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Dec 20, 2008

Kubaneh

This Sfardic bread dish is amazingly good served with Yemenite soup

  • 5 cups of flour (use half whole wheat)
  • make a well and add 2.5 tsp yeast, tbl salt, tbl sugar
  • Add 2 cups of warm water and whip the dough
Don't be alarmed, its a wet dough.
*tip: wet hand in water before whipping
  • Repeat whipping every half hour 3 times
  • pour oil on the counter and roll out dough into flat sheet
  • pour a little oil on the dough and roll it, cup into 6 sections
  • place pieces at bottom of an oiled tall pot and let rise unti 3/4 high
  • bake covered on bottom shelf on 350 for an hour or until crispy

Chanukah Suf Ganiot (donuts)

  • 3 cups of flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • dash of salt
  • 4 tbl. sugar
  • 1 cup yogurt (or sour cream if you aren't counting)
  • 1 cup milk
drop spoon full into canola oil
roll in powdered sugar
eat immediately!

Parve recipe:
  • 1 ounce yeast
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 3 cups margarine
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • dash salt
  • 1 1/4 cup warm water
  • filling (chocolate spread, jelly)
  • oil
  • powdered sugar
mix flour, yeast. water, sugar and let rise
combine with the rest and let rise
fry, fry, fry

Zadok's Zucchini Cake

(Add ingredients in this order)
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup of dark sugar (substitute with other sweetener)
  • 3/4 cup oil
Beat it
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • salt
  • cinn
  • all spice or nutmeg
  • 1 cup flour (whole wheat)
  • 2 cups of grated zucchini (or carrot)
  • add craisens or walnuts (optional)
bake for 350 for hour

Emiliano's Salsa

By popular demand (Em I hope you dont mind ;)

Roast about a dozen small tomatoes
Roast about a head of garlic
throw it into a blender with
-half of raw onion
-mad salt
- 3 or 4 or 5 (depends on your tolerance) chipotle chilis
(I like to add lime, but that's not official)

Nov 24, 2008

Morgan's Pumpkin Cookies

2 cups of canned pumpkin
1 cup of oil
2 tsp. vannila
4 cups of flour
2 tsp. baking SODA
2 CUPS of yummy chocolate chips...... fave part
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. cow juice
4 tsp. baking POWDER
2 tsp. Cinnoman
1 cup walnuts......if you want to put them in its optional u no ratorical
2 tsp. PUMPKING PIE SPICE♥
Directions..
mix wet ingrediants in a bowl then mix the dry ingrediants in a seperate bowl, then mix together.
grease cookie sheet, BAKE AT 320 FOR 12 MINutes ok........(your oven may be different so 12 to 15 minutes) check 1st batch okydokey..

Oct 30, 2008

Simple Seseme Noodles

1/2 cup soy
1/2 toasted seseme oil
1/3 cup sugar
seseme seeds

Pour over noodles and serve cold

Squash Kugel (2 variations)

20 oz of butternut squash
1 stick margerine
1/2 cup of parve coffee creamer
1/2 cup flour
drop of cinn
3 eggs
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2 medium squash (8 sweet potatoes) peeled and boiled
1/2 cup oil
3 eggs
3/4 cup sugar (less with sweet potato)
1 cup flour
1/4 vanilla flavored soy milk

Rae Roe's Crapple Cake

Topping (this recipe is already doubled so crust can be added to the bottom)
2 cups Quaker Oats
1 cup flour
2 cups brown sugar
1 stick of margarine
sprinkle honey and cinn for good measure

Filling
5-6 peeled and cut apples
canned cranberries (blueberry works too)
sprinkle honey and cinn for good measure

bake 1 hr on 350

Oct 26, 2008

Carrot Muffins

4 large carrots (boiled until soft..but not too soft)
mash carrots with fork..not too crushed
1 cup flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp of baking powder
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup oil
lil salt
mix

bake in muffin tray for 45 minutes on 350

Avocado Sushi Salad

Salad should have baby lettuce, nori strips, chow mein noodles

Dressing:
1/4 cup canola oil
2 tsp white vinegar
1 glove garlic, crushed
1/4 tsp mustard powder
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp castor sugar (honey)
1/2 avocado mashed (add other half to salad)

Pia's Tahina Plant

tahina salad
* 1 lemon
* tahina extract
* water (equal amount to Tahina powder)

Eggplant
* slit eggplant all the length and a little bit of width (like T)
* add kosher salt inside
* bake for 20 minutes until outside is soft
* open it like a bowl and add tahina

