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![]() crock pot cheese recipeNeed: 1 gallon crockpot 1 gallon pitcher 3 packets of nonfat instant milk (enuf to make 3 qts) 9 cups warm water 4 cups buttermilk 1/2 rennet tablet 1/4 cup cool water cheesecloth thermometer colander Optional: half and half herbs and crackers 1/2 tsp of salt 1. Prepare nonfat instant milk by filling a pitcher w/4-1/2 cups of warm water. Pour in nonfat instant milk and stir to dissolve. Fill the pitcher w/the remaining 4.5 cups of water 2. Add buttermilk (room temp) to the crock pot and turn on high. Buttermilk increses the acidity and helps the enzyme work well. 3. Fill the remainder of the rock pot w/the nonfat instant milk prepared above and leave about 1 inch of headroom in the crockpt. You may have a little instant milk leftover. Stir until temp of hte mixture reaches 90F adn then turn the crock pot off. 4. Dissolve 1/2 rennet in 1/4 cup cool water. Rennet contains the enzyme that will turn the milk into curds. 5. Add rennet solution to the crock pot mixture and stir in an up and down motion for two minutes. (Stirring in a circular motion slows the enzyme down) 6. If mixture is still at 90F, leave the crock pot off. Othwerwise, bring the temp back up to 90F and turn off the crock pot. 7. Put the lid on the crock pot and let sit for 40-45min or until the milk forms a solid curd that shows a clean break. If curd is like soft yogurt, wait a little longer. 8. Once the curd is somewhate firm, use a knife to break the curd into smaller chunks. This part is not criical as stirring will further break up the curd. Turn the crock pot on high and stir slowly and gently in up and down motion. The curds and whey (liquid portion) will separate. Stire enough to make sure the curds are not sticking together. 9. Once a tem of 102-105F is reached, turn off teh heat. Do not let the temp go over 105F. Sitr for about 5 more minutes. 10. Line the colander w/cheesecloth and put over hte sink. Pour te mixture into the colander and let the whey drain for about 5 minutes. Rinse the curds in cool water to remove more of the whey. 11. Wrap cheesecloth around hte curds and press out hte whey. Put the cheese in a small bowl and break up or cut w/a fork to look like cottage cheese. 12. If you want, add 1/2 tsp of salt, s amall amount of cream and herbs for flavor. Serve your cheese on crackers. Sore the cheese in your frig. It is also good for dishes such as lasagna or crumbled on salads. ![]() baked pumpkin zitibaked pumkin ziti ![]() lattice braid recipehttp://www.schnucks.com/pressreleases/recipes.html I've made this for years and neer had it not work! ![]() homemade pumpkin latte/coffee and pumpkin rolls (not what you are thinking!LOL)Pumpkin Spice Coffee/Latte I also made sweet dough and instead of the normal butter/cinnamon filling (like a normal cinnamon roll), I used pumpkin (w/pie spice). It smells HEAVENLY! Hopefully they taste as good! I just mixed up a can of pumpkin (it needed used!LOL) w/pie spices and used 1/3c-1/2c (a thin layer) for the rolls. The rest is in the frig to make the 1st recipe! ![]() cantaloupe breadThis is an excellent bread, nice and moist, similar in texture to pumpkin or zucchini bread. Melon flavor ends up to be very delicate, nearly masked by the spices. Great way to use up extra homegrown cantaloupe in summer. Puree and freeze extra in 2 cup containers for use throughout the year.
Makes 1 loaf.
