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Homemade Mayo
Ingredients:1 egg1 tablespoon lemon juice2 teaspoons Dijon mustard3/4 cup to 1 of olive or canola oil (or you can mix the two togsea salt and freshly ground pepper to tasteInstructions:Put the egg, lemon juice, and mustard in a blender.Add a bit of salt and pepper.Process until combined.With the motor running, pour the oil into the…
Pumpkin Butter Filled Pecan Wafers
Photo by Scheherezade Daftary Makes 16 – 18 cookies Author Notes The recipe was inspired by a recipe for Brown Sugar Sandwich Cookies from 101 Cookbooks. The spicy pumpkin butter nestled between two buttery pecan wafers tastes like the holidays and is perfect with coffee and tea the morning after family festivities. I always make…
Time for a Drink: The Stinger Recipe
Let’s get this weekend started right. And since it’s a day off for many people out there, let’s kick it off a bit early today. Here’s a cocktail recipe from Paul Clarke (The Cocktail Chronicles) to get things going. Need more than one after yesterday? Here you go. Cheers! While retailers started gearing up for…
Home Made Rolled Fondant
Homemade fondant without the added expensive ingredients like glucose or glycerin. Works great for cake designs of all sorts such as modeling figures, covering cakes, decorating, etc. Add your choice of food coloring. Updated on January 14, 2022 Ingredients 1 cup light corn syrup 1 cup vegetable shortening ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon clear vanilla…
Turkey and Rice Stuffed Acorn Squash
Ingredients:3 tablespoons olive oil3 smalls acorn squash1 cup brown basmati rice1 small onion2 cloves garlic1 1/4 pounds (or 1 package) lean ground turkey1 package baby bella mushrooms1 bag spinach2 tablespoons vegeta seasoning1/2 teaspoon bell pepper flakesSalt and pepper1/2 cup whole wheat bread crumbsInstructions:Prepare rice according to package instructions. (I either cook the rice in chicken…
Homemade Mayonnaise
Homemade Mayonnaise One of the best and easiest ways to make any potato salad “heart healthy” is to make your own mayonnaise. You get the heart benefits of extra-virgin olive oil and skip the harmful vegetable oils used in most commercial mayonnaise. Using an organic egg in this recipe will also increase the omega-3 content…
Italian Seasoning II
Nutrition Facts (per serving) 10 Calories 0g Fat 2g Carbs 0g Protein Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 10 Calories 10 % Daily Value * Total Fat 0g 0% Saturated Fat 0g 1% Sodium 1mg 0% Total Carbohydrate 2g 1% Dietary Fiber 1g 5% Total Sugars 0g Protein 0g Vitamin C 1mg 7% Calcium 58mg 4%…
Country Borscht
Andy Ricker’s Naam Cheuam Naam Taan Piip (Palm Sugar Simple Syrup)
Use this earthy, caramel-y syrup in Andy Ricker’s Phat Thai from his new Pok Pok cookbook. Reprinted with permission from Pok Pok: Food and Stories from the Streets, Homes, and Roadside Restaurants of Thailand by Andy Ricker with JJ Goode. Copyright 2013. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Random House. All rights reserved.…