeded
• 1/2 cup frozen raspberries
• 1/2 cup soymilk or 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground flax seeds No need to ground if using a vita mix
• 2 ice cubes

Steps:

• Place all ingredients into a vita mix or blender
• Pour and enjoy

Basil, Lime and Pumpkin Seed Pesto

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup pumpkin seeds raw
• 1 cup basil packed
• 4 tablespoons lime juice
• 3 garlic cloves
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste

Steps:

• Lightly toast pumpkin seeds and grind unil they stick to the walls of the food processor Add the remaining ingredients Add more olive oil or lime juice to thin if necessary

BBQ Grilled Squash and Zucchini

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Ingredients:

• 1/2-1 cup kraft honey barbeque sauce this is specifically what Donna used but any HONEY bbq will do
• 5 -10 medium squash or 5 -10 medium zucchini

Steps:

• Oil the grill surface or spray with Pam Preheat grill to medium
• Cut veggies into spears Place them in a casserole dish large enough to hold them and roll them around a bit
• Pour enough bbq sauce onto the spears to coat Toss to coat evenly This can also be done in a zip-top bag
• When the grill is hot about 10-15 minutes before placing your meat on the grill place the vegetable spears lengthwise across the grates so they will not slip through Grill brushing on extra bbq sauce
• Cook until heated completely through and done to you liking I like serving them hot but tender-crisp

Beets in Mustard Cream

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Ingredients:

• 1 lb fresh beet peeledboiled until tender and then slicevery thinly
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon tarragon vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 cup lite olive oil or 1/4 cup virgin olive oil
• 1 cup plain yogurt

Steps:

• Thoroughly combine mustard vinegar saltamp; pepper
• Slowly whisk in the olive oil pouring in a slow steady stream whisking all the while
• Stir in the yogurt to finish the dressing
• Pour the mustard cream over the beets toss cover and refrigerate for at least an hour

Brie Twice Baked Potatoes

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Ingredients:

• 6 large hot baked russet potatoes a href=https//wwwgeniuskitchencom/recipe/how-to-bake-the-perfect-potato-408605How to Bake the Perfect Potato/a
• 1 bulb roasted garlic choice of your favorite or try a href=https//wwwgeniuskitchencom/recipe/roasted-garlic-pearl-onions-with-herbs-54099Roasted Garlic amp; Pearl Onions With Herbs/a
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature
• 1/2 cup milk warmed
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 7/8 ounce envelope Lipton Onion Soup Mix
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes
• 6 ounces ripe brie cheese cut into 1/2-inch cubes rind removed

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
• Slice 5 of the baked potatoes lengthwise in half Carefully scoop out the potato flesh into a medium bowl leaving a 1/2-inch thick shell Rice the potatoes back into the bowl Rice the garlic the peel the other potato and rice into the bowl
• Add butter creams onion mix pepper parsley and brie to the bowl of potatoes and stir til combined
• Mound the potatoes into the potato shells and place on cookie sheet pan Potatoes may be covered and refrigerated up to 24 hours at this point Let come to room temperature before finishing in the oven
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes until cheese has melted and stuffing is heated through Brown under the broiler until golden if desired

Brown Sugar Banana Bread

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Ingredients:

• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose unbleached white flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 6 organic egg whites or 3/4 cup Egg Beaters
• 1/3 cup canola oil or vegetable oil
• 1 1/3 cups brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 3 cups mashed black bananas 6-8 bananas

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
• Sift flour baking powder baking soda and salt into a large bowl and whisk with a metal whisk until well blended
• In a large bowl blend the egg whites oil brown sugar vanilla and mashed bananas with an electric mixer until creamy
• Add dry ingredients to wet and with a few swift strokes blend by hand until smooth
• Pour into non-stick loaf pans sprayed with cooking oil and bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick or cake tester inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean
• Cool on rack

Buckwheat Noodles with Mushroom Sauce

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Ingredients:

• 12 ounces buckwheat noodles
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1/2 lb mushroom finely chopped
• salt and pepper
• 2/3 cup low-fat yogurt
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce

Steps:

• Pour boiling water over noodles cover let stand 8 minutes then drain
• Melt butter in skillet and add mushrooms and saute 5 minutes
• Season with salt and pepper
• Stir in yogurt and soy sauce
• Pour sauce over noodles and serve

Butterhorns Aka Rugelach / Rugulach / Snails / Schnecken

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter at room temp
• 8 ounces cream cheese at room temp
• 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 egg white beaten with
• 1 tablespoon water for glazing
• granulated sugar for sprinkling
• 1 cup walnuts or 1 cup pecans finely chopped
• 1/2 cup brown sugar firmly packed
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Steps:

• Cream butter
• cream cheese
• and sugar until soft
• Sift in the flour and mix to make a soft dough
• Divide dough into 4 equal balls
• flatten each one and wrap in wax paper
• Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes
• Make the filling by mixing all ingredients in a small bowl
• Preheat oven to 375
• Working with one disk of dough at a time
• roll thinly on a lightly floured surface into a circle
• about 9 in diameter
• Brush the surface with the egg white glaze and sprinkle the dough with 1/4 of the filling
• Slice the dough with a sharp knife or pizza cutter into quarters and then each quarter into 4 equal sections
• to form 16 triangles
• Starting from the base of each triangle
• roll up to form spirals
• You can curve them into crescents if you like
• Continue with the other 3 disks of dough
• Place on baking sheets and brush with egg white glaze
• Sprinkle lightly with granulated sugar
• Bake until just golden
• about 10 minutes
• For 32 extra large butterhorns
• divide the dough in half instead of fourths and roll each disk into a 12 inch circle and use half the filling
• Continue as above but bake for 15-20 minutes

Caramelized Onion Pesto Pie

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Ingredients:

• 3 lbs sweet onions thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 pie shell I've also used a Boboli Crust puff pastry and phyllo dough with good results
• 1/2 cup prepared pesto sauce
• 1/4 cup Dijon mustard

Steps:

• Cook the sliced onion in the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat stirring occasionally until the onions are soft
• Add the sugar and salt and continue cooking and stirring until onions are golden and caramelized about 35 minutes
• Spread mustard on the crust of your choice
• Spread pesto over the mustard
• Spoon the onions into the crust and smooth to make an even layer
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until crust is light brown and cooked
• Time and temperature might vary depending on what type of crust you choose

Carnation Maple Muffins

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3 tablespoons corn oil
• 3/4 cup uncooked quick oats
• 2/3 cup undiluted Carnation Evaporated Milk
• 3/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 beaten egg

Steps:

• Combine flour sugar baking powder and salt
• Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs
• Stir in oats
• Mix evaporated milk maple syrup and egg
• Add to dry ingredients all at once; stir just until moistened
• Fill greased medium muffin cups 2/3 full
• Bake in hot oven 400F 20 to 25 minutes
• Remove from pans immediately
• Serve warm or at room temperature

Carrot Celery Tomato Soup

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Ingredients:

• 4 medium plum tomatoes
• 10 ounces carrots
• 2 medium celery ribs
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon white pepper
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 2 cups water

Steps:

• 1 Wash and steam all the veggies in pressure cooker up to 3 whistles
• 2 Let it cool remove tomato skin and blend all the boiled veggies until smooth
• 3 Pass it through a strainer add some water if required
• 4 Heat butter and pour-in the blended veggies with water amp; bring it to boil
• 6 Add more water if required
• 7 Add salt sugar and white pepper Adjust according to taste Serve it with whole wheat grilled cheese sandwich for a quick and comfy healthy meal

Cashew Milk Raw Foods

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Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup cashews raw
• 2 cups water
• 3 dates

Steps:

• Blend it all in the blender til it looks smooth
• Store in refridgerator Probably should consume within 4 days

Cashew Sugar Cookies

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 cup ground lightly salted cashews or 1/2 cup ground almonds
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup vegan butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• granulated sugar topping or coarse sugar topping
• whole cashews topping about 42 nuts or blanched whole almond toasted topping about 42 nuts

Steps:

• Go ahead and toast the whole cashews or almonds if not already done Place on shallow baking pan and bake for 5-10 minutes at 350F until light golden brown stirring if needed
• In a medium bowl combine flour ground nuts the 1/4 cup granulated sugar and the brown sugar Cut in the margarine with a pastry blender until it forms fine crumbs Form the mixture into a ball and knead gently until smooth
• On a lightly floured surface roll dough until 1/4 inch thick Using a 1 1/2 inch cookie cutter cut into desired shapes Place 1 inch apar on ungreased cookie sheet Sprinkle with additional sugar and press a whole nut in the center of each cookie
• Bake in a 375F oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned Transfer to wire rack amp; cool

Cheddar Pinwheels

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups unbleached flour sifted
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1 cup cheddar cheese extra sharpgrated

Steps:

• Sift the flour salt and baking powder together in a mixing bowl and then cut in the butter
• I use my food processor whirling just until the mixture is crumbly Add the milk and stir together quickly but thoroughly
• Turn out on a floured board and knead for 30 seconds then roll out to a 1/8 inch thickness
• Spread with the grated cheese and roll up tightly like cinnamon rolls
• Cut into 3/4 inch slices and transfer to baking sheets and bake in a moderate oven 375 degrees F for 20 minutes or until delicately browned

Cheese-Stuffed Potatoes/Yogurt-Spice/Sesame Seed Crust

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup packed coarsely grated monterey jack cheese about 4 ounces
• 3 large unpeeled russet potatoes scrubbed each about 16 ounces
• 2 tablespoons butter melted
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 green onion finely chopped
• 1 serrano chili seeded minced
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
• coarse kosher salt
• 2 garlic cloves coarsely chopped
• 2 teaspoons chopped peeled fresh ginger
• 2 teaspoons sweet paprika or 2 teaspoons hot paprika
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 cup plain whole-milk Greek yogurt A thick yogurt sold at Whole Foods Market or Trader Joes or at Greek markets
• 4 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 cup sesame seeds about 26 ounces

Steps:

• POTATOES amp; STUFFING
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 400F
• Place potatoes directly on oven rack and bake until tender when pierced with fork about 1 hour 15 minutes
• Transfer to platter and let stand until cool enough to handle Can be made 1 day ahead; Cover and chill
• Cut potatoes horizontally in half
• Using spoon scoop out pulp leaving 1/3-inch-thick shell
• Transfer potato pulp to medium bowl and mash; mix in cheese melted butter cilantro green onion chile and sesame seeds
• Season potato mixture generously with salt and pepper; divide among potato shellsCan be made 6 hours ahead
• Cover and chill
• YOGURT-SPICE PASTE
• Combine first 6 ingredients in processor
• Using on/off turns blend until mixture is finely chopped
• Add yogurt oil and lemon juice and process until smooth puree forms
• Transfer to small bowl
• Season to taste with salt and pepperCan be made 6 hours ahead
• Cover and refrigerate
• Remove top rack from grill
• Place disposable aluminum baking pan in center of bottom rack if using 2-burner gas grill place pan on 1 side of burner
• Add enough water to pan to reach depth of 1 inch
• Prepare barbecue medium heat
• If using charcoal grill light briquettes in chimney and pour half onto rack on each side of disposable pan
• If using 3-burner gas grill light burners on left and right leaving center burner off
• If using 2-burner gas grill light burner on side opposite disposable pan
• Return top rack to grill
• Place sheet of foil on grill rack above unlit burner; brush with vegetable oil
• Place sesame seeds on small plate
• Place half of yogurt-spice paste in shallow bowl and reserve
• Spread remaining yogurt-spice paste over top of potato filling in each potato half
• Sprinkle with half of sesame seeds
• Dip bottom of each potato half into reserved spice paste then dip into remaining sesame seeds
• Place potatoes atop foil on grill rack above disposable pan
• Cover barbecue and grill until potatoes are heated through and bubbling in center 25 to 30 minutes
• Transfer potatoes to platter and serve

Cheesy Cauliflower Gratin / Casserole

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Ingredients:

• 1 head cauliflower cut into florets
• 1 10 1/2 ounce can condensed cream of mushroom soup
• 1/4 cup 1% low-fat milk
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 dash turmeric
• 1/2 cup swiss cheese shredded
• 1/2 cup white cheddar cheese shredded
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs

Steps:

• Steam the broccoli florets until somewhat tender about 10-15 minutes I use frozen pre-cut which takes about 15
• In a gratin dish or 11 x 7 casserole dish mix the mushroom soup with the milk season with the pepper and turmeric
• Mix in the cheeses
• Coat the cauliflower in this mixture cover with the breadcrumbs
• Bake for 20-25 minutes at 350F or until golden brown on top broil for an extra 5 minutes for an extra crispy top

Cheesy Stuffed Shells

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Ingredients:

• 16 ounces low fat cottage cheese
• 1 10 ounce package frozen chopped spinach thawed well drained
• 1 cup shredded 2% mozzarella cheese divided
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 20 large pasta shells cooked drained
• 1 26 ounce jar spaghetti sauce
• 1 large tomatoes chopped

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F
• Mix cottage cheese spinach 1/2 cup of the mozzarella cheese Parmesan cheese and Italian seasoning until well blended
• Spoon 1 heaping tablespoons of the cheese mixture evenly into each pasta shell
• Combine spaghetti sauce and tomatoes; spoon half of the sauce mixture into 13x9-inch baking dish
• Place shells filled sides up in baking dish
• Spoon remaining sauce mixture over shells
• Cover with foil
• Bake 25 minute or until heated through
• Uncover; top with remaining 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
• Bake uncovered an additional 2 minute or until cheese is melted

Chestnut Mushroom Pate

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Ingredients:

• 60 g unsalted butter
• 1 onion chopped
• 4 garlic cloves finely chopped
• 500 g chestnut mushrooms
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 100 g cream cheese
• 100 ml fromage frais
• 1 cup slivered almonds reserve a handful for garnish
• 1 cup walnuts chopped

Steps:

• Chop the chestnut mushrooms
• melt the butter and saut the onion and garlic for 5 minutes Add the mushrooms and thyme
• and saut for 8 minutes or until the mushrooms are cooked
• Reserving the juices in case you need to add a little moisture in step three
• drain the onion/garlic/mushroom mixture
• and blend it with the cream cheese and fromage frais
• Reserving some slivered almonds for garnish
• process the nuts in the food processor then add them to the onion/garlic/mushroom mixture OR
• if you prefer a finer
• smoother pat
• add the onion/garlic/mushroom to the food processor and process OR
• for a more varied texture
• process some of the onion/garlic/mushroom mixture with the nuts
• then fold both mixtures together until they are well-combined If the mixture becomes too dry which is unlikely
• add a little of the juice reserved in step two
• Chill the pat for 2 hours
• then scatter the reserved slivered almonds on top and serve the pat with crusty bread
• pita bread
• crackers or vegetable sticks This pat is best eaten within 2 days
• Chefs Note Chestnut mushrooms are a closed cup mushroom with a wonderfully rich flavour If you cannot find these
• use flat field mushrooms which are always great
• but may need a little more cooking

Chewy, Buttery Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies

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Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup peanut butter
• 1/3 cup almond butter
• 1/3 cup margarine
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Ener-G Egg Substitute
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons soymilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F 190C Mix water and egg replacer together in a small bowl set aside
• In big mixing bowl cream together peanut butter almond butter sugar and margarine
• Mix in soy milk egg replacer and vanilla
• Sift in flour and baking powder into mixture Add in salt
• Place cookies 2 inches apart onto lightly greased cookie sheets
• Bake for 8 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven or until edges are lightly browned but center is still a bit soft as it will harden as cookies cool

Chill out Frozen Hot Chocolate

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Ingredients:

• 6 fluid ounces milk
• 1/2 cup hot cocoa mix or 2 packetswe use Swiss Miss Milk Chocolate flavor
• 1 1/2-2 cups crushed ice cubes
• whipped cream
• additional hot cocoa mix

Steps:

• Pour milk into blender
• Add hot cocoa mix and ice
• Blend first at low speed and then high speed until ice is finely crushed and slushy
• Pour into tall glass and top with whipped cream and a dusting of hot cocoa mix if desired
• Serve with a straw and enjoy
• PS This recipe was originally posted using small ice cubes At our shop we have a commercial blender that has no problem getting through these Since most people have regular blenders I have changed it to crushed ice

Chocolate Fudge

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Ingredients:

• 1 can condensed milk I use Nestle brand
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder Go for Hintz Dutch Processed brand
• 50 g unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 100 g nuts finely chopped use almonds walnuts or cashews
• sugar

Steps:

• Add cocoa powder to milk in a bowl
• Stir to dissolve
• Now take a broad heavy based pan
• Pour the condensed milk alongwith the rest of the ingredients into the pan
• On low flame
• stir the contents of the panconstantly till the mixture becomes homogenous
• After 20 minutes
• you will notice that the mixture has thickened and started leaving the sides of the pan
• Now
• cook it till it becomes thick enough to set
• Pour it into a greased with butter plate
• Smoothen the top with a flat ladle
• It should be about 1/2 inch thick
• Allow to cool
• Cut into pieces
• Serve
• Store this in your freezer if it remains though it is so yummy that it is not quite likely that itll remain and allow to thaw a bit before serving

Chocolate Nut Crunch

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Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts

Steps:

• Mix butter and sugar in saucepan
• Bring to a boil
• Boil 4 minutes stirring constantly
• Pour into buttered 8x8in pan
• Sprinkle with chocolate chips
• Cover and let stand for 2 minutes
• Spread chocolate
• Sprinkle with nuts

Chocolate Peanut Butter Streusel Cake

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Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 12 ounce bag semi-sweet chocolate chips

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350/ Grease a 13x9x2-inch baking pan
• In a large bowl combine first 4 ingredients
• With a electric mixer beat on low speed until streusel is blended and crumbly
• Transfer 1 cup lightly packed streusel to a small bowl to reserve
• Add the eggs milk vanilla extract baking powder and baking soda to remaining streusel
• Beat on low speed until well-blended; increase speed to medium and beat until well blended
• Scrap the bowl occasionally about three minutes; stir in 1 cup of chocolate chips
• Transfer batter to pan and sprinkle evenly with reserved streusel and remaining cup of chips
• Bake about 35 minutes until tester inserted into center comes out clean
• Cool cake in pan on a wire rack

Chocolate-Mint Thumbprints

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Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 1/4 cup butter softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 2 drops green food coloring
• 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/4 teaspoon shortening

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 In large bowl beat sugar 1 cup butter and the vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy Beat in egg yolk until smooth Beat in flour and cocoa
• Shape dough by rounded teaspoonfuls into 1 inch balls On ungreased cookie sheet place balls 1 inch apart With inxes finger or thumb make indentation in center of each ball
• Bake 7-9 minutes or until set Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack Cool completely about 30 minutes
• In small bowl beat 1/4 cup butter and the powdered sugar on low speed until smooth Beat in milk peppermint extract and enough food color for desired color Spoon about 1/2 t filling into each cookie
• Melt the chocolate chips and shortening and drizzle over the tops of each cookie

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Dream Bars

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Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
• 1 18 1/4 ounce box brownie mix
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/3 cup oil
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup chopped dry roasted peanuts
• 4 ounces cream cheese softened
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• whipped cream chopped peanuts chocolate-peanut butter candies and caramel sauce to garnish

