Pictures from South America, as Tami travels through Chile and Argentina!
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Birchermuesli
Grandma’s secret recipe!
Ingredients:
1 cup oatmeal (either quick oats soaked in milk 1minute, or old fashion soaked overnight)
1 cup milk
juice of 1 lemon
½ cup orange juice
2 unpeeled apples, grated
2 oranges, sliced
2 pears, grated
blueberries
strawberries
grapes
blackberries
raspberries
pineapple
handful of raisins
slivered nuts
Instructions:
Mix everything together!
Caprese Salad
Slice the 3-4 large beefsteak tomatoes into 1/2 in slices
Slice the 3-4 large fresh mozzarella balls into 1/2 inch slices as well
Layer the mozzarella on top of the tomato slices
Layer with fresh basil leaves
Sprinkle with extra virgin olive oil and season with salt & pepper
Fresh Blueberry Pie
Ingredients:
4 cups fresh blueberries
3/4 cup water
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tablespoon butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 pre-made crust, baked
Asparagus Soup
Straight from Nourishing Traditions. The best soup we’ve tried from that cookbook!
Ingredients:
2 medium onions
3 tablespoons butter
6 cups chicken stock
4 red potatoes, quartered
2 bunches asparagus, chopped into 1/4 inch pieces
2 cloves garlic, minced
sea
Mindless Monday: Spinach Frittata
Our newest idea: Mindless Monday! What’s deal with that? Well… we’ll be the first to admit that some of our recipes are a little time consuming. So we thought we’d highlight some of the easier, quicker, less time-intensive options. This also means that the recipes are open to interpretation. Think of Monday recipes like the Pirate Code “they’re more like guidelines.”
Saute the spinach and onions in an oven proof pan until spinach is wilted and onions are translucent
Whisk the eggs (8) together with some milk (1/2 cup), salt and pepper
Add sun-dried tomatoes, and chopped up sausage to the spinach in the pan, if you want
Pour the egg mixture over all of it
Pick up the spinach with your spatula to let the egg seep under
Cook on medium until egg is about half way done
Layer on as much goat cheese as you want (or not!)
Pop into the preheated oven (400F) for about 15 minutes
Done when the egg is cooked through!
Lemon Garlic Salmon
Marinade:
Olive oil, lemon juice, lemon rind, freshly minced garlic, sea salt and pepper
Mix about 1 cup of olive oil, with the juice and freshly grated rind of two lemons
Whisk in the garlic (2-4 cloves), salt and pepper
Pour over salmon to marinate for 10 – 15 minutes
Bake @ 450 for 7-10 minutes
Rosemary Lemon Chicken
Before:
Take the raw, whole chicken and smother with olive oil and lemon rind
Stuff with rosemary and the lemon (punctured all over)
Bake @ 350 for about an hour (3-4 pound chicken)
After:
Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
FoodPornDaily.com is our drool-a-day website.
The cookbook is just as beautiful and where we got the following recipe…
Dough Ingredients:
4 Tbsp. butter, melted
¼ cup granulated sugar (or in our case Maple Sugar)
½ tsp. salt
1 cup canned unsweetened pumpkin puree
1 large egg, beaten
½ cup lukewarm water (105 – 110 degrees F)
1 packet active dry yeast
1 Tbsp. granulated sugar
3 ¾ cups flour, plus extra- as needed
cooking spray
Filling Ingredients:
4 Tbsp. butter, at room temperature
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
¼ tsp. ground cloves
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/8 tsp. ground allspice
1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
Instructions:
Oreo-Stuffed Brownies
Yes, you read that right… if you’re even reading this. If you’re not still wiping the drool off your keyboard, here’s how easy these are to make:
Prepare brownie mix per the instructions on the back of the box
Pour just enough of the batter into the pan to cover the bottom
Shove as many oreos as you can, in a single layer, into the batter
Pour the rest of the batter over the oreos and smooth
Bake as instructed
Try to wait for the brownies to cool so you don’t burn yourself stuffing them in your mouth!
Peanut Butter & Jelly Oatmeal Scones
Ingredients:
1 cup oatmeal
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
6 tbsp. cold butter, cut up
2/3 cup buttermilk or yogurt or 2/3 cup milk + 2/3 tbsp. lemon juice
1 egg yolk
1/2 cup peanut butter, creamy
Easy Tea Party Ideas
Mascarpone Cheese & Honey
Literally just mix the container of mascarpone cheese (usually 8oz) with 4 tablespoons of honey and 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla. Top with fresh fruit of your choosing!
Avocado and Cream Cheese Sandwiches
Yep. It’s easy and the little ones love it. Spread cream cheese on one slice of bread and avocado on the other. Put them together! Remember to cut off the crust!
