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Quick Tapioca Pudding

3 cups whole milk
1/2 cup quick-cooking tapioca
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Stir together the milk, tapioca, sugar, and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to lowest; cook and stir 5 minutes longer.

Beat eggs in a separate bowl. Mix in some of the milk/tapioca mixture very slowly to equalize the temperature of the two mixtures (to avoid curdling).

Then stir the egg mixture back into the milk/tapioca mixture until well mixed. Bring the pudding to a gentle simmer over medium-low heat; cook and stir 2 minutes (if instant tapioca) or longer until the pudding becomes thick enough to evenly coat the back of a metal spoon. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla. Serve hot or cold.

Serves 6.

Black-Eye Peas and Spam

1.5 c dry black-eye peas

6 c water

1/8 t thyme or pepper

1/4 onion, diced

1 stalk celery, diced

1/3 can Spam or ham, chopped (optional)

large bay leaf

dash of garlic powder

vegetable bullion

1 T butter

dash of salt

Sort through black-eye peas to remove small rocks. Add water and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let stand, covered, 1 hour. Add remaining ingredients. Simmer about 1.5 hour or until peas are tender. Add more water if needed.

Serve with bread and butter and a green salad, or with biscuits or corn bread.

Split Pea Soup

1.5 c dry split peas

6 c water

1/8 t thyme or pepper

1/3 onion, chopped

1 stick celery, chopped

Chopped ham or spam

Sort through split peas to remove small rocks. Add water to peas and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let stand, covered, 1 hour. Add remaining ingredients. Simmer about 1.5 hour or until peas are tender. Add more water if needed.

Serve with bread and butter and a green salad.

Corn Meal Mush

SMALL SERVING

Microwave 1/2 c water 1.5 minutes. Add 3 heaping T cornmeal. Stir. Microwave 30 seconds.

 

LARGE SERVING

Microwave 1 c water 2.5 minutes. Add 5 heaping T cornmeal. Stir. Microwave 30 seconds.

 

FAMILY SIZE

Bring 5 c water + 1/2 c cream + 1/4 t salt to a boil.

Add 2 c cornmeal premixed with 2 c cold water.

Stir until thick. Remove from heat and let sit 10 min.

Chocolate Chip Truffle Cake

2 c
6 T
2 t
1 t
2 t
3
1 pinch
2 T
semi-sweet chocolate chips
butter
flour
hot water
vanilla
eggs, separated
salt
sugar
Preheat oven to 425 F. Melt chips with butter over 1″ simmering water in a double boiler. Mix in flour, then water and vanilla. Remove from heat and stir in egg yolks, one at a time. Cool. Beat egg whites with salt in a medium bowl on medium speed until foamy. Add sugar gradually and beat on high spead until stiff peaks form. Fold into chocolate mixture.Spread into buttered 8″ spring form pan. Bake 15 min. The cake will be soft in the center. Cool. Frost with whipped cream.Adapted from Ghirardelli chocolate chip bag.

Easiest Orange Marmalade

12-15
6 c
6 c
medium or small oranges
water
sugar
Cut oranges in quarters. Remove seeds. Blend with water in a blender. Combine with sugar in a pan. Simmer for 1 to 4 hrs until starts to thicken and darken. Larger chunks of peel (if any) can be removed by skimming the heated mixture with a cheese grater.Makes about 2 quarts.

Stan’s recipe.

Muffins

2
1/4 C
1/2 C
1/4 C
1 C
1 1/2
1/2 C
1 tsp
1 tsp
1 tsp
1/2 tsp
dash
1/2 C
1/2 C
Eggs (or 1 egg and 2 egg whites)
Canola Oil
Honey
Unsweetened Applesauce
Mashed, cooked pumpkin
Brown or White Rice Flour
Soya or Oat Flour
Baking powder
Baking soda
Cinnamon
Allspice
Salt
Raisins (optional)
Chopped nuts
Preheat oven to 350F (180C). Beat eggs well; add honey, oil and pumpkin. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in raisins and nuts.

Fill paper-lined or greased muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake at 350F (180C) degrees for 20 minutes. Rotate tins once to brown evenly.

Cream Toast

1
1 T
1/2 c
1/2 T
1 dash
1 t
1 slice
egg
sugar
milk
cornstarch
salt
butter
toast
Mix egg and sugar in pot. Mix milk and cornstarch together, then add to pot. Add salt. Stir constantly over low heat until fluffy. Stir in butter. Serve over toast.

Makes 1 serving.

Amy’s Fruit Pancakes

  Dry Ingredients1&1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1&1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients1 egg
2 tablespoons oil
1/2 to 3/4 cup fruit
3/4 cup milk

Fruit Suggestions: Sliced strawberries, drained canned wild blueberries, grated peeled fresh apple or pear, IQF raspberries, chopped peeled fresh peaches or apricots, any canned fruit chopped into bite sized pieces, anything you can imagine.

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