![]() chocolate zucchini barsChocolate Zucchini Bars Ingredients: 1 cup shortening 1/2 cup oil 1 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup sour milk (sour milk is 1 cup of milk w/1T vinegar or lemon juice) 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 2 cups grated zucchini 2 1/2 cups flour 1/2 tsp soda 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 4 T cocoa Chocolate chips as desired Cream shortening, oil, and sugar. Add sour milk, eggs, and vanilla. Stir in zucchini. Mix in dry ingredients. Pour into 10x16 inch jelly roll pan. Sprinke chocolate chips over top of batter. Bake 30 minutes in 50 degree oven. ![]() KombuchaFINALLY!!!!!!!! I've got it going! The water is boiled, sugar added and the tea bags are steeping. I'll add the komucha in the morning. What is kombucha? Well it's this. And that's the easiest site that I have found (it was given to me). ![]() Chewy granola bar recipeChewy Granola Bars ***Update: I now only use 1 stick of butter and roll them on top w/my Pampered Chef pizza/pie roller and I am having GREAT results. ![]() Oreo truffle recipeOreo Truffles:1 package of oreos 8 oz of cream cheese 16oz (I used 12 and still have some leftover so I"m sure that I screwed up somehow!LOL) of semi sweet chocolate chips, melted Finely crush (run thru FP) 9 oreos and set off to side. Crush the rest and mix until thoroughly blended w/cream cheese. Roll into 1" balls. Dip in chocolate. Sprinkle remaining oreos on top. Put in frig to firm up for 1 hour. Keep in frig. Makes 42 truffles. I had all the stuff on hand nad used double stuffs and they worked fine. For fun, you could melt a tiny bit of white chocolate and 'string' on top of truffles for show. ![]() Cheesy potato soup........w/extras!LOLCheesy potato soup tongiht. It smells AMAZING! And of course, I tossed in a little bit of this and that!LOL I didn't have ham and was totally kicking myself, but then I found that swiss colony ham that my aunt sent and got that used. I had a bit of green onion cheese and that needed used so in that went!LOL It called for 2 cups and milk and I had almost 2 cups of whipping cream and tossed that in. Mixed the water and flour in the cream carton so make sure that i got it all!This is obviously not low cal!LOL ![]() Mat's soupMat's soup by mat
Thankfully it's quite tasty. And there is alot of turkey in it (we didn't have a can of chicken--we used a sandwich baggie of frozen turkey from the last of our 'local turkey'!LOL) so DH might not even gripe when I serve it tomorrow night as supper. I'm not thinking I"ll be walking for a while........ ![]() Cheesy Manicotti Prep Time:
40 min Total Time:
1 hr 25 min Makes:
7 servings, two stuffed shells each 1 pkg. (8 oz.) sliced mushrooms
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 egg whites
1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, well drained
1 container (15 oz.) part-skim ricotta cheese
1 cup KRAFT 2% Milk Shredded Reduced Fat Mozzarella Cheese, divided
1/3 cup KRAFT 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese, divided
1 pkg. (8 oz.) manicotti shells (14 shells), cooked, drained
2 cups spaghetti sauce
PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Spray large nonstick skillet with cooking spray. Add mushrooms and garlic; cook 5 min. on medium heat, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Beat egg whites lightly in medium bowl. Add mushroom mixture, spinach, ricotta cheese and half each of the mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses; mix well. Spoon evenly into manicotti shells. PLACE in 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray. Cover with spaghetti sauce. BAKE 40 min. or until heated through. Top with the remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses; continue baking 5 min. or until mozzarella cheese is melted. Ok, I loathe stuffing manicotti so I got jumbo shells instead (sooooooo much easier IMO!) and I didnt' realize that we were out of mushrooms so I omitted them (put in extra mozzarella) and simply used roasted garlic (no sauteeing). I can't wait to dig in cuz it looks amazinga nd smells heavenly! ![]() Sausage Pumpkin Soup RecipeBrown sausage, garlic, onion, together...add in mushrooms and Italian seasonings...saute until done. Add pumpkin to mixture and mix well. Add broth and simmer 20-30 minutes. Stir in cream and water...simmer another 10-15 min. Salt and pepper to taste. OMG~This soup in unbelievable. The flavors meld so well together. I didn't have the hot sausage....I used a lb. of bulk sweet italian and added crushed red peppers...and finely ground red pepper. You can make this as spicy as you want. For my tweak....I added a bag of frozen cauliflower...and 1/2 c. frozen corn. ![]() colon cleanseI thought I posted here, but I guess not. I DO NOT TAKE ANY MEDICAL RESPONSILITY FOR THIS! This is a do it yourself. Morning: Take 2 heaping teaspoons of the psyllium husk powder. Afternoon: 2-3 pills of the digestive enzyme pills. This promotes