tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183161537237775232024-03-13T07:26:48.943-07:00my-kitchen-adventuresAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.comBlogger276125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-45804760695451379522014-04-10T16:45:00.000-07:002014-04-27T20:16:40.371-07:00To Roast a Pike<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-78LW6bi1amc/UyGyfPp2JVI/AAAAAAAAE98/upOykxcNmxs/s1600/Pike1a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-78LW6bi1amc/UyGyfPp2JVI/AAAAAAAAE98/upOykxcNmxs/s1600/Pike1a.jpg" height="252" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">A pike roasted in front of the fire according to the directions in <i>Elizabeth Birkett Here Booke 1699. </i>It is stuffed with pickled herring, herbs, spices, anchovies, butter and garlic.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am currently working on a project at a wonderful seventeenth century house not far from where I live in the Lake District in a stunning village called Troutbeck. The property, which is called Townend Farm, is now in the ownership of the National Trust, but for many centuries was the former home of the Brown family. The Browns were 'statesmen', a local term for farmers who were proprietors of their own land. Statesmen farmers were a fiercely independent bunch who valued education. The Browns were no exception. Over many generations they built up an extensive library and never threw anything away. A vast collection of their domestic papers has survived, leaving a remarkable record of the minutiae of domestic life in this beautiful house over nearly four centuries. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-019YF3Cu-Xc/UyLhpStUGLI/AAAAAAAAFAI/4z5eH4ANwbc/s1600/Townend+exterior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-019YF3Cu-Xc/UyLhpStUGLI/AAAAAAAAFAI/4z5eH4ANwbc/s1600/Townend+exterior.jpg" height="428" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Townend Farm, Troutbeck, Cumbria - perhaps the best surviving example of a Lake District statesman's house.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Among the papers is a small hand written collection of medical, domestic and cookery recipes which was compiled in 1699 by Elizabeth Birkett, also from Troutbeck, who married the house's owner Benjamin Brown in 1702. With my help, the National Trust are using this book, which is now on display at Townend, to interpret the domestic life of the house as it was in Elizabeth's day. I have trained the staff to cook some of her recipes in the 'downhouse' (kitchen), so every Thursday visitors are treated to 'A Taste of Townend'. I have also set up the 'firehouse' (best room) with a table laid with typical dishes of early eighteenth century Lakeland. One of these is a replica of Elizabeth's roast pike recipe. In order to make this very convincing replica, I had first to roast a real pike using her directions.</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XaaH62PstUM/UyG04YiWe1I/AAAAAAAAE-g/-z5lsYnztFM/s1600/Pike+Receipt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XaaH62PstUM/UyG04YiWe1I/AAAAAAAAE-g/-z5lsYnztFM/s1600/Pike+Receipt.jpg" height="276" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Elizabeth's 1699 recipe for roasting pike, a fish which has always been plentiful in the English Lakes.</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9CJuMAbS1oo/UyG7meqPE5I/AAAAAAAAE_Y/QftZ6sZbGpY/s1600/Brown+cob+irons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9CJuMAbS1oo/UyG7meqPE5I/AAAAAAAAE_Y/QftZ6sZbGpY/s1600/Brown+cob+irons.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Although they are displayed in front of a nineteenth century fireplace, the cob irons and spit in this photograph date from the lifetime of Elizabeth Birkett. It is just the sort of arrangement that could have been adapted for roasting a large fish such as a pike.</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4jSujNIBYPw/UyG0mnrIMPI/AAAAAAAAE-Y/aXXfJ-CCp6Y/s1600/Ben+and+Eliza's+Chair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4jSujNIBYPw/UyG0mnrIMPI/AAAAAAAAE-Y/aXXfJ-CCp6Y/s1600/Ben+and+Eliza's+Chair.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">This wainscot chair is carved with the initials of Benjamin and Elizabeth Brown and 1702 - the date of their marriage. It was however, carved much later than this.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">To roast a large fish like a pike on a spit requires a technique sometimes called 'splinting' which involves lashing hazel wands around the fish to create a cage. This prevents the fish falling off when it starts to cook and become fragile. Elizabeth must have used this method, though she does not mention it in her recipe. A very full account of the technique was given by Isaac Walton in <i>The Compleat Angler </i>(London: 1653) in a recipe which is very similar to that of Elizabeth. However, Walton suggests filling the pike's belly with oysters, while Elizabeth gives the alternative of pickled herring. I have tried both recipes and they are equally good. I always use Walton's directions to splint the fish with lathes and filleting.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tHKdEKOWJ_I/UyG09-NpkMI/AAAAAAAAE-o/oSxwN0iUQao/s1600/Walton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tHKdEKOWJ_I/UyG09-NpkMI/AAAAAAAAE-o/oSxwN0iUQao/s1600/Walton.jpg" height="640" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isaac Walton (1594-1683) by Jacob Huysmans. </td></tr></tbody></table>Here are Walton's directions -<br /><br /><i>'First, open your Pike at the gills, and if need be, cut also a little slit towards his belly; out of these take his guts, and keep his liver, which you are to shred very small with Time, Sweet-margerome and a little Winter-savoury; to these put some pickled Oysters, and some Anchovies two or three, both these last whole (for the Anchovies will melt, and the Oysters should not); to these you must adde also a pound of sweet butter, which you are to mix with the herbs that are shred, and let them all be well salted (if the Pike be more than a yard long, then you may put into these herbs more than a pound, or if he be lesse, then lesse Butter will suffice): these being thus mixt with a blade or two of Mace, must be put into the Pikes belly, and then his belly sowed up, and so sowed up, as to keep all the Butter in his belly if it be possible, if not, then as much of it as you possible can, but take not off the scales; then you are to thrust the spit through his mouth out at his tayl, and then with four, or five, or six split sticks, or very thin lathes, and a convenient quantity of Tape or Filliting, these lathes are to be tyed round about the Pikes body from his head to his tayl, and the Tape tyed somewhat thick to prevent his breaking or falling off from the spit, let him be roasted very leasurely, and often basted with Claret wine, and Anchovyes, and Butter mixt together, and also with what moisture falls from him into the pan: when you have roasted him sufficiently you are to hold under him (when you unwind or cut the Tape that tyes him) such a dish as you purpose to eat him out of; and let him fall into it with the sawce that is rosted in his belly, and by this means the Pike will be kept unbroken and compleat: then to the sawce, which was within, and also in the pan, you are to adde a fit quantity of the best Butter, and to squeeze the juyce of three or four Oranges: lastly, you may either put into the Pike with the Oysters, two cloves of Garlick, and take it whole out, when the Pike is cut off the spit, or to give the sawce a hogo, let the dish (into which you let the Pike fall) be rubbed with it: the using or not using of this Garlick is left to your discretion.'</i><br /><br />From Isaac Walton, <i>The Compleat Angler</i> (London: 1653).<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dheOArWtiB0/UyG5bL9EiSI/AAAAAAAAE_A/z1R2AjqG3Q8/s1600/Pike+Taped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dheOArWtiB0/UyG5bL9EiSI/AAAAAAAAE_A/z1R2AjqG3Q8/s1600/Pike+Taped.jpg" height="284" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Windermere pike about to be lashed to a spit with a cradle made of hazel lathes and tape (filleting).</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vLISmDKt7mE/UyG6RckPIlI/AAAAAAAAE_M/QlrPeH9OfGY/s1600/Pike+cradled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vLISmDKt7mE/UyG6RckPIlI/AAAAAAAAE_M/QlrPeH9OfGY/s1600/Pike+cradled.jpg" height="436" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pike roasts in front of the fire/</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7bXI9n2zhwU/UyG1zByVHNI/AAAAAAAAE-0/clh-qClxinQ/s1600/Gainsborough+Salmon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7bXI9n2zhwU/UyG1zByVHNI/AAAAAAAAE-0/clh-qClxinQ/s1600/Gainsborough+Salmon.jpg" height="426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">A salmon cooked using the same method. This was roasted at Gainsborough Hall a few months ago. Note the similarity of the cob irons to those at Townend Farm.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F7f8rmuKnm0/UyG8JLvGWEI/AAAAAAAAE_g/0b-4-c2mkB4/s1600/pike+with+oranges.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F7f8rmuKnm0/UyG8JLvGWEI/AAAAAAAAE_g/0b-4-c2mkB4/s1600/pike+with+oranges.jpg" height="396" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pike roasted to Elizabeth's recipe and garnished with jagged Seville oranges.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nUMvAlHsVKk/UyGyjTne-cI/AAAAAAAAE-E/OgSA1FA3G6c/s1600/Pike+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nUMvAlHsVKk/UyGyjTne-cI/AAAAAAAAE-E/OgSA1FA3G6c/s1600/Pike+2.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pike for the Townend table</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VnLc9dCMJOg/U0cxRusWWiI/AAAAAAAAFAo/jXWMEZiKDKo/s1600/Firehouse+Table.