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350F
• Spray a 9-inch square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray Line pan with foil
• allowing sides to overhang; spray foil
• In small bowl
• combine graham cracker crumbs and granulated sugar
• Mix in melted butter
• Press crumb mixture into prepared pan
• Bake until golden
• about 5 to 7 minutes
• Cool on wire rack
• Prepare brownie mix according to package directions for cakelike brownies adding 1/4 cup water
• 1/3 cup oil and 3 eggs
• Fold in chopped nuts
• Pour batter into crust-lined pan
• Return to 350F oven; bake until brownie is just set and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean
• 30 to 35 minutes
• Cool completely in pan on a wire rack
• With electric mixer in medium bowl
• beat cream cheese until smooth
• Add peanut butter and confectioners sugar; beat until just blended it will look lumpy
• Add milk; beat lightly to loosen mixture
• In separate bowl
• whip 1 cup of the cream and gently fold into peanut butter mixture
• Spread mousse evenly over cooled brownie
• Refrigerate 1 hour
• Heat remaining 1/2 cup cream in a small saucepan over medium heat until just boiling
• Remove from heat; add corn syrup and chocolate chips
• Cover and let stand 5 minutes
• Stir until smooth
• Pour glaze over chilled mousse and spread to cover completely
• Return to refrigerator for at least 1 hour
• Run a small knife around inside of pan and lift out brownie
• Heat knife under hot running water and trim edges
• Slice brownie
• rinsing knife after each cut
• into 5 strips about 1-1/2 inches wide
• Cut each strip into 5 pieces about 1-1/2 inches square
• Transfer to a serving plate and garnish with whipped cream
• nuts
• candy and caramel sauce

Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake

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Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/3 cup margarine softened
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 large egg white
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 ounces low-fat vanilla yogurt
• 2/3 cup applesauce
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• nonstick cooking spray
• 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup sifted powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons skim milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

• Combine first 3 ingredients; stir well and then set aside
• Cream margarine in bowl; gradually add 1 1/4 cups sugar and then beat at medium speed until well blended
• Add egg and egg white one at a time beating well
• Combine 3 cups flour and next 3 ingredients in a bowl Stir well
• Combine yogurt applesauce and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract in a bowl; stir well
• Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with yogurt mixture
• Coat a 12 cup bundt pan with spray and flour
• Pour half of batter in pan sprinkle with pecan mixture and then pour remaining batter on
• Bake until done keeping close eye on it
• Combine powdered sugar vanilla extract and milk; stir well Pour over cooled cake

Citrus Haricots Verts

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Ingredients:

• 1 bunch fresh French haricots vert or 1 bunch green beans washed
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 garlic clove minced
• 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest
• 2/3 cup water
• 1 navel orange segmented without membrane
• 1 red grapefruit segmented without membrane
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons cold butter
• salt and pepper

Steps:

• Trim ends from beans Heat olive oil in a large saut pan over medium high heat Add beans and toss to coat Add garlic and orange zest and saut 1 minute Add 2/3 cup water and simmer beans uncovered until almost all the water has evaporated about 4 minutes Remove beans from pan onto serving dish Note that haricots verts will cook faster than regular green beans
• Add orange and grapefruit segments and stir gently to warm through juices will come out When juices begin to simmer stir in sugar and remove from heat Stir in cold butter in small pieces until melted Season to taste and spoon over beans

Coconut Jelly

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Ingredients:

• 4 teaspoons agar-agar powder or 4 tablespoons agar-agar flakes
• 2 14 ounce cans coconut milk
• 2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup sugar

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil
• Mix agar agar with cold water before adding to boiling water
• Mix agar agar solution in boiling water
• Let cook for 5 minutes
• Add sugar and cook till dissolved
• Add coconut milk and vanilla
• Cook 5 minutes
• Pour in dish and cool in refrigerator
• It will form two layer a clear layer and a white layer

Cold Asparagus with Pecans

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 lbs fresh asparagus as young and tender as possible
• 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• ground black pepper

Steps:

• Trim the asparagus and cook in boiling water for 6-7 minutes or until barely tender and still bright green; drain and rinse under cold water then drain again
• Arrange in 1 or 2 layers in an oblong serving dish
• Mix the pecans with the oil vinegar soy sauce and sugar; pour over the asparagus lifting the stalks so that the mixture penetrates to the bottom
• Sprinkle with pepper
• Serve chilled
• This dish can be made up to 36 hours ahead of serving time

Cold Cream of Cucumber Soup

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Ingredients:

• 5 cups vegetable broth
• 5 smooth-skinned cucumbers
• 1 potato peeled and coarsely chopped
• 2 leeks coarsely chopped
• 1 shallot chopped
• 4 cloves garlic peeled and halved
• 1 cup sour cream or 1 cup yogurt
• salt freshly ground black pepper
• fresh chives

Steps:

• Bring the vegetable broth to the boil
• Chop 4 of the cucumbers coarsely
• Thinly slice the fifth and set the slices aside
• Add the chopped cucumbers potato leeks shallot and garlic to the boiling broth and cook until tender about 45 minutes
• Remove from heat and blend
• Add salt and pepper to taste and cool
• Refrigerate for several hours until well chilled
• To serve pour the chilled soup into a soup tureen add the sliced cucumbers and chopped chives
• Spoon the sour cream or yogurt on top or serve it separately at the table

Cranberry Apple Cake

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 3 apples peeled and diced
• 6 ounces dried cranberries
• 1/4 cup brown sugar packed
• 2 1/2 tablespoons light cream
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2/3 cup icing sugar

Steps:

• For the cake
• preheat the oven to 325 degrees F and grease and flour a 10 tube pan
• Beat the oil
• sugars and eggs in a large mixing bowl
• Combine the next six ingredients in a separate bowl
• Add to the wet ingredients along with the apples and cranberries
• stirring until moistened
• Spread the batter in the prepared pan
• Bake for 1-1/2 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean
• Cool for 20 minutes in the pan
• then transfer to a wire rack and cool completely
• For the frosting
• heat the first three ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat
• stirring until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture comes to a boil
• Cool to room temperature
• Add enough icing sugar to make a drizzling consistency
• beating until smooth
• Drizzle over the cake and decorate as desired

Cranberry Orange Nut Bread

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup margarine softened
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 1 egg beaten
• 3/4 cup fresh cranberries chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients in a mixing bowl
• Blend in margarine until mixture is crumbly
• Stir in egg and juice just until all flour is moistened
• Stir in nuts chips and cranberries
• Put batter into a 9x5-inch loaf pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray or two 1-lb pans
• Bake at 350 for 55-65 minutes or 35-40 minutes for the smaller pans

Creamy Tomato Soup

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Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 small sweet onion chopped
• 1 stalk celery chopped
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 28 ounces crushed tomatoes undrained
• 1 10 3/4 ounce can tomato puree
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 teaspoon cilantro
• 4 cups vegetable broth or chicken broth
• 8 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese cut into cubes
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• salt as needed to taste
• 1 -2 slice bacon cooked and crumbled for garnish

Steps:

• In a large soup pot
• over medium heat
• melt butter; add onion
• celery
• and saute in butter until softened about 5 minutes Add tomatoes un-drained
• basil and cilantro; bring to a boil Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until vegetables are soft
• At this point puree or partially puree
• if desired
• or dont puree at all
• Add broth and cream cheese and pepper; salt to taste; heat through
• Serve with crumbled bacon on top if desired

Crowd Pleasing Light Oat Bread Bread Machine

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cups water
• 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Steps:

• Place all the ingredients in the order listed or according to the bread machine manufacturers
• Select the light setting

Cucumber-Only Salad

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Ingredients:

• 1 cucumber
• 4 tablespoons fat-free Italian salad dressing

Steps:

• Peel cucumber and slice
• De-gut center of cucumber to take away seeds and mushy part
• Put cucumber slices in bowl and pour fat free italian dressing on top
• Best if chilled overnight
• but can be eaten right away

Curry Omelette for One

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Ingredients:

• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons chopped chives approx
• 2 teaspoons curry powder sieve it if it's lumpy
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Steps:

• Beat egg in a small bowl
• Mix in chives
• curry powder and water
• Heat a small pan to a high heat Heat oil once hot
• Add egg mixture to hot Let it cook for five to ten minutes
• scuffing it occasionally so that it doesnt stick The bottom should become solid and quite browned
• Slide the bottom of the omelette onto a plate Hold the pan over the plate
• then flip them so the raw side of the omelette is face down on the pan
• Cook for another five or so minutes - until the bottom is as browned as the top
• EAT

Curry Roast Potatoes

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Ingredients:

• 3 cups potatoes peeled and cut into 2-inch cubes
• 1/2 cup onion thinly sliced
• 1 garlic clove thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil olive corn or canola oil works too
• 2 tablespoons curry paste Patak's Mild
• 1 teaspoon salt

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F
• Peel and cube the potatoes
• Bring a pot of water and 1 tsp salt to a boil Carefully submerge potatoes
• and par-boil for 5-7 minutes
• Drain
• In a baking dish mix together the oil
• Pataks Mild Curry Paste
• Coat the drained potatoes
• onions
• and garlic with the curry
• Bake in a pre-heated oven for 30-45 minutes until crisp and golden
• Serve alone or with plain yogurt

Daifuku Cake

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup azuki beans
• 10 cups water
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 cup rice flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/4 cups water

Steps:

• For The Anko Filling
• Place 4 cups of water in a pan and add the azuki beans to the water
• Place on high heat and bring to a boil
• Remove from stove when mixture starts boiling and drain the water
• Place 6 cups of water in the pan with the azuki beans
• Place on low heat and simmer for about an hours until the azuki beans are softened
• Remove excess water and add sugar
• Stir on low heat for a few minutes just until it thickens
• Remove from heat and set aside
• For The Dough
• Place rice flour sugar and water in a pan
• Place on low heat and stir constantly until dough thickensPlace the dough on a floured surface and divide into 12 pieces
• Press the pieces into rounds
• Place a TBSP of anko in the center of each dough round and stretch the dough to enclose the anko
• Shape into a ball

Dan's Asian Rice

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Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 6 celery ribs chopped
• 4 carrots chopped
• 2 medium onions chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh garlic chopped
• 1 -1 1/2 teaspoon sambal oblek chili paste depending on how spicy you like it
• 4 cups brown basmati rice cooked
• 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons sweet soy sauce Kecap Manis ABC brand

Steps:

• Cook rice or use left overs Set aside
• In a wok over medium-high heat add olive oil Let the wok get hot then add in the celery and carrots Cook for 2 minutes stirring
• Add onions Cook 2 minutes
• Add garlic and chili paste and cook for 1 minute stirring as you cook
• Turn heat down to medium then add in the rice Mix rice in well with vegetables
• Add soy sauces and mix well Let rice get nice and hot before serving
• Serve

Deep Dish Lisa Pizza

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Ingredients:

• sicilian pizza dough a href=https//wwwgeniuskitchencom/recipe/sicilian-pizza-dough-31072/Sicilian Pizza Dough/a
• 1 can roasted chopped tomato
• 1 jar roasted red pepper
• 1 head garlic
• 1/4-1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 can sliced black olives
• 6 ounces feta cheese
• 5 thinly sliced mushrooms
• 1 cup fresh spinach leaves cut in half
• 1/2 cup fresh basil shredded
• 2 -3 tablespoons pine nuts
• salt and pepper

Steps:

• Heat a pizza stone in a 425 F oven for one hour before use
• Peel and slice all garlic cloves and place in olive oil to perfume it
• This is the oil you will use for the rest of the recipe
• Brush rimmed baking sheet with some olive oil to coat
• After pizza dough has rested 30 minutes
• per recipe
• punch down and dump into baking sheet
• With oiled fingers
• dimple and stretch/push dough to fill sheet
• with edges being a bit higher for crust
• Brush with olive oil and spread garlic over dough
• leaving 3/4 inch crust
• you should have a fair amount of oil left Place baking sheet on pizza stone and bake for 7-10 minutes
• until very light tan/brown
• Remove from oven and spread a layer of crushed/chopped tomatoes
• Add the rest of the ingredients in any order that appeals to you
• Thats the best part of pizza- you can add to
• delete and embelish any way you want
• I usually drizzle a bit more olive oil over the whole thing again
• and brush the crust a bit more
• Place baking sheet back on pizza stone for another 12-16 minutes
• until the crust is a nice golden brown and it smells wonderful
• Remove from oven
• and slide pizza from baking sheet to a cutting board
• Enjoy

Devil's Food Cupcakes W/Chocolate Ganache Frosting amp; Centers

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Ingredients:

• 13 ounces heavy cream
• 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate I use a bag of chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup cocoa preferably but not absolutely Valrhona or Cocoa Barry Extract Supermarket cheap stuff works also
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup mayonnaise I use fat free and it works fine
• 2 cups sifted cake flour I rarely ever sift as I find that cake flour seems to always measure right I know I should
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Steps:

• GANACHE
• In a sauce pan bring your cream to a light boil
• Then pour in the chocolate and start stirring immediately
• Keep going until you have a smooth mixture
• At first this will seem like its not working as the chocolate hasnt begun to mix with the cream
• Then
• in second
• it will start to form Just give it time
• Remove from heat and set aside to cool
• Dont be tempted to taste throughout the cooling process as youre not supposed to touch the ganache until it sets
• Put ganache in fridge until youre ready to use
• If youre making these in a hurry
• start making the batter
• If not
• make the batter when youre ready to start baking your cupcakes
• CUPCAKES
• Pre-heat oven to 375F
• Line cupcake tray with cupcake papers
• Whisk together water and cocoa
• Set aside and let completely cool you can put this in the fridge too
• When cocoa mixture is cool
• whisk in the mayonnaise and vanilla until smooth
• Meanwhile
• combine dry ingredients in the bowl of an electric mixer and mix on low until combined
• Once mixed
• increase speed to medium and beat in cocoa mixture for one minute
• The batter is supposed to be thin
• but Ive seen it thin/medium
• Poor batter into a measuring cup with a spout and fill each cupcake 1/4 the way full
• Now take out your ganache and with a spoon make a small ganache ball and set one ball in the center of each cupcake
• Continue to fill each cupcake until its 3/4 the way full to prevent spilling batter
• Check to make sure your oven is at 375 and bake for 15-20 minutes until cupcakes are set
• Poke with a toothpick to confirm they are done
• The toothpick should slide out smoothly without any cake on it
• Once completely cooled make sure you cool the cupcakes or your ganache will melt
• frost with the rest of your ganache frosting
• You should have extra ganache left over - about a cup

Double Spinach Fettuccine

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Ingredients:

• 8 ounces spinach fettuccine uncooked
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 1 clove garlic crushed
• 3 cups spinach shredded
• 1 1/4 cups zucchini thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup sunflower seeds toastedunsalted
• 2 tablespoons grated lemons rind of
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 15 ounces garbanzo beans cannedrinsed and drained

Steps:

• Cook fettuccine as directed on package; drain
• Heat oil in 10-inch skillet over medium high heat
• Cook garlic in oil stirring occasionally until golden
• Stir in remaining ingredients
• Cook about 2 minutes stirring occasionally until zucchini is tender
• Stir in fettuccine

Easy Bread and Butter Pickles

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Ingredients:

• 8 small pickling cucumbers unpeeled and cut into 1/4 inch thick slices
• 1 medium onion cut in half and thinly sliced
• 1 cup cider vinegar
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 4 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 2 teaspoons mustard seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon celery seed

Steps:

• Combine cucumbers onion vinegar sugar salt mustard seeds dry mustard turmeric crushed red pepper and celery seeds; heat to boiling over high heat stirring occasionally
• Boil 1 minute stirring frequently
• Pour cucumber mixture into a large bowl; cool to room temperature stirring occasionally
• Cover and chill overnight before serving
• You can spoon cooled cucumbers and their liquid into jars with tight-fitting lids and refrigerate up to 4 weeks

Easy Cheesy Potatoes

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Ingredients:

• 1 32 ounce package frozen hash browns
• 16 ounces Velveeta cheese
• 16 ounces mayonnaise I use Hellmans
• 1 onion chopped
• salt
• pepper

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F
• Spread hash browns evenly in baking dish
• Melt cheese and mayo in saucepan and stir in onion stirring constantly
• Pour over potatoes and stir
• Bake 45 minutes

Easy Gingerbread Cookies

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Ingredients:

• 1 6 ounce package butterscotch pudding mix or 1 6 ounce package Vegetarian butterscotch pudding mix
• 3/4 cup butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar firmly packed
• 1 egg
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Steps:

• Cream pudding and pie filling mix with butter and sugar; add egg and blend well
• Combine flour baking soda ginger and cinnamon; blend into pudding mixture
• Chill dough for 1 hour or until firm
• Roll dough on a floured board to about 1/4 inch thickness and cut with cookie cutter
• Place on greased baking sheets; use a straw to make a hole in the top of the cookie for hanging on the tree if desired
• Bake at 350F for 10 to 12 minutes
• Remove from oven and cool on wire rack
• Decorate if desired

Easy Veggie Chili

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Ingredients:

• olive oil
• 1 cup frozen peppers and onions
• 1 tablespoon of minced garlic
• 1 28 ounce can tomato sauce I didn't use the entire can but I guess this depends on how think or thin you like your chili
• 2 8 ounce cans diced tomatoes
• 1 4 ounce can diced green chilies
• 1 1 1/4 ounce packet taco seasoning You choose the spice level mild or hot
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 8 ounce can kidney beans
• 1 8 ounce can black beans
• 1 8 ounce can chickpeas
• 1 cup frozen corn
• salt and pepper

Steps:

• Heat a few tablespoons of olive oil in a large pot Fry the onions/peppers and garlic for about 5 minutes
• Add the diced tomatoes sauce green chilis taco seasoning chili and cumin powder
• Bring to a boil and then add all the beans
• Cook for 25 mins on medium flame
• Add corn and cook for another 5 minutes
• Serve with shredded cheddar cheese and/or sour cream

Eggplant Aubergine Casserole -- Perfect for Passover

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Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 large onion sliced thin
• 1 medium eggplant pared and cut into 1/2 inch cubes
• 1/2 green pepper diced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 8 ounce can tomato sauce
• 1 4 ounce can mushrooms
• 2 tomatoes cubed
• 1 lb cream-style cottage cheese
• 1 1/2 cups matzo farfel or 2 matzos finely broken

Steps:

• Saute the onion in butter
• Combine the next 6 ingredients
• Add the sauteed onion cover and cook for 15 minutes
• Stir in the tomatoes
• Grease a 2-quart casserole and arrange alternate layers of vegetables cottage cheese and farfel beginning and ending with vegetables
• Bake uncovered at 350 for 20 to 30 minutes
• This may be put together ahead of time and refrigerated

Eggs with Garlic and Parsley Oil

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Ingredients:

• 1 dozen egg
• 1/2 cup tightly packed parsley
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 3/4 cup olive oil preferably Spanish extra-virgin
• 1 small carrot grated
• 4 green Spanish olives sliced
• 4 black olives sliced

Steps:

• Hardboil the eggs
• Place the eggs into a large saucepan
• cover with enough cold water to have 2 of water above the eggs
• Bring the eggs to a boil
• boil for 1 minute
• remove the eggs from the heat
• cover with a lid and set aside for 18 minutes
• Pour off the hot water and immediately fill the pan with cold water
• and keep pouring out and refilling
• until the water remains cool
• This will stop the eggs from continuing to cook
• This technique makes a hard-boiled egg that is cooked through
• without being tough or rubbery
• It also has a yolk that is a beautiful color with none of that over-cooked grayish-green rim
• Once the eggs have cooled; peel
• quarter and place into a decorative plate or bowl
• I prefer to use a slightly smaller serving dish and place the quartered eggs where they are laying slightly on top of each other
• Similiar to the way you layer fruit on a tart
• Place the parsley
• garlic
• paprika
• and black pepper into a blender container
• Pulse until the parsley and garlic are minced
• Then slowly add the olive oil while running the blender
• Drizzle the flavored oil over the eggs
• reserving 1/4 of the oil
• Garnish with the grated carrot
• sliced green olives
• and sliced black olives
• Drizzle the remaining flavored oil over the garnished eggs
• Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours
• Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before serving

