These are rather like a scone or fluffy tea biscuit, but in muffin form. Add three crisply fried and crumbled strips of bacon if you wish.
2 cups all purpose flour (or substitute whole wheat)
1 Tablespoon white sugar
½ teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup Old Cheddar, shredded
1 to 1 ½ teaspoons dried dill weed
1 egg, lightly [...]
This is a bit of a fiddle to make, but it is very delicious…leftovers disappear way too quickly!
1 cup green lentils, soaked for an hour
2 bay leaves
2 onions, halved lengthwise, then sliced (keep each separate)
5 cups chicken stock, divided in half (use vegetable stock or vegetarian “chicken” stock cubes for vegetarian version of this [...]
As sent to me by my Mom (unedited):
Quick soak method for the wild rice:
Wash required amount of rice in colander
Stir rice into 3 times the amount of boiling water (1 c. rice-3 cups water)
Par boil for 5 minutes only
Remove from heat. Let soak in the same water (covered) for 1 hour
Drain, [...]
This is the recipe that we use at our swim club’s annual fund raising pasta dinner; a local family of Italian heritage is in charge of the kitchen, and teaches everyone how to cook their recipes (which just come out of the tops of their heads!):
2 cups flour
3 eggs
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 Tablespoon (or more) [...]
For salad, especially Caesar, these are amazingly good, when made with good bread!
Day old crusty bread (good bread, NOT from-a-plastic-bag-bread!)
olive oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper*
Cut the loaf into small cubes; about 1.5cm is a good size. Place into a large bowl, drizzle lightly with olive oil, sprinkle on some salt and pepper, tossing to [...]
1 ½ cups water
3 Tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon salt
3 Tablespoons honey or molasses
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 cups unbleached white flour
¾ cups Toasted Grain Mix*
1/3 cup cracked wheat
1 ½ teaspoons bread-machine yeast
Add to bread machine in order recommended by manufacturer. Use whole-wheat setting, with extra rise time. This makes an “extra large” loaf [...]
1 ½ cups less 1Tablespoon of warm water
2 Tablespoons milk powder
2 Tablespoons butter
2 Tablespoons molasses
1 Tablespoon honey
1 ½ teaspoon salt
1 cup whole wheat flour + 2 cups unbleached white flour (or 2 cups whole wheat and 1 cup white)
¾ cup quick-cooking rolled oats
2 Tablespoons poppy seeds
2 Tablespoons ground flax seeds
2 Tablespoons 12-grain cereal (such as [...]
This dish is an excellent source of iron, magnesium, folate, fibre and protein!. I have no idea why it is called “Jamaican”, because I have never in my life eaten Rice and Peas that was even remotely like this recipe! My apologies to anyone of Jamaican heritage!
1 tsp canola oil
1 onion, chopped
1 clove [...]