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VnLc9dCMJOg/U0cxRusWWiI/AAAAAAAAFAo/jXWMEZiKDKo/s1600/Firehouse+Table.jpg" height="640" width="598" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A special occasion dinner in the Townend Firehouse</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FuZtkxvZutI/UyG9Knxdk-I/AAAAAAAAE_s/4zg2TSSzE58/s1600/Strickland+pike+sauce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FuZtkxvZutI/UyG9Knxdk-I/AAAAAAAAE_s/4zg2TSSzE58/s1600/Strickland+pike+sauce.jpg" height="358" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">A recipe for a sauce for boiled pike in Elizabeth's hand, but given to her by Lady Winifred Strickland of Sizergh Hall. </td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Pn0nI0x_aPo/UyG-Mn073tI/AAAAAAAAE_4/-Q2UpeeHJLE/s1600/Strickland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Pn0nI0x_aPo/UyG-Mn073tI/AAAAAAAAE_4/-Q2UpeeHJLE/s1600/Strickland.jpg" height="640" width="482" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Winifred Trentham Lady Strickland, by William Wissing. Courtesy NT. </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Elizabeth's recipe book contains a number of old charms for various ailments that would have been frowned upon as 'papist' in late seventeenth century Westmorland. There are also a number of recipes from local Catholic recusant families such as the Braithwaites of Burneside and most notably from the Stricklands of Sizergh Hall. I have reproduced <i>Madame Strickland's sawce for boyld pike </i>above<i>.</i> After the Glorious Revolution of 1688 Lord and Lady Strikland went into exile in France with James II. It is possible that Elizabeth's family were Catholics. I will deal with some Elizabeth's other recipes in future postings.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/townend/" target="_blank">Visit Townend Farm website</a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-65342050474655846912014-04-10T08:25:00.000-07:002014-04-27T19:58:26.417-07:00Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) to speak on food stamps and hunger at Tufts April 11Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) will give the keynote speech Friday April 11, 4pm, at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1453243038245425/">a Tufts University conference</a> titled "Food Stamps and Hunger in America."<br /><br />The event is part of the annual "Issues of the Future" conference organized by Tufts Democrats. Rep. McGovern is a leading advocate in Congress on behalf of U.S. nutrition assistance programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).<br /><br />Chapter 10 in <i><a href="http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781849714297/" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Outbound Links', 'Click', 'Routledge']);">Food Policy in the United States</a></i> addresses "Hunger and Food Insecurity," including links to many other readings and data resources. On this blog, related material can be found under the tags for <a href="http://usfoodpolicy.blogspot.com/search/label/SNAP">SNAP</a> and <a href="http://usfoodpolicy.blogspot.com/search/label/hunger">hunger</a>. For example, <a href="http://usfoodpolicy.blogspot.com/2011/10/snap-food-stamp-explosion.html">a 2011 data visualization</a> shows how SNAP participation ebbs and flows with the changing macroeconomy.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1453243038245425/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Kixbmlyb6GY/U0a3Y0Js_FI/AAAAAAAAGvE/0oMKtQrJuAk/s1600/1625708_790936814267846_673214878_n.png" height="400" width="283" /></a></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsFoodPolicy/~4/aTjSngc_K-8" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-41441185330464251782014-04-08T15:29:00.000-07:002014-04-27T19:58:26.430-07:00The dilemma of fair trade bananasAt <a href="http://civileats.com/2014/04/07/the-other-fair-trade-experts-meet-over-equitable-bananas/">Civil Eats</a> yesterday, Aliza Wasserman explains the dilemma for the public interest entrepreneurs who are developing a fair trade banana market. The article describes a recent conference at Tufts University.<br /><br />The most difficult question is whether fair trade bananas should come only from smallholders and cooperatives (preserving fair trade principles but limiting scale), or instead whether fair trade sourcing should allow larger plantations so long as they follow the stipulated principles (sacrificing a small-is-best principle but achieving a larger share of the total market).<br /><br />Wasserman writes: <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Fair Trade banana plantations have also been crucial to building a robust supply of Fair Trade bananas. Plantations represent both a key challenge and opportunity, by providing the promise to impact the broader industry and bring Fair Trade bananas to a larger consumer base. Nearly everyone at the conference hoped to impact the broader industry, whether they are focused on the future of small-scale or “smallholder” farmers, or the overall future of Fair Trade bananas.<br /><br />But many of the presenters felt that the current pricing system, in which the Fair Trade certifying bodies, like Fair Trade International or FLO, distribute the same premium to plantation owners and small landholders alike, represents a major flaw in the system. Many in the industry believe that cooperatives of small producers should receive a premium that is linked to their higher cost of production relative to plantations, which can take advantage of economies of scale. Yet, the first banana producer to receive Fair Trade certification was a plantation, and scaling up Fair Trade would not be possible without them.</blockquote>While a student at the Friedman School, Wasserman was a regular contributor to the U.S. Food Policy blog.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsFoodPolicy/~4/i-B0-rkYlxc" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-24587606296400561732014-04-07T05:00:00.000-07:002014-04-27T19:58:26.490-07:00What if Walmart paid employees enough to avoid food stamps?I enjoyed this video for sharp writing, clarity of data presentation, and measured tone.<br /><br />While still relying on economic markets for a thriving food economy, we nonetheless can expect our major grocery chains to do better on wages. No matter what one thinks of the proposed federal minimum wage increase, it is clear that the nation's leading employers should face binding social norms that constrain them to pay wages that reach a certain threshold.<br /><br />What should the threshold be? It is possible that some threshold would be too high, counter-productively putting grocery companies out of business. But, this video focuses on a much more humble and minimal threshold. 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Similarly, as ferociously anti-immigrant views recently have blocked immigration reform in the House, farmers again feel the loss of their political influence.<br /><br />Greg Sargent in the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/03/31/agriculture-groups-to-gop-youre-blowing-it-on-immigration-reform/">Washington Post</a> this week described the views of Craig Regelbrugge, the co-chair of the Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">“I hear from growers frequently who basically say, `I used to be a loyal check writer when the Republican Party called, but at this point, the checkbook is closed,’” Regelbrugge tells me. “I’m hearing from growers who are no longer writing checks supporting the party.”</blockquote>Likewise, the Post quoted Mike Gempler of the Washington Growers League:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">“We’re seeing a lack of response to our needs and concerns from significant parts of the Republican caucus in the House,” Gempler tells me. “They either have ideological issues or they are catering to a more reactionary crowd.”<br /><br />“We want to see the leadership, including Cathy [McMorris Rodgers of Washington], move on this,” Gempler continues. “The chances for getting immigration reform are lessening quickly. If we don’t get this done by August recess, we’re going to be in trouble as an industry.”</blockquote>Not all Republicans are anti-immigrant, just those who pander to certain constituencies that use terrible anti-immigrant rhetoric to block reform in the House. In more ordinary times, many farmers have voted Republican, and they likely will do so again in the future. I follow <a href="http://www.foodandagpolicy.org/strategy/create-stable-legal-food-and-agriculture-workforce">the carefully non-partisan work of the AGree agricultural policy initiative</a> on this issue.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsFoodPolicy/~4/q4OpClGFr24" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-32661651625930403802014-04-04T01:28:00.000-07:002014-04-27T21:32:39.164-07:00Spring Rain <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>~ Spring Rain ~ </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">April has already stepped in!! Its difficult to understand how quickly </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">time flies , its hard to believe that the new year and christmas bells</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">rang </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">more than 3 months back! Seems like a few days back we were</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> decorating the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Christmas tree and now easter and summer both are </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">gradually stepping in. The c</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">olorful spring flowers are in their last</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> blooms </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but wait there is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">something really unusual about this spring,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> its has been raining quite a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">lot this time , undoubtedly the sudden </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">showers refresh us but it adds to the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">plight of the poor farmers </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">who have already faced much damage to their crops. