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Cranberry Dip

Cranberry Baked Brie is a quick luxury. I keep a tin of French brie about. With cranberries in season, just simmer them for a few minutes, add a dollop of honey and top the cheese and broil until the cheese melts. You could add more ingredients or spices or all kinds of fancy crackers as […]

Zucchini, Stuffed, Sorta

The springboard recipe was followed more to the paragraph shape than to the letter. The zucchini boat was baked separately from the stuffing which was made from,
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves of garlic
1 tbs chopped parsley
1 sprig cilantro
1 sprig mint
1/2 tsp each cinnamon and allspce
1/4 tsp clove
1 tbs butter
drizzle olive oil with french herb infusion
half […]

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

3 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
Dry:
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup Black and Green organic cocoa
1/4 cup Dagoba xocolatl (hot pepper cocoa)
3 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp chinese 5 spice mix
Wet:
1/2 cup almond milk
2 tsp vanilla
Preheat over to 350 degrees. Butter a 9×13 pan (or bundt pan). […]

Spinach Pie

The recipe I more or less followed, but the spinach was 300 grams, chopped and frozen, the onions were white, I threw in a few small black olives, the dill was 1/4 cup frozen and proportionally more feta, about 100 grams.

Phyllo dough things to my tongue are often way too fatty but that’s the advantage […]

Key Lime Pie

Key Lime Pie from the recipe on the bag is simple.
Graham cracker shell (brushed with egg white and baked 5 minutes to be crisp)
4 egg yolks
can of low fat sweetened condensed milk
4 oz of lime juice.

Gradually mix together filling and beat with electric mixer. Pour and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.

Baked Beans

1 1/2 cups mixed beans and lentils, soaked overnight

The beans and lentil change color a lot.
Drain the bean water, keep a cup and put it with the following:
1 carrot, chopped
2 Tbs molasses
3 Tbs ketchup
1 Tbs “old style mustard” (with the whole seeds)
1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp hot curry powder
1/2 tsp regular curry powder
1 […]

Banana Bread

A bit of improv cooking. All amounts are estimates.
cream:
1/3 cup cream cheese
1/2 c sugar
add:
3 small bananas (this is exact)
1 egg
1/4 cup almond milk
big splash vanilla
small splash almond extract
stir dry:
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
Mix dry into wet. I added 1 Tbs hot-pepper cocoa mixed with a little oil […]