Archive for the ‘Recipes’ Category

Scarlet & I made cheese:)

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Bring about 3/4 gallon whole milk to a SLOW boil (you want it to

slowly heat up over 30 minutes. I started on medium low and turned

it up a bit when necessary. After milk comes to a simmer/boil (be

careful not to scorch it!) Add the juice from one freshly squeezed

lemon. Stir and curds will form almost instantly. Pour through cheese

cloth and let cool until you can handle it and squeeze out excess

liquid. Add salt to taste and you’re done!

TA DA! You have cheese! It’s similar to a ricotta–It would work well

for a lasagna or sprinkled on a salad.

Mmmmmm Watermelon Granita

Saturday, September 2nd, 2006

Serves about 6

Ingredients:
2/3 cup caster sugar
2/3 cup water
1 4-4 1/2 lb seedless Watermelon
Juice of two limes
Lime wedges to serve

Boil water and sugar. Pour into a heatproof bowl, cool and chill.
Cut watermelon into chunks. Puree in blender or food processor
until smooth. Strain the puree into a large shallow pan or container
that will fit in your freezer. Add sugar syrup and lime juice. Cover
and freeze for two hours or until the mixture becomes mushy around
the sides. Mash ice with a fork and return it to the freezer. Freeze
for about two more hours mashing every 30 minutes until granita has
a fine slushy consistency.

Scoop into dishes (you can sugar the edges if you’re into that)
and serve with lime wedges:) YUM!

**You can also mix it with a little rum or tequila when serving.

Enjoy while you celebrate these last bits of sweet summer time!

Triple Chocolate Mess

Monday, March 28th, 2005

The easiest cake ever!

Mix Together:

-1 pkg. chocolate cake mix

-1 pint sour cream

-1 pkg. instant chocolate pudding

-1 small bag chocolate chips

-3/4 cup oil

-4 eggs

-1 cup water

Dump it all in a greased crock pot and Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
It’s that easy! Tastes great served with Vanilla ice cream:)

Ginger Soy Salad Dressing

Tuesday, February 8th, 2005

This is a recipe my mom gave me–It’s one of my favorites:)

Ingredients:

1 small onion
1 1/2 cup gourmet rice vinegar
1/2-3/4 cup oil (olive or vegetable)
2+ Tblsp. soy sauce (I usually use 3 or so)
Thumb size chunk of ginger root

Peel and chop up the onion and ginger. Put everything in the blender and blend
until smooth.

Pour over your favorite salad.
Dressing will last a few weeks in the refridgerator.

Tuesday, December 14th, 2004

In honor of my dear sweet husband being out of town for the week I am posting one of his favorite recipe’s:)

Andrew’s Favorite Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Brownies

Ingredients:
2 ounces chopped unsweetened chocolate
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 1/4 cups sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9 inch square baking pan. Melt unsweetened chocolate either in microwave or in a double broiler. Be REALLY careful not to burn the chocolate!! Cool to room temperature.

In a large bowl mix butter and suger until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until incorporated.

In a small bowl sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix until just blended.

Now divide the batter between two bowls. Whisk melted chocolate into one batter and peanut butter into the other. Stir the peanut butter chips into the chocolate batter and chocolate chips into the peanut butter batter.

Spread peanut butter batter onto prepared baking pan. Carefully spread chocolate batter on top of the peanut butter batter. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until cake tester inserted into center of brownies comes out clean.

Enjoy!