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7275/13601045014_6a0e2913cb_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7275/13601045014_6a0e2913cb_c.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Owing to the sudden thunderstorm and downpour in the evening , little </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">one could not go out to play with her friends. While she was busy admiring </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the pitter patter of the rain on the leaves and spring blossoms, I decided </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to capture </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the scene on plate. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3774/13600669475_81cb97b9b7_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3774/13600669475_81cb97b9b7_b.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The sudden thunderstorm and weather disturbance filled the market place </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">with oranges and I stocked up (as much my refrigerator could hold) a few</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> dozens for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">juice and fruity ice lollies. The berries were driving me crazy!!</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Spring is also the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">season </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> to dig into unlimited berries too.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7120/13600673255_cb48d515d6_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7120/13600673255_cb48d515d6_c.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Along with the fun salad I made a big bowl of refreshing fruit salad too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Luscious strawberries, cape gooseberries, cherry tomatoes, kiwi, grapes </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">all tossed up with some lemon juice,mint and black salt .</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7441/13600701033_697a5be3f6_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7441/13600701033_697a5be3f6_c.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The garden and the plants thoroughly enjoyed the sudden shower and </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> the lil one her themed salad. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3720/13601043164_d710f63561_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3720/13601043164_d710f63561_b.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Orange, grapes, banana , parsley and toasted sunflower seeds. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-18817943232475217482014-04-03T10:56:00.000-07:002014-04-27T19:58:26.562-07:00Advertising fast food to childrenLeading fast food companies have pledged to follow specific advertising guidelines under the <a href="http://www.bbb.org/council/the-national-partner-program/national-advertising-review-services/childrens-food-and-beverage-advertising-initiative/">Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI)</a>, a project of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (BBB).<br /><br />These voluntary pledges remain quite weak. One recent summary of the argument that these pledges are insufficient [note: slight edit for clarity Apr 5] comes from the <a href="http://www.fastfoodmarketing.org/">Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University</a>. The companies describe the pledges in shorthand, saying loosely that they now advertise only healthy food to children. In truth, more precisely, the companies still advertise both unhealthy and healthy food choices to children.<br /><br />For example, a company pledge may claim to show only children's meals with comparatively healthy sides and beverages (such as apple slices and milk) and not less healthy options (such as french fries and sugary soda). Even with no further deception, the advertisements for the healthy meals help build brand awareness with children, increasing probability of generating a purchase occasion. Once the child and guardian are in the restaurant, the company heavily markets apple slices and french fries, milk and soda, whatever it takes to make the sale. The CFBAI guidelines address advertising on television and the web and do not prevent marketing of unhealthy options at the point of purchase, so the unhealthy options remain a large fraction of actual revenues for children's meals.<br /><br />And, in any case, there is further deception. <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-03/tgso-ffg033114.php">New research supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation</a> finds that most children who view Burger King advertisements showing apple slices think the advertisement is showing french fries. The apple slices look like french fries, and the children overlook a small apple symbol on the package.<br /><br />I do not believe the confusion is accidental. <a href="http://reason.com/blog/2014/04/02/healthy-fast-food-advertising-for-kids">Reason Magazine's Hit and Run blog</a> credulously accepts an account in which the children's misunderstanding merely shows that Burger King is effectively marketing apples by presenting them in an "apple fries" format, but that sounds like spin to me.<br /><br />You can judge for yourself. Here is the actual video from the research team, led by James Sargent, MD, co-director Cancer Control Research Program at Norris Cotton Cancer Center. Ask yourself, is Burger King advertising only apples (as the company's CFBAI pledge claims), or is Burger King also in practice advertising french fries to children (in which case the company's CFBAI pledge is dishonest)?<br /><br />I'm enough of an economist that a fast food company's marketing fails to outrage me. I expect Burger King to market burgers and fries as vigorously as it can, subject to the dual limitations of government rules and social norms. What bothers me instead is that organizations that purport to be independent referees serving the public interest -- such as CFBAI -- <a href="http://www.bbb.org/us/article/cfbai-statement-nov-5-2013-44397">pretend that the fast food companies really have voluntarily ended their advertising of unhealthy food to children</a>. It is admirable to seek market-oriented business-friendly solutions to social problems, but let's not deceive ourselves by claiming that marketing unhealthy food to children is a problem we already have under control.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Tl9uHUeWztY" width="560"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsFoodPolicy/~4/hQy-tNLJoms" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-84267872314177071602014-04-01T17:30:00.000-07:002014-05-01T19:20:16.420-07:00Mexican Chicken Taco Casserole with Olives<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Mexican Chicken Taco Casserole with Olives, Peppers & Queso Fresco Cheese Recipe by Cookin' Canuck" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8320/8071458375_a235ffc959.jpg" height="400" width="267" /></div><br /><br /><b>Ingredients</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>1 tbsp olive oil</li><li>1 large yellow onion, chopped</li><li>1 large Anaheim pepper, thinly sliced</li><li>2 red bell peppers, thinly sliced</li><li>3 cloves garlic, minced</li><li>2 tsp ground cumin</li><li>2 tsp chili powder</li><li>1/2 tsp kosher salt</li><li>1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper</li><li>2 1/2 cups enchilada sauce (I prefer green)</li><li>16 corn tortillas</li><li>2 cooked boneless, skinless chicken breasts, shredded</li><li>1/2 cup sliced California black olives</li><li>1 can (14 oz) black beans, drained and rinsed</li><li>4 oz. queso fresco cheese, crumbled (plus more for garnish)</li><li>1/4 cup minced cilantro, plus more for garnish</li></ul><br /><b>Instructions</b><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.</li><li>Heat olive oil in a large skillet set over medium heat. Add onion, and Anaheim and bell peppers. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.</li><li>Add garlic, cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are tender.</li><li>Coat a 7- by 11-inch baking dish with cooking spray. Spread 1/2 cup of the enchilada sauce in the bottom of the dish.</li><li>Lay 4 tortillas over the sauce, tearing the tortillas as necessary to make them fit properly.</li><li>Spread 1/3 each of the pepper mixture, chicken, olives, black beans, queso fresco cheese and cilantro over the tortillas.</li><li>Top with 1/2 cup of the enchilada sauce and 4 additional tortillas. Repeat the layers two more times, ending with corn tortillas, 1/2 cup enchilada sauce and queso fresco cheese.</li><li>Cover the baking dish with foil and place it on a baking sheet.</li><li>Bake until the casserole is bubbling, 40 to 45 minutes.</li><li>Remove the foil and cook for additional 5 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and starting to brown.</li><li>Let the casserole cool for about 15 minutes to allow it to set. Cut and serve.</li></ol><div><br /></div><div>more: http://www.cookincanuck.com/2012/10/mexican-chicken-taco-casserole-with-olives-peppers-queso-fresco-cheese-recipe/</div><br /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lnECI/~4/blPfqYpqY18" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-12045746663210751252014-04-01T17:17:00.000-07:002014-05-01T19:20:16.463-07:00Tom Kha Khai<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img src="http://tesathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Tom-Kha-Khai-2.