Avocado Spaghetti Per person: 1 medium sized, ripe, pitted Avocado ½ lemon, juiced. Save the zest for garnish 3 cloves garlic, crushed ½ teaspoon salt ¼ cup fresh basil leaves, chopped Coarse black pepper to taste Mash this together and then work it through hot pasta so that it melts
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Banana Bread
Banana Bread Mash 3 large very ripe bananas or 4 small ones Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit Grease a loaf pan In dry bowl, Stir: 2 cups Flour 1 teaspoon Baking Soda 1 teaspoon Baking Powder 1 teaspoon Salt 1 teaspoon Cinnamon 1 teaspoon Nutmeg In wet bowl mix: Smushed Bananas ½…
Bean Salad Recipe, from a friend
Marmie’s Ever Changing Bean Salad “This is the perfect blend of Tangy/Sweetness, it is remarkably mild, not oily and is hugely versatile! Wonderful for picnics, lunches to go or just an added side at dinner. I do NOT like apple cider vinegar but in this recipe it is fabulous, especially for bean salad skeptics like…
Oma’s Cherry Cheesecake
Oma’s Cherry Cheesecake This recipe makes a square (9×9) cake. Double measure for a rectangle cake (9×13) Mix 1 and ½ cups crushed graham wafers with ½ cup melted butter Press almost all of the oily crumbs into a square (9×9) glass baking dish, set the rest of the crumbs aside for later on in the…
Cloud Cookies
Cloud Cookies In a cold, clean bowl combine: 3 Egg Whites A few grains Salt ½ teaspoon Cream of Tartar Beat at medium speed until double in volume Increase speed and begin to add very gradually ¾ cup Sugar This process should take between 5-10 minutes until every grain of sugar has…
Popovers
Popovers Makes about 16 popovers. Preheat oven to 450 Fahrenheit Using your clean fingers, grease muffin tins generously with butter, do not use liners. Beat 3 eggs very well Add: 1 cup White Flour ¼ cup Sugar ½ teaspoon Salt 1 cup Milk 2 Tablespoons melted butter (or fresh Roast Beef Oil) Preheat oven to 450*F…
Beppe’s Rye Bread
Beppe’s Rye Bread Preheat oven to 275 Fahrenheit In a large bowl, stir together: 4 cups Red River Cereal or Sunny Boy Cereal or generic 7 grain cereal (Red River makes darker bread) 3 cups Flour (I use Rye flour, but any kind will do) 2 cups Wheat Germ 3 cups Wheat Bran 4 teaspoons…
Chocolate Drop Cookies
Chocolate Drop Cookies In a medium sized pan on the stove, bring the following to a boil: ½ cup Butter ½ cup Milk 2 cups Sugar 6 Tablespoons Cocoa ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract While this all heats up, mix the following together in a large bowl: 3 cups Old Fashioned Oats 1 cup Shredded…
Mocha Icing
Mocha Icing In a glass 4 cup measuring cup, place: ¼ cup Cocoa powder 2 teaspoons Instant Coffee 6 Tablespoons Butter Slowly, drizzle ¼ cup Boiling Water over top Beat with an electric mixer until smooth Then mix in: 1 and ½ teaspoons Vanilla extract then 4-5 cups Icing Sugar
Oma’s Zandgabakjes
Zandgabakjes or Sand Tarts – Oma 2 cups very soft Butter 1 and 1/3 cup Brown Sugar 1 and 1/3 White Sugar 2 teaspoons Almond Extract 2 large Eggs 4 cups Flour 1 teaspoon Baking Soda Sif the baking soda with the flour Mix all ingredients well with a wooden spoon Bake in shallow…