English Pea Salad

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Ingredients:

• 2 15 ounce cans English peas well drained
• 2 hard-boiled eggs boiled and peeled
• 1/2 medium onion peeled and minced
• 4 tablespoons pickle relish
• 4 tablespoons mayonnaise

Steps:

• Place peas in a large bowl
• Chop hard boiled eggs and add to peas along with the minced onion pickle relish and mayonnaise
• Stir gently to combine
• Chill until ready to serve

Fat Free Vegetable Dip

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Ingredients:

• 1 envelope fat-free ranch dressing mix
• 16 ounces fat free sour cream

Steps:

• Mix sour cream and ranch dressing and chill
• Serve with any vegetables

Five Minute Tortilla Pizzas

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Ingredients:

• olive oil flavored cooking spray
• garlic powder
• 2 whole wheat tortillas
• 8 -10 tablespoons pizza sauce
• 4 -6 tablespoons mozzarella cheese shredded

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 450 degrees
• Spray each tortilla lightly with the olive oil spray
• and then flip them over
• so that the oiled side is facing down
• Lightly sprinkle the top of the tortillas with garlic powder
• Cut each tortilla in half this will allow you to fit both tortillas on the pizza stone and arrange on a pizza stone
• Evenly divide the tomato sauce over the tortillas Sprinkle with the cheese
• Add any additional toppings you desire
• and put the pizza stone into the oven Watch carefully to ensure the pizza doesnt burn In my convection oven
• the pizza was done after a mere 5 minutes

Four Bean Mix Bruschetta

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Ingredients:

• 1 75 g can four-bean mix drained
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 tablespoon chili
• 2 cherry tomatoes
• 1/4 roasted red pepper no seeds
• 2 tablespoons water

Steps:

• Combine ingredients in blender
• Blend and serve
• Serve on toast with some boccocini on top with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil or cut some vegies and serve as a dip

Freezer Espresso Mascarpone Cake

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Ingredients:

• 3 cups heavy cream divided
• 9 tablespoons sugar divided
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 9 ounces mascarpone cheese
• 1 9 ounce box chocolate wafers
• 1 tablespoon instant espresso powder
• nonstick cooking spray for pan
• chocolate for garnish
• plain espresso beans for garnish
• fresh mint sprig for garnish

Steps:

• Beat 2 cups heavy cream with 6 tbsp sugar with a mixer 4 minutes
• Reduce speed to medium and add mascarpone extracts mix until well blended
• Spray a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray
• Layer 1 1/4 c mascarpone mix on bottom of pan
• Spread a layer of chocolate biscuits about 14 over
• Repeat layer of mascarpone and wafers finish with a layer of mascarpone
• Cover with foil and freeze for 1 hour
• Transfer to refrigerator and chill for 8 hrs or overnight
• Pulse remaining wafers in a processor until finely ground
• Beat remaining 1 cup cream with espresso powder and 3 tbsp sugar until whipped to stiff peaks 3 minutes or so
• Remove foil and pan from cake
• Frost all over with espresso cream
• Sprinkle edges with wafer crumbs
• Serve cold
• Garnish with mint leaves and espresso beans optional

Fresh Pineapple Fruit Salad

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Ingredients:

• 1 whole pineapple
• 1 papaya peeled seeded and cut in chunks
• 1/4 lb seedless grapes
• 1 apple peeled cored and cut into chunks
• 1/4 cup pecans
• 1 banana sliced
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 1 lime quartered as garnish

Steps:

• Cut pineapple lengthwise into quarters
• Cut away and discard core
• Remove pineapple flesh by carefully cutting between it and the outer skin of pineapple to use the shell for a salad bowl
• Cut pineapple into chunks and combine with remaining ingredients except lime wedges in a bowl
• Gently toss and chill if desired
• Serve fruit salad in a pineapple shell topped with lime garnish

Fried Tofu

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Ingredients:

• 1 350 g package extra firm tofu
• 3 tablespoons tamari or 3 tablespoons soya sauce
• 1/4 cup Red Star nutritional yeast
• 1 teaspoon seasoning EG Tony Chachere's Mrs Dash or mix your own combination
• 1 tablespoon olive oil to lightly grease a skillet or other veggie oil

Steps:

• Lightly grease a non-stick pan with oil
• Put tamari soy sauce in a bowl
• In another bowl mix yeast and spices
• Slice tofu into 1/4-inch slices
• Dip tofu in the tamari and then in the yeast mixture
• Fry until golden; flip and brown the other side
• Add a bit of oil if necessary

Frosty Summer Watermelon Cooler

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Ingredients:

• 2 frozen bananas
• 2 cups seeded watermelon
• 1 cup apple juice

Steps:

• In a blender pour the apple juice and add the frozen bananas
• Add the chunks of watermelon
• Blend on high until the consistency of a drink

Fruit Breakfast Rolls

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Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 cup dried fruit blueberries cranberries cherries
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 loaf frozen white bread dough thawed
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine melted
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons melted butter

Steps:

• In a small bowl
• combine confectioners sugar and milk
• Mix well
• Pour mixture into a 9-in deep-dish pie pan
• Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the dried fruit and pecans evenly over sugar mixture
• On a lightly floured surface
• roll bread dough into a 12x8-inch rectangle
• Brush with melted butter
• In a sm bowl
• combine brown sugar and cinnamonamp; sprinkle over dough
• Top with remaining 1/2 cup dried fruit
• Roll up rectangle
• jelly-roll style
• starting from a long side
• Pinch to seal edges
• With a sharp knife
• cut roll into 12 slices
• Place slices
• cut-side down
• on top of mixture in pan
• Brush with melted butter
• Let rise
• covered
• in a warm place 30
• minutes
• or until nearly double
• Bake in a preheated 375 F oven 20-25 minutes
• Let cool in pan 1 to 2 minutes
• Invert onto a serving platter
• Serve warm
• Or to make the night before and bake in AM
• Cover with waxed paper
• then with plastic wrap
• Refrigerate 2 to 24 hours
• Before baking
• let chilled rolls stand
• covered
• 20 minutes at room temperature
• Bake in a preheated 375 F oven 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown
• Ifnecessary
• cover rolls with foil the last 10 minutes to prevent overbrowning

Fruity Smoothie

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup frozen fruit slightly thawed
• 1/4 cup Greek yogurt
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 3 berries

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in blender and puree until smooth
• Pour into glass and garnish with straw and berries optional

Ginger Chocolate Shortbread

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter at room temperature
• 1/2 cup superfine sugar also known as fruit sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup finely chopped preserved gingerroot not candied but the type preserved in syrup
• 3 ounces semisweet chocolate chopped

Steps:

• Please note that this recipe calls for preserved ginger
• which is the ginger typically sold in jars or in bulk stores where I buy mine that is in a sweet syrup; the type of ginger that is candied and sugared is NOT the type of ginger to use
• Place soft butter and superfine sugar in a mixing bowl and
• using an electric mixer
• blend butter and sugar together until fluffy
• Slowly stir in flour
• then chopped ginger
• then chopped chocolate
• The mixture will be crumbly
• Divide the dough in half and shape each half into a log about 1-1/2 inches in diameter; wrap logs tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm
• about one hour
• Dough keeps well in the fridge for several days
• so theres no need to bake the whole batch up at one time if youre pressed for time
• When ready to bake
• preheat oven to 300F
• Cut logs of cookie dough into slices about 3/8-inch thick I found a sharp serrated steak knife worked better for me than my chefs knife; arrange about two inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet and bake in centre of oven for 18 to 20 minutes
• Cool cooked cookies on a wire rack; do not store until completely cool

Ginger-Grapefruit Juice Granita

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Ingredients:

• 4 large red grapefruits or 4 cups bottled grapefruit juice
• 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1 1/2 tablespoons finely grated peeled fresh ginger
• 3/4-1 cup Splenda granular

Steps:

• Juice the grapefruit or place the juice in a bowl
• Add lime juice and ginger
• Whisk in 3/4 cup Splenda to start
• adding more or less depending on the sweetness of the grapefruit; whisk well to dissolve
• Pour into a 9 square metal cake pan and freeze for at least 4 hours
• stirring every thirty minutes until entirely frozen
• To serve Scrape surface with a large metal spoon Mound into serving dishes and garnish with either lime slices or grapefruit sections

Goat Cheese Pita Pizza

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Ingredients:

• 1 pita bread 6 1/2 inch diameter
• 1/3 cup prepared marinara sauce
• 3 ounces fresh goat cheese broken into large clumps
• 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 tablespoons finely slivered red onions
• 4 imported black olives
• 1 tablespoon finely diced red bell pepper
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• salt
• pepper
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest of
• 1 tablespoon chopped flat leaf parsley

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450F
• Place pita on baking sheet spread sauce to within 1/2 inch from edge
• Crumble cheese on top
• Sprinkle thyme onion olives and peppers and season
• Bake until cheese melts about 10 minutes
• When out of oven sprinkle with lemon zest and parsley
• Serves 2 as an appetizer or 1 as an entree
• NOTE Veggies should be blanched to ensure tenderness

Granny Cake

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Ingredients:

• 3 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3/4 cup butter softened
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups mashed bananas
• 1 8 ounce can crushed pineapple with juice
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• powdered sugar

Steps:

• Mix flour sugar baking soda nutmeg salt and cloves; set aside
• Beat butter with mixer for 30 seconds
• Add eggs banana undrained pineapple and vanilla- Beat
• Add flour mixture
• Spread batter in greased 10 inch fluted tube pan
• Bake in 325 degree oven for 70-75 minutes
• Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes
• Remove from pan and cool completely

Granny's Butter Rolls

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Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups biscuit mix
• 2/3 cup water
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup butter softened
• 2 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Steps:

• Mix biscuit mix and water until a soft dough forms If too sticky add a little mix up to 1/4 cup until it handles easily Knead gently on floured surface Roll out to about 1/4 inch thick
• Spread butter over dough surface then sprinkle 1/4 cup sugar over the top
• Roll up dough into a tight log and slice into 1/2 inch pieces
• Mix milk with vanilla and the other 1/4 cup sugar Dip rolls in milk and place on baking sheet Bake at 350F for about 25 minutes or until golden on top

Great Big Oatmeal Cookies That are Both Great and Big

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups flaked coconut
• 3 cups rolled oats
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter I used 1/2 a cup of each or 1 cup margarine softened I used 1/2 a cup of each
• 1 3/4 cups dark brown sugar packed
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup milk

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F
• Spread the coconut and oats out on a large baking sheet - two sheets work better
• Bake for 10 minutes or until lightly browned and toasted
• stirring often
• While the coconut and oats cool
• mix the flour
• baking soda and salt
• Cream the butter and sugar together in a separate
• large
• bowl at medium speed for one minute
• Add the eggs and vanilla to the butter mixture and beat until mixed; beat in the milk
• Stir in the flour
• then stir in the coconut and oats
• I thought the dough looked pretty sticky
• so at this point I put it in the refrigerator for an hour Its not something thats called for in the original recipe
• but I recommend it since it worked very well for me
• Drop dough in 1/4 cup amounts
• 3 inches apart
• onto greased baking sheets I used an ice cream scoop for this filled so the scoop was rounded
• but not heaping
• and it worked perfectly
• Bake for 12 minutes
• or until they are set and lightly browned
• Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheets for one minute before transfering to a rack to finish cooling

Greek Pita Lunch

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Ingredients:

• 1 lb cottage cheese blended until smooth
• 1 cup feta cheese crumbled
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 3 garlic cloves finely minced
• 1 tablespoon tahini
• 2 whole pita breads cut in half
• 12 spinach leaves washed and dried
• 2 medium tomatoes chopped
• 1 medium sweet green pepper chopped
• 1 red onion cut in rings
• 1/2 cup mixed sprouts
• pepper
• 1 cup tahini
• 1 lemon juice of
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4 cup minced parsley
• 2 teaspoons tamari
• 1 dash cayenne

Steps:

• In a bowl combine; cottage cheese with feta basil oregano garlic tahini Pepper to taste
• Mix well
• Put 1/2 cup of the cheese mixture in each half Pita pocket
• Put in 400F degrees oven for 5-7 minutes
• Add spinach tomatoes onion ringspepper and sprouts to each pocket
• Serve with Tahini dressing on the side Optional
• --------TahiniDressing-----------
• Mix Tahini with lemon juice then slowly add water until the Tahini thins out Stir in the cumin parsley tamari and cayenne

Green Capsicum Pilaf

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups basmati rice washed drained and cooked
• 4 green capsicum chopped
• 2 potatoes chopped
• 2 tomatoes chopped
• 4 green chilies slit
• 1/2 inch ginger minced
• 1 cup green peas
• 1 large lemon
• 2 tablespoons cilantro chopped
• 2 sprigs curry leaves
• 1 large onion chopped
• 2 tablespoons coconut grated for garnishing
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 2 teaspoons black gram dal
• 2 teaspoons bengal gram dal
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 4 tablespoons oil
• salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garam masala

Steps:

• Cook rice in 3 cups water
• Once cooked water has evaporated and rice is ready allow it to cool
• In the meantime
• chop the onion
• potatoes and capsicums
• Bring the green peas to a boil
• Heat oil in a wok
• Add mustard seeds and the black gram and bengal gram dals
• Stir-fry for a minute
• Add green chillies
• ginger and curry leaves
• Continue to stir-fry
• Add the chopped onions
• Add capsicums
• potatoes and tomatoes and fry
• Add half a cup of water and salt
• Cook until the vegetables are tender
• Add the green peas
• Stir until all the water has evaporated
• Allow to cool
• Add lemon juice and cilantro
• chopped for garnishing
• Pour seasoning into rice and mix well
• To serve
• put rice on a serving plate
• Garnish with grated coconut and the remaining cilantro and serve
• Notes Ive been told that a tbsp of sambhar powder when added to the vegetables enhances the taste tremendously
• Im yet to try this addition

Green Salad With Spinach, Artichokes and Avocado

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Ingredients:

• 1 head boston lettuce
• 1/4 lb baby spinach leaves
• 1 large avocado halved pitted peeled thinly sliced
• 1 14 ounce can artichokes drained
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 small garlic clove finely chopped
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
• 2 tablespoons parsley finely chopped

Steps:

• Wash and dry all the greens and place in a bowl
• Combine all dressing ingredients in a bowl that will fit the avocado slices and artichokes and mix with a whisk to emulsify
• Toss the avocado and artichoke hearts in the dressing to coat adjust seasoning if needed and leave to marinate for about 30 minutes
• To serve add the avocado artichokes and dressing to the lettuce and spinach leaves and lightly toss
• Serve at once

Grilled Garlic Scapes

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Ingredients:

• 1 lb garlic scape
• olive oil
• salt
• pepper

Steps:

• Cut scapes into pieces about 2 inches longamp; place onto a large sheet of foil wrap
• Sprinkle liberally with olive oil; season to taste with saltamp; pepper
• Bundle up the foilamp; grill for about 10 minutes or until softamp; golden

Grilled Squash and Zucchini

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Ingredients:

• 1 small zucchini
• 1 small squash
• 1 teaspoon Mrs Dash seasoning mix

Steps:

• Slice zucchini and squash into 1/2 slices
• Grill for 3-5 minutes
• I like to use my George Foreman Grill
• Sprinkle with Mrs Dash

Grilled Yellow Squash and Zucchini

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Ingredients:

• 3 -4 small summer squash combination of zucchini and yellow squash
• 1 garlic clove minced
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Steps:

• Halve each squash but do not peel
• Combine sauce ingredients and brush squash with sauce
• Place on medium hot grill and cook about 5 minutes on each side basting frequently with the sauce

Guasanas mexican Fresh Chickpea/garbanzo Snack

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups fresh chickpeas in pods
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Steps:

• Wash the chickpeas
• Add the salt to the water
• Heat a cast iron skillet or a griddle
• Pour the salted water onto the skillet
• Put the chickpeas
• still in their pods
• in the steaming water
• Let steam for a few minutes
• until the pods are bright green and a bit tender - test one to see if the chickpea is ready - you can even eat them raw
• so they really dont need to cook much
• Remove all the chickpeas in their pods from the skillet Shell and eat as a healthy snack

Healthier Tgif Tuscan Portobello Sandwich Melt/Soup

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Ingredients:

• 4 red peppers seeded and cut into half lengthwise
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 cup potato grated
• 1/3 cup carrot grated
• 1/2 cup celery finely chopped
• 1/4 cup onion diced
• 3 14 1/2 ounce cans no-salt-added diced tomatoes with juice
• 1/2 cup basil leaves chopped
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper to taste
• 3 portabella mushrooms
• 2 tablespoons onions diced
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon garlic minced
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tomatoes
• 5 3 ounce high-fiber rolls
• 5 ounces provolone cheese

Steps:

• To roast the red peppers for the soup Preheat oven to 500 degrees line pan with foil smooth out foil pour 2 tablespoons of oil into baking sheet and place the peppers cut side up on the oil and season them with pepper
• Turn the peppers over and roast in the oven for 18 minutes or until the skin blisters it should blacken slightlyPut warm peppers in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap
• Set aside to cool for at least 30 minutes No peeking
• When peppers are cool remove and discard the skins slice into 1/4 pieces
• In a 5 quart dutch oven over medium heat add the 2 tablespoons oil butter potato carrots celery and onion; saut until vegetables are tender
• Add roasted peppers canned tomatoes undrained basil and vegetable broth
• Bring to a boil; simmer uncovered for 1 hour and 35 minutes when the potato and carrot is done
• Add pepper
• Optional Remove soup from heat and transfer to a food processor fitted with a metal blade process until mixture has reached a smooth consistency
• Sandwich Rub off mushrooms remove the gills slice and place the mushrooms in a shallow pan
• Add onion to the mushroom slices
• In a small bowl whisk together the vinegar oil oregano garlic and pepper
• Pour this liquid mixture over the mushroom mixture
• Let stand at room temperature for 15 minutes or so turning twice
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Bake mushroom mixture at 350 degrees for 20 or 30 minutes
• Preheat broiler
• Assemble partial sandwich onto baking pan by putting mushroom mixture onto bottom bun and topping it with one slice of tomato and one slice of cheese
• Set the top halves onto pan so they toast separately
• Broil until cheese melts 2-3 minutes
• Set top halves onto bottoms and serve with soup

Healthy Low-Fat Baked Berry and Fruit Oatmeal

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Ingredients:

• 3 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon grated orange rind
• 1/3 cup chunky applesauce if you only have smooth applesauce use 1/4 applesauce diced apples to make up the rest of the 1/3 c
• finely diced apple to make up the rest of the 1/3 cup
• 1/3 cup chunky mashed banana coarsly mashed so there are still chunks
• 3/8 teaspoon banana extract banana flavour
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup egg substitute
• 1 cup skim milk
• 3/4 cup blueberries can be subbed for other berries

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients and pour into a lightly greased 8x8 dish the night before Cover and refridgerate until morning
• Preheat oven to 375
• Bake 30-45 minutes
• Serve topped with extra skim milk maple syrup to sweeten and additional berries

Heart Smart Oatmeal Date Chocolate Cookies

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Ingredients:

• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup whole wheat flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups oats
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 lightly beaten egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped pitted dates
• 3 ounces coarsely chopped bittersweet chocolate