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><b>Ingredients (4 Servings)</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>300 gm boneless Chicken- sliced</li><li>200 gm mushroom- sliced</li><li>1 tbsp Tom Kha Paste (See note below)</li><li>5-6 pieces dried galangal- fresh even better (optional)</li><li>1 1/2 cup coconut milk</li><li>1 1/2 cup coconut cream</li><li>1 tomato- quartered</li><li>1 tbsp fish sauce or to taste</li><li>1 tsp sugar</li></ul><br /><b>Tom Kha paste</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>2 tbsp chopped lemongrass</li><li>8 tbsp chopped galangal (I use 10 dried galangal soaked in warm water for 15 minutes)</li><li>8 shallots</li><li>8 cloves garlic</li><li>10 coriander root & stem- chopped</li><li>5 red chilies- minced</li><li>Juice of 1 lime</li><li>1 tsp salt</li><li>1 tsp oil</li><li>Blend everything together until smooth paste.</li></ul><br /><b>Preparation</b><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Bring coconut milk to boil, add Tom Kha Paste.</li><li>Add chicken and dried galangal; let it boil for 2 minutes.</li><li>Add mushroom, tomato, sugar, and fish sauce. Cook further for a few minutes or until mushroom is cooked.</li><li>Add coconut cream and cook further until the curry is about to boil.</li><li>Check the seasoning and serve hot with some rice.</li></ol><div><br /></div><div>more: http://tesathome.com/2011/07/26/tom-kha-khai/</div><br /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lnECI/~4/MPma_tmSzIE" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-36153969058205786832014-04-01T17:10:00.000-07:002014-05-01T19:20:16.474-07:00Halloween Week ~ Broom Sticks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--AUAXK8NIHY/UIFkBtWaj9I/AAAAAAAAB4Q/8OsLN8ho0gA/s400/blog.jpg" /><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Ingredients</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>3 sticks of string cheese</li><li>6 pretzel sticks</li><li>Fresh chives</li></ul><br /><b>Directions</b><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Using kitchen scissors, cut the ends off each string cheese stick (about 2 inches long).</li><li>Cut one end of the cheese into strips, being careful not to cut all the way to the top. Fan out cheese strips as best you can.</li><li>Take one side of the scissors and gently stick it into the uncut side of the cheese, to make a little hole for the pretzel. Slowly twist the pretzel stick into the hole, careful not to tear the cheese.</li><li>Tie a string of fresh chives around the top of each cheese piece. Enjoy!</li></ol><div><br /></div><div>more: http://www.navywifecook.com/2012/10/halloween-week-broom-sticks.html</div><br /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lnECI/~4/97FUwr6a-dU" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-68489738275277726542014-04-01T16:47:00.000-07:002014-05-01T19:20:16.520-07:00Kashke Bademjan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img src="http://sweettater.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/cimg3578.jpg" height="300" width="400" /><br />Thank you <strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Paris Ta</strong><br /><br /><br /><b>Ingredients (2-4 people):</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>1-2 large eggplants</li><li>approximately 1 cup Kashk (thick whey) –can be bought in Iranian grocery store, or international store</li><li>1 medium onion</li><li>1 - 1 1/2 tablespoons tomato Paste</li><li>2 tablespoon fulls Dried Mint</li><li>oil</li><li>salt/pepper</li></ul><br /><b>Directions:</b><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Peel the eggplants and cut them up into circles (with a thickness of approximately .5 cm each). Rinse the cut pieces and add some salt to the eggplants. Heat oil on the stove (medium-high heat) in a frying pan and fry the eggplants until golden (both sides need to be fried). If you can’t fry all the pieces in the frying pan at once (which may be the case) just set the fried eggplants aside on a plate until they are all done.</li><li>Mix the tomato paste with 1/2 cup hot water. Add pepper and salt (as desired) to the tomato paste and water. In the same frying pan, or in a different one, add all the eggplants and pour the liquid mixture over all the eggplants and cover the pan. Allow the eggplants to cook for 10-15 minutes on medium heat.</li><li>Peel the onion and finely chop the onion up into pieces. Fry the onion in oil until golden then set aside. Then fry the dried mint in oil as well. After you place the eggplants in a serving dish pour the Kaskh over the eggplants and sprinkle the onions and dried mint over them. Its ready to be served.</li></ol><br /><br /><br />Read more: http://www.persian-recipes.com/persianrecipes/2009/12/01/kashke-bademjan/#ixzz2A4hT1Of7</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lnECI/~4/TeuuXCPQ-2Y" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-51988043816599818272014-04-01T15:39:00.000-07:002014-05-01T19:20:16.531-07:00Nanaimo Bars<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IHSIA_3ftrY/Tc64LYOOxjI/AAAAAAAAAZc/tOTe5Xyzffg/s400/nanaimo+bars+crowded.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><b>Ingredients:</b><br /><b>Bottom Layer</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>½ cup butter</li><li>1/2 cup Ghirardelli Ground Chocolate (or ¼ cup cocoa powder and ¼ cup white sugar)</li><li>1 egg beaten</li><li>1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs</li><li>1 cup shredded coconut</li><li>½ cup pecans, finely chopped</li></ul><br /><b>Middle Layer</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>½ cup butter, softened</li><li>3 tablespoons half & half</li><li>2 tablespoons powdered vanilla pudding mix (of the instant variety)</li><li>2 cups powdered sugar</li></ul><br /><b>Top Layer</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>1 cup semi-sweet-chocolate chips (or, even better, about 22 Dove Dark Chocolate Promises)</li><li>1 tablespoon Crisco or vegetable oil</li><li>1 tablespoon chopped white or milk chocolate, melted</li></ul><br /><b>Directions:</b><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Line the bottom of a 9 X 9-inch pan (glass or metal) with parchment paper or non-stick foil.</li><li><b>Bottom Layer: </b> In a 300° oven, toast coconut and chopped pecans until golden brown and fragrant. Remove from oven and set aside. In the top of a double boiler, melt ½ cup butter and Ghirardelli Ground Chocolate (or cocoa and sugar). Whisk to combine. Whisk in the beaten egg. Whisk until thickened, and then remove at once from heat. Fold in the graham cracker crumbs, coconut, and pecans. Press into prepared pan. Put in refrigerator while you prepare the next layer.</li><li><b>Middle Layer:</b> In a large mixing bowl, cream together ½ cup softened butter, half & half, and pudding mix. Fold in the powdered sugar. Beat until very light. Spread evenly on top of the first layer. Cover with plastic wrap. Put in refrigerator again for an hour or so, until middle layer is firm.</li><li><b>Top Layer:</b> In a double boiler melt the chocolate chips and Crisco or vegetable oil. The chocolate may melt the middle layer if it’s too hot, so you might want to let it cool for a little bit. Pour onto second layer and spread evenly. Drizzle white or milk chocolate over the top for decoration.* Let set in the refrigerator for 10 to 15 minutes and then cut. (This keeps the chocolate from cracking when you cut it.) Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving. </li></ol><div><br /></div><div>more: http://food-pusher.blogspot.gr/2010/08/nanaimo-bars.html</div><br /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lnECI/~4/9WbTEQOoRTg" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-16401491914290956052014-04-01T14:24:00.000-07:002014-05-01T19:20:16.576-07:00Bunuelos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Post image for Bunuelos" src="http://www.couldntbeparve.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bunuelos-550.jpg" /><br /><br /><b>Ingredients:</b><br /><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>8 oz tofutti cream cheese</li><li>2 tablespoons dark brown sugar</li><li>1 cup + 2 tablespoons cornstarch</li><li>generous pinch salt</li><li>2 egg yolks</li><li>1/4 cup sugar</li><li>2 teaspoons cinnamon</li><li>Oil for frying, enough to fill a pot 3 inches deep.</li></ul><br /><b>Method:</b><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Heat the oil to 300.</li><li>Combine the first five ingredients in a mixing bowl. Roll the batter into one inch balls. The batter is very soft but it should be possible to roll it into balls using damp hands. If it is still too sticky add an additional tablespoon of cornstarch. Combine the cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl.</li><li>Drop the balls into the oil. Make sure not to put too many in at a time or the oil will cool off too much. Fry them for 2-3 minutes, or until they all have been floating on the surface for at least a minute. Increase the temperature to 350 and fry a minute or two more, until they are golden brown. Drain the bunuelos and transfer them to a paper towel lined plate. Let them cool for a minute and then, while they are still hot, toss them in the cinnamon sugar.</li></ol><div><br /></div><div>more: http://www.couldntbeparve.com/2011/12/bunuelos/</div><br /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lnECI/~4/Q4ScFa3v6VM" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-11721788154919194422014-04-01T14:23:00.000-07:002014-05-01T19:20:16.587-07:00Bandeja Paisa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img src="http://onevanillabean.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/bandeja-paisa-1.jpg?w=615" height="400" width="285" /><br /><br /><br /><b>Ingredients:</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>2 teaspoons olive oil</li><li>1 lb cargamento beans (or red kidney beans)</li><li>1 small onion, finely chopped</li><li>1 small carrot, finely grated</li><li>3 garlic cloves, finely chopped</li><li>½ teaspoon cumin</li><li>Piece of salt pork</li><li>Salt and pepper to taste</li></ul><br /><b>Procedure:</b><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Add olive oil to a large pot and turn heat to medium. Add onion, carrot, garlic, and cumin. Cover and cook until vegetables soften, about 5 minutes.