Sunday, March 1, 2015

Honey Butter Tarts


1/2 cup butter
2/3 cup liquid honey
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 cup raisins
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt
2 eggs slightly beaten

1- Line  tart tins-chill while making filling
2- melt butter, add all ingredients except eggs
     Blend thoroughly. Allow to cool. Add eggs.
3- Spoon filling into tarts
4- Bake 10-20 minutes 450 F

Potato chip roast


Nowadays Amy puts eggplant instead of green pepper and its a favourite

One large onion chopped
1/2 green pepper chopped
1 tin choplets or other vege-meat product like gluten or Tenderbits
1 tin mushrooms

Fry above together

1 tin 10 oz mushroom soup and juice from choplets
1 pkg potato chips (6-8 oz - 200 g) crushed
Mix above with fried ingredients
Bake covered at 350 for 30-40 minutes
Remove cover and bake an additional 10 minutes.

September 5, 2025
grew some Trombocino Squash this year. long Zucchini type, the flesh is firmer
makes an excellent Chip Roast vegetable. Zucchini would seem to be too mushy.

Another rice cooker trial

Rice Cooker with ingredients before cooking
Ingredients
1/3 cup pearl barley 1-3 
1/3 cup long grain rice 1-2
1/3 cup Soya protein 1-2
1/3 cup red lentils 1-3 
1 Tbsp red quinoa 1-2
1 Tbsp dry mung beans 1-3
1/2 Tbsp Garlic scapes dry

Rinsed dry ingredients as needed, added water based on ratios above, added 1 Tbsp extra water
Put in Rice cooker and set to cook

here it is once cooked
The soya protein splattered all over- maybe reduce the amount used or remove

Friday, February 27, 2015

Sri Lanka Curried Chicken

according to Aubrey
Ingredients
3 chicken legs
1 large onion sliced
1 tsp tomato paste
1/2 tsp paprika
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tsp cummin seed powder
1 sprig celer
1/3 cup milk
salt to taste
sufficient water to cover the chicken
2 Tbsp Mazola oil
1/2 tsp Cayenne chili powder (if desired)

Method
Cut each chicken leg into two pieces, wash and drain. Put the oil in a pan over moderate heat and fry the onions till transparent. Mix the paprika, garlic and cummin seed powder in a cup with a little water to form a paste. Fry this in the oil and then add the tomato paste and stir well. Add the pieces of chicken and the celery and stir till all the pieces are coated with the paste. Now add enough water to almost cover the pieces of chicken. Add the salt and cook til the chicken is tender and the gravy is thick. Add milk and as soon as it comes to a boil, take it off the stove.

Sunday, February 8, 2015

February 8/15 granola batch

Another batch, Last batch lasted about a month

Always trying new things and cleaning the cupboard out at the same time

Ingredients-

Large flakes
9

5.25
Rolled oats


2.25
rolled rye


1.5
rolled spelt



rolled






9




Medium Grains
2

1.25
Buckwheat


0.5
Steel cut oats


0.75
12 grain cereal


2.5




Large Seeds
2

1.5
Sunflower seeds


0.5
Pumpkin seeds


2




Small seeds
1.5

1
Sesame seeds white



Sesame seeds black


0.25
Chia seeds


0.125
Caraway seeds


0.3
Quinoa


1.675




Nuts, Coconuts
2

0.33
Sliced almonds



Slivered almonds



Peanuts chopped


0.33
Coconut shredded


0.66




Ground Powdered
1

1.25
Bran flakes


0.33
Flax Ground


0.625
Hulled hemp seed


2.205




Protein
1

0.33
hemp protein


0.25
whey protein






0.58



9
Flakes
9

9.62
 Non flakes
9.5

18.62
Total
18.5

  plus 2 tsp salt
one cup of oil
4 pkgs of crystal light for sweetness
I pkg of Koolaid
1 pkg of Aspen Mulling spices
2 cups of water was called for in recipe but used 2 cups of a herbal tea- red teaj, cranberry tea mix.

sprinked someTabasco sauce to add to the flavour

baked 90 minutes at 250, stirred after 30 minutes of baking
Added after - 1 cup raisins, 1/2 cup diced dates and 1/2 cup diced dried apricots