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350
• Melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat
• Remove from heat and add brown sugar
• Stir until smooth
• In a medium bowl combine all-purpose flour whole-wheat flour baking soda oats and salt
• Combine the butter mixture with the dry ingredients and add egg vanilla and chopped dates
• Fold in bittersweet chocolate
• Mix well and spoon mixture by tablespoon-fulls out onto lightly greased or silicone baking matcovered baking sheets
• Bake for 12 minutes until tops are dry to the touch

Herbed Batter Bread

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Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
• 1 cup lukewarm milk
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs well beaten
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup shortening melted and cooled
• 2 tablespoons liquid honey
• 1 tablespoon minced chives or green onion tops
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
• 2 teaspoons dried basil or dried dillweed or dried marjoram
• 3 cups all-purpose flour

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl stir yeast into milk until dissolved
• Beat in salt eggs melted butter honey and all the herbs
• Add two cups of the flour and beat for 3 minutes by hand or 1 minute using electric mixer; work in remaining flour to make a very soft and sticky dough
• Leave in bowl; cover bowl and let dough rise for one hour or until doubled in bulk
• Stir dough down and with oiled hands transfer into a well-greased 10-inch tube pan; cover pan and let dough rise for 30 minutes
• Place pan in a COLD oven; turn heat to 350F
• Bake bread for 30 minutes or until golden

Holiday Eggnog Cookies

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Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup softened butter
• 1/2 cup eggnog
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon ground nutmeg

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300
• Mix flour baking powder cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• Mix well with a whisk; set aside for now
• Cream the sugar and butter until the mixture forms like a grainy paste
• Add in the eggnog vanilla extract and egg yolks
• Beat on medium speed until smooth
• Add the flour mixture and beat at low speed until combined but do not over mix
• Drop rounded teaspoonfuls 1 inch apart onto ungreased baking sheets
• Lightly sprinkle with nutmeg
• Bake 23-25 minutes or until bottoms are light brown
• Let cool completely

Homemade Veggie Bread-Slice 'Pizzas'

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Ingredients:

• 6 slices whole wheat bread
• 1/2 cup salsa I use a mild vegetarian one
• 1 medium tomatoes diced
• 1 medium onion finely chopped
• 1 medium green bell pepper diced
• 3 tablespoons fresh corn kernels or 3 tablespoons frozen corn kernels blanched
• 1/2 cup cheddar cheese grated
• oregano

Steps:

• In a bowl mix together the chopped tomatoes onion and bell pepper
• Lay out the bread slices on a platter and spread about 2 heaped teaspoons of salsa evenly on one side of each slice
• Top the slices with a sprinking of oregano about 1/2 teaspoon each
• Spoon the veggie mixture over each slice of bread and ensure that the base of the bread is evenly covered but not overloaded
• Top with 1/2 tablespoon of blanched corn over each slice followed by an even and generous sprinkling of grated cheese
• Toast the bread-pizzas on the grilling rack of a preheated oven 300 degrees Celcius for 5-8 minutes or until the bottoms of the bread slices are lightly browned
• Serve/eat hot; enjoy

Honey Graham Peanut Butter Crunchies

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups peanut butter chips
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 1 1/2 cups coarsely crushed pretzels
• 1 cup Honey Graham cereal
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds

Steps:

• Line cookie sheet with wax paper
• Combine peanut butter chips with shortening in medium microwavable bowl
• Microwave on high for 1 1/2 minutes
• Stir only for a few seconds
• If needed microwave about 15 additional seconds to melt mixture; stir well Chips should be completely melted and mix should be smooth
• Stir into mixture crushed pretzels almonds and cereal; combine well
• Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper
• Let cool for approx 1/2 hour until firm and cooled off

Hootenanny Potatoes and Mushrooms

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Ingredients:

• 1 potato
• mushroom sliced
• cajun seasoning
• 1 teaspoon canola oil
• salt
• pepper

Steps:

• Oil your pan
• cut the potatoes
• either sliced of cubed
• and put them inches Season with Salt and Pepper
• Let sit
• or feel free to keep flipping and moving the potatoes around
• Which ever method you prefer
• is up to you
• Just before the potatoes begin to brown
• add the Cajun Seasoning amount is your preference
• Make sure that all the potatoes are seasoned
• After about another minute
• add the mushrooms
• You can add another amount of cajun seasoning if you want it extra spicy
• After everything is cooked to your liking I sayto your liking because some people like their potatoes cooked longer and some shorter you can remove from your pan
• and enjoy

Hot Party Drink

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Ingredients:

• 1 1 ounce can pineapple juice Not concentrate
• 1 apple cored and sliced
• 3 -4 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 broken cinnamon sticks
• 2 orange-flavored tea bags

Steps:

• Bring juice apple brown sugar and cinnamin stick to a boil and boil for 2 minutes
• Remove from heat
• Add tea bags and steep for 2-3 minutes and then remove

Hot Stuffed Cremini Mushrooms

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Ingredients:

• 8 ounces cremini mushrooms washed stemmed
• 1 large jalapeno minced
• 1 small onion finely chopped
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese shredded reserve 1/4 cup
• 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
• 1/4 cup Italian breadcrumbs
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• salt and pepper to season caps

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Mix jalapeno onion garlic and 1/4 cup parm into butter
• Place caps on a bake sheet and season to taste w salt/pepper
• Fill caps with butter mixture
• Sprinkle remaining 1/4 parm over all the caps
• Sprinkle 1/4 of bread crumbs over the parm coated caps
• Bake for 15 minutes or until mushrooms give up juices
• Broil to crisp up topping if not to satisfaction
• Serve and Enjoy

Ice Cream Crumble

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Ingredients:

• 8 Oreo cookies crumbled not crushed
• 1/4 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup blanched almond rough chop
• 1 cup whipping cream very cold
• 1 teaspoon Amaretto or rum extract
• 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
• 1 quart rum-raisin ice cream softened
• 2 tablespoons blanched almonds finely grated

Steps:

• Lightly toast almonds and allow to cool
• Place crumbled cookies into bowl along with chips and almonds Toss with 3 tbls orange juice Reserve rest of juice
• Whip cream using very cold bowl and beaters to soft peaks Add Amaretto and rest of orange juice and beat just until firm peaks start to form
• Scrape all the cream over the cookies and set aside Put ice cream in the same bowl cream was in and beat by hand until soft
• Fold in cookies and cream Place in serving dish or individual cups and dust with grated almonds Freeze and serve

Incredible Low Fat Homemade Noodles for Soup

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons Shedd Spread Country Crock melted
• 4 egg whites or 1/2 cup fleischmann Egg Beaters egg substitute
• 4 1/2 tablespoons cold water

Steps:

• In a medium size bowl
• combine flour
• salt
• and spread; mix thoroughly
• In a small bowl
• blend the egg whites with the cold water
• Make a well in the center of the flour mixture
• and put the egg mixture in the well; mix until the ingredients are blended
• Press into a ball
• Roll out until 1/8 thick on a floured board
• Cut into strips 1 1/2 wide and 4 long
• Bring whatever soup base you are making to a full boil and add the noodles all at once
• Return to a boil and cook 15 minutes
• stirring occasionally

Insanely Chocolatey - Chocolate Nemesis Cake

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Ingredients:

• 12 ounces dark chocolate broken into small pieces really good quality
• 5 eggs
• 1 cup superfine sugar
• 2 tablespoons superfine sugar
• 1 cup softened unsalted butter
• 1 cup water
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whipped cream to serve
• 1 cup fresh raspberry to serve
• chocolate curls

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300F; line an 8-inch diameter shallow cake pan 2 inches deep with nonstick baking paper
• then grease it with butter and sprinkle with flour
• Beat the eggs with one third of the sugar until the mixture quadruples in volume this operation will require beating for around 10 minutes with an electric beater Heat the rest of the sugar in a saucepan with 1 cup water until the sugar dissolves into a syrup
• Add the chocolate pieces and the butter Mix well When smooth
• remove from the heat and leave to cool Pour the mixture over the eggs while it is still slightly warm and continue to beat gently until it is smooth no more than 20 seconds
• Pour the mixture into the prepared cake pan and place the pan in a roasting pan of hot water The water must come right up to the top of the mold
• so that the cooking is uniform
• Bake it for 30 minutes in the oven until it has set Check for doneness by gently placing the palm of your hand on the surface If it is not set
• continue cooking
• Cool the cake in the pan before turning upside down to unmold onto a cake plate Serve with a spoonful of whipped cream some fresh raspberries or just inhale the cake straight off the plate If youre feeling really crazy for chocolate
• top the cake with chocolate curls too ;

Joe's Stone Crab Key Lime Pie

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Ingredients:

• 1/3 lb graham cracker or 1 cup plus 2 1/2 Tablespoons graham cracker crumbs
• 5 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 1/2 teaspoons grated key lime zest
• 1 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
• 2/3 cup freshly squeezed key lime juice
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream chilled
• 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar

Steps:

• For the crust
• Preheat oven to 350F
• Butter a 9-inch pie plate
• Break up graham crackers
• place in processor and process to crumbs if you dont have a processor
• place crackers in large plastic bag
• seal
• and crush using a rolling pin
• Add melted butteramp; sugar and pulse until combined
• Press mixture into bottom and up sides of pan
• forming a neat border around th edges
• Bake until crust is set and golden
• about 8 minutes
• Set aside on wire rack; leave oven on
• For the filling
• Meanwhile
• in an electric mixer with the wire whisk attachment
• beat the egg yolks and lime zest at high speed until very fluffy
• about 5 minutes
• Gradually add the condensed milk and continue to beat until thick
• 3-4 minutes longer
• Lower the mixer speed and slowly add lime juice
• mixing until just combined
• Pour mixture into crust and bake for 10 minutes
• or until filling has just set
• Cool on wire rack
• then refrigerate
• Freeze for 15-20 minutes before serving
• For the topping
• Whip the cream and the confectioners sugar until nearly stiff
• Cut pie in wedges and serve very cold
• topping each wedge with a dollop of whipped cream
• Garnish with a slice of key lime if desired

Khatta Channa a Punjabi Indian Speciality Chickpeas Dish

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Ingredients:

• 100 g black channa washed and soaked in plenty of waterovernight black chickpeas NOT white chickpeas
• 2 tablespoons pure wesson canola oil
• 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground fenugreek
• 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
• salt
• 1 tablespoon gram flour
• 1/2 cup tamarind juice
• 2 1/2-3 cups water
• 1 tablespoon mango powder amchur

Steps:

• Soak the black channa overnight in a large bowl with lots of water
• The water level should be atleast 3 inches above the level of the black channachickpeas
• The next morning drain out the water completely and wash the channa in a bowl of fresh and clean water
• Now put the washed channa in a large pot
• Add watershould be 2-3 inches over the level of the chickpeas
• Boil the chickpeas on high heat
• Heat oil in a pot
• Add asafoetida fenugreek corriander turmeric and red chilli powders with salt to taste
• Mix well and stir-fry for a few seconds
• Prepare tamarind water by dissolving a lemon-sized piece of tamarind in 1/2 cup of HOT water
• Squeeze the tamarind ball really hard to let its juices flow into the water
• Pass this through a strainer and into a bowl
• Your tamarind water is ready
• In a bowl dissolve the gramflour in 3 tbsps
• of water
• Mix this really well ensuring that no lumps remain
• Add this mixture and the tamarind water to the pot containing all the spice powdersmasalas
• Stir well and bring to a boil
• Lower flame add the boiled chickpeas dry mango powder and 2 1/2- 3 cups of water
• Boil for 10-15 minutes on medium flame
• Remove from flame
• Serve hot over a bowl of white long-grain Basmati rice
• Enjoy

Kindness Cake

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter softened
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon freshly grated orange rind
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1 1/4 cups chopped pitted dates
• 1 cup cranberries fresh or frozen
• 1 cup chopped almonds
• 2 tablespoons butter softened
• 2 cups icing sugar sift through a sieve after measuring to remove lumps
• 2 tablespoons orange juice

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F; line 2 8x4 loaf pans with parchment paper and set aside
• In a mixing bowl beat butter with sugar until mixture is fluffy
• Next beat in eggs 1 at a time then stir in orange rind
• In a separate mixing bowl combine flour baking soda and powder and salt
• Stir dry mixture into butter mixture alternately with buttermilk dry buttermilk dry buttermilk finally dry
• Into this batter stir in dates cranberries and almonds just until combined
• Scrape batter into the two prepared loaf pans and bake in the centre of preheated oven until a tester comes out clean about 75 minutes
• Turn out onto cooling racks and cool completely
• You could now wrap cakes in heavyduty foil and freeze for up to one month if you wish
• To make icing beat butter with just 1/4 cup of the icing sugar then beat in orange juice
• Beat in remaining sugar until icing is smooth
• Spread icing over tops of both cakes

Kringles

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Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup butter softened
• 1 package active dry yeast
• 1/4 cup water 105-115F
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup warm milk 105-115F
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups pie filling poppyseed prune apricot raspberry
• 1 cup sliced almonds
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 -2 tablespoon water

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl stir the yeast up with the warm water; add the sugar warm milk egg salt and lemon extract mixing well
• Stir in 1 3/4 cups of the flour until it forms a large ball
• Turn ball out onto a floured surface and knead in the remaining flour until the dough is smooth and elastic about 2-3 minutes
• Cover the dough and let rise about 5-7 minutes
• Flour a surface and roll out the dough into an 8x12-inch rectangle; place one sheet of the butter on top of the dough at one edge
• Fold the 1/3 that has no butter down over the middle third; then fold the side with the butter over the top of that it should be about 4-inches wide by 8-inches long
• Now fold the 4-inch side over 1/3 of the way and the same with the opposite end leaving a stack of dough
• Loosely cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30-40 minutes
• Now roll the refrigerated dough out again to a 12x8-inch square
• Place the last square of butter to one side of the dough and do the folding process again then refrigerate the dough for 2 hours
• Cut the dough in half keep the other in the refrigerator while waiting; and roll out to a 6x24-inch rectangle if hard to roll allow to rest for 5 minutes or so
• Spread half the filling on the middle of the dough and sprinkle with half of the almonds
• Fold the dough over 1/3 of the way; brush lightly with water then fold over the other third and pinch the dough to form a seal
• Grease a baking sheet and place the kringle on forming it into a ring as you do and sealing the ends together; pat the kringle with your hands to keep it flat
• Repeat with remaining kringle
• Allow kringles to rise for about an hour or until a fingerprint remains when touched
• Bake at 350F for 20-25 minutes or until golden; cool on wire racks
• Prepare icing by mixing powdered sugar with enough water to form a drizzling consistency; drizzle over kringles while they are still warm

Layered Ice Cream Candy Cake

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Ingredients:

• 24 ice cream sandwiches
• 8 ounces Cool Whip
• 1 11 3/4 ounce chocolate syrup
• 1 11 3/4 ounce butterscotch syrup or 1 11 3/4 ounce caramel syrup
• 4 Snickers candy bars or your favorite candy bar
• 1/2 cup peanuts

Steps:

• Layer 12 ice cream sandwiches in a 9x13 pan
• Spread half of the Cool Whip on top then 1/2 of the caramel and chocolate toppings and sprinkle with half of the candy and half of the peanuts
• Repeat then freeze

Leaf Salad

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Ingredients:

• 3 cups iceberg lettuce
• 2 cups green cabbage
• 2 cups red cabbage
• 2 cups spinach
• 1 cup mayonnaise or 1 cup Miracle Whip
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt I use sea salt
• i use a small can of drained mandarin oranges to the dressing also great are using nuts such as almonds real or walnuts we also like bacon bits real

Steps:

• Wash and tear up lettuce into bite size and put in large bowl
• Wash and chop into bite size both red and green cabbage and add to lettuce
• Wash and tear spinach into bite size chunks and add to lettuce cabbage mixture
• Toss and refrigerate until ready to serve
• Dressing
• Mix in a bowl mayo and honey
• Add salt and pepper
• When ready add dressing to salad and serve

Lemon Coconut Cake

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Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter at room temp
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup shredded coconut
• 3 egg yolks reserve whites
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup milk
• 2/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 2 large eggs beaten
• 1/2 cup butter at room temp
• 1 cup shredded coconut divided
• 3 egg whites
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Butter a 9x13 baking pan and set aside
• In a large bowl cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy
• Beat in the coconut and egg yolks
• Combine the baking powder and flour in a small bowl
• Add to egg mixture in 3 batches alternating with the milk
• Pour into the prepared baking pan and bake for 25 minutes
• Test with a toothpick and if done remove from oven
• Set on a wire rack to cool
• Combine the lemon juice sugar cornstarch eggs and butter in a heavy double broiler
• Heat and stir for 5 minutes until thickened
• Pour onto warm cake
• Sprinkle 1/2 of the coconut on top of the filling
• Beat the whites in a medium bowl until soft peaks form
• Gradually beat in sugar until dissolved
• Spread over coconut layer
• Sprinkle second amount of coconut over top
• Bake for 12 minutes or until the coconut and whites are lightly browned
• Cool on the wire rack for 15 minutes
• Place in the fridge for 1 hour or better yet all day or overnight
• Cut when cooled

Lemon Dijon Green Beans

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Ingredients:

• 1 lb green beans can use fresh or frozen
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon dill weed
• 2 tablespoons slivered almonds toasted
• salt and pepper

Steps:

• I usually steam the green beans for 5-7 minutes to get them a bit tender
• Melt butter or margarine in large frying pan
• Add green beans and cook on medium hight heat until coated with butter
• Add lemon juice mustard and dill
• Toss with beans until coated well and heated through
• Check taste add salt or pepper if desired
• Sprinkle with toased almonds before serving
• Note almonds can be toasted in oven on a baking sheet 350 degrees for 5-7 minutes

Lemon Fig Quick Bread

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Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup fig preserves
• 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup butter melted and cooled
• 1 tablespoon lemon infused olive oil
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 5 small dried figs coarsely chopped
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups flour

Steps:

• Mix fig preserves
• yogurt
• and milk together
• Whisk the eggs
• and blend into the milk mixture
• Add cooled butter and olive oil
• then mix in sugar
• Toss the chopped figs into a small amount of flour
• and mix into mixture
• followed by baking soda and salt
• Mix in flour; this should produce a thick but still loose batter
• like for muffins or cornbread
• Pour into a greased and floured 8x4 loaf pan and bake at 350f for 25 minutes Turn pan at this point
• and bake for a minimum of 25 more minutes Loaf is done when a sharp knife stuck into the top comes out clean
• Rest loaf in pan on cake rack for 30 to 45 minutes
• then turn out and allow to cool completely
• If you cannot find lemon infused olive oil
• use a tablespoon of regular olive oil and the zest of one lemon

Lemon Nut Bread

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Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup margarine or 3/4 cup butter softened
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans
• 2 teaspoons grated fresh lemon rind

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Cream margarine and sugar until light and fluffy
• Blend in eggs
• Add combined dry ingredients to creamed mixture
• alternating with milk and juice
• mixing well after each addition
• Stir in nuts and rind
• Pour into greased and floured 9x5 loaf pan
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 20 minutes
• or until toothpick inserted comes out fairly clean
• Cool 5 minutes
• then remove from pan

Lentil Bread

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Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup water plus
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/3 cup cooked lentils
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/3 cups whole wheat flour
• 1/3 cup unbleached flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons vital wheat gluten
• 2 tablespoons whey powder I don't use
• 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Steps:

• Put all ingredients in bread machine in the order directed by the manufacturer
• Select Basic Wheat Cycle Light Setting or equivalent

Lentil Loaf

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Ingredients:

• 6 ounces red lentils split
• 8 fluid ounces water
• 1 bay leaf
• 4 ounces cheese grated
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 1 1/2 ounces whole wheat breadcrumbs
• 1 tablespoon parsley chopped
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 egg
• to taste salt and pepper
• to taste butter for coating tin
• to taste dried crumbs for coating tin