</li><li>Add beans with soaking water. Water should cover beans by about one inch.</li><li>Cook over medium low heat. Once beans start to soften, add salt. Cook until beans reach the consistency you desire.</li><li>Carne en polvo</li></ol><br /><b>Ingredients:</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil</li><li>1 lb ground beef</li><li>½ teaspoon garlic powder</li><li>½ teaspoon onion powder</li><li>¼ teaspoon coriander</li><li>½ small onion, chopped</li><li>6 cloves garlic, chopped</li><li>1 large plum tomato, chopped</li><li>2 tablespoons chopped cilantro, chopped</li><li>Salt and pepper to taste</li></ul><br /><b>Procedure:</b><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the beef, garlic powder, onion powder, coriander, chopped onion, and chopped garlic cloves. Season with salt and pepper. Cook until the beef is browned. Add the tomato and cilantro and cook for another 5 minutes. Let cool slightly. Place the mixture in a food processor and pulse until it turns into fine crumbs. Don’t process for too long, you don’t want to end up with a paste. Re-heat before serving.</li><li>Serve the beans, arepa, and carne en polvo with white rice, fried plantain slices, fried pork belly, and avocado. The bandeja paisa is traditionally served with a fried egg on top, I skipped the fried egg this time. Buen provecho!</li></ol><div><br /></div><div>more: http://onevanillabean.com/2012/03/02/bandeja-paisa/</div><br /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lnECI/~4/jQbsjEMnjX8" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-85593496548148155282014-04-01T14:18:00.000-07:002014-05-01T19:20:16.633-07:00Cuban Empanadas with Avocado Mojo Sauce<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pNYjzNWovNI/UGvEfNvOdoI/AAAAAAAAJwI/nPADohrN6fU/s320/Cuban+Empanadas+2.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><b>Ingredients:</b><br /><b>For the Cuban Empanadas:</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>1 package prepared puff pastry</li><li>Flour, for rolling out pastry</li><li>1 egg plus a teaspoon of flour to bind and glaze</li><li>1/2 pound ground beef</li><li>1/2 pound ground pork (or use all ground beef)</li><li>1/2 cup of raisins</li><li>1/2 cup of pimento-stuffed Spanish green olives</li><li>1/2 cup dry white wine</li><li>1 1/2 tablespoons of olive oil</li><li>1 (8 ounce) cans of tomato sauce</li><li>1 heaping tablespoon tomato paste</li><li>2 to 3 garlic cloves, minced finely</li><li>1 medium white onion, chopped</li><li>1 large green bell pepper, chopped</li><li>1 tablespoon of cumin</li><li>1/8 teaspoon of cumin seeds</li><li>1 teaspoon of Complete Seasoning</li><li>1 bay leaves</li><li>Kosher salt & freshly ground pepper</li></ul><br /><b>For the Avocado Mojo Sauce:</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>1/2 cup smashed fresh avocado</li><li>1/4 cup mayonnaise</li><li>1/4 sour cream or plain Greek yogurt</li><li>1 tablespoon buttermilk</li><li>1 teaspoon lime zest</li><li>1 1/2 teaspoons lime juice</li><li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li><li>2 to 3 garlic cloves</li><li>1/2 bunch of fresh cilantro leaves</li><li>1/2 teaspoon pepper</li></ul><br /><b>Preparation: </b><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium high heat. Prepare the sofrito, which is the Cuban trinity, consisting of the onions and bell peppers. Saute until softened and tender, about 5 to 7 minutes. Add the garlic, and cook for 1 minute until fragrant.</li><li>Add ground beef and ground pork to the pan and cook until no longer pink. Make sure to mash any big pieces down. Add the cumin, cumin seeds, complete seasoning, tomato sauce, tomato paste, dry white wine vinegar, bay leaves, pimentos and raisins. Stir to combine.</li><li>Bring heat to a low simmer and cook until picadillo thickens, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add the chopped cilantro and discard the bay leaves. Set aside to cool.</li></ol><br /><b>Prepare the Avocado Mojo sauce.</b><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Puree the cilantro and garlic in a food processor until smooth. Add the mayonnaise, avocado, buttermilk, Greek yogurt, lime zest, and lime juice. Puree until fully combined. Add salt and pepper and mix again.</li><li>Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.</li><li>Lay out a sheet of puff pastry on a lightly floured surface. Flour the top of the dough and roll out the puff pastry until it is about 1/16-inch thick. Cut 4-inch strips crosswise and lengthwise making 12 (4x4) squares. Make sure the squares are well floured.</li><li>In a small bowl, mix the egg with a teaspoon of water and mix until fully combined. Place a heaping teaspoon of picadillo filling onto the floured squares. Dip finger into the egg mixture and moisten the edges of the top half with the egg mixture. Fold the bottom half to meet the edges of the top half. Use a fork to crimp and seal the edges together. Lightly brush the tops with the egg mixture and poke a couple fork openings on top. Repeat process for the remaining squares until finished. Place finished pockets on prepared baking sheet.</li></ol><div><br /></div><div>more: http://www.mrsregueiro.com/2012/10/cuban-empanadas-with-avocado-mojo-sauce.html</div><br /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lnECI/~4/3oYZIABMvZ8" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-88543927467920150882014-03-31T14:27:00.001-07:002014-05-01T19:20:16.691-07:00Creamy Shrimp and Asparagus Pasta<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Creamy Shrimp and Asparagus Pasta" src="http://www.yummy.ph/images/03-04_2011_recipes/0411_creamy-shrimp-and-asparagus-pasta_fbox.jpg" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ingredients</b></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">1 (500-gram) pack linguine<br />1 tablespoon oil<br />2 tablespoons minced garlic<br />1 medium onion, minced<br />1/4 kilo large shrimp, peeled and deveined<br />1 (250-gram) pack all-purpose cream<br />1 (300-gram) can cream of mushroom soup<br />3/4 cup milk<br />1 chicken bouillon cube<br />salt and pepper to taste<br />1/4 kilo asparagus, chopped<br />1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese <br /><br style="float: none;" /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></em></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><b> Method</b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 20px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 </strong> In a large pot, cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and set aside.<br /><br style="float: none;" /><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2 </strong> Heat oil in a pan and sauté garlic and onion. Add shrimp and cook until it takes on an orange-red color, about 3 minutes.<br /><br style="float: none;" /><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3</strong> Add all-purpose cream, cream of mushroom soup, milk, and chicken bouillon cube. Stir and bring to a boil. Season with salt and pepper.<br /><br style="float: none;" /><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4 </strong>Add asparagus and simmer for 2 minutes. Pour over cooked pasta; toss well. Sprinkle grated cheese on top and serve.<br /><br style="float: none;" /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-size: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></em></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Serves </strong>5 to 7<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Prep Time </strong>18 minutes <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Cooking Time </strong>15 minutes</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Photography by Miguel Nacianceno | Food Preparation by Divine Enya Mesina | Prop Styling by Liezl Yap | Props from Saizen (spoons and food picks) and Gourdo's (yellow platter) Department Store (utensils)</em></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; 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font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><i>yummy.ph</i></span></span></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lnECI/~4/wUCC7Zc5HKY" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-62029866303289643472014-03-31T14:27:00.000-07:002014-05-01T19:20:16.645-07:00Easy Crock Pot Moroccan Chicken, Chickpea and Apricot Tagine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Easy Crock Pot Moroccan Chicken, Chickpea and Apricot Tagine. Photo by MsPia" src="http://food.sndimg.com/img/recipes/13/75/30/large/picNAn6SM.jpg" height="239" width="320" /><br /><br /><br /><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Serifa-Med; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Ingredients:</span></h2><div><div class="pod ingredients" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 420px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">6 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">large</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">boneless skinless chicken breasts , chopped into large chunks (or assorted chicken pieces, about 3 lbs)</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">tablespoon</span></span> flour or <span class="ingredient" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">2 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">tablespoons</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">cornflour</span></span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">2 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">large</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">onions , chopped</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">3 -4 