Crust 2 1/2 cups graham crumbs 2 tbsp sugar 1/2 cup butter Filling 2.5 x 250g cream cheese 1 can sweetened condensed milk 1/3 cup lemon juice 1 tsp vanilla Topping Fruit, can of cherry pie filling, etc. Whipping cream Directions Beat cream cheese with milk. Add lemon juice and vanilla, pour into shell. Chill,…
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Deepdish Tower Pizza
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The pizza dough recipe was adapted from here: http://kenziezimmer.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/yeast-less-pizza-dough-you-can-count-on/
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Scones!
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1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 tbsp baking powder 1/2 tbsp sugar 3/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup cream Preheat oven to 400* Cut butter into dry mixture. Stir wet ingredients into dry mix. Mix with wooden spoon until just mixed through. Don’t overwork the dough! Turn out onto a floured surface and cut…
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Nettle-Pumpkin seed Yum
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Nettle-Pumpkin-Seed Yum My good friend adds this to everything! Some of the favourite combos are: rice and veggies, plain rice with flax oil and sea salt, pasta (plain or with lightly sauteed veggies). Ingredients Dried nettles Pumpkin seeds, lightly toasted Instructions Blend dried nettles until they are a fine powder. Add pumpkin seeds and pulse…
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Bliss Balls
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Bliss Balls Author: Lisa Maca is really good for you. But I’ve read that it’s important not to eat more than one tsp in a day! Ingredients 3 tsp maca powder 1 cup raw pumpkin seeds 1 cup raw sunflower seeds 1/4 tsp sea salt dash of vanilla 2 tbsp chia seeds 2 tbsp coconut…
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Tea Biscuits
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Ragged Robins
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Ragged Robins Prep time: 10 mins Total time: 10 mins Grammy says: “This is my grandmother’s recipe that my mother would make for us kids.” Ingredients 1 1/2 cups corn flakes 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup chopped nuts 1/2 lb. chopped dates 1 tsp vanilla 2 egg whites, beaten stiff Instructions Mix all ingredients except…
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Lemon Pie
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Lemon Pie Makes enough for 3 pies Ingredients Juice and rind of 3 lemons 6 tbsp corn starch Butter, size of 3 eggs 3 cups boiling water 6 egg yolks (use whites for meringue) Instructions Cook until thick in double boiler. Let cool, then pour into cooled pie shell. Cover with meringue and brown under…
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Pretty Pink Martini
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Pretty Pink Martini Serves: 1 Favourite ever kickass martini. Strong drink. Sip slowly. Ingredients 8 parts Vodka 1 part Vermouth 6 parts Juice 1 part Chambord – Black Raspberry Liqueur 2 Blackberries or Raspberries 4 small ice cubes Instructions Equipment: Glass, martini shaker Wet the glass thoroughly, shake excess water off it, and place it…
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Becky’s Cassoulet style stew
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Becky’s Cassoulet style stew Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 6 hours Total time: 6 hours 20 mins Ingredients 6-8 sausages 4 pieces bacon, cut into small pieces 2 pieces of chicken, breast or thigh 1 onion, diced 2 garlic cloves, minced 6 carrots, chopped in half lenghtwise then into 3/4″ pieces (approx) 3 small…
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Sherwin’s Onion Ring Experiment
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A little while ago, Sherwin experimented with making onion rings. They were surprisingly good. I took a photo.
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Lentil and Vegetable Stew
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Lentil and Vegetable Stew Prep time: 25 mins Cook time: 25 mins Total time: 50 mins Ingredients 1 tbsp black mustard seeds 1-2 small onions, finely chopped salt and pepper 3 gloves garlic, minced 2 inch piece of ginger, minced 2 potatoes, chopped into 2 cm cubes 6-10 carrots, chopped into med. size pieces (I…
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Green Smoothy
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Green Smoothy Ingredients 1 handful of almonds 1 avocado 1 apple 2 large leaves of kale Instructions Blend everything together with enough water to blend. 3.2.1310
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Smoothy
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This is my staple smoothy recipe. It’s pretty much a blended meal and I make a full blender full, which makes 5 pints (I usually use mason jars, as they are convenient for bringing to work)…
