Okay, mommies, I'm baring my underbelly, and showing you what the spaces under my sinks look like today - no preparation!(gnawing on finger nails). Here is our kitchen under-the-sink cupboard. (and the picture doesn't even show all the grime that has deposited itself under the garbage). Hmmm, ... Continue reading...
Baking Tips
Oct 30
BAKING TIPs for your own recipes: Cook longer, at lower temperatures (at sealevel) Use double the leavening agent (dbl yeast or dbl baking pwd) Use a binding agent (to replicate the natural binding properties of wheat) like guar gum or xantham gum (for anything with yeast in it). When ... Continue reading...
Homemade Pancakes
Oct 28
Edited Jan. 15, 2008 Mix wet ingredients in large bowl: 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups buttermilk (just add vinegar or lemon juice to the milk (1 tsp per cup) 2 Tbsp oil 1 Tbsp vanilla Add in this order (simply because I don't like dirtying 2 bowls): 1 3/4 cups flour blend .5 tsp guar ... Continue reading...
Sweet & Sour Sauce & Meal
Oct 28
Sweet & Sour Sauce w/ Sausages: Honey Garlic Pork sausages, cut into pieces and fried, drain the fat. 1 can pineapple tidbits, or fresh 1 each: carrot, celery stick, green pepper, onion. Chopped. Fry all of above with 1 Tbsp of olive oil Sauce: 3/4 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup water 1/3 ... Continue reading...
Pizza Sauce, Homemade
Oct 28
Pizza Sauce: one can of tomato sauce 2 cloves minced garlic, 2 tsp sugar, 2 Tbsp olive oil. Pizza Crusts: use corn tortillas in place of pizza dough - stack 2 together for the pizza crust, using cheese between each layer. ... Continue reading...