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></span><span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">garlic cloves , chopped finely</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1 -2 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">tablespoon</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">extra virgin olive oil</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">inch</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">fresh gingerroot , finely chopped</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">6 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">ounces</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">dried apricots</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">2 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">tablespoons</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">tomato paste</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">2</span> <span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">(14 ounce)</span></span> cans <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">chopped tomatoes</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">2</span> <span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">(14 ounce)</span></span> cans <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">chickpeas</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">3 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">tablespoons</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">honey</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1/2</span> <span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">pint</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">chicken stock</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">pinch</span></span> saffron or <span class="ingredient" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">teaspoon</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">turmeric</span></span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">4 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">teaspoons</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">ras el hanout spice mix (or make up spice mix below)</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">teaspoon</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">ground coriander</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">teaspoon</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">ground cinnamon</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">teaspoon</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">ground cumin</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">teaspoon</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">cayenne pepper (optional)</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="name" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">salt and black pepper</span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="name" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">chopped fresh coriander , to serve (Cilantro)</span></li></ul><h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">OPTIONAL</span></h3><ul style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 420px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">2 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></span><span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">carrots , peeled & diced (optional)</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></span><span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">preserved lemon , chopped into small wedges (optional)</span></span></li></ul><ul style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 420px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></ul></div><div class="pod directions" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Serifa-Med; font-size: 24px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Directions:</span></h2><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Serifa-Med; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">PLEASE NOTE: This recipe lists canned chickpeas in the ingredients, NOT dried! If you use dried chickpeas, you MUST soak them and cook them first!</span></h2><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Serifa-Med; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Heat up olive oil in a frying pan/skillet & saute chopped onions & garlic for 5-10 minutes.</span></h2><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Serifa-Med; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Add chicken stock & gradually mix in flour or cornflour until well mixed & not lumpy.Add honey & tomato paste & mix well.</span></h2><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Serifa-Med; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Add herbs,spices & finely chopped ginger with salt & pepper to taste.</span></h2><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Serifa-Med; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Finally add tinned tomatoes & mix well.</span></h2><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Serifa-Med; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Pour the above tomato,onion & spice mix into slow cooker or tagine.</span></h2><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Serifa-Med; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Add chicken & chickpeas & mix well.</span></h2><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Serifa-Med; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Add dried apricots making sure they are covered by juice. (Add the carrots if using.).</span></h2><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Serifa-Med; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Give it a gentle but good stir to mix everything together well.</span></h2><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Serifa-Med; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Crock Pot or Slow Cooker - Cook on high for about 3 to 4 hours OR automatic with keep warm facility for up to 8 hours. (Please note that the cooking times depend on your crockpot, the cooking times I have suggested work fine with mine which is a Morphy Richards Slow Cooker.).</span></h2><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Serifa-Med; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">If cooking in a Traditional Tagine, do as above & cook SLOWLY over gas or barbeque for about 2-3 hours.</span></h2><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Serifa-Med; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Electric Tagine cooking - same as the slowcooker. If you need to thicken it up towards the end of the cooking time, add cornflour which has been mixed with a little water & add to the tagine - mix well.</span></h2><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Serifa-Med; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Serve with freshly chopped Coriander/Cilantro sprinked on top & either with couscous, rice, fresh flat bread, pitta bread or salads. It is also good (if not traditional) served with fluffy pureed or mashed potatoes & pasta.</span></h2><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Serifa-Med; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Note: You can use chicken pieces or whole chicken which has been cut up into portions, but you will then need to brown them in a frying pan or skillet beforehand. Preserved lemons make a great addition, add them when you add the apricots and carrots.</span></h2></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span><br /><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">food.com</span></span></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lnECI/~4/xD2aKm-XXJs" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-11842395115204817362014-03-31T14:26:00.000-07:002014-05-01T19:20:16.777-07:00Banana Crumb Muffins<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Banana Crumb Muffins Recipe" src="http://images.media-allrecipes.com/site/allrecipes/area/community/userphoto/small/695262.jpg" height="200" width="200" /><br /><br /><br /><div class="ingredients" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><h3 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: small;">Ingredients</span></h3><ul style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour</span></span></li><li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1 teaspoon baking soda</span></span></li><li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1 teaspoon baking powder</span></span></li><li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1/2 teaspoon salt</span></span></li><li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3 bananas, mashed</span></span></li><li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3/4 cup white sugar</span></span></li><li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1 egg, lightly beaten</span></span></li><li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1/3 cup butter, melted</span></span></li><li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1/3 cup packed brown sugar</span></span></li><li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2 tablespoons all-purpose flour</span></span></li><li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon</span></span></li><li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1 tablespoon butter</span></span></li><li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></li></ul></div><div class="directions" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><h3 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: small;">Directions</span></h3><ol style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 16px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="plaincharacterwrap break" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease 10 muffin cups, or line with muffin papers.