Archive Category: 'Recipes'

• Pumpkin Bars Recipe: Step 1: Mix and pat the following ingredients into a 9×13 inch pan. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. 1 cup flour 1/2 cup oatmeal 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup margarine Step 2: Next mix then spread the ingredients below and bake for 15 to 20 minutes: 2 cups pumpkin 2 cups scalded milk 3/4 cup sugar 3 beaten eggs 1/2 tsp ginger 1/2 tsp [...]
• How To Make Breakfast Burritos: Breakfast burritos are very simple to prepare and if you setup an assembly line, you can make a bunch ahead of time to freeze for a fast, convenient breakfast. Two Easy Breakfast Burrito Recipes Basic Cheese & Egg Take two eggs, add a tablespoon of milk or water, seasonings you like (such as salt and pepper) then scramble. [...]
• Mock Devonshire Cream Recipes: Devonshire cream anyone? Yum! Clotted cream is a thick yellow cream made by heating unpasteurized cow’s milk and then leaving it in shallow pans for several hours. During this time, the cream content rises to the surface and forms ‘clots’. Clotted cream purists prefer the milk to come from cows in the West Country, mainly [...]
• Lavender Lemonade Recipe: Today’s feature is from Oprah with a Lavender Lemonade Recipe (published in the Oprah Magazine August, 2002). Ingredients 3 cups sugar 7 lavender sprigs (stems and buds), plus additional for garnish* 2 cups fresh lemon juice (from about 12 lemons) 1/2 cup fresh lime juice (from about 5 limes) Directions: In a large saucepan, bring one gallon of water and the sugar [...]
• Make Your Own Apricot Brandy: Today’s feature is another good one from Kansas A with her Apricot Brandy Recipe. Always good stuff over on that fellow Canuck’s blog, and I know she has a few more “homemade spirits” recipes if you’re interested : I know I’ve blogged about this before but I think it deserves repeating, besides “’tis the season.” [...]
• Harry Potter Party Treat Recipes: Today’s feature is a fun one from Britta.com with an extensive list of party foods and snacks modeled after the treats mentioned throughout the Harry Potter series (using only tasty ingredients of course!). Visit Hogwarts Celebration Recipes. You’ll find recipes for: Treacle Tarts Pumpkin Pasties Chocolate Frogs Licorice Wands Peppermint Toads Cockroach Clusters Cauldron Cakes Acid Pops Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans “Official Hogwarts Brie in [...]
• Quick & Easy Homemade Mayonnaise Recipe: You will need a hand blender for this recipe. Ingredients: 1 cup salad oil 1 egg (sit at room temperature until chill is taken off) 4 tsp lime juice (fresh) 1 tsp dry mustard 3/4 tsp salt Directions: Crack the egg into a blender cup or thick glass jar. Add lime juice, salt, dry mustard. Top with salad oil. Insert the blender into [...]
• Mock Oh Henry Bars Recipe: Ingredients: Part 1 1/2 cup Brown Sugar 1/2 cup Corn Syrup 1 TBS Butter *1/2 cup Peanut Butter Part 2 2 cups Rice Krispies (cereal) 1 cup Peanuts 1 tsp Vanilla Salt Chocolate Icing Directions: Mix all Part 1 ingredients in a bowl excluding the peanut butter. Microwave or heat until melted and is bubbling. Add the 1/2 cup peanut butter, mix well. Stir in Part 2 ingredients and [...]
• Cucumber Dip Recipe: Ingredients: Yogurt (plain, 1 container) 1 cucumber (large, peeled & grated) 1 garlic clove (minced) 1 tsp garlic powder Dill (optional – amount to taste) Directions: Mix all ingredients well. Chill. Serve with chunks of torn sour dough or french bread, crackers and veggies (dip & eat).
• How To Make Monster, Fluffy Omelets: Today’s feature is a video I found on Youtube detailing how to make enormous, fluffy omelets..these look fantastic! You can watch the video below… Quick Recipe Directions: Start slowly browning your favorite omelet toppings in butter (mushrooms, onions, peppers, etc.) Separate 4 eggs and beat the egg whites in 1/4 cup water until stiff In a separate bowl, beat [...]
• How To Tap Maple Trees And Make Maple Syrup: Today’s feature is a pdf report from the University of Maine How To Tap Maple Trees And Make Maple Syrup (pdf): A tree should be at least 10 inches in diameter, measured at 4 1/2 feet above the ground, before tapping. Trees between 10 and 20 inches in diameter should have no more than one tap [...]
• Newspaper Fish Recipe: Here’s another campfire favorite that can also be done on the BBQ. Doesn’t everything seem to taste better when cooked outdoors ? Here’s how to cook fish in wet newspaper: Newspaper Fish Recipe Ingredients & Items Needed: Fresh Fish Seasonings Newspaper – soaked in water Directions: Gut and clean the fish then season the inside (you can also brush a light [...]
• Campfire Banana Boat Recipe: Remember this childhood treat? Here’s how to make them: Peel back one strip of the banana peel (keep the peel attached on the other end). Slice the exposed banana in half lengthwise, but do not slice through to the peel on the other side. Fill the split banana with mini-marshmallows and Smarties (or chocolate chips or chocolate bar [...]