Steps:

• Put lentils water and bay leaf into saucepan and simmer uncovered until lentils are tender all liquid absorbed - about 20 mins
• Remove bay leaf
• Oven to Gas Mark 5
• Grease loaf tin with butter sprinkle with dried crumbs
• Add cheese onion mushrooms breadcrumbs parsley lemon juice and egg to lentils
• Mix well
• Season well
• Bake in tin uncovered for 45-60 mins until firm and golden brown on top
• Hope you like it Eve

Lentil Pilaf

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups lentils washed thoroughly
• 8 cups water
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/2 cup rice washed thoroughly
• 1 cup onion chopped
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup vinegar balsamic perhaps

Steps:

• Clean the lentils with fresh cold water to avoid foaming when cooking
• Mix 2 cups of lentils with the 8 cups of water and 1 tablespoon of salt
• Heat on high uncovered for approximately 30 minutes mixing slightly every 10 minutes removing any foam that may have come up
• After the lentils turn tender and soft not melted make sure there is only about 2 cups of water remaining add or remove water
• Add the half cup of rice Cook for 10 mins at medium fire
• Simultaneously with the rice fry the chopped cup of onion in the olive oil and vegetable oil until golden brown should be about 10 minutes
• After the 10 minutes pass slowly pour the oil and onion over the lentils and rice Lower the heat to Low and let it lay for 10 minutes do NOT mix
• After the 10 minutes pass add the quarter cup of vinegar and mix everything
• Cover with a thick clean kitchen towel and leave covered for about 10 minutes
• After the 15 minutes pass you should have a thick pilaf of lentils and rice with onions showing up here and there

Lentils and Spinach

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 lbs chopped fresh spinach or 1 1/4 lbs frozen chopped spinach
• 1 medium onion sliced in half rings
• 5 tablespoons oil
• 2 minced garlic cloves
• 1 cup red lentil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon black pepper

Steps:

• heat onion and garlic for 2 min
• add lentils and 3 cups water and bring to a boil
• cover and simmer on low for 25 min
• add spinach salt cumin and bring to simmer for another 5 minutes

Low Fat Lemon Zucchini Bread

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup flour
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup zucchini grated and tightly packed
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1 egg lightly beaten
• 1 egg white
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 1/4 cup plain nonfat yogurt drained
• cooking spray

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F
• Coat a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray
• Add flour to a large bowl followed by the sugar baking powder baking soda salt and nutmeg; stir well with a wire whisk
• In another bowl combine the zucchini oil egg and egg white vanilla lemon zest and yogurt
• Add zucchini mixture to flour mix combining until just moist
• Pour into loaf pan and bake for 55 minutes to an hour or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean

Lower Fat and Calorie Version of Microwave Mug Cake 322553

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Ingredients:

• 4 tablespoons self rising flour
• 4 tablespoons Splenda granular
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 3 tablespoons skim milk
• 4 ounces unsweetened applesauce
• 2 -3 drops vanilla

Steps:

• Coat a large mug with cooking spray Add all ingredients and stir Microwave for 25 - 3 minutes

Macaroni Dandy Salad

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
• 1/2 cup Miracle Whip
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon celery seed
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tomatoes diced
• 1 cup diced celery
• 3 tablespoons chopped pimientos
• 3 tablespoons green peppers chopped
• salad greens

Steps:

• Cook macaroni according to package directions
• Rinse with cold water drain and place in large bowl
• In small bowl mix mayonnaise lemon juice sugar celery seed salt and pepper
• Combine with macaroni and remaining ingredients
• Refrigerate at least 2 hours or until serving
• Serve on top of salad greens or from bowl

Maggie Beer's Caponata

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Ingredients:

• 1 stalk celery leaves washed and chopped
• 1 small onion chopped
• 1 eggplant cubed approx 2cm x 2cm
• 2 ripe roma tomatoes seeded diced
• 4 large green olives pitted roughly chopped
• 2 tablespoons capers packed in salt rinsed drained
• 1/3 cup basil leaves roughly shredded
• 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons raw sugar
• 5 g dark chocolate good quality
• sea salt to taste
• fresh ground black pepper to taste
• extra virgin olive oil to taste

Steps:

• Saut the onion and celery in a frying pan with a splash of olive oil until the onion colours a little and the celery retains a crunchy firmness
• Add the sugar and mix well to combine deglaze with the vinegar and continue to cook until a little syrupy Remove from the pan and set aside
• Add a good splash of extra virgin olive oil evoo to the pan and fry off the eggplant you may need to do this in batches if your pan isnt big enough adding a little more oil if needed and a little salt
• When the eggplant is almost cooked all the way through with a rich golden colour add the diced tomatoes Reduce the heat and continue to cook until the tomato has softened a little
• Add the onion and celery mixture along with all the liquid back into the pan with the eggplant Mix well and then add the olives capers sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• While the mixture is still warm add the chocolate so that it melts and stir in gently Then add the basil and adjust the seasoning if necessary
• Serve

Mango Custard Vegan

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Ingredients:

• 2 mangoes
• 1/2 cup ice
• 12 ounces coconut milk
• 2 teaspoons agave nectar
• 2 teaspoons agar-agar

Steps:

• In a blender puree mangoes and ice until smooth In a large saucepan over medium-high heat bring coconut milk and agave nectar to a boil Lower heat to medium Add agar agar and whisk for about 5 minutes until powder has dissolved
• Add mango puree to coconut milk mixture Remove from heat pour into serving dishes and refrigerate about one hour before serving

Maple, Walnut amp; Flax Pancakes

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour or 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour and 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup flax seed meal
• 1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups reduced-fat buttermilk can substitute 1/2 yogurt and 1/2 milk
• 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
• 1 large egg
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or more

Steps:

• Whisk flour flax seed meal walnuts baking powder baking soda and salt in medium bowl to blend Whisk buttermilk 1/4 cup maple syrup and egg in another medium bowl Add buttermilk mixture to dry ingredients and whisk just until incorporated
• Brush large nonstick skillet lightly with vegetable oil and heat over medium heat Working in batches add batter to skillet by scant 1/4 cupfuls Cook until bubbles appear on surface of pancakes and undersides are golden brown about 2 minutes Turn pancakes over and cook until golden on bottom about 2 minutes Brush skillet lightly with vegetable oil as needed before adding each batch
• Transfer pancakes to plates Serve with additional maple syrup or jam

Mayonnaise by June

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Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2-1 teaspoon dry mustard
• salt and pepper

Steps:

• Beat all ingredients together with a whisk
• Place into saucepan and heat stirring at all times until boils

Meatless, Microwave, Spaghetti Pie

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Ingredients:

• 3 cups leftover cooked spaghetti
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/4 cup shredded romano cheese
• 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
• 1 cup spaghetti sauce

Steps:

• If desired lightly cook the green pepper in frying pan
• Combine the spaghetti mozzarella and green pepper in a medium sized bowl
• Grease a 3 quart microwave casserole dish
• Spread the spaghetti mixture into the casserole dish
• Spread the spaghetti sauce over the spaghetti mixture
• Sprinkle with shredded Romano cheese
• Place glass cover on the casserole dish
• Microwave at 75% power for 7 minutes or until heated through
• Uncover and allow to sit about 5 minutes before serving

Mexi Lentil Rice

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup uncooked rice
• 1 cup dried lentils
• 1 cup chopped onion about 1 medium
• 32 ounces water or 32 ounces broth of choice
• 1 -2 teaspoon cumin
• 1 1 ounce package taco seasoning
• 2 -8 ounces of shredded cheese
• shredded cheese
• sour cream
• salsa

Steps:

• spray inside of crock pot with non stick cooking spray
• add all ingredients except toppings and mix well
• cook on high for two to two and a half hours
• serve topped with additional cheese
• sour cream and salsa if desired

Million Dollar Relish

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Ingredients:

• 3 quarts cucumbers
• 1 quart onion
• 3 sweet red peppers
• 3 green peppers
• 1 tablespoon celery seed
• 1 quart vinegar
• 5 cups white sugar
• 1 tablespoon turmeric
• 2 tablespoons dry mustard
• 1 cup flour

Steps:

• Grind all Step1 ingedients up with a food processor
• Cover with 3/4 cup pickling salt to 2 quarts of water
• Let brine stand overnight
• In the AM drain the mixture well
• Then add the Step2 ingredients except for the flour and vinegar
• Bring to a boil
• Mix 1 cup of flour with the vinegar to make a smooth paste
• Add some of the hot mixture to the paste before mixing it together
• Cook for about 10 minutes
• Pour into sterilized jars

Mirj's Foolproof Microwave Rice - Perfect Every Time

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup rice I like Basmati or Persian
• 2 cups water
• 1 dash salt

Steps:

• Put rice in a micro-safe bowl
• Add water
• Swirl for 2 seconds
• Add salt
• Swirl again
• Cover with vented plastic wrap or a loose plastic cover
• Nuke on high for 12 minutes
• Let rest for 5 minutes
• Dump rice into a strainer and rinse under cold water
• Place in micro-safe serving dish or back in the rinsed out bowl
• add seasonings to taste onion soup mix
• salt and pepper
• hot chilles
• whatever you like in your rice and heat on medium for 5 minutes until it reaches desired serving temperature
• If the rice is going to be part of a salad
• you can use it straight away
• This makes perfect
• every grain separate rice
• every time

Mochaccino Smoothie

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Ingredients:

• 6 ounces chocolate yogurt
• 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee granules
• 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup 1 squeeze
• 1 cup ice cube

Steps:

• Blend all ingredients in a blender to desired consistency and serve

Molten Flourless Chocolate Cake

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Ingredients:

• 4 eggs
• 1/2 lb semisweet chocolate
• 2 ounces unsalted butter
• cooking spray
• powdered sugar for decorating

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425
• Place a saucepan of water on high heat Heat to a boil
• then reduce to simmer
• In a mixing bowl
• crack eggs and warm them over simmering water for 1 minute hold bowl directly over the water
• using a dish towel to protect your hands
• whisking constantly
• Remove eggs from heat
• and whisk for another minute until eggs are very fluffy
• Meanwhile
• put the chocolate and butter in a large
• heatproof
• stainless-steel or tempered-glass bowl; set it over the simmering water
• making sure the water doesnt touch the bowl
• Let the chocolate and butter melt; remove from heat
• Let mixture cool slightly by stirring occasionally
• about 5 minutes
• Once slightly cooled
• fold the chocolate and butter into the whipped eggs until no more streaks show Batter will deflate
• Spray 6 4-ounce ramekins or ovenproof dessert cups with nonstick cooking spray or use foil cups
• or muffin tins
• Fill them 3/4 of the way full and place on a baking sheet
• Bake for 10-12 minutes
• depending on how gooey youd like the centers
• Turn the cakes out onto dessert plates
• and serve immediately with a sprinkle of powdered sugar

Mom's Banana Bread

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups mashed bananas
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs well beaten
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts
• 1/2 cup melted butter

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients mixing in melted butter last Bake in loaf pans for 1 hour at 350 degrees Once youve pulled it out of the oven
• gently remove it from the pan Mom recommends waiting five minutes
• but I rarely have problems with getting it out right away and wrap in tin foil This will keep the moisture in
• without the bread getting soggy Let it sit for at least half an hour before cutting into it also for moisture purposes

Mom's Danish Potato Salad

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Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 1/4 cup water
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash pepper
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• 2 eggs well beaten
• 1 cup salad dressing I use Miracle Whip but you can you mayo or anything you like
• 4 -5 cups potatoes cooked and cubed
• 3 hard-boiled eggs
• 1/4 cup celery diced
• 2 tablespoons onions diced
• 1/4 cup sweet pickle relish

Steps:

• Combine first 6 ingredients and bring to a boil
• Gradually beat in well-beaten eggs
• Cook stirring constantly until slightly thickened
• Remove from heat and add salad dressing
• Mix well and pour over potato egg celery onion and relish
• Add more salt and pepper if desired
• Refrigerate until well-chilled and enjoy

Mom's E-Z Tortellini Soup

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Ingredients:

• 1 bag mixed vegetables
• 1 can vegetable broth
• 1 can of torusso whole tomato Spices included
• 1 bag tortellini
• parmesan cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Steps:

• Add Mixed Veggies to less than a half cup of Boiling Water
• Then add Veg broth
• Cut Tomatoes and add to pot with the Tomato liquid Do not drain Tomatoes
• Simmer until veggies are almost cooked and then add Tortellini
• After Tortellinis are at desired softness
• let stand before serving
• then sprinkle some parmesan cheese on top

Mulling Syrup for Wine

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Ingredients:

• 250 g golden caster sugar
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• 12 juniper berries
• 6 -9 whole cloves
• 3/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier

Steps:

• Put all the ingredients into a large pan with 900ml or 1 1/2 pints of water
• Heat the mixture very gently to dissolve the sugar slowly then boil for five minutes
• Leave to cool in the pan
• Sterilise a funnel by pouring boiling water over it then use to divide the mulling syrup among three sterilised bottles 300ml or 10 fl oz each
• Divide the cinnamon sticks and juniper berries among the bottles
• Seal and store for up to two months
• When ready to serve pour the syrup into a pan add three slices each of orange and lemon plus a bottle of medium red wine
• Warm through

Multi-grain Apple Muffins

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups white flour
• 1/2 cup soy flour
• 1/2 cup ground flax seeds
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup brown sugar packed
• 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
• 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 apple peeled and grated

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F
• Prepare muffin pan by spraying with cooking spray or lining them with paper cup liners
• Combine flours flax seed baking powder baking soda and salt in large mixing bowl
• Add brown sugar and mix until blended
• In separate small mixing bowl whisk buttermilk vegetable oil eggs and grated apple together Pour apple mixture into dry mixture and stir only until ingredients are blended Fill muffin cups about two-thirds full
• Bake for 18 to 20 minutes
• Cool about 1 minute before removing from pan
• Cool completely on wire racks

Mushroom Tarts

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup cold butter diced
• 1 cup cream cheese diced
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 8 ounces fresh mushrooms chopped
• 8 ounces wild mushrooms chopped
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/4 cup chopped green onion
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley
• salt freshly ground black pepper

Steps:

• PASTRY Place flouramp; salt in food processor and scatter butteramp; cheese over top; pulse together with on-off motion
• Remove from processor form into a ballamp; chill for 30 minutes
• Pinch 1 inch balls from the pastryamp; pat NOT rolled as this pastry is very rich into small tart or muffin tins- or foil tart tins
• Chill until needed
• Preheat oven to 400F
• Heat butter in skillet; add mushroomsamp; saute for 5 minutes or until juices disappear
• Add garlicamp; creamamp; bring to a boil; add lemon juice green onion parsleyamp; seasonings
• Spoon into pastry cases
• Bake for 15- 20 minutes or until pastry is edged with goldamp; mushroom filling is hot
• Turn out of tinsamp; cool for 10 minutes
• These may be frozen on cookie sheets placed in freezer containersamp; reheated from frozen state at 350F for 15 minutes or until filling is hot

No More Plain Jane Green Beans

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Ingredients:

• 14 ounces frozen green beans or 1 lb fresh green beans
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice bottled is fine
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• fresh ground black pepper to taste
• parmesan cheese

Steps:

• Clean green beans if using fresh Steam green beans in the microwave or preferred method
• Mix lemon juice
• garlic powder
• pepper and olive oil together in the bowl you will be serving the veggies If you are using fresh lemon I like to add some of the zest to this as well
• Add cooked green beans and fold to distribute the sauce at the bottom
• Sprinkle with parmesan if desired- kids like that part
• Serve

Oat Milk

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups oatmeal cooked
• 4 cups water
• 1 banana ripe
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 pinch salt optional
• artificial sweetener if desired

Steps:

• 1 Place all ingredients in blender and process until smooth about 2-3 minutes
• 2 Chill and shake before using

Onions and Thyme

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Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 large onions sliced
• 250 ml dry white wine
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 4 sprigs thyme

Steps:

• Place butter and oil in large frypan over medium heat
• When butter has melted add onions and cook stirring occasionally for 4-5 minutes until onions have softened but not coloured
• Add wine honey and thyme and stir to combine
• Cook for 20 minutes stirring occasionally until onions are soft and tender
• Season to taste with salt and pepper

Orange Glazed Sweet Potatoes With Pecans

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Ingredients:

• 6 large sweet potatoes
• 6 tablespoons brown sugar packed
• 2 eggs beaten
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
• 1 teaspoon real vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
• 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans
• 9 pecan halves

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 Bake potatoes until very tender -- about 1 hour and 20 minutes Let cool and reduce oven heat to 350
• Scoop potatoes out of peels and mash until desired texture Stir in remaining ingredients and place in casserole dish 9 X 9
• Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle over potatoes Bake until done at 350 -- about 1/2 hours
• Optional stud with 9 pecan halves at even intervals before returning to oven just to make it look pretty

Orange Oatmeal - 3 Ingredients

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Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup peach juice or 1/2 cup your favorite juice
• 1 -2 teaspoon dried cranberries
• 1 28 g packet instant oatmeal flavor of choice try a lower sugar for your health

Steps:

• Heat juice and cranberries in serving microwavable bowl 30 seconds add packet of desired flavored oatmeal and stir
• Cook for 30 more seconds Enjoy

Orange Sesame Broccoli

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Ingredients:

• 1 medium orange
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 4 cups broccoli florets
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• 1 garlic clove minced
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce or 1 tablespoon nama shoyu
• 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
• 2 teaspoons sesame seeds

Steps:

• Grate 1 tsp orange peel from the orange and squeeze 1/4 cup juice
• Heat the oil over medium high heat in a large skillet until hot
• Add the broccoli and cook for about 5 minutes stirring occasionally
• Add ginger garlic and orange peel and cook 1 or 2 minutes longer until the veggies are tender crisp
• In a small bowl mix soy sauce sesame oil and orange juice; add to skillet and cook 30 seconds
• Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve immediately

Pancakes

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 1/4 cups milk

Steps:

• Beat egg
• Stir in butter and milk
• Combine flour
• salt
• sugar
• and baking powder
• Stir into egg mixture
• Lightly grease a griddle
• Heat griddle and drop about 1/4 cup batter onto griddle
• Spread lightly with a spoon
• When bubbles begin to appear around outside edge and break
• turn with a spatula and cook on other side
• I also lift edge a little with the spatula and peek under it to see how its doing You will need to adjust your heat so they do not cook too fast and burn
• For me
• the temperature usually ends up somewhere between medium and medium-high

Pantespani - Greek Sponge Cake With Orange

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Ingredients:

• 6 eggs separated
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 cups self-rising flour
• 3 tablespoons of grated orange peel
• 2/3 cup water
• margarine or cooking spray
• flour
• 3 cups water
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 -4 whole cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 teaspoon orange blossom water
• 1 large orange juice of

Steps:

• In a saucepan combine all syrup ingredients except the orange juice and orange flower water and bring to a boil Boil for 7-8 minutes Stir in orange juice and prange flower water remove from heat and allow to cool
• Preheat oven to 340F 170C
• Beat egg whites 1/2 cup of the sugar and the salt to stiff peak stage
• In a separate bowl beat the egg yolks with the remaining 1 1/2 cups of sugar and slowly beat in all remaining ingredients
• Use a spatula to scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl and when all ingredients have mixed in beat for 3-4 minutes
• With a spatula gently fold in the egg whites until well blended
• Lightly grease bottom and sides of a 15 3/4 X 12 inch or equivalent pan with the margarine dust with flour and transfer cake batter to the pan
• Bake at 340F 170C for 55-60 minutes until a knife inserted into the middle comes out dry The top should be a dark gold color
• As soon as the cake comes out of the oven cut into squares or diamonds Discard the cloves and cinnamon stick and pour the cooled syrup evenly over the top Allow to cool and absorb the syrup before serving
• Note Do not open the oven during baking except to test for doneness
• Greek pan cakes are baked in pans that are often larger than baking pans used in other countries The 15 3/4 X 12 inch pan may be available in your market as a roasting pan