</span></span></li><li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="plaincharacterwrap break" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">In a large bowl, mix together 1 1/2 cups flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, beat together bananas, sugar, egg and melted butter. Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.</span></span></li><li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="plaincharacterwrap break" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and cinnamon. Cut in 1 tablespoon butter until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Sprinkle topping over muffins.</span></span></li><li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="plaincharacterwrap break" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Bake in preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.</span></span></li></ol><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">allrecipes.com</span></span></div></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lnECI/~4/DwOyD_SJXiQ" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-79304250229370297982014-03-31T14:24:00.000-07:002014-05-01T19:20:16.822-07:00Grilled Moroccan Chicken<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Grilled Moroccan Chicken. Photo by Leah's Kitchen" src="http://food.sndimg.com/img/recipes/15/58/0/large/picU79FJX.jpg" height="239" width="320" /><br /><br /><br /><h2 style="background-color: white; font-family: Serifa-Med; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ingredients:</h2><div><div class="pod ingredients" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 420px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1/2</span> <span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">cup</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">extra virgin olive oil (the best quality you can get)</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1/4</span> <span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">cup</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">chopped scallion (, white part only)</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1/4</span> <span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">cup</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">chopped parsley</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1/4</span> <span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">cup</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">chopped fresh cilantro</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">tablespoon</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">minced garlic</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">2 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">teaspoons</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">paprika</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">2 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">teaspoons</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">ground cumin</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">teaspoon</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">salt</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1/4</span> <span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">teaspoon</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">turmeric</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">1/4</span> <span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">teaspoon</span></span> <span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">cayenne pepper</span></span></li><li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" style="float: none; font: normal normal normal 13px/18px Arial, sans-serif; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 17px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredient" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="amount" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="value" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">4 </span><span class="type" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></span><span class="name" style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">boneless skinless chicken breasts</span></span></li></ul></div><div class="pod directions" style="background-color: white; clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><h2 style="font-family: Serifa-Med; font-size: 24px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Directions:</h2><span class="instructions" itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="display: block; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span><br /><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><span class="instructions" itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="display: block; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Combine oil, scallions, parsley, cilantro, garlic, paprika, cumin, salt, turmeric and cayenne pepper in the</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">container of a food processor.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Process until smooth.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Rub the mixture on both sides of the chicken breasts and let stand 30 minutes.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Preheat the grill to medium hot.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Grill chicken breasts 5-7 minutes on each side, or until done.</span></li></span></ul></div><span class="instructions" itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="display: block; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span><br /><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">food.com</span></span></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lnECI/~4/GBGuNmFNvLc" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-40992333140338464552014-03-31T14:09:00.000-07:002014-05-01T19:20:16.833-07:00Cameroonian Gateau<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img src="http://www.africancooking.org/_/rsrc/1268991269295/Recipes/camerooniangateau/gateau.jpg?height=240&width=320" /><br /><br /><br /><h4 style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="background-color: white;">Ingredients</b></h4><ul style="font-family: 'times new roman'; line-height: 21px;"><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">1kg of flower</span></div></li><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">15 cubes of sugar</span></div></li><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">yeast 1 teaspoon</span></div></li><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">1 liter of bliss oil Palm oil</span></div></li><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">1 teaspoon of salt</span></div></li><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">1 tablespoon of baking powder</span></div></li><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">2 tablespoon of margarine</span></div></li><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">1 bottle of warm water</span></div></li></ul><div style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1331840851197852440" name="TOC-Preparation" style="text-decoration: underline;"></a><b>Preparation</b></span></h4><ul style="font-family: 'times new roman'; line-height: 21px;"><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Take a clean dish, the the water inside, put salt, baking powder, margarine, sugar, yeast and stir it for five minutes to mix.</span></div></li><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">After, live it for one hour so that it should rise.</span></div></li><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Put a clean bag on the table and be cutting in small sizes and wrap it with your hand to be smooth and put it on the bag.</span></div></li><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Stand a frying pan in the fire and be putting it inside.</span></div></li><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">After fifteenth minutes, turn it for the other side to brown and live for another fifteenth minutes and remove it.</span></div></li><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Stand the oil to cold for ten minutes and you put another set and stand it back in the fire. Until you finish.</span></div></li></ul><h4 style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1331840851197852440" name="TOC-Extra-information" style="text-decoration: underline;"></a><b>Extra information</b></span></h4><ul><li style="font-family: 'times new roman'; line-height: 21px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">It is not vegetarian</span></div></li><li style="font-family: 'times new roman'; line-height: 21px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">It is not spicy</span></div></li><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman'; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Recipe contributor: Esther Nange</span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman'; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman'; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: xx-small;">africancooking.org</span></span></div></li></ul></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lnECI/~4/mYtRrBqruss" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-21588950097751890892014-03-31T07:17:00.000-07:002014-04-27T19:58:26.572-07:00New research on breakfast in the classroomEducators and school nutrition personnel in recent years have been discussing and debating the merits of serving breakfast in the classroom at the start of the school day, rather than in cafeterias. Participation is higher for breakfast in the classroom, leading to high hopes for increased impact on beneficial health and learning outcomes, while at the same time raising concerns about over-consumption for children whose in-class breakfast is their second meal of the morning.