Serve whole eggplant with a spoon in it

Aug 19, 2008

Simple Potato Kugel

4 potatoes peeled and processed
2 eggs
glug glug of oil
baking powde
salt and pepper
quarter of onion

cook on 350 until brown

Aug 17, 2008

Authentic Sticky Rice & Mango

100 g. sticky rice
1/2 cup coconut milk
2 tsp coconut cream
2 tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt
sliced mango

1. Soak rice (4 hours-overnight)
2. drain and cook in a basket, steam for 30 mins.
3. heat milk, sugar, salt
4. add rice and let sit for 10 minutes
add mango
pour cream onto
serve with sesames to garnish

Hummas

chick peas
oil
garlic
lemon
tahina (substitute with peanut butter)
cumin/oregano

Honey Grain Challah

1.5 Loaf (2pd loaf)

1 (1 3/8) cup of water
2 (2 1/2) tbl spoon of oil
3 (4) tbl spoon of honey
1 (1 3/4) tsp salt
2 1/4 (2 1/2) cup white flour
1 (1 1/4) cup whole wheat flour
1/2 (2/3) cup of quick oats
2 (2 1/4) tsp dry active yeast

350 for about 30 minutes

Jun 27, 2008

Nathan's Pumpkin & Red Lentil Curry

Ingredients:
-1 tbl of vigin olive oil
-2 cups of chopped onion
-5 cups peeled fresh pumpkin (substitute butternut squash)
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp coriander
- 3/4 tsp turmeric
-1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
-3 gloves minced garlic
- jalapeno, finely chopped
- 4 cups veggie broth
- 1 can diced undrained tomatoes
-1 cup of small red lentils
-salt/pepper
- 1/4 cup cilantro
- 6 lime wedges

Serve over jasmine rice

Heat oil in saucepan over medium heat, add onion (cook for 5 mins) add pumkpin + ingedients up until jalapeno. Add broth and tomatoes and boil. Cover, reduce and simmer for 10 minutes until pumpkin is temder. Stir in lentils, cook 10 minutes until lentil are tender. S&P. Sprinkle with cilandro and lime.

Moroccan Carrot Salad

So easy and so much flavor!!!
  • Boil 1lb of carrots in salt water
  • drain and add:
  • oil
  • cilantro
  • garlic
  • lemon juice
  • cumin
  • cayenne pepper
  • s&p to taste

Apr 1, 2008

Dried Fruit Brisket

Flour, spice, herb, rub, and thyme your brisket
Brown it in a dutch oven (frying pan)
add oil, caramelized onion, garlic, carrots
red wine
cut potatoes
broth (2 cups liquid)

Oven 300, 3-4 hours covered
1 hour before serving add a combination of dried fruid, slice the meat, and add more broth if needed.

Making Cauliflower taste good

cut and blanch cauliflower
roast 3 cloves garlic in oil
add scallions, Serrano pepper, cilantro, red pepper, lemon


Yocheved's Hummus

2 cups of chickpeas
1/4 cup liquid from can of chickpeas
3-5 tablespoons of lemon juice
1 1/2 tablespoons of Tahini
2 gloves of crushed garlic
1/2 teaspoon of salt
2 tablespoons of olive oil
(optional) red chili or dash of cayenne pepper
Put ingredients in food processor
add more oil if refrigerator dries out it

Mar 17, 2008

Peanut Lime Noodles - Quick and yummy

Noodles of your choice (I prefer Asian rice noodles)
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 soy sauce
1/4 water
Rice Vinegar
lime
scallion
ginger
sesame oil
honey
cumin
red pepper flakes
Jalapeno (optional)
Crushed unsalted peanuts
other foods to add onion, green pepper, tofu
Once the sauce is cooked, at the already cooked pasta


Mar 16, 2008

Rita's Apple Cake

1 1/2 cup of oil (substitute applesauce for healthier, fluffier, and just for good measure!)
2 cup sugar
3 eggs
3 cups of flour
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon cinn
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 apples (sliced thick
1 cup of chopped walnuts

Bake on 350 for 1 hr 10 minutes
beat oil and sugar til smooth
add eggs and beat stir in dry ingredients
add vanilla, apples, walnuts
cool completely before removing from pan

Jamie's Orange Chicken

mmmmmmmmmmm..so good
2 chickens cut into quarters
3/4 cups dark brown sugar
2 tbl. dry mustard powder (regular mustard will suffice)
1/4 teaspoon cornstarch
1 cup orange juice (not from concentrate)
1 (12-oz) jar of orange marmalade
2 navel oranges (thinly sliced)

preheat to 375
place chicken in baking pan
cover with mixtures
put sliced oranges on top
Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour
Baste with pan juices and bake another 15-20 minutes or until oranges are deep amber color and chicken is fully cooke (duh)