Papaya Milk Drink

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Ingredients:

• 1 medium ripe papaya roughly 1 lb
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 3 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 cups finely crushed ice

Steps:

• Peel papaya
• Cut papaya in half remove seeds and chop fruit coarsely
• Combine the papaya milk cinnamon and ice in blender
• Blend on high speed until the mixture is smooth and thick

Peaches amp; Cream Dream Muffins

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Ingredients:

• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups fresh peeled and chopped peaches
• 4 large eggs lightly beaten
• 2 cups sour cream
• 1 cup canola oil or 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400F
• In large bowl mix the flour sugar baking powder and baking soda
• Add the peaches and gently toss mixture
• In small bowl combine the eggs sour cream oil and extracts; mix well
• Stir into the dry ingredients just until moistened
• Fill greased muffin cups 2/3 full
• Bake approximately 25-30 minutes or until done

Peanut Butter Spirals

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Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 3/4 cup vegetable stock
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce low-sodlum if you are a salt watcher
• 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar or 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon honey or 1 tablespoon rice syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 10 ounces spiral shaped pasta or 10 ounces rotini pasta cooked drained and kept warm
• 1 1/2 cups frozen green peas thawed
• chili oil or Tabasco sauce

Steps:

• Add the first 7 ingredients to a blender or food processor
• Process until smooth
• Toss the warm pasta and peas together in a mixing bowl; add the sauce and toss well
• Add in chili oil or Tabasco sauce to taste if you want a spicier flavor
• note--the peanut butter sauce thickens as it stands Mix in a little water if the dish sits awhile before serving or before serving leftovers the next day

Pear Crisp with Lemon Sauce

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Ingredients:

• 5 cups peeled and sliced pears Bosc
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind of divided
• 2/3 cup rolled oats
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1/3 cup sliced almonds
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 egg yolk beaten
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Steps:

• In a 2-quart baking dish mix together pears 1 tablespoon sugar and 1/4 teaspoon lemon peel; toss to mix
• In a bowl combine oats brown sugar flour cardamon and 1/4 teaspoon lemon peel
• Using a pastry blender cut in 1/4 cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs
• Stir in almonds
• Sprinkle topping over fruit
• Bake at 375 for 30-35 minutes or until fruit is tender and topping begins to brown
• Cool slightly on a wire rack
• In a small sauepan combine 1/4 cup sugar and cornstarch
• Stir in water until combined
• Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly
• Cook and stir for 2 more minutes; remove from heat
• Beat egg yolk in a small bowl; add a little of the hot mixture to the egg yolk and stir
• Return all egg yolk mixture to saucepan
• Cook and stir over low heat until nearly bubbly
• Cook and stir one minute longer
• Remove from heat
• Stir in 1 tablespoon butter lemon juice and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon lemon peel
• Serve crisp with warm sauce

Plantain Cookies

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup spelt or 1 cup wheat flour
• 3 cups rolled quick-cooking oats oatmeal
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup coconut shreddedunsweetened
• 3 cups raisins
• 2 plantains ripe
• 1 cup apple juice
• pecan halves

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F
• 175 degrees C Place the spelt
• or whole wheat flour
• and the quick rolled oats oatmeal in a bowl and mix together
• Add the cinnamon
• allspice
• nutmeg
• and cloves and mix well
• Add the coconut and 2 cups of the raisins and mix well to ensure that the raisins are not sticking together
• and that they are thoroughly coated with the flour mixture
• Place the apple juice
• peeled plantains
• and the remaining cup of raisins in the container of a high speed blender
• Cover and run at high speed until all the ingredients are thoroughly blended and smooth
• Add the plantain-raisin mixture liquid to the flour mixture dry and mix thoroughly with a stiff spatula or spoon
• After adding all the blended
• liquid ingredients
• if the cookie dough is too stiff you may add a little more apple juice
• A thinner dough will make a flatter cookie
• A stiff dough will make irregular
• thick cookies like the ones shown in the photo
• To test for dough stiffness
• we stick a soup spoon upright into the dough If the dough is stiff enough
• the spoon will remain upright On a non-stick or lightly oiled baking sheet
• place the cookie dough in 24 equal sizedmounds
• Smooth and shape each cookie with a spoon or spatula
• as desired
• Place the pecan halves on the top of each cookie and press lightly into the dough
• Place the baking sheet in the preheated oven and bake at 350 degrees F
• for 20-25 minutes
• Various ovens bake differently
• so we suggest that you begin checking the cookies after 15-20 minutes of baking
• The cookies should be firm
• but still soft enough to be a littlespringy
• Be careful not to over-bake
• When the plantain coconut raisin oatmeal spice cookies are baked
• remove from the oven
• cool
• and enjoy

Potatoes Dauphinoise

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Ingredients:

• 4 medium potatoes
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 2 -3 cloves garlic crushed and chopped finely
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• grated nutmeg
• 1 cup cream low fat is fine
• 1 cup milk no fat or low fat is fine
• 1 cup grated tasty cheese low fat is fine

Steps:

• Variation This recipe also works well with orange sweet potato kumera
• If using sweet potato try substituting the nutmeg with a generous sprinkling of caraway seeds over each layer
• Yum
• Grease a 6 cup capacity ovenproof dish generously with the butter or margarine then smear the garlic around the bottom and sides of the dish
• I use a round glass pyrex dish Peel potatoes and slice thinly into rounds
• I use the slicing blade of my food processor
• Line the bottom of the dish with a single layer of overlapping potato slices
• Sprinkle generously with salt pepper and nutmeg
• Repeat this layering and sprinkling process until you have used all of the potato slices
• In a large jug combine cream and milk and stir well
• Pour this mixture over the potato slices gently easing the potato away from the sides of the dish to allow the liquid to penetrate evenly
• Place the dish onto a microwave safe plate and cook uncovered in a microwave on MEDIUM HIGH for 15- 20 minutes
• Check occasionally
• If the liquid in the potatoes boils over simply pour it from the plate back into the dish and continue cooking
• Microwave just until you can push the blade of a sharp knife through the potato layers without feeling any crunchy resistance
• Having reached this stage you can go on to cook the dish in the oven or cover with plastic wrap and keep in the refrigerator for several hours or more before cooking
• Pre-set your oven to 180C 350F
• Sprinkle the top of the potatoes with the grated cheese and place the dish on an upper shelf in the oven for 20 minutes or until the top turns golden brown
• This may take slightly longer if taking the dish straight from the refrigerator To serve cut into wedges and remove each wedge carefully with a spatula

Pumpkin Bread

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Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/3 cup water
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup pumpkin canned version is best

Steps:

• Sift together all the dry ingredients into a bowl
• Mix together all the wet ingredients oil water eggs vanilla and pumpkin
• Stir wet ingredients into the flour
• Bake in greased loaf pan for 1 hour at 350

Pumpkin Rice Bread

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/3 cups brown rice flour
• 3/4 cup buckwheat flour
• 3 tablespoons rolled millet
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 1/2 cups almond milk
• 1/4 cup mashed pumpkin
• 1 -2 tablespoon honey

Steps:

• Combine dry imgredients in a bowl
• Blend liquid ingredients and mix into dry ingredients
• Stirring well
• Pour into lightly greased loat tin and bake in moderate oven 350 degrees C for approximately 35- 40 minutes or until the bread comes away from the tin
• Cool on a wire rack
• Wait until the bread is cold before slicing

Pumpkin Spice Bars

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Ingredients:

• 1 package spice cake mix
• 16 ounces cooked pumpkin or 16 ounces cooked canned pumpkin
• 8 ounces cream cheese softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 lb confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup flaked coconut lightly toasted
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil or 1/2 cup canola oil
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F degrees
• Grease a jelly roll pan large baking sheet with a small edge all the way around
• In a large bowl using a mixer at low speed blend cake mix with salad oil eggs and pumpkin
• Blend until moistened
• Then mix at medium speed for 2 minutes
• Pour into prepared pan; bake until top is firm to touch; about 25 minutes
• Meanwhile at low speed beat cream cheese vanilla and cinnamon
• Add confectioners sugar; beat until smooth
• spread evenly over completely cooled cake
• Sprinkle with toasted coconut
• To serve cut in 2 inch bars

Quick Orange Coffee Cake

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Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 2 10 ounce packages refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine melted
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon orange juice

Steps:

• Mix together sugar and orange peel; set aside
• Separate biscuits and dip each into melted butter then in sugar mixture to coat well
• In a greased 9 inch round pan arrange biscuits to overlap slightly
• Sprinkle any remaining sugar mixture on top
• Bake in preheated 375 oven for 35 minutes or until golden
• Cool on rack for 10 minutes and then turn out ontol serving dish
• In a small bowl combine powdered sugar and orange juice; blend well
• Drizzle over coffee cake

Ratatouille Savoury Strudel

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Ingredients:

• 1 package frozen puff pastry thawed
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 medium zucchini cubed
• 1 eggplant cubed
• 1 small red onion sliced
• 1 red pepper chopped
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 15 ounce can tomatoes pulp
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 2 tablespoons vegetable bouillon granules
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch pepper
• 1 pinch sugar
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon herbes de provence thyme rosmarine marjoram hyssop sage basil lavender fennel summer savory
• 1 -2 mozzarella cheese cubed

Steps:

• Make the ratatouille Heat the oil in a pan
• cook the onion until tender but not brown
• add tomato pulp
• tomato paste
• salt
• pepper
• sugar
• cayenne pepper
• herbs and stock granules
• mix well
• Add eggplant
• mix until coated with sauce and cook 5 minutes
• Add zucchini and pepper and cook for a further 10 minutes
• When the vegetables are cooked adjust salt and pepper to taste
• the vegetables should be quite dry
• if not add 1/2-1 tbsp flour and stir well while cooking another minute
• so the liquid is absorbed
• Let cool 5 minutes
• then add the mozzarella cubes to the ratatouille
• Roll out puff pastry so to have a 40x25 cm I think its about 20x12 5 inches rectangle
• put the rectangle on a cookie sheet lined with baking paper
• pour ratatouille and mozzarella mixture in the center of the rectangle and roll up
• sealing the edges very well
• Brush with the beaten egg yolk
• make a few cuts on the surface so the steam can get out and put in preheated oven 200C for 25-30 minutes or until pastry is golden and crisp you might want to put another lined cookie sheet on the lower rack as
• depending on the freshness of the mozzarella you use
• the strudel may produce some liquid and drip
• Let the strudel cool a little before slicing and serving

Red Pepper and Garlic Dip for Vegetables

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Ingredients:

• 2 large garlic cloves
• 1/2 cup diced drained roasted red pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon red wine vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise

Steps:

• With a food processor running drop the garlic through the feed tube and mince Scrape down sides of bowl
• Add roasted pepper vinegar and cayenne and process until mixture is almost smooth
• Add 1/4 cup of the mayonnaise and process using on/off turns until combined
• Scoop mixture into a small bowl
• Mix in remaining 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• Season to taste with salt and pepper
• Cover and refrigerate at least 30 minutes
• Put dip in center of a serving platter and surround with assorted fresh vegetables
• Scoop Enjoy

Red-Red Bean Spread

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Ingredients:

• 2 red bell peppers see note in instructions
• 1 15 ounce can kidney beans rinsed and drained
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon grated fresh lemon rind
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1 dash ground red pepper

Steps:

• Preheat broiler
• Cut bell peppers in half lengthwise; discard seeds and membranes
• Place pepper halves skin sides up on a foil-lined baking sheet; flatten with hand
• Broil 10 minutes or until blackened
• Place in a zip-top plastic bag; seal
• Let stand 5 minutes
• Peel and chop
• Place bell peppers and remaining ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth
• You may also use 1 1/2 cups jarred roasted red peppers instead of roasting your own

Roast Red Capsicum Bell Pepper and Tomato Soup

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Ingredients:

• 2 red capsicums halved seeded bell peppers
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large onion finely sliced
• 2 garlic cloves crushed
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 750 g tomatoes roughly chopped
• 2 cups vegetable stock
• 1 handful basil torn
• 1 tablet Equal sugar substitute

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C 350F
• Place capsicums in a shallow baking dish skin side up drizzle with half the oil and roast for 25 mins or until softened
• Remove from the oven amp; cover with foil and allow to cool slightly
• Peel off the skin and roughly chop the flesh
• Heat remaining oil in a large saucepan over medium heat
• Add onion and saut until soft then add garlic and tomato paste amp; cook for 2 minutes stirring constantly
• Add capsicum tomato amp; stock then cover amp; simmer for 15 minutes
• Allow to cool slightly then puree using a blender/ stick blender
• Season to taste- for a sweeter soup add Equal
• Reheat soup amp; serve sprinkled with basil

Roasted Eggplant Aubergine and Pepper Salad

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Ingredients:

• 2 eggplants cut into 3/4 inch thick slices 2 1/2 lbs
• 2 large green bell peppers cut into 1/2 inch wide strips
• 2 large red bell peppers cut into 1/2 inch wide strips
• 8 garlic cloves large unpeeled
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 3/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon cumin ground
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 8 pita bread rounds warm cut into wedges

Steps:

• Position rack in top third of the oven and preheat to 450 degrees
• Spray large heavy baking sheet with cooking spray
• Combine the eggplant peppers garlic and olive oil in a large bowl Toss well
• Transfer to the prepared sheet Bake until eggplant is brown and the peppers are tender stirring every 10 minutes
• Scape vegetables and pan juices into a bowl saving the garlic for the dressing
• Combine the vinegar cumin salt pepper and cayenne in a food processor
• Peel the roasted garlic add to the food processor Puree until smooth
• Toss the vegetables with 1/4 cup of the dressing
• Cool and let sit for a while to let the flavors develop
• To serve Bring to room temperature Mound salad in center of large platter
• Serve with the pita wedges

Roasted Potatoes and Tomatoes

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Ingredients:

• 2 medium red potatoes washed
• 2 plum tomatoes
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic crushed
• black pepper to taste
• cayenne pepper to taste

Steps:

• Slice potatoes and tomatoes into thin slices
• Pour olive oil into ovenproof casserole dish
• Add remaining ingredients
• Lightly toss potatoes and tomatoes in olive oil mixture
• Potatoes taste best crispy on the outside chewy on the inside if they are spread out in a single layer with tomatoes interlaced above and below
• Bake in 350 degree oven for about 40 minutes or until golden and slightly crispy
• Enjoy

Roasted Sweet Onions Julia Child

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Ingredients:

• 1 large sweet onion
• 1/2 tablespoon cheese grated
• olive oil to taste or a href=https//wwwgeniuskitchencom/recipe/roasted-garlic-herb-butter-88873Roasted Garlic Herb Butter/a to taste
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh rosemary or herbs of choice

Steps:

• Pierce a whole sweet onion in five or six places with a knife or a pointed chop stick
• Put it as is either in a 450 degree oven for 45 minutes this method will caramelizeor in the microwave oven for 5 on high this method is steamed but so quick
• Remove from oven; cut it in half or open it up
• Sprinkle it with grated cheese and olive oil or butter herbs salt and pepper

Scalloped Potatoes and Butternut Squash With Leeks

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Ingredients:

• 3 cups leeks washed very well and then thinly sliced about 6 large white and pale green parts only
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 3 1/2 cups whole milk
• 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 lbs potatoes about 4 large
• 1 lb butternut squash peeled seeded quartered and cut into 1/8 inch slices
• 1 1/2 cups gruyere cheese coarsley grated about 4 ounces

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Generously butter a 3 quart baking dish at least 2 inches deep
• In a skillet
• cook leeks in 3 tablespoons butter over medium low heat
• stirring
• until very soft
• In a saucepan
• bring the milk just to boil dont scaldjust keep warm
• In another heavy saucepan
• melt the remaining 5 tablespoons of butter over medium low heat and whisk in flour - cooking and constantly whisking for about 3 minutes
• Add heated milk in a stream
• whisking
• and bring to a boil
• Simmer this sauce
• whisking
• for 1 minute - or until thickened - and season with salt and pepper
• Peel potatoes and slice 1/8 inch thick
• Spread about 1/3 sauce in baking dish and cover with 1/3 potato and squash slices
• overlapping them slightly
• Cover slices with 1/3 leeks and sprinkle with 1/3 Gruyere
• Make 2 more layers with sauce
• potatoes and squash
• leeks and Gruyere in the same manner
• Bake
• covered with foil
• in middle of the oven for about 20 minutes
• Remove foil and bake 30 minutes more
• or until top is golden and vegetables are tender Yum
• If you prepare this in advance you may need to bake it a little bit longer

Seaweed and Split Pea Soup

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Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup dried split peas
• 5 cups water
• 1 ounce wakame seaweed
• 2 onions
• 1/2 lb carrot
• 2 tablespoons tahini
• salt to taste
• soy sauce to taste

Steps:

• Soak the split peas overnight
• Drain and cover with water and bring to the boil
• Lower the heat then cover and simmer for 20 minutes
• Meanwhile cover the wakame with cold water and leave to soak
• Chop the carrot and onion finely
• Drain and chop the wakame discarding the tough centre
• Add the seaweed carrots and onion to the pot
• Continue to simmer for about 25 minutes
• Remove from heat add the tahini and the soy sauce and salt to taste
• Serve immediately

Semi-Dried Tomatoes In the Oven

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Ingredients:

• 16 roma tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 3 tablespoons fresh thyme chopped
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 315F degrees
• Cut the tomatoes into quarters
• lengthwise Lay them skin side down on a wire rack in a baking pan
• Sprinkle with salt if using
• pepper
• and thyme
• Cook in the oven for 2 1/2 hours
• checking occasionaly to make sure the tomatoes dont burn
• Toss the tomatoes in the olive oil and leave to cool before packing into sterilized jars and sealing
• Store in the refrigerator for 24 hours before using
• NOTE To sterilize a storage jar
• rinse it with boiling water and then place it in a warm oven until its completely dry dont dry it with a towel

Simple Peanut Sauce

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Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons dry sherry
• 3 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons water
• 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
• 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter

Steps:

• Combine everything except the peanut butter in a small saucepan
• Bring to a boil over medium high heat while stirring constantly
• Boil 1 minute or until sugar dissolves
• Stir in peanut butter until smooth
• Allow sauce to cool to room temperature

Simple Spicy and Sweet Oven Fries

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Ingredients:

• 3 large baking potatoes peeled and cut lengthwise into 1/2 inch strips and then again into 1/2 inch wide strips Russet Idaho
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt sea salt
• 1 teaspoon shichimi-togarashi
• 1 teaspoon sugar

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees with rack on top
• Put potatoes on parchment lined baking sheetDrizzle with olive oil and toss to coat
• Roast for 25 minutes Flip over and roast for 15 - 20 minutes longer or until golden and tender
• Mix salt shichimi and sugar in small bowl and sprinkle over fries

Simple, but wonderful avocado dip

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Ingredients:

• 3 ripe avocados
• 16 ounces sour cream
• hot pepper sauce
• garlic
• cayenne pepper
• salt

Steps:

