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 [...]
• 1/3 cup real mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup light sour cream
• 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp minced garlic
• 1/2 tsp dry mustard powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
Whisk all ingredients together, mashing up blue cheese until you have a consistency that [...]
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) [...]
2 Tbsp olive oil
Coarse salt and ground pepper
1/2 pound wide egg noodles
1 cup finely chopped fresh broccoli (more if desired)
1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
1/4 cup flour
2 1/2 cups milk
2 -3 6 oz. tins of tuna, drained
5 green onions, thinly sliced
1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Lightly oil an 8-inch [...]
1/2 cup good mayonnaise (we like Hellman’s Real)
2 Tablespoons cider vinegar
1/2 teaspoon granulated white sugar
2 Tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon ground celery seed
sea salt, to taste
freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Whisk all ingredients in a salad bowl until smooth. Taste for seasonings and adjust. This is a perfect amount to coat about 1 pound or 454 grams [...]
Part One:
3 Tablespoons butter
3 Tablespoons canola oil
5 large onions, peeled and sliced thinly
Splash of water
Salt
Place the butter, oil, onions and water into a large soup pot with a few pinches of [...]
Drizzle once around the salad with:
olive oil
then:
vinegar of choice, or squeeze a half a lemon
Then sprinkle once around the bowl with a big pinch of each of:
salt
garlic powder (alternatively, rub a cut clove of garlic around the inside of the bowl before putting salad in)
sugar (make this one tiny)
dried dill*
dried tarragon*
dried basil*
dried thyme*
Grind a pepper [...]
This soup is pretty much the same as Ina Garten’s soup, and is delicious.
4 chicken breasts that have been roasted, and shredded
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups chopped onions (2 onions)
1 cup chopped celery (2 stalks)
2 cups chopped carrots (4 carrots)
4 large cloves garlic, chopped
10 cups chicken stock
1 (28-ounce) can whole tomatoes in purée, crushed
2 to [...]
2 cups uncooked whole wheat (or regular in a pinch) macaroni noodles
2 tablespoons butter
1 onion, chopped finely
1/3 cup all purpose flour
3 cups skim milk (or other)
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
2+3/4 sharp (extra old) cheddar cheese, shredded
1/2 cup shredded cheese for topping
OPTIONAL: 2 green onions, sliced, and 4 slices bacon, crisply [...]