<br /><br />New research in the <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pam.21759/abstract"><i>Journal of Policy Analysis and Management</i></a> uses a "difference in difference" design before and after implementation in a large urban school district in the southwest, finding that breakfast in the classroom rather than the cafeteria has a positive effect on test scores. It is possible that the benefits are due to improved performance on the day of the test (perhaps because the kids were less hungry that morning) rather than longer term learning, but the favorable results are still notable.<br /><br />This research, and related research, is discussed in <a href="http://www.childobesity180.org/breakfast-in-the-classroom">a new video</a> from <a href="http://www.childobesity180.org/">ChildObesity180</a>, an initiative led by Christina Economos and many colleagues here at the Friedman School at Tufts. This video, which briefly summarizes both sides of the debate before arguing in favor of breakfast in the classroom, is part of <a href="http://www.childobesity180.org/breakfast-effect">an extensive video series</a> on school breakfast issues.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_rPNxhpEZvQ" width="560"></iframe> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsFoodPolicy/~4/RIVRfqEYi0o" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-3719114759198434422014-03-31T05:57:00.000-07:002014-05-01T19:20:16.879-07:00Mexican Wedding Cakes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Opens large photo in lightbox. If you click on this you can click Escape to exit the lightbox. " src="http://www.christmas-cookies.com/images/recs/thumb/mexicanweddingcakes.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><div class="italics" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b>Ingredients</b></div><div class="ingredient" id="ingredients" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="ingredientlist" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">1/2 cup powdered sugar<br />1 cup butter, softened<br />2 teaspoons vanilla<br />2 cups all-pupose flour<br />1 cup finely chopped almonds or pecans<br />1/4 teaspoon salt<br />powdered sugar</div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="instructions" id="recdirections" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Pre-heat oven to 325 F. In a large bowl combine 1/2 cup powdered sugar, butter and vanilla. Blend well. Stir in flour, nuts and salt until dough holds together. Shape into 1-inch balls. Place inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 15-20 minutes until set but not brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets. Cool slightly and roll in powdered sugar. Cool completely and reroll in powdered sugar.</div><div class="instructions" id="recdirections" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="instructions" id="recdirections" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">christmas-cookies.com</span></span></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lnECI/~4/Edao7aryLN0" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-64743739577062316222014-03-31T05:53:00.000-07:002014-05-01T19:20:16.889-07:00Chocolate Truffles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img src="http://www.joyofbaking.com/images/chocolatetruffles.jpg" height="212" width="320" /><br /><br /><br /><b>Chocolate Truffles Ingredients:</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>8 ounces (227 grams) semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, cut into small pieces</li><li>1/2 cup (120 ml) heavy whipping cream(double cream) (35-40% butterfat)</li><li>2 tablespoons (28 grams) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces</li><li>2 tablespoons alcohol (Cognac, brandy, Grand Marnier, kirsch, rum, bourbon, or Kahlua to name a few)(optional)</li></ul><br /><br /><b>Different Coatings for Truffles:</b><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Dutch-Processed Cocoa Powder</li><li>Melted or Tempered Chocolate</li><li>Confectioners Sugar (Icing or Powdered)</li><li>Toasted and Chopped Nuts (pecans, walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts)</li><li>Toasted Coconut</li><li>Shaved Chocolate</li></ol><br /><br /><b>ChocolateTruffles Method</b><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Place the chopped chocolate in a medium sized heatproof bowl. Set aside. Heat the cream and butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring just to a boil. Immediately pour the boiling cream over the chocolate and allow to stand for a minute or two. Stir with a rubber spatula until smooth. (If the chocolate doesn't melt completely, place in the microwave for about 20 seconds, or over a saucepan of simmering water, just until melted.) If desired, add the liqueur. Cover and place in the refrigerator until the truffle mixture is firm (this will take several hours or overnight).</li><li>Place your coatings for the truffles on a plate. Remove the truffle mixture from the refrigerator. With your hands, a small ice cream scoop, a melon baller, or a small spoon form the chocolate into round or mis-shaped bite-sized balls. Immediately roll the truffle in the coating and place on a parchment lined baking sheet or tray. Cover and place in the refrigerator until firm. Truffles can be refrigerated for a couple of weeks or else frozen for a couple of months. Bring to room temperature before serving.</li><li>Makes 30 small truffles.</li><li>To Toast Nuts: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) and bake nuts (pecans, walnuts or almonds) about 8 - 10 minutes or until brown and fragrant. For hazelnuts toast about15 minutesor until the skins start to blister. Remove from oven and roll in a clean dish towel. Let the nuts 'steam' for about 5 minutes and then remove the skins. Once the nuts have cooled, chop coarsely. </li></ol><br /><br />joyofbaking.com<br /><br /><h2 align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><br /></span></h2><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lnECI/~4/vTL4a8WCBfU" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-85267283018059845012014-03-30T18:40:00.000-07:002014-05-01T19:20:16.935-07:00One Skillet Spicy Ranch Chicken<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="One Skillet Spicy Ranch Chicken Recipe" src="http://www.thelawstudentswife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/One-Skillet-Spicy-Ranch-Chicken-Recipe-2.jpg" height="400" width="292" /><br /><br /><b>Ingredients</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil</li><li>1pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces</li><li>1/4 yellow or red onion, chopped</li><li>1 packet Hidden Valley Spicy Ranch Mix (NOT ranch dip mix)</li><li>1 red bell pepper, cored and chopped</li><li>1 green bell pepper, cored and chopped</li><li>1 can black beans, drained & rinsed</li><li>1 can fire roasted diced tomatoes</li><li>1 1/2 cups instant brown rice</li><li>1 cup low sodium chicken stock</li><li>1 cup freshly grated cheddar cheese, for serving</li><li>Cilantro, for serving</li></ul><br /><b>Directions</b><br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Heat olive oil in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat. Add chicken, onions, and ranch mix. Sauté, stirring often, for 2 minutes.</li><li>Stir in red bell pepper, green bell pepper, black beans, tomatoes, rice, and chicken stock. Bring to boil, then cover. Simmer on low heat 5 minutes, or until chicken is done and rice is nearly tender. Let stand, covered, for 5 minutes, until liquid is absorbed. Serve topped with cheese and cilantro.</li></ol><div><br /></div><div>more: http://www.thelawstudentswife.com/2014/03/one-skillet-spicy-ranch-chicken/</div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lnECI/~4/yRIZWlVKHkk" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18316153723777523.post-63337389002628874082014-03-30T18:38:00.000-07:002014-05-01T19:20:16.945-07:00cinnamon bun cookies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Cinnamon Bun Cookies | wanna come with?" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/ba/4d/b0/ba4db0a72fcb08fa52e7019de4281d0f.jpg" height="640" width="426" /><br /><b><br /></b><b>INGREDIENTS</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature</li><li>1/3 cup granulated sugar</li><li>3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar</li><li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li><li>1-1/2 teaspoons grated orange zest</li><li>1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract</li><li>1 large egg</li><li>2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour</li></ul><br /><b>FOR THE CINNAMON SMEAR</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>5 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons unsalted butter, softened</li><li>1/4 cup packed light brown sugar</li><li>1-1/2 teaspoons light corn syrup</li><li>1 tablespoon ground cinnamon</li><li>2 tablespoons all-purpose flour</li><li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li><li>1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract</li></ul><br /><b>FOR THE GLAZE</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar</li><li>2 tablespoons light corn syrup</li><li>1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract</li><li>1 teaspoon water</li></ul><div><b>Method:</b></div><br /><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter, sugars, salt, zest, and vanilla together on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 or 4 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the egg, beating well to incorporate.</li><li>Turn the mixer down to low and add the flour, mixing until just barely combined.</li><li>On a sheet of wax or parchment paper (whatever your preference), roll the dough out to approximately 12″ square (or more if you want to get more spirals – see my comment above). When it comes time to roll into a log, the paper makes it easier to lift the edge and handle the dough.</li></ol><div>more: http://wannacomewith.com/2014/02/cinnamon-bun-cookies/</div></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lnECI/~4/aBPH9rJamgQ" height="1" width="1"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340210479909357994noreply@blogger.com0