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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 […]

Chocolate Brownie

This recipe for Chocolate Cream Cheese Brownies is super-rich. I omitted the nuts and increased the cocoa by 1/3. I halved the frosting and substituted about the volume of milk with corn syrup, and upped the cocoa to get the right consistency.

How gratifying to empty so many containers.

Rhubarb Squares

This recipe is out of the recipe book From the Kitchens of Lanark County: Rural Expo 2003: Lanark County International Plowing Match, p. 170, except modified a little to taste.
Bottom:
12 soda crackers, crsuhed fine
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup coconut
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
Roll the soda crackers. Add the sugar, butter and other […]

Carrot-Nut Loaf

The veggie loaf was improv with lets see what’s in the fridge — about 2 cups of soaked pecans, 1/2 a cup of walnuts and 1/2 cup of pecans toasted, 2 cups of grated carrots, half an onion, 5 ot 6 shiitake mushrooms, 1/4 cup cilantro and basil and marjoram, half a lemon’s juice, curry, […]