• Quick Tip: Salad Seasoning Shake Recipe: Mix together and keep in a single shaker to season up your salads: 1/4 cup Parsley flakes 2 TBS Oregano 2 TBS Basil 2 TBS Marjoram 1 TBS Dry mustard 1 1/2 tsp Pepper Makes approximately 3/4 cup. Use a shaker that has larger holes and preferably a cap to seal flavor. Store in a cool, dry spot.
• How To Make Rose Water: Recipes & Tips: Rose water (also spelled Rosewater) can be used in cooking as well as a rich beauty aid. Try some as a facial toner or astringent, in your bath water or as a facial splash (refresher). Notes on Preparation: Rose petals must be freshly picked and have no pesticides or chemicals used on them. Pick the roses just after the [...]
• Quick & Easy Pickled Peppers Recipe: Ingredients: Assorted peppers Garlic cloves Peppercorns Vinegar Water Pickling or Kosher Salt Directions: Thoroughly wash peppers and trim stems. Make a small slash in each pepper for vinegar absorption. For each hot and freshly sterilized jar: Pack with peppers (tight), 3 whole garlic cloves (halved), 4 to 6 peppercorns. Bring to a simmer enough vinegar and water (50/50) to fill jars. Stir in pickling salt [...]
• Watermelon Pickles Recipe: This recipe is from a well worn, loose page of an old cookbook. Unknown source. Ingredients: 16 cups watermelon pieces 8 cups granulated sugar 4 cups white vinegar 4 cups water 1 cup salt Cold water 2 TBS whole cloves 3 cinnamon sticks 2 pieces ginger root 1 lemon, thinly sliced Directions: Cut watermelon into 1″ pieces (use the firm light pink watermelon flesh). Dissolve salt thoroughly in [...]
• Homemade Potato Chips Recipe: Today’s feature is another great recipe from Elise.com with Oven-fried Potato Chips Recipe: These crispy thin potato slices are just divine. I call them potato chips because they taste like the best potato chips you will ever have. But I suspect that one might not classify them as a chip given their 1/8 inch thickness. The recipe [...]
• Homemade Onion Soup Mix: Ingredients: 3/4 cup dried minced onion 1/3 cup beef bouillon (powdered) 4 tsp onion powder 1/4 tsp crushed celery seed 1/4 tsp sugar Directions: Mix ingredients together then store in an airtight container. Use 2 TBS per 1 cup boiling water. Recipe makes approximately 1 cup dried onion soup mix. 5 Tablespoons is equivalent to 1 package store bought mix.
• Easiest Asian Baked Pork Ribs Recipe: I’ve tested this recipe and it’s a big hit with the Fussy Pants Household (my family). Not only is it really easy to put together–the ribs are d-elish! Today’s feature is from Sally’s Kitchen & Stuff with her recipe for Asian Baked Pork Ribs: This is by far the EASIEST ribs recipe I have on hand. [...]
• Mock Reeses Peanut Butter Cups Recipe: Caution: You may lose your mind and eat the whole pan in one sitting. I’ve done it and it’s not pretty! Mock Peanut Butter Cups Base ingredients: 1 3/4 cups icing sugar 1 1/2 cups graham wafer crumbs 1 cup peanut butter 1/2 cup melted margarine Topping ingredients: 1 cup chocolate chips 3/4 cup peanut butter Directions: Mix all the ingredients for the base and press [...]
• Homemade Eatmore Bars Recipe: Ingredients: 3/4 cup peanut butter 1 cup corn syrup 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips 2 TBS molasses 1 tsp vanilla 1 3/4 cups chopped peanuts 2 1/4 cups Rice Krispies Directions: Melt together the first 4 ingredients in a large saucepan. Do not boil. Add remaining 3 ingredients and mix thoroughly. Spread out on buttered cookie sheet. Cool, then cut into squares. Line squares layered between [...]
• Fresh Apple Cake Recipe: Ingredients: 3/4 cup egg substitute or 3 eggs 3 cups flour 1 cup oil 2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon nutmeg 2 teaspoons cinnamon 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 teaspoon ARM & HAMMER® Baking Soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup pecans or walnuts, finely chopped 3 cups apple, finely chopped Directions: Reserve 1/4 cup flour and toss with apples and nuts. The flour will help suspend them in the [...]
• Lucile’s Favorite Refrigerator Rolls Recipe (1952): Lucile’s Favorite Refrigerator Rolls 2 cups milk 1/4 cup shortening 5 Tbls. sugar 1 cake yeast 5 to 6 cups of flour 1/2 tsp. soda 1 tsp. baking powder 1 egg 1 Tbls. salt Scald milk. Add shortening and sugar. When mixture is lukewarm, add yeast and dissolve. (If dry yeast is used, dissolve it in one-fourth cup warm water and reduce milk to one [...]
• How To Make Chinese Tea Eggs: Today’s feature is from Team Sugar with the instructions for Chinese Tea Eggs: These are so easy and simple to make!: Tea Eggs (cha ye dan): A cheap snack food, found all over China. In spite of the name, tea is not the dominant flavour. Ingredients include eggs, soy sauce, tea, salt, sugar, star anise, cinnamon and [...]