good bacteria in your colon as you are releasing all the sludge. Evening: Take 2-3 heaping teaspoons of psyllium husk powder. Night time (just before bed):Steep Senna *Tea for 15 minutes and drink. ![]() Fall Dinner in a PumpkinFall Dinner in a PumpkinUsing a sharp knife, cut lid from pumpkin and scoop out pumpkin seeds and excess membrane with a scraping tool. In a large skillet, combine ground beef, chopped green pepper, chopped celery, and chopped onion and cook over medium heat until ground beef is browned. Add next seven ingredients to skillet. Mix well and place mixture into pumpkin cavity. Place lid on pumpkin. Place pumpkin on a foil-lined cookie sheet and bake at 350*F for 1-1/2 hours. Just before serving, embellish pumpkin by placing (with toothpicks) black olives to make eyes, a steamed carrot to make a nose, and whole cloves to make a mouth. Use fresh parsley leaves to make hair around top opening. To serve, scoop out part of the baked pumpkin, along with the meat mixture, onto each plate. ![]() sinus remedy/helpSomeone suggested this to me a few years ago and it's AWESOME! Get about 1/4-1/3 cup warm water (NOT hot from the tap), mix in maybe a tsp of salt (to make a saline solution), a tsp of baking soda and a few drops of tea tree oil (I measure none of this). Swirl in container. Find something (I use the aspirator that the hospital sent home from Joey) to suck up the solution and be able to release it into your nostril. The trick here is holding your head just so so. You want it tilted forward, but also sideways so that (in theory) the solution runs from one nostril thru to the other. This does take some mastering so don't get discouraged when the most disgusting tasting stuff runs down the back of your throat because you didn't have your head far enuf forward. Do this 3-4 times a day. This is so amazing that you will want to do it more. I don't know how safe that is!LOL(really I don't!). The tea tree oil kills the bacteria and the saline solution (and presumably the baking soda) help to dry things up. Even if you are so clogged up that you can't get it to run from one nostril to the other, it will make a HUGE difference. I've never seen a doc for a sinus infection and don't plan on starting now. Typically after 3-4 days, it's gone. ![]() Make your own pumpkin pie spiceI'm sure that many of you already know this but with the pumpkin pie season coming on in full force, I thought I'd give a reminder. 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 ground ginger 1/8 tsp allspice 1/8 nutmeg Some recipes also include 1/8 tsp of clove so that's an option if you like that. Personally I make enuf to fill my pumpkin pie spice container (which I rememered today when I was making holds 6x that recipe!LOL) so that I"m not dragging out bottles each time I need it. ![]() pumpkin bread & custard!Today is hte big day. I'm making that pumpkin bread w/cream cheese in it: http://www.kraftfoods.com/main.aspx?s=recipe&m=recipe/knet_recipe_display&wf=9&recipe_id=107300 and then custard. Then I have to dig out my CP recipe for potato soup. I'm still a bit undecided, but I did get some green onion cheese out of the freezer to use for hte cheese. Dh will NOT care for this, but I think I will LOVE IT!LOL And it will be my lunch for the rest of the week.;) I haven't decided if I"m going to add sausage or not. DH will approve of that. I do have bacon to use.![]() Seminole style hominyHominy1/2 cup dried popping corn 3/4 tsp baking soda 1 cup water 1 tsp butter pinch salt First mix the baking soda and water in a cooking pot. Add corn and set aside overnight. Next, in the morning, place the pot on the stove. When the corn begins to boil, turn down the heat. Place a lid on the pot and let simmer for 3 hours. Then pour the corn into a sieve and let the water drain through it. Then, place the corn in cold water and remove the popcorn hulls with your fingers. Last, boil the corn two more times and remove and left over hulls. Add a little butter and salt to the corn. Now you are ready to eat Seminole-style hominy! Serves 4. ![]() Santa Fe Potato Salad6 med potatoes1/2 c oil 1/2 c red wine vinegar 1 taco seasoning packet 1 7oz can of corn (drained) 1 bell pepper 2 med tomatoes (diced) 2/3 cup shredded carrot 2/3 cup celery 1/2 c red onion two 2.25oz sliced black olives Boil potatoes for 40 min (I thought this was waaaaaaaaaaay too long personally--the skins were pealing off tho, which made it easy!LOL). Dice. Mix oil, vinegar nad seasoning adn put in bowl w/potatoes and put in frig for 1 hour. Then add chopped up veggies and chill until cold. Serve in lettuce lined bowl if desired. There was a creamy version that you replaced the oil and vinegar w/mayo and something else....... And I did not use those measurements!LOL In my world it was 2 ears of corn, 1 small red onion, 2 carrots, 2 celery stalks and 2/3 of a can of whole olives. { Last Page } { Page 1 of 3 } { Next Page } |
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