Category: savoury | Savoury Thoughts

by Becky • July 20, 2014 • 0 Comments

photo of a deepdish pizza with a meat and cheese stuffed crust

The pizza dough recipe was adapted from here: http://kenziezimmer.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/yeast-less-pizza-dough-you-can-count-on/

by Becky • July 17, 2014 • 0 Comments

photo of baked scones in a cast iron frying pan

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…

Nettle-Pumpkin seed Yum

by Becky • June 28, 2014 • 0 Comments

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…

Tea Biscuits

by Becky • June 18, 2014 • 0 Comments

Becky’s Cassoulet style stew

by Becky • May 27, 2014 • 0 Comments

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…

Sherwin’s Onion Ring Experiment

by Becky • May 12, 2014 • 0 Comments

A little while ago, Sherwin experimented with making onion rings. They were surprisingly good. I took a photo.

Lentil and Vegetable Stew

by Becky • May 12, 2014 • 0 Comments

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…

Lefse

by sherwin • November 2, 2013 • 0 Comments

Lefse Ingredients 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup whipping cream 3 1/2 scant cups flour 6 cups riced potatoes (patted down a little) 1 tsp salt Instructions Rice the potatoes, and melt the butter and mix. Mix it for a long time, maybe six or ten minutes, with a mixer. Make it into balls – maybe…

Italian Lasagna with White Sauce

by Becky • October 14, 2013 • 0 Comments

Italian Lasagna with White Sauce Ingredients 1/2 cup porcini mushrooms (if dried, soaked in hot water for 1/2 hour) 1 cup red wine (dry) 1/2 lb pork, ground 1/2 lb veal, ground 1/2 lb beef, ground 1 onion, chopped fine 1 stalk celery, chopped fine 1 carrot, chopped fine 1 can plum tomatoes 2 tbsp…

Barbeque Beef Burgers (Sloppy Joes)

by Becky • October 14, 2013 • 0 Comments

Barbeque Beef Burgers (Sloppy Joes) Ingredients 1 lb ground beef 1/2 cup chopped onions 1/2 cup chopped celery 8 oz can tomato sauce 1/4 cup ketchup 1 tbsp vinegar 1 tbsp brown sugar 1 1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce 1 tsp salt 1 tsp pepper Instructions Brown beef (drain if needed). Add onions until softened. Add…

Lazy Lasagna

by Becky • October 14, 2013 • 0 Comments

Lazy Lasagna Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 45 mins Ingredients 1 1/2 lbs ground beef 2 zucchini, medium sized (or spinach) 1 clove garlic 1 can tomato sauce (7 1/2 oz) 1 can tomato past (5 1/2 oz) 1 tsp oregano salt pepper 1/4 cup parmesan (you can add more)…

Roast beef rub

by Becky • November 25, 2012 • 0 Comments

Roast beef rub Cook time: 2 hours Total time: 2 hours Ingredients 3 tbps dijon 4 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp dried rosemary 1 tsp pepper 5 cloves garlic, minced Instructions Mix together, and rub over roast. Then sprinkle coarse salt over roast. For 2 kilo roast, cook 30 min at 450’f, then 1 to…

GG’s Baked Beans

by Grammy • November 25, 2012 • 0 Comments

GG’s Baked Beans Cook time: 2 hours 30 mins Total time: 2 hours 30 mins Ingredients 1 14oz can red kidney beans 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 tsp dry mustard 3 slices bacon – cut in pieces 1/4 cup catsup Instructions Bake uncovered in slow oven at 325’f for 1 to 2.5 hours (usually closer…

Kale and butternut squash salad

by Becky • March 9, 2012 • 0 Comments

Kale and butternut squash salad Ingredients Kale and braising greens Squash Almonds, roasted Dressing Honey Coarse ground mustard Olive oil Salt and pepper Instructions Cube the squash and toss with oil (I used coconut butter). Roast the squash at 400*F. For the dressing, mix the honey, mustard, oil, salt and pepper 3.2.1310

Pizza dough

by sherwin • December 23, 2011 • 0 Comments

Pizza dough Cook time: 10 mins Total time: 10 mins Ingredients 1 1/4 cups of water 2 cups of flour package of dry yeast (quarter ounce or 7 grams) 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 to 2 cups of flour (to your preference) Instructions Heat the water to roughly 48 degrees Celsius. Put in flour, salt…