• Take the avocados and get rid of the skin and the seed
• Mash them up
• you can do it using a simple potato masher or even a fork
• Add garlic and mix well
• Stir in about half of the sour cream
• Add spices and hot sauce and stir well
• Let sit for 5-10 minutes
• Leting it sit lets the hot sauce and garlic to go to work
• Add as much sour cream as you want
• The more you add the more heat you will take away
• Enjoy with veggies or chips

Simple, Healthy Hummus

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Ingredients:

• 1 15 ounce can garbanzo beans chick peas
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice more for a thinner consistency
• 1 garlic clove
• paprika
• cilantro

Steps:

• Drain and rinse garbanzo beans
• Combine ingredients into food processor or blender
• Add water/lemon juice as needed
• Blend until smooth
• Serve with veggies chips pretzels - whatever you would like Enjoy

Simply Spiced String/ Green Beans

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Ingredients:

• 3 lbs fresh string beans
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin

Steps:

• Wash and trim the string beans
• I usually start out with more string beans than the 3 pounds called for in the recipe since I eat a lot raw and not all of them make it into the pot
• Combine with all the other ingredients in a 3 quart pot and mix
• Cook covered on a small flame for 30 minutes
• Drain
• Serve warm or chilled

Singapore Hot Spicy Sesame Noodles

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Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 2 1/2 teaspoons brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped cilantro
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder with parsley
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes crushed
• 1/2 lb spaghetti or 1/2 lb linguine
• 1/4 cup tamari soy sauce
• 1/4 cup chunky peanut butter softened in microwave for 15 seconds on high
• 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar or 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon dark sesame oil
• 2 cups shredded cabbage and carrot coleslaw mix
• 1 cup bean sprouts
• 4 scallions chopped on an angle
• 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds

Steps:

• Cook pasta to al dente
• then cold shock it by running it under cold water in colander
• Drain the pasta very well Set aside
• Prepare the Singapore Sauce by combining all the ingredients in a small bowl
• In the bottom of a large bowl
• whisk together soy
• peanut butter
• vinegar
• oil
• sesame oil and 2 Tablespoons of Singapore Sauce
• Add noodles and vegetables and toss to combine the noodles and coat them evenly with sauce
• Sprinkle scallions and sesame seeds throughout the salad
• Shredded cabbage
• mixed cabbage amp; carrot mix found in your produce dept The fresh bean sprouts are also found in produce dept To toast the sesame seeds place them in a non-stick pan on medium-low heat amp; watch them closely - about 3 minutes
• Serve and enjoy

Sourdough Pizza Crust

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups sourdough starter
• 4 -5 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups flour plus a little more or less to adjust consistency

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500F
• Mix starter
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• salt
• and flour together in a mixing bowl until it blends and forms a ball add more or less flour to adjust consistency; if you get it too dry just add a little more starter
• Allow dough to rest for about 30 minutes dont look for it to rise
• just to get the dough where it is easier to roll
• Roll out mixture on parchment paper or a lightly floured surface until it fits the size of your pan
• turning the dough as you roll if you want a more even circle
• Par-bake the crust on a pizza stone or pizza sheet for about 7 minutes
• then remove from oven
• Before topping your pizza with any sauce
• cheese
• or toppings
• brush the top of the crust all over with remaining olive oil as needed
• using a pastry brush this helps keep soggy moisture out of the crust as it bakes
• Top as desired and cook until browned and cheese is melted
• If you use certain vegetables as a topping onions are the first thing that comes to mind you might want to cook those about halfway before topping the pizza with them or they will be too crunchy

South Texas Spanish Rice

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups white rice
• 1 8 ounce can Ro-Tel tomatoes stewed diced tomatoes with green chiles
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 -2 teaspoon chili powder personal taste
• 1 teaspoon salt to taste
• 1 teaspoon pepper to taste
• 3 cups water
• 1 medium onion
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil

Steps:

• Saute garlic and onions with cumin salt amp; pepper
• Add rice and brown It should take 2-4 minutes stirring frequently
• Add chili powder; stir well
• Add undrained Ro-tel tomatoes Let sit on heat for 2-3 minutes
• Add water bring to boil reduce to good simmer cover and cook 17-20 minutes
• Remove from heat stir cover and let sit 5 minutes

Soybean Succotash With Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette

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Ingredients:

• 12 ounces frozen whole kernel corn
• 12 ounces frozen edamame shelled soybeans
• 1 medium red bell pepper chopped
• 1/2 cup red onion chopped
• 4 -5 green onions thinly sliced
• kosher salt to taste
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
• 1 -2 tablespoon fresh ginger grated
• 1 -2 garlic clove pressed
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Steps:

• Steam the corn and edamame as directed on package
• Place under cool water and rinse to cool; drain well
• Mix the corn and edamame with chopped vegetables and sprinkling of salt
• Mix together the dressing and pour over prepared vegetables; cover and refrigerate several hours to allow flavors to blend
• Serve chilled

Spicy Fried Tofu with Peppers and Cashews

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Ingredients:

• 1 lb firm tofu
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon ground coriander
• 2 teaspoons sucanat
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 cup cashews
• 2 tablespoons peanut oil
• 2 cups red peppers de-stemmedde-seededcut into quarters lengthwiseand julienned
• 1 cup oranges or 1 cup yellow pepper de-stemmedde-seededcut into quarters lengthwiseand julienned
• 1 cup green pepper destemmeddeseededcut into quarters lengthwiseand julienned
• 1 cup green onion thinly sliced
• 2 jalapenos de-stemmedde-seededand diced

Steps:

• Cut the block of tofu in half lengthwise
• Turn each half cut-side down on the board and cut through the outer edge of the block of tofu 3 times to yield 4 tofu cutlets from each half
• This means that the block of tofu will yield 8 tofu cutlets
• On a large cookie sheet place a clean lint-free towel or a layer of natural unbleached paper towels then all of the tofu cutlets in a single layer followed by another layer of toweling and finally place another large cookie sheet on top
• Place several large cans or something very heavy on top of the cookie sheet and leave tofu to sit for 1 hour
• This process is known as cutting tofu into cutlets and pressing; it makes the texture of the tofu much firmer
• In a small bowl place the cumin coriander Sucanat salt garlic powder paprika and cayenne pepper; stir well to combine and then set aside
• Cut the pressed tofu into 1/2-inch cubes and transfer them to a bowl
• Sprinkle the tofu with the reserved spice blend toss well to evenly coat the tofu cubes and set aside
• In a dry wok or large non-stick skillet place the cashews and cook for 3-4 minutes or until lightly toasted and fragrant
• Remove the cashews from the wok and set them aside to cool
• In the same wok heat the peanut oil add the cubes of tofu and stir-fry for 5-7 minute or until crispy and lightly browned on all sides
• Remove the tofu cubes from the wok with a slotted spoon and set them aside
• In the same wok stir-fry the red orange and green peppers for 2 minutes
• Add the green onion and jalapenos and stir-fry an additional 2 minutes
• Roughly chop the toasted cashews add them and the cooked tofu to the wok and stir fry an additional 1 minute
• Transfer to a large platter or bowl for service

Spinach amp; Pepper Quiche

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Ingredients:

• 1 deep dish pie shell
• 1/4 cup pickled sweet red peppers sliced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 cups fresh spinach stemmed
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 4 ounces feta cheese crumbled

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Saute peppers in olive oil until slightly softened
• Add spinach and saute until wilted
• Mix eggs and heavy cream
• Place feta cheese in pie shell
• Add spinach mixture and the egg mixture
• Bake for about 20 minutes or until set

Spinach and Feta-Stuffed Focaccia

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Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 cup onion chopped
• 3 garlic cloves minced
• 2 6 ounce packages Baby Spinach chopped
• 3/4 cup feta cheese crumbled
• 1/4 cup golden raisin
• 3 tablespoons pine nuts toasted
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh oregano chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 1 13 7/8 ounce can pizza dough that is in the refrigerator case
• cooking spray
• 1 tablespoon 2% low-fat milk
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese grated fresh

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450
• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat
• Add onion and garlic; saut 1 minute
• Add half of spinach; cook 1 minute or until spinach wilts
• Add remaining spinach; cook 2 minutes stirring constantly until spinach wilts
• Remove from heat; stir in feta and next 6 ingredients through pepper
• Place dough on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray; pat dough into a 15 x 12-inch rectangle
• Spread spinach mixture lengthwise over half of dough leaving a 1-inch border
• Fold other half of dough over filling; press edges together with a fork
• Cut 5 1-inch diagonal slits in top of dough
• Combine milk and water; brush evenly over dough
• Sprinkle with Parmesan
• Bake at 450 for 15 minutes or until golden

Stir-fry Cabbage

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Ingredients:

• 1/2 small cabbage
• 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons caraway seeds
• ground black pepper to taste

Steps:

• Cut the central core from the cabbage and shred the leaves finely
• Heat the oil until quite hot in a wok and then stirfry the cabbage for about 2 minutes
• Toss in the soy sauce lemon juice caraway seeds and pepper to taste

Strawberry Compote

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Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup caster sugar
• 150 g strawberries fresh or frozen

Steps:

• Place sugar an 2 tablespoons of cold water in a small saucepan and stir over low heat until sugar dissolves
• Increase heat to high and bring mixture to the boil Cook for 3 minutes or until mixture thickens slightly
• Remove from heat and stir in strawberries Set aside

Stuffed Portabella Mushrooms

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup gruyere cheese shredded
• 1/2 cup fresh breadcrumb
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley chopped
• 1/4 cup almonds toasted and chopped
• 1/4 cup sun-dried tomato packed in oil drained
• 2 tablespoons fresh chives minced
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 4 large portabella mushrooms
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Steps:

• In a bowl combine the cheese bread crumbs parsley almonds tomatoes chives and pepper
• Set aside
• Remove the mushroom stems and reserve for another use such as stock
• Brush the mushroom caps all over with oil
• Place gill side down on a greased broiler pan
• Broil just until the juices release about 4 minutes
• Turn the mushrooms over
• Spoon the cheese filling evenly over the gills
• Broil until the cheese is melted and the mushrooms are tender about 4 minutes

Summer Pudding With Rum Whipped Cream

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups fresh strawberries hulled and sliced
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 cups fresh raspberries divided
• 2 cups fresh blueberries
• 2 tablespoons framboise eau-de-vie raspberry brandy
• 1 1 lb brioche bread or 1 1 lb egg bread
• 1/2 pint cold heavy cream
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon dark rum

Steps:

• Combine the strawberries
• sugar
• and 1/4 cup of water in a medium saucepan and cook uncovered over medium-low heat for 5 minutes
• Add 2 cups of raspberries and all the blueberries and cook
• stirring occasionally
• until the mixture reaches a simmer
• Cook for one minute
• Off the heat
• stir in the remaining raspberries and the framboise
• Slice the bread in 1/2-inch-thick slices and remove the crusts
• In the bottom of a 7 1/2-inch round by 3-inch high souffle or baking dish
• ladle about 1/2 cup of the cooked berry mixture
• Arrange slices of bread in a pattern this will become the top when its unmolded and then add more berry mixture to saturate
• Continue adding bread
• cutting it to fit the mold
• and berries
• Finish with bread and cooked berries
• using all of the fruit and syrup
• Place a sheet of plastic wrap loosely over the pudding
• Find a plate approximately the same diameter as the inside of the mold and place it on top
• Weight the mold with a heavy can and refrigerate
• Remove the weight after 6 to 8 hours
• Cover the pudding with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight
• Just before serving
• run a knife around the outside of the pudding and unmold it upside down onto a serving plate
• Whip the cream in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment
• When it starts to thicken
• add the sugar
• vanilla
• and rum
• Continue to whip until it forms stiff peaks
• Serve pudding in wedges with cold rum whipped cream

Summer Squash Bake

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Ingredients:

• 2 lbs summer squash green yellow can use both
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/4 cup butter melted
• 3/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 eggs lightly beaten
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 3/4 cup crushed Ritz cracker DIVIDED measure after crushing

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 Lightly grease a 9 sqaure casserole dish; set aside
• Slice or dice the squash and steam/boil it for about 10 minutes or until very tender Drain very very well
• Return the cooked drained squash to the pot and mash it with the onion
• butter
• and rf sour cream until fairly smooth
• Stir in the salt
• garlic powder
• pepper
• eggs
• cheese and 1/2 cup ONLY of the crushed crackers
• Pour the mixture into prepared baking dish
• Evenly sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup crackers crumbs
• Bake at 375 for about 30 minutes or until bubbly and lightly brown

Super Easy Microwave Cheese Sauce for Lasagna

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Ingredients:

• 90 g butter
• 1/3 cup plain flour
• 1 3/4 cups milk
• 225 g cheddar cheese grated or use the whole 250g block

Steps:

• Melt butter for 40 secs on high
• Stir in flour amp; cook for 1 min on high
• Gradually stir in milk
• Cook for 4-6 mins on high stirring every minute
• Stir in cheese

Swedish Brown Beans With Pears

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups swedish brown beans picked and rinsed well or pinto
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup cider vinegar
• 3/4 cup dark corn syrup or molasses
• 2 large pears peeled cored and chopped

Steps:

• Place the beans in a large bowl and cover with water
• Soak overnight
• The next day drain and transfer to a large saucepan or stockpot
• Add water again to just cover
• Add cinnamon stick to beans and bring to a boil
• Reduce heat and simmer covered for 45 minutes
• Add salt brown sugar vinegar corn syrup and pears
• Simmer covered for 2-2 hours until beans are tender
• Transfer to serving bowl and serve

Sweet and Savory Vegetarian Bean Casserole

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Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 large onion diced
• 1 apple peeled cored and grated I like Granny Smiths
• 2 medium carrots peeled and grated
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 1/4 cups broth or water
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon dried mustard powder
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
• salt and pepper
• 3 cups cooked beans of your choice
• scallion
• sour cream

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• In non-stick pan heat the oil and saute the onions apples and carrots for 5 minutes until softened
• Mix together the tomato paste with the stock or water
• Add all the other ingredients except for the beans and garnishes to the pan with the onions apples and carrots
• Stir well cover and simmer for 5 minutes
• Add the beans and transfer the mixture into an ovenproof casserole Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes Do not allow to dry out Add more stock to beans if necessary
• Garnish with swirls of sour cream and thinly sliced scallions if desired
• NOTE I usually prepare this bean casserole a day in advance; up to the point before baking to allow the ingredients to marry

Sweet Juice Sensation

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Ingredients:

• 1 orange peeled
• 1 apple stem removed
• 1 large carrot topped
• 1 grapefruit peeled
• 1 pears rind and seeds removed or 1/2 cantaloupe rind and seeds removed

Steps:

• Juice apple and carrot then juice the remaining ingredients
• Stir and serve

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Burrito

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Ingredients:

• 5 cups peeled cubed sweet potatoes
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons other vegetable oil or 2 teaspoons broth
• 3 1/2 cups diced onions
• 4 garlic cloves minced or pressed
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh green chili pepper
• 4 teaspoons ground cumin
• 4 teaspoons ground coriander
• 4 1/2 cups cooked black beans three 15-ounce cans drained
• 2/3 cup lightly packed cilantro leaf
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 12 10 inch flour tortillas
• fresh salsa

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350
• Place the sweet potatoes in a medium saucepan with the salt and water to cover
• Cover and bring to a boil then simmer until tender about 10 minutes
• Drain and set aside
• While the sweet potatoes are cooking warm the oil in a medium skillet or saucepan and add the onions garlic and chile
• Cover and cook on medium-low heat stirring occasionally until the onions are tender about 7 minutes
• Add the cumin and coriander and cook for 2 to 3 minutes longer stirring frequently
• Remove from the heat and set aside
• In a food processor combine the black beans cilantro lemon juice salt and cooked sweet potatoes and puree until smooth or mash the ingredients in a large bowl by hand
• Transfer the sweet potato mixture to a large mixing bowl and mix in the cooked onions and spices
• Lightly oil a large baking dish
• Spoon about 2/3 to 3/4 cup of the filling in the center of each tortilla roll it up and place it seam side down in the baking dish
• Cover tightly with foil and bake for about 30 minutes until piping hot
• Serve topped with salsa

Tangy Bang'n Mango Salsa

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Ingredients:

• 1 mango peeled with pitt removed chopped
• 4 roma tomatoes chopped
• 1 jalapeno pepper with or without seeds membrane
• 1/2 red onion chopped
• 1/2 cup spinach leaves chopped
• 1/4 cup cilantro minced feel free to cut down I just love cilantro
• 1 -4 garlic clove minced
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons vinegar
• salt

Steps:

• Add ingredients together and mix Let sit in the refrigerator for at least an hour before serving
• For an eaiser version I put the onion spinach jalapeno cilantro and garlic in the food processor and buzz a few times instead of hand chopping but alway hand chop the tomato and mango since they are the stars

Tex-Mex Black Beans Saffron Rice

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Ingredients:

• 2 5 ounce packages saffron rice mix plus ingredients to prepare rice according to package directions such as Mahatma brand
• 1 10 1/2 ounce can diced tomatoes with mild green chilies such as Ro-tel mild or spicy
• 1 15 ounce can black beans drained and rinsed well
• 1/4 cup sour cream to taste
• 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese to taste
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro leaves chopped

Steps:

• Prepare the saffron rice according to the package directions
• using the amount of oil/butter and water as indicated on the package I usually use olive oil
• While the rice is cooking
• rinseamp; drain the black beans in a mesh strainer to remove all the sludgey canning liquid and dump them into a small saucepan
• Pour the entire contents of the diced tomatoes w/chili peppers
• liquid and all
• into the same pan with the beans and stir to combine
• Cover the saucepan with lid
• turn on the heat to low
• and let bean mixture heat while the rice cooks
• stirring occasionally- it should be ready when the rice is done
• When the rice is fully cooked
• pour it into a deep
• medium sized casserole dish
• Pour bean mixture into the center of the rice
• leaving a border of the yellow rice peeking out arounds the sides
• Place the sour cream in the center of the bean mixture in a dollop as a garnish you can use more if you like
• Sprinkle shredded Cheddar cheese over the top of the sour cream and over the beans
• Sprinkle with cilantro leaves optional if you like and serve immediately
• NOTE If you dont have access to canned diced tomatoes with chilis
• then you can substitute an equal amount of chunky salsa
• if you like
• You may wish to provide a bowl of additional sour cream as well as a bowl of more cheese for guests to add extra to each serving
• but it isnt necessary

Thai Cantaloupe Soup

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Ingredients:

• 1 medium cantaloupe
• 3 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 small onion chopped
• 3/4 cup grape tomatoes or 1 tomato chopped
• 2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 3 teaspoons nuoc nam fish sauce
• 1 green onion minced
• 2 tablespoons peanuts chopped
• 1 tablespoon cilantro minced

Steps:

• Half cantalope
• discard seeds
• scoop out flesh and set aside
• Reserve shells to use for bowls
• Heat oil in a saucepan
• Add onion
• Saut 2 minutes
• Add cantaloupe flesh and tomatoes
• Cook 5 minutes
• Add the next 5 ingredients
• Bring to a boil
• Reduce
• Simmer 5 minutes
• Pure in batches
• Return to pot
• Re-heat
• Ladle into shells
• Top with the last 3
• YUM

Threadgill's French Quarter Pasta Salad

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup black olives sliced
• 1/2 cup green olives sliced
• 1/4 cup green chili diced
• 1 red onion sliced
• 1/2 cup celery finely diced
• 1/2 cup cauliflower diced
• 1 teaspoon capers
• 1 green bell pepper sliced
• 1/2 carrot finely diced
• 1/2 cup broccoli diced
• 1/2 cup mushroom thinly sliced
• 4 lbs spiral shaped pasta uncookedfresh or frozen dry would work also
• 2 teaspoons parsley minced
• 1 teaspoon garlic minced
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon basil leaves sliced
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 teaspoon leaf oregano
• 1 teaspoon tarragon leaf
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 cup vinaigrette dressing your favorite

Steps:

• Mix all salad ingredients EXCEPT pasta
• Mix salad dressing and pour over vegetables
• Let stand for 12 hours in refrigerator stirring occasionally
• Cook and chill pasta
• Add pasta to the vegetables
• Serve as a salad or as a base for entree salads

Toasted Israeli Couscous Salad with Grilled Summer Vegetables

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Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 2 cloves garlic coarsely chopped
• 1 cup olive oil
• salt
• freshly-ground black pepper
• 2 green zucchini quartered lengthwise
• 2 yellow zucchini quartered lengthwise
• 6 asparagus spears trimmed
• 12 cherry tomatoes
• 1 red bell pepper quarteredseeded
• 1 yellow bell pepper quarteredseeded
• 1/4 cup basil chiffonade
• 1/4 cup coarsely-chopped flat leaf parsley
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 lb israeli couscous
• vegetable stock heated

Steps:

• In a small bowl whisk together the vinegar mustard and garlic slowly add the olive oil and whisk until combined
• Season with salt and pepper
• Pour 1/2 the marinade over the vegetables and let sit at room temperature for 15 minutes
• Preheat the grill
• Remove the vegetables from the marinade and grill the vegetables until just cooked through
• Cut the zucchini and peppers into 1/2-inch pieces cut the tomatoes in half
• Heat the olive oil over medium-high heat add the couscous and toast until lightly golden brown
• Cover the couscous with the hot stock and bring to a boil; cook until al dente and drain well
• Place in a large serving bowl add the grilled vegetables and herbs and toss with the remaining vinaigrette
• Serve at room temperature

Tofu Boursin

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Ingredients:

• 8 ounces firm tofu drained and broken into large chunks
• 1/4 cup vegan mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon umeboshi plum paste
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 cloves garlic roasted or 1/2 teaspoon fresh garlic crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper to taste
• 1/8 teaspoon ground rosemary

Steps:

• Place tofu in a saucepan and cover with water Bring to a boil reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes Drain well Chill uncovered in the refrigerator until cool enough to handle
• Crumble tofu into a food processor and add remaining ingredients Blend until a very thick smooth paste forms stopping to scrape down the sides of the work bowl as necessary
• Cover and chill several hours or overnight in order to allow the flavors to blend before serving
• Keeps 5 to 7 days in the refrigerator

Tomato and Lentil Soup

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Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 leek thinly sliced
• 1 large carrot quasrtered and thinly sliced
• 1 large onion finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
• 250 g red lentils
• 1 1/4 liters water
• 350 ml tomato juice
• 1 400 g can chopped tomatoes
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 bay leaf
• salt and pepper
• chopped fresh parsley to garnish

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat
• Add the leek carrot onion and garlic cover and cook for 4-5 minutes or stirring frequently until the leek and onion are a little softened
• Rinse and drain the lentils picking them over for any foreign matter
• Add the lentils to the pan and stir in the waster juice and tomatoes Add the cumin coriander bayleaf and a large pinch of salt
• Bring to the boil and reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for about 45 minutes or until the vegetables are tender
• you can now puree the soup if you prefer it smoother or leave it as it is
• Season well with salt and pepper before serving
• Garnish each serving with a sprinkling of fresh parsley

Trachelle's Favorite Wheat Bread Bread Machine

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Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup warm water
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 cup white bread flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons yeast

Steps:

• Add all ingredients to bread machine pan in the order suggested by the manufacturer
• Add 2-3tbs of water or flour if dough is too wet or dry
• I usually use the dough cycle then form loaf rise until doubled and bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes

Traditional Bread Abm

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Ingredients:

• 1 3/8 cups water
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons dry buttermilk
• 1 3/4 teaspoons salt
• 4 cups bread flour unbleached
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 1/4 teaspoons yeast

Steps:

• Add ingredients in the order that your bread machine instructs
• Choose light or medium crust and basic setting
• At the end of the 3-hour cycle when the bread is finished baking remove and let cool for 15 minutes

Traditional Scottish Brandy Wafers

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Ingredients:

• 2 ounces light corn syrup
• 2 ounces butter
• 2 ounces flour
• 2 ounces caster sugar superfine sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon brandy
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450F and grease a baking sheet
• Melt the butter syrup and sugar over a gentle heat and then stir in the flour ginger and brandy
• Keep stirring for about five minutes
• Drop small teaspoonsfuls onto the baking sheet keeping them well apart
• Bake for five minutes or until they are a pale golden brown
• Using the greased handle of a large wooden spoon roll the wafers round the handle while they are still hot- take care not to burn yourself
• Allow to cool before use

Tricolor Crustless Quiche

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Ingredients:

• 2/3 lb spinach frozen defrosted or fresh
• 6 big carrots peeled and boiled
• 3 big potatoes peeled and boiled
• 8 ounces low-fat cream cheese
• 8 ounces cream cheese or use 2 pkgs low-fat cheese
• 7 -8 ounces swiss cheese shredded 200 gram
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup milk
• 4 eggs lightly beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
• 1 dash hot paprika
• salt and black pepper

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F 190 C
• For frozen spinach cook over low heat until liquid evaporates Fresh spinach wash and boil only in water clinging to the leaves until tender Drain chop and place in bowl
• In a separate bowl mash the cooked carrots
• In another bowl mash the cooked potatoes
• In yet another bowl mix the cheeses flour milk eggs white pepper paprika salt and pepper
• Divide into 3 equal portions and place a portion into each of the other bowls of spinach carrot and potatoes
• Mix contents of all three bowls well
• Butter a deep 14x4-inch pan
• Spoon in potato mixture and bake in 375 degrees F 190 C for 8 minutes
• Spoon in the carrot mixture and bake 8 more minutes
• Now spoon in the spinach mixture and bake 45 minutes or until everything sets
• Turn off the oven but leave the quiche in the oven for 5 minutes
• Remove from oven then let cool for at least 5 minutes before serving

Troppo Ice Blocks

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Ingredients:

• pineapple
• banana
• jackfruit
• soursop
• mango
• rambutans
• lychee
• pommelo
• star fruit
• passion fruit
• guava
• papaya
• oranges or orange juice

Steps:

• Peel and core the fruits over a bowl to catch the juice
• Cut the fruit into bite-size pieces and place in the bowl
• Stir the fruit together and spoon the mixture into plastic cups until 2/3 full
• Squeeze enough oranges for the juice to cover the fruit
• Insert a wooden stick into the centre
• Freeze overnight in the freezer

Tuscan Kale Chips

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Ingredients:

• 12 large tuscan kale leaves rinsed dried cut lengthwise in half center ribs and stems removed
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt and pepper

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250F Toss kale with oil in large bowl Sprinkle with salt and pepper Arrange leaves in single layer on 2 large baking sheets
• Bake until crisp about 30 minutes for flat leaves and up to 33 minutes for wrinkled leaves Transfer leaves to rack to cool

Upside Down Apple amp; Cranberry Coffee Cake

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Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup corn syrup
• 3/4 cup brown sugar packed
• 1 tablespoon margarine or 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups apples peeled thinly sliced
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 large egg
• 2 large egg whites
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup low-fat yogurt
• 1/4 cup dried cranberries

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F spray 9-inch cake pan with vegetable spray
• TOPPING Stir together corn syrup brown sugar margarine and cinnamon in the cake pan
• Place in the oven for 3 minutes or until mixture has melted
• The mixture should be sticky
• Place the apples and cranberry on top
• CAKE Combine the sugar apple sauce oil egg egg whites vanilla and cinnamon in a large bowl using a whisk or electric mixer
• In another bowl stir together flour and baking powder
• Stir the dry ingredients into the apple sauce mixture in batches alternating with the yogurt making two additions of dry and one of wet and then stir just until the mixture is combined
• Spread it over the fruit in the pan
• Place the pan in the center of the oven and bake for 25 to 35 minutes or until a tester comes out dry
• Let cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes and then turn out onto a large platter

Vegan Carrotaraisinaana Cake

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups raisins
• 2 cups carrots finely grated
• 2 cups water
• 1 1/2 bananas any size'll do
• 1 cup silken tofu
• 3 tablespoons soy yogurt plain
• 1 1/4 maple syrup
• 3 1/2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 cup agave syrup
• 3 1/2 tablespoons applesauce unsweetened
• 1 1/2 teaspoons allspice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons iodized salt
• 3 cups spelt flour or 3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3/4 cup walnuts chopped
• 8 tablespoons flax seed meal

Steps:

• 1 First get your carrots grated
• and raisins measured to set aside for simmering in a pot with the 2 cups water 7-10 min when ready
• 2 Next go ahead and blend your egg substitute list of ingredients together liquify if possible
• otherwise blended smoothly works
• then measure to make sure it comes out to be 1 cup of gooey perfection to replace those eggs
• Now preheat your oven to 350 degrees F
• 3 In one big bowl
• mix applesauce
• spices
• oil
• syrups
• egg replacer
• salt
• 4 After carrot and raisin mix is simmered for 7-10 min
• mix this in with 3
• 5 In separate bowl
• mix flour
• nuts
• flax seed mill
• and baking soda together
• 6 Add 5 to the fluidified mixture slowly
• stirring well but not too much
• 7 Spray 3 separate 9 inch diameter wide glass round pie bowls with some sort of vegetable oil spray I use Lowes Foods 100% pure no stick cooking spray -- its cheaper
• 8 Pour ingredients into bowls
• then set them into the oven
• all on same rack if baking them together
• 9 Set your timer for 45 minutes
• but a separate timer should be set for 15 min
• which youll need to rotate your cakes on their shelf in the oven so as to bake evenly At about minute 30 on first timer
• turn oven down to about 300 degrees F
• 10 Should be done after 45 min
• set the cakes on cooling racks and wait about 15 minute to take your first bite
• 11 Enjoy

Vegan Chocolate Ganache Pumpkin Spice Cake

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Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup chocolate chips
• 2/3 cup pumpkin
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons canola oil or 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons ground flax seeds or 2 tablespoons Ener-G Egg Substitute
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon clove
• 3/4 cup chocolate chips
• 3 tablespoons margarine
• 1/4 cup soymilk

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 grease or spray a 9x9 pan
• Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler or in the microwave for 30 sec intervals stirring after each 30 seconds until melted in a medium bowl
• Stir in pumpkin vanilla oil and flaxseed to the melted chocolate
• Mix all dry ingredients flour cocoa powder baking soda baking powder salt cinnamon nutmeg and cloves until well combined and stir in wet ingredients
• Spread evenly into the pan batter will be thick and bake for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean Let cool
• Ganache melt margarine and soymilk in a small bowl either in the microwave or on a double boiler Stir in chocolate chips and continue heating until melted and smooth
• Spread over cake when cake is cooled refrigerate cake if you want ganache to set or dig in for melty chocolate-y heaven D

Vegan Mini Carrot Cake Muffins

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Ingredients:

• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 3/8 cup sugar
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 cup grapeseed oil
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 cup carrot graded
• 1/2 cup water or crushed pineapple including juice

Steps:

• In a small bowl mix baking powder and applesauce into a foamy mixture set aside
• In large bowl mix flour sugar baking soda cinnamon nutmeg and salt; mix
• Add oil honey carrots water or pineapple some of the juice might help and applesauce mixture
• Mix well
• Add nuts raisins or dried cranberries if preferred
• Scoop mixture into cupcake liners
• Bake at 325F for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean
• Once cooled frost with icing powered sugar vegan Earth Balance butter organic vanilla and water

Vegan Pizza Dough

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Ingredients:

• 3 -3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 1/2 ounces fast rising yeast
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup water very warm
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
• In large bowl combine flour yeast and salt Add warm water and olive oil knead about 5 minutes or until mixture is well combined and forms a ball Let dough sit for 10 minutes in a warm place
• Roll out dough and fit to oiled cookie sheet or pizza pan Place in oven and bake for approximately 10 minutes or until very slightly browned
• Remove from oven and let cool Add pizza toppings of your choice Return pizza to oven and bake approximately 10-20 minutes or until cheese is melted Cool slice and serve

Vegan Soy Meatball Stroganoff

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Ingredients:

• olive oil
• 1/2 tablespoon cider vinegar
• 3/4 cup soymilk plain
• 1 14 ounce package Gimmie Lean soy product ground beef flavor
• 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
• 1/3 cup ketchup
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 3 cloves garlic
• 3/4-1 cup sweet onion
• 6 cloves garlic
• 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/4 cup white wine
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg ground
• 1/3 cup nutritional yeast
• 6 large basil leaves chopped

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400
• Add vinegar to soymilk; set aside in small cup
• Mix next five ingredients in a large bowl
• Form small soyballs and place on a oil prepped pan
• Bake for 10 minutes; broil until tops are brown--watch carefully
• Meanwhile saute onions and garlic in a saucepan on medium heat
• Add flour and stir for a couple of minutes; then add wine and nutmeg
• Cooking at a simmer slowly add half of the soymilk/vinegar mixture and stir
• Add the remaining half along with the nutritional yeast stirring constantly
• Add basil and soyballs to saucepan and simmer until ready to serve

Vegetable Biryani

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Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 onion diced
• 1 green bell pepper diced
• 8 ounces green beans trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 carrot sliced thin
• 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 2 teaspoons garam masala
• 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
• 1 1/2 cups basmati rice
• 4 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups cooked kidney beans rinsed and drained
• peanuts
• raisins

Steps:

• Let the oil get heated in a large ovenproof casserole over medium heat
• Add in the onion bell pepper green beans and carrot; stir/saute for about 10 minutes or until soft
• Add in the ginger garlic garam masala turmeric salt and cayenne; cook and stir occasionally for 2 more minutes
• Stir in rice then stir in water
• Cover and bake in a 375 oven for 30 minutes or until the rice and vegetables are tender
• Remove from oven; stir in the kidney beans and replace the lid
• Let stand for 5 minutes
• Serve onto individual plates; garnish with peanuts and raisins if desired

Walnut Spread

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups cooked garbanzo beans or 2 cups cannellini beans to cup liquid reserved
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup basil leaves
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 5 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• pepper
• 1 pinch cayenne
• sundried tomato flour tortillas or jalapeno flour tortilla
• olive oil

Steps:

• In a blender or food processor combine beans and 4 tablespoons of reserved liquid and the rest of the ingredients except the tortillas and olive oil
• Cover and blend until nearly smooth
• Add a little more liquid if mixture seems stiff
• Lightly oil a cookie sheet or two
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees
• Cut the tortillas into 8-10 wedges and brush with olive oil
• Bake on the cookie sheets for about 5-8 minutes or just until lightly colored and crisp
• Serve the spread with the tortillas and some celery carrot sticks and scallions for dipping

Weight Watchers Vegan Chocolate Cookies

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon table salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup organic coconut oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cuphot water divided
• 1 cup shredded coconut unsweetened

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper
• In a large bowl sift together flour cocoa baking soda and salt In another large bowl using an electric mixer beat sugar with oil and vanilla until well-blended Add half of flour mixture and half of water to sugar mixture; beat until smooth Add coconut remaining water and remaining flour mixture; beat until well-combined dough might be a little stiff and sticky
• Scoop scant tablespoons of dough and roll into balls; place on prepared cookie sheets leaving about 1 1/2- to 2-inches between each cookie When all 50 cookies are made flatten each ball into a 2-inch disk with the back of a wet spoon or fork
• Bake until done about 8 to 10 minutes Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheets for about 2 minutes and then remove to a wire rack to cool completely Yields 1 cookie per serving

Where's Mom's Chocolate Chip Apricot Cookies?

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/8 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter softened
• 1/2 cup turbinado sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg lightly beaten
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped dried apricot

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F 190 degrees C Grease a cookie sheet
• Mix the flour and baking soda in a bowl In a separate bowl beat together the butter turbinado sugar and brown sugar until fluffy then beat in the egg vanilla and salt Stir the flour and baking soda into the butter mixture Fold in the chocolate chips and apricots Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto the cookie sheet
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely

Whole Wheat Breakfast Muffins

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Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup raisins

Steps:

• Mix in order as listed
• Do not over beat
• Spoon into greased muffin tins
• Bake at 350 degrees for 19 minutes

Ww Friendly Mint-Infused Darjeeling Tea

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Ingredients:

• 1 quart water
• 3 tablespoons of fresh mint coarsely chopped and tightly packed or 1 tablespoon dried mint
• 3 darjeeling tea bags

Steps:

• Boil the water in a saucepan and add the mint and tea bags
• Remove from the heat cover and steep for 3-5 minutes
• Strain into mugs

Ww Tortilla Bake

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Ingredients:

• 4 corn tortillas
• 4 ounces monterey jack cheese grated
• 4 eggs beaten
• 1 cup skim milk
• 1 teaspoon jalapeno pepper chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 garlic clove minced
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 tomatoes cut into 8 slices
• 1 tablespoon onion chopped
• 1 teaspoon onion chopped
• parsley sprig optional garnish

Steps:

• Place 1 tortilla in each of 4 round individual casseroles which have been sprayed with Pam
• Top each tortilla with 1/2 ounce grated cheese
• In a bowl combine next 5 ingredients eggs - mustard Pour 1/4 of the mixture into each casserole and then sprinkle with 1/2 ounce of cheese
• Bake casseroles at 350F for 30 minutes
• Meanwhile in a small saucepan heat olive oil Add garlic and saut until tender Stir in tomato sauce and cumin and cook for 2 minutes
• Spoon 1/4 of the sauce over each tortilla
• Garnish each casserole with 2 tomato slices 1 teaspoon of chopped onion and parsley

Zucchini Bread

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• egg substitute to equal 1 egg
• 1/2 cup artificial sweetener
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups zucchini grated
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup walnuts chopped
• 1/4 cup water

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
• In a large bowl sift together the flour baking powder salt and cinnamon
• Add the egg replacer sweetener oil vinegar and vanilla and mix
• Stir in the zucchini raisins and nuts and mix together gently until just mixed
• Add a little water if the dough seems too dry
• Spoon the batter into a lightly oiled loaf pan and bake for 45-50 minutes
• Test with a knife to see if done
• Cool for 10 minutes before slicing and serving

Zucchini, Pineapple, Ginger Jam Kicked up With Habanero's

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Ingredients:

• 2 lbs seeded and cubed zucchini
• 1 20 ounce can crushed pineapple
• 6 -8 habaneros
• 1 -3 ounce crystallized ginger use more if you like more kick less if you dontI myself like a lot
• 5 cups sugar
• 3 ounces of ball fruit jell liquid pectin or 3 ounces Certo liquid pectin
• 1 6 ounce box pineapple Jell-O
• food coloring Red and yellow

Steps:

• Place zucchini pineapples habaneros and crystallized ginger in a food processor and puree
• Add to a heavy bottom pot with sugar and boil for 20 minutes Thats a rolling boil
• Stirring all the while
• Add Certo and bring to a full rolling boil for 1 more minute add jello and stir to blend
• Add some red food coloring and more yellow to produce a color to your liking
• Ladle hot jam into hot jars leaving 1/4 inch head space Filling 4-1 pint jars or 8 1/2 pint jarsI like to do the 8 jars because there would be more to give as gifts Wipe rim Center lid on jar Apply band until fit is fingertip tight
• Process in a boiling water canner for 10 minutes adjusting for altitude Remove jars and cool Check lids for seal after 24 hours Lid should not flex up and down when center is pressed Label Decorate And Gift