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10:05 PM
This salad was really yummy and healthy. I threw it together in the morning and my family ate it up for lunch. Great way to use leftover brown rice - we love brown rice around here. If your new to brown rice this a good recipe to start with because the dressing masks some of the nutty taste difference between brown and white.
4 c cooked brown rice
3/4 c golden raisins
1/2 c chopped almonds, toasted
3 T. chopped fresh cilantro
Honey - Curry Dressing
2 T lemon juice
2 cloves garlic, crushed or minced
2 t curry powder
1/4 t ground cumin
1/2 t ground tumeric
1/4 t ground ginger
1 T honey (or agave nectar)
4 T flavorless oil (grapeseed, canola, safflower, etc)
1 T toasted sesame oil.
Place rice, raisins, almonds, and cilantro in large bowl. Whisk dressing ingredients together or place in a jar and shake until combined. Pour over rice mixture. Toss until coated and chill at least an hour before serving.
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3:10 PM
A friend of our family's recently gave Paul this recipe for homemade biscuits to pass along to me - thanks Jen! These things are so good! They are reminiscent of Bojangles and we had them with tomato gravy for dinner last night.
*For my family I double this recipe*
2 c. all purpose flour
3 t. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
1/2 c. shortening (I used butter)
3/4 to 1 c. milk
Heat oven to 450 (or 230 c). In large bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt and mix well. With pastry blender or fork cut in shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stirring with a fork, add enough milk until mixture leaves sides of the bowl and forms a soft, moist dough.
On floured surface toss dough lightly until no longer sticky. Roll or press dough to 1/2 in thickness. Cut with floured cutter and place on ungreased cookie sheet. *You can also just make drop biscuits instead of rolling out the dough*.
Bake at 450 for 8-12 minutes or until golden brown.
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11:13 PM
I like to make something special for a breakfast treat sometimes. I made these last weekend for a fall/halloween breakfast. They were so good! They hit the spot. I used buttermilk I made (milk & vinegar) instead of evaporated milk and also used butter instead of shortening.
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1:39 AM
Here's a great Fall recipe! We can't buy applesauce here where I live but even if you can, this is simple to make and really good. It's a healthy snack and we use it to sweeten oatmeal instead of sugar. I reduce the sugar a lot and triple it, but here's the original recipe.
6 Apples, peeled, cored and chopped.
1 C. plus 2T. Water
1/4 C. Sugar
3/4 t. Cinnamon
Core, peel and chop apples into small chunks. Add apples, water and cinnamon to medium-large pot and bring to a boil 20-30 minutes until apples are darker in color and soft. Allow to cool and mash with masher or blend finer in a food processor or blender. I use my blender because we like smooth applesauce and not chunky.
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3:13 AM
I'm about to throw this together before I get my kids ready for bed and stick it in the fridge overnight to bake in the morning. It's so easy, I make this once a week, on the same day. You can top it with milk or yogurt if you want. Maybe someone else is looking for quick, semi- healthy breakfast ideas like I always am?
1/2 c. oil
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 c. brown sugar
3 c. oats
2 t. baking powder
1 t. vanilla
1 t. salt
1 t. cinnamon
1 c. milk
Mix oil, eggs and sugar until well blended. Add other ingredients and mix well. Place in a greased 8x8 or a 9x13 pan (will be thick or thin depending). Cover and put in fridge overnight, take out 10 minutes before baking - bake uncovered 350 for 35 minutes.
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8:48 AM
This is a recipe I found recently to use in place of the REAL maple syrup that I miss so much from back home. It has worked great for our pancakes...
1 C. Brown Sugar
3/4 C. Water
1 t. Maple Flavoring (can use Vanilla if needed)
Mix water and sugar in a saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil and
simmer for 15 minutes, don't let it burn.
Add Maple flavoring and chill.
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8:39 AM
Here's my recipe for BBQ sauce. I use it in any of my recipes that call for bbq sauce, on bbq chicken pizza or over chicken breasts in my crockpot for pulled sandwiches. It's easy and I can freeze what I don't use in ziplocs so it's at hand for future meals and I'm not making it from scratch every.single.time.
1 small onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic
2 T. olive oil
5 1/3 c. ketchup
1 c. apple cider vinegar(I use any vinegar I have)
2/3 c. brown sugar
2/3 c. Worcestershire sauce
4 t. chili powder
Saute onion in oil, until translucent. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute more. Add remaining ingredients and simmer for